Activists demanded Harris stop funding 'genocide' in Israel and declare a national emergency on climate change. Six activists were arrested by police after blocking a street near her home. They criticized President Biden and Harris for allowing record production of fossil fuels
About 200 activists have protested outside the Crown Resort and Casino in Perth as Woodside Energy shareholders debated whether to re-elect its chairman and if they should approve a climate transition plan environmentalists say is insufficient. Flanked by police, they peacefully marched about 300 metres into the complex holding placards with anti-Woodside messaging on Wednesday. […]
Last month, Free Palestine supporters stormed the stage at London's International Energy Week Conference during a panel with BP representatives.
"The situation is an emergency and we have to start acting like it."
Demanding more action on the climate crisis, young activists blocked an intersection Monday morning near Vice President Kamala Harris' Brentwood home, leading police to arrest six of them without incident. Harris did not interact with the demonstrators, as her motorcade took an alternate route from her home to Los Angeles International Airport that morning. She flew to Las Vegas to speak about a recent federal gun safety law and attend an event advocating reproductive rights. A crowd of about 40...
Law enforcement is breaking up a large demonstration at the University of Southern California after students began camping out on campus to advocate for Palestine. The protest, "Gaza Solidarity Occupation," is part of a larger, nationwide trend of college demonstrations to support Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas War.Around 5 p.m., LAPD officers arrived on campus and issued a dispersal order. They ordered all protesters to move or face arrest. At least four people were arrested. While many...
In a statement to MPR News, the U said it has “very little direct business or investments in Israel or Palestine”
The Boston Police Department arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters Wednesday evening at Emerson College, the Daily Caller News Foundation confirmed. Students have been protesting Read More
Pro-Palestinian encampments have emerged on other campuses, including at the University of Michigan, New York University, and MIT.
On today's show: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter covering campus health and safety at The Chronicle, reports on how administrations at colleges here in New York and across the country are struggling to respond to ongoing, and growing protests over the Israel-Hamas War. Jane McAlevey, labor organizer, columnist for The Nation and the author of several books, including (with Abby Lawlor) Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (Oxford University Press, 2023), reflects...
Protesters against Israel's war on the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip were able to shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and police took their sweet time clearing them out. The protest began around 7:30 a.m. on Monday when dozens of protesters stopped their cars on the iconic bridge and blocked all southbound traffic. It took about 45 minutes for the California Highway Patrol to issue an alert that all the traffic going south was stopped, and then police...
During one of the seemingly endless pro-Hamas protests on campuses across the country, an arrest of a press member