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Bored Cape Town Protesters Are Picketing Against Lady Gaga’s “Floodgates Of Evil”, Right Now [PICS]
16 Nov 2012 by silverstreak / 6 Comments
Tweetpic by @karenjeynes Well here’s something to spice up your Friday. OH MY FUCK! The crazy anti-Gaga Christians are staging a protest outside my office block! (Big Concerts is based here too) — Mvelase (@MvelaseP) November 16, 2012 A gaggle of Gaga protesters have gathered outside the offices of Big Concerts on Cape Town’s Park [...]
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Protesters Stage Violent Demonstrations Across Europe [GALLERY]
15 Nov 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
This morning we reported on the current wave of anti-austerity anger that is sweeping across Europe. Millions of workers have been taking part in a so-called European Day of Action and Solidarity against spending cuts and tax hikes. Close to 26 million people are currently unemployed in the European Union, and they are represented by 40 unions across 23 different European countries.
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50 000 Greek Protesters Demonstrate Against German Chancellor [GALLERY]
10 Oct 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
About 50 000 demonstrators defied a ban on protests yesterday in Greece to voice their displeasure with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She is currently in the country to meet with Greek leaders who are searching for a new package of budget cuts. They need this in order to secure bail-out funds – largely underwritten by the German taxpayer.
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Tony Blair Brushes Off SA Muslim Citizen Arrest Threats, Says They Must Focus On Those Doing The Killing
30 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
Tony Blair has challenged South African Muslims protesting against his visit to SA to rather protest against the Muslims he says are doing most of the killing in Iraq and elsewhere.
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Muslim Groups Stoked With Tutu
29 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 5 Comments
Muslim groups have this week called for the arrest of visiting ex British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his role in the 2003 Iraq invasion. Yesterday, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dramatically pulled out of the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit because of fellow speaker Blair, and Muslims were stoked.
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Footage From The ANCYL’s Visit To Cape Town Yesterday [GALLERY & VIDEO]
28 Aug 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 4 Comments
To say that the ANCYL march in Cape Town yesterday left us all unimpressed is an understatement. Instead of the expected 14 000 people, only a couple of hundred youth league supporters marched for “economic freedom against the provincial government in the Western Cape.” Check out all the action after the jump.
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Important Information For Today’s ANCYL Cape Town March [UPDATED]
27 Aug 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 4 Comments
By now you would have heard that the ANCYL is marching in Cape Town this morning. They have promised to keep things orderly and peaceful. However some traffic and noise disruptions can still be expected, as is the case with any protest involving a large number of people. Here are all the important routes, times, and info.
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Police Commissioner: SAPS Should Not Be Sorry Over Lonmin Shooting
20 Aug 2012 by Simon Gerber / 2 Comments
The images of Thursday’s Lonmin shooting are still fresh in the minds of people all around the world. While some Lonmin employees are returning to work for fear of losing their jobs, some face the difficult task of accepting reality in the aftermath of the shooting, including the SAPS.
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Russian Female Punk Band Jailed: World Reacts With Outrage [GALLERY & VIDEO]
20 Aug 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
In March this year, the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot were arrested following an unauthorised performance at Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox cathedral. Part of their performance included chanting: “Mother Mary please drive Putin away.” They have now been sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.”
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Local Men Protest Against Physical Abuse From Wives
03 Jul 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Dozens of men were protesting in Hillbrow, Johannesburg this morning – chanting slogans such as “say no to men abuse.” They claim that they are doing this in a bid to seek protection from their abusive wives, who beat them at home on regular occasions.
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Protests Cost Cape Town R2 Million
29 Jun 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
In a classic case of defeating the point so badly that the point goes into the corner and cries for its mommy, recent protests around Cape Town – usually focused on service delivery – have destroyed R2 millon worth of city property, the city has revealed.
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David Cameron Heckled During Olympic Speech [VIDEO]
28 Jun 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Less than a minute into a speech to mark the month-to-go countdown to the start of the Olympics yesterday, Britain’s prime minister got heckled by a protester. The guy shouted: “Shame on you, David Cameron – you are crippling the poor in London. Shame on you!” Cameron’s response? “Don’t spoil it, sir!”
