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Press conference at the headquarters of newspaper Il Manifesto

A press conference is held at the headquarters of the newspaper Il Manifesto as the Ministry of Economic Development has initiated a forced...

by Stefano Montesi in Italy on 09/02/2012

Arts & Entertainment

Tommy Sands performs a Tradfest Concert at City Hall

County Down singer and songwriter Tommy Sands performed to a full City Hall as part of the Temple Bar Tradfest festival. Dublin, Ireland. 27th...

by Brendan Donnelly in Ireland on 27/01/2012

Politics

Jon Huntsman's third place finish propels him into South Carolina

Republican Presidential hopeful and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, celebrated his third place New Hampshire primary finish with his supporters at...

by Michael Seamans in United States on 10/01/2012

BREAKING NEWS

09/02/2012 - Press conference at the headquarters of newspaper Il Manifesto - Italy - A press conference is held at the...
27/01/2012 - Tommy Sands performs a Tradfest Concert at City Hall - Ireland - County Down singer and songwriter Tommy...
10/01/2012 - Jon Huntsman's third place finish propels him into South Carolina - United States - Republican Presidential hopeful and...
09/01/2012 - Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman holds Concord Rally - United States - Republican Presidential hopeful and...
09/01/2012 - Presidential hopeful Jon huntsman rallies in Henniker - United States - Republican Presidential hopeful and...
09/01/2012 - Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman barnstorms across NH-Claremont, NH. - United States - Republican Presidential hopeful former...
09/01/2012 - Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman holds final campaign rally in Exeter - United States - Republican Presidential hopeful Jon...
07/01/2012 - Basque demonstrators demand prison policy flexibility - Bilbao - Spain - More than 100,000 people demand...
07/01/2012 - Jon Huntsman picks up lunch for staff and volunteers - Manchester - United States - Republican presidential hopeful and...
06/01/2012 - Presidential hopeful Ron Paul flies into New Hampshire - United States - Presidential hopeful Republican...

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Occupy Wall Street attempts to re-occupy New York City
On their three-month anniversary, Occupy Wall Street protesters gather at Duarte Square for music, art and to attempt taking a vacant lot adjacent to the park owned by Trinity Wall Stre...
Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested entering new site - New York
On the three-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests, the movement held a celebratory rally before entering a vacant lot owned by Trinity Church. Police arrested 50+, inclu...
Protesters take On K-Street Lobbyists in Washington DC
Over 70 protesters were arrested by police in Washington D.C., after Occupy DC supporters took over a section of K-Street and lay down on the street during a nationwide day of action ag...
Signs of Occupy Boston at Dewey Square
Occupy Boston participants are stationed in Dewey Square in downtown Boston. Occupy Boston is a group associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement. USA. 29th November 2011
Nationalists riot during polish independence day clashes in Warsaw
Clashes between nationalists and police took place on polish independence day when a neo-fasicst march was stopped by antifascists. Police arrested several people. Warsaw, Poland. 11th ...
Occupy Los Angeles Celebrates International Day of Action
Thousands of Occupy Los Angeles supporters rallied at Pershing Square to march through the downtown financial district in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street movements worldwide against ...
Occupy Lisbon and Occupy Portugal demonstrations
Occupy Lisbon and Occupy Portugal social media along with various unions, social groups, as well as individual citizens took to the streets of Lisbon, in the tens-of-thousands. 15th Oct...
Occupy protest turns violent - Rome
Occupy Rome, the Italian version of the United for Global Change action turned violent. Thousands of Italian "indignatos" took the street for one of the biggest rallies in ye...
Occupy Pheonix
Arizonans representing a broad cross section of political belief gathered in downtown Phoenix to decry corporate greed and corruption within American political system by corporate inter...
Thousands Gather For Occupy Phoenix
Arizonans representing a broad cross section of political belief gathered in downtown Phoenix to decry corporate greed and corruption within American political system by corporate inter...
Occupy Malaga protest
10.000 people walked down the streets requesting a participatory democracy. Malaga, Spain. 15th October, 2011
Occupy Italy protest - Rome
On October 15th, citizens all over the world take to the streets to claim a radical change of the economic system, political and social, based on the exploitation of the individual and ...
100k attend massive indignados march in santiago
More than 100 000 people attended the massive "indignados" (outraged) march on Saturday in Santiago, according to figures from the organizers. Santiago, Chile. 15th October,...
15M demonstration in Madrid on Global Day of Protest
As part of the global protests against the economic crisis and political system in Spain and the rest of the world, the 15M “Indignants” organized a demonstration in the capital and oth...
'Global Revolution Day' mass Demonstration - Rome
Citizens all over the world took to the streets to demand a radical change of the economic, political and social system, based on the exploitation of the individual and resources. Italy...
Global Revolution Day-‘United For Global Change’ demonstration - Rome
Citizens all over the world take to the streets to claim a radical change of the economic system, political and social, based on the exploitation of the individual and resources. Italy....
World Revolution for Real Democracy in Porto
Citizens around the world take to the streets to express outrage at how rights are being undermined by the alliance between politicians and big corporations. Portugal. 15th October 2011...
SpunOut.ie Presidential Youth Forum - Dublin
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Occupy Boston Withstands Rain on Fifteenth Day of Protests
Occupy Boston participants and supporters stationed in Dewey Square in downtown Boston keep their spirits up despite the rain on the 15th day of the demonstration. Occupy Boston is a gr...
Day long Occupy Tampa demonstration begins - USA
Occupying the steps of the old courthouse in downtown Tampa, raucous protesters chanted "This is Our House" after a daylong "Occupy Tampa" demonstration in solidarit...