Tag: Protests
On Monday morning, following the world’s largest environmental march ever, an estimated 1,000-plus people took over Broadway in lower Manhattan for a protest dubbed #FloodWallStreet. Activists wanted to voice their displeasure over what they call the climate crisis, many emphasizing that capitalism is a huge cause for the decimation of our planet. (Click gallery above […]
At about 7:15pm, police finally moved in to arrest environmental-occupy protesters after giving the activists an unprecedented amount of leeway to stage demonstrations — dubbed #FloodWallStreet — on several prime blocks of Broadway for over eight hours. Among those arrested during the sit-in this evening was a man dressed in a fuzzy polar bear costume. […]
Last night at around 7pm, protestors marched over the Brooklyn Bridge towards City Hall as a large Palestinian flag reading “Gaza. Boycott Divestment Sanctions” was unfurled from the Manhattan Bridge. The flag was removed by the NYPD approximately 30 minutes later. Reportedly 300 people attended the protest. The "no justice, no peace" chant has made it's […]
Last night, thousands of protestors gathered in solidarity with the people of Ferguson, after a week of militaristic police oppression and arrests in the small Missouri town, following the slaying of Michael Brown by a cop. The crowd marched about 30 blocks north, from Union Square to Times Square. Police used barricades secluding the protestors and formed a line to prevent […]
Last month, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law which prevented anti-abortion protestors from getting within 35 feet of a medical center’s entrance. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. cited New York City’s law as an example of appropriate legislation — “a permissible alternative” which balanced freedom of speech and the protection of patients. Current city […]
After three Israeli teenagers were found dead in the West Bank on June 30th, anger and cries for revenge swept over parts of Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay.” The investigations are still in progress, but a group of Israeli vigilantes took it upon themselves to kidnap a Palestinian teenager […]
We know why many Brazilians hate the World Cup, but here’s a closer look at how. Watch these short films of the anti-World Cup protests by the 12PM collective. They bring you into the scene with darkness and anxiety-producing sound design, creating a drama that more closely resembles a political thriller than a news clip. 12PM member Danilo […]
Instagram, a photo sharing platform that’s owned by Facebook, isn’t fond of boobs and just like its parent company, has a strict policy against them. Which is bullshit. Luckily, Scout Willis, spawn of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, has decided to fight against this injustice by going topless around New York City and posting the […]
In an impassioned YouTube video yesterday, Chilean artist Francisco Tapia, aka “Papas Fritas,” admitted to burning over $500 million worth of debt papers belonging to the students of the Universidad del Mar during a student takeover of the school. Tapia explained his actions to the Santiago Times: You don’t have to pay another peso [of […]
At a demonstration this morning, Kaplan teachers protested for a contract that would afford them better wages and benefits from the for-profit English school. They planned to march from an inflatable pig in front of a Kaplan office at 623 Broadway down to another pig near the Soho office of Scholastic, which is also embroiled […]