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Naked Ukrainian Feminists Strike Again, Grab Euro 2012 Trophy [Mildly N5FW]
22 May 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Our friends from FEMEN, the topless Ukrainian protest group, have struck again – this time at the Euro 2012 trophy display in Poland. They are protesting the prestigious sporting event and the economies of prostitution and sex trafficking that spring up around it. See their passionate cries for justice after the jump.
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Cosatu Says Violence At Yesterday’s DA March “Justified”
16 May 2012 by Matt McDonald / 1 Comment
In a statement following yesterday’s DA-led protest in Johannesburg that turned violent, spokesperson for Cosatu Patrick Craven praised Cosatu members for causing the DA protest’s ignominious retreat and said the Cosatu response was justified.
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Violence Erupts In Europe Following Anti-Capitalism Protests [VIDEO]
02 Apr 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
On Saturday, demonstrators across Europe took to the streets to partake in a day of protest against capitalism. The proceedings, which started peacefully, took a turn for worse soon after they began when protestors began clashing with local law-enforcement. Click through for the video.
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Russian Protestors Form Human Circle Around Moscow Against Putin
27 Feb 2012 by Simon Gerber / No Comments
Tens of thousand of protestors have done something awesome, and there wasn’t even any violence involved. Vladimir Putin is up for re-election in Russia, and a lot of people aren’t happy about it. Instead of petrol bombs and angry mobs, something much cooler happened. Check it out.
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Naked Ukrainian Protester Group Strikes Once Again [Mildly N5FW]
14 Feb 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Last month we told you about Femen, the naked Ukranian protest group who tried to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders held in Davos. These politically conscious ladies have struck again, this time demonstrating outside the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly, Gazprom. See the full gallery of their passionate protests after the jump.
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Naked Ukrainian Protester Group Strikes In Davos [Mildly N5FW]
30 Jan 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Femen is a Ukrainian group of activists that has become popular in Europe for staging small, half-naked protests. Some of their members were arrested over the weekend after trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders held in the Swiss resort town of Davos.
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Moroccan Men Set Themselves Alight In Unemployment Protest
20 Jan 2012 by Janey Bee / No Comments
Do you know what self-immolation is? It’s the rather rare practice of setting oneself on fire to show how strongly you feel about something. Go figure. In the Middle East and North Africa though, it’s become more commonplace ever since a Tunisian vegetable seller did it to protest police harrassment, evoking an uprising at the end of 2010.
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Creative Combat Gear Worn By Egyptian Protesters [PICS]
28 Nov 2011 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
The saying goes that you shouldn’t bring a knife to a gunfight. But in Egypt, where violence is once again reaching a crescendo, protesters are protecting themselves with whatever they can find as they fight fierce street battles with the military. Check out their home-made armour consisting of garden buckets, gas masks and…egg boxes.
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Egyptian Activist Posts Nude Photos To Protest Repression, Everybody Flips Out
18 Nov 2011 by liam kruger / No Comments
20-year-old Egyptian activist Aliaa Mahdy has caused uproar by posting nude self-portraiture on her blog, to protest “a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy,” which isn’t the usual motivation for uploading naked pics, but whatever. Worried about losing the moderate vote, liberal politicians are making a point of criticizing Mahdy’s apparent impropriety.
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The Occupy Wall Street Protestors Are Being Violently Swept Out By NYPD [LIVE STREAM]
15 Nov 2011 by liam kruger / No Comments
At 2am this morning the NYPD started violently clearing out Zuccoti Park, where the peaceful Occupy Wall Street protestors have been camped out. The cops are using pepper spray, they are using LRAD sound weapons, and they are actively preventing any official media from reporting on their violation of OWS members’ constitutional rights. Shit’s gotten real.
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Occupy Denver Protestors Elect Border Collie As Official Leader
09 Nov 2011 by liam kruger / No Comments
Mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, has been pressuring members of the Occupy Denver movement to pick a leader, “to deal with City and State officials.” So the protesters, in the most benign shove-it gesture imaginable, elected a three-and-a-half-year-old border collie. Named Shelby.
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Broadway Standoff Ends In Wall Street Protesters’ Favour
14 Oct 2011 by liam kruger / No Comments
Brookfield Properties, owners of the Zuccotti Park at the OWS protestors are demonstrating in, had called up the NYPD for “ assistance during their cleaning operation”. There were concerns that this would bring the protest to an abrupt end. This was prevented by a last minute statement from Deputy May Holloway, insisting that the “cleaning” operation be postponed.
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