Hammersmith Morris side celebrated the 50th anniversary of the dance Hammersmith Flyover being specially written for them in 1962 by John Kirkpatrick...
The Palestinian village of Qaryut held its first protest against the forced closure of one its main roads by the Israeli army. Since the beginning of the year, many new protests have be...
Shell petrol station is closed by Occupy Oil, climbing on the roof and barricading the entrance with banners, protesting about rising fuel and alleged environmental disregard on Shell&#...
Caterpillar closed the Electro Motive factory five weeks after locking out its 450 workers. The company is moving the jobs to Muncie Indiana where workers will earn less than half than ...
The London Guantánamo Campaign marks 5 years of regular protests at the US Embassy, and over 10 years of illegal detention of UK residents Shaker Aamer and Ahmed Belbacha, with a candle...
On a cold Friday evening people attend a candlelight vigil with spoken word and poetry highlighting the incarceration of people suspected of terrorism in front of the
American Embassy ...
Workers protest Catalonian Generalitat for ceasing the operations of Spanair and shutting down the company. Owners have allegedly subsidized foreign airlines in the meantime. Spain. 1st...
Ukrainian police shut down the former Soviet republic's most popular file sharing website, Ex.ua, accusing its owners of illegally distributing copyright-protected software, music ...
Over 100 disabled activists shut down Regent Street on the north side of Oxford Circus in anger over cuts to services and benefits as a result of the proposed Welfare Reform Bill. Londo...
Occupy Dame Street activists block the Department of Finance in protest against the Government's payment of €1.25bn to unsecured bondholders. It is the first instalment of a total ...
Retailers appear to struggle despite offering upto 70% discounts. Big ticket names like Sony, Dash and Accessorize are shutting stores despite trying to entice shoppers with large sales...
Many schools and roads are shut down throughout Turkey, and meteorology officials warned of ice and frost, while hundreds of villages have been cut off due to excessive snowfall. 19th J...
Websites including Wikipedia begun a shuts down for 24 hours in protest of proposed anti-piracy bills (SOPA & PIPA ) which are said to be a threats to free speech that could lead to...
Wikipedia shuts down for 24 hours in protest of anti-piracy bills that critics say could amount to censorship. Internet companies are saying SOPA & PIPA are threats to free speech t...
Doug Devlin, manager of Body Talk strip club, has allegedly received boycott threats following his joke job offer to Casey Anthony, a woman acquitted of killing her child in 2008, and r...
David Solnit and five others occupied Wells Fargo Bank's roof at 16th and Missionin an Occupy SF action, setting up a tent and hanging banners before being arrested. San Francisco,...
Nigerian youths in their hundreds took to the streets in a lead up to nationwide industrial action to be undertaken by Labour Unions and civil society over the government's removal...
Demonstrators mark the 10th anniversary of Guantanamo Bay detention camp and protest against the continued use of the facility, following President Obama’s promise to shut it down durin...
A public rally in Trafalgar Square marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of the US military Guantanamo prison. The rally included importants speaker and a visual displays. London, ...
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