Activism in 2012: SDS founder Alan Haber and Odile Hugonot-Haber leading discussion on Occupy movement
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:00:06 -0800
The man credited with founding the Students for a Democratic Society, the movement that came to symbolize the radicalism that swept the 1960s, hasn’t given up the fight. Alan Haber , now 75 and living in Ann Arbor, continues to labor for causes he believes in — from working with Occupy Ann Arbor to lobbying for development of an urban park on the downtown Library Lot on Fifth Avenue, where an ...
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Olympus scandal triggers Japan shareholder activism
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:36 -0800
After British whistleblower Michael Woodford was sacked as CEO of Olympus and revealed the Japanese firm had covered up losses of $1.7 billion, he mounted a campaign to get his job back.
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Voice behind efforts for Md. Dream Act began activism as a teenage immigrant
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:43:00 -0800
That April 10 nearly six years ago was one of Jaime Contreras’s defining moments. People arrived on the Mall by the tens of thousands, waving American flags and chanting in Spanish, “Yes, we can!” Contreras, 37, still vividly remembers the vig">
<nk><guid isPgR2dGlkAw--/SI<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of websites (TechCrunch included) have gone dark or visibly changed their appearance as a protest against the Stop Online Privacy Act and its Senate doppelganger, the PROTECT IP Act. It's a powerful statement and many are saying that it is already producing effects: Senators are changing positions, awareness is rising, and the opposition is becoming a dinner-table topic. But is this ...<br /><a href="" style="text-decoration: none;">Read More...</a></p></div><div style="margin: 5px 15px 5px 15px;"><h3>Only civil society can save Rio+20, say activists</h3><p>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:04:32 -0800<br />RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 24 (Tierramérica) - Large-scale social mobilisation, including street protests and parallel activities, is the only thing can save the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) from ending in nothing but frustration, according to activists and analysts.<br /><a href="" style="text-decoration: none;">Read More...</a></p></div><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">var root = '';
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