Climate protest turns award presentation into mass brawl

Sky News— Climate protesters objecting to Lisa Murkowski's stance on the environment caused chaos at a ceremony in her honour.

WNYC—Protests Rock Campuses; Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey; NYS Budget and Climate; 1968 Protesters Reflect on Today's Demonstrations. 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...

Mother Jones—How the right turned protest into a criminal enterprise. America’s police forces are at war with college students. Inspired by students who set up encampments on Columbia University’s lawn, more than 90 college campuses across 40 states have set up similar actions to protest their schools’ investments in Israel. Some have set up camps, while others have staged sit-ins or occupied buildings, but nearly […]

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty—Explainer: Why Are Mass Protests Shaking Tbilisi?. Georgians have been demonstrating in huge numbers since April 9 over legislation known as the "foreign agents" bill. As Sophie Datishvili of RFE/RL's Georgian Service explains, many Georgians see the bill as a threat not just to civil society but also the country's European aspirations.