• Protests planned as Woodside climate plan goes to vote

    Australia’s leading environmental activist groups will be gathering outside the Crown Casino in Perth this morning as the country’s leading oil and gas company holds its annual general meeting. Activists from Greenpeace Australia Pacific, the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA), Market Forces and Environs Kimberley will be protesting Woodside Energy’s continued […]

  • Activists protest as Woodside climate plan goes to vote

    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. […]

  • Protest on Cornwall beach against plans to put chemicals in the sea

    Planetary Technologies and South West Water want to carry out a carbon sequestration trial by dropping tonnes of magnesium hydroxide in St Ives Bay

  • Thousands protest in Argentina as Milei's austerity plan hits universities

    Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei has tried to dismiss the worsening budget crisis at public universities as politics as usual, a contest with his leftist political rivals who hold sway over liberal campuses. It does not feel that way to many of the students at the elite University of Buenos Aires, where halls went dark, elevators froze and air conditioning stopped working in some buildings last week. Professors taught 200-person lectures without microphones or projectors because...

  • Mass swim protest against plans by South West Water and Canadians

    Planetary Technologies and South West Water want to carry out a carbon sequestration trial by dropping tonnes of magnesium hydroxide in St Ives Bay

  • Culture and arts groups protest government's planned funding cuts

    "The planned sum is so small that it will not save the economy, but it would be a deep blow to the cultural sector," writer Rosa Meriläinen told Yle.

  • Protesters claiming win after BLM revises old growth logging plans

    WOLF CREEK, Ore. – Protesters of BLM’s Poor Windy project are claiming a major victory after the bureau decided to amend their plans to log an area of old growth forest near Wolf Creek. The Poor Windy project has already included logging thousands of acres of land and has inspired protests from some community members. […]

  • Pro-Palestinian protests planned for the White House Correspondents Association dinner

    WASHINGTON — Pro-Palestinian protesters are looking to puncture the festive bubble this weekend surrounding the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner — one of the capital’s biggest parties of the year, with attendees including President Joe Biden, top government officials and leading journalists. Activists are expecting several hundred people at a rally in Kalorama Park, just two blocks from the Washington Hilton, which is hosting the event. The protesters will criticize Biden for his...

  • Inside the Beltway: Women's March plans Supreme Court 'noise protest'

    "On Thursday, starting at 10:00 a.m. -- as the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments over Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on obstruction and conspiracy charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election -- Women's March will hold a noise protest outside of the Supreme Court, imploring it to reject Trump's immunity claim," the organization said in a written statement shared with Inside the Beltway.

  • Israeli Mayors Protest Government Plan To Control Appointment Of Local Rabbanim

    Over 100 Israeli mayors have signed a letter to Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malkieli, urging the government to cancel its plan to grant the Chief Rabbinate the power to appoint municipal rabbis. The mayors argue that this move would undermine the autonomy of their cities and towns to choose a rabbi that aligns with their […]

  • House plans vote on campus antisemitism bill as anti-Israel protests spread

    The House will take up a vote on an antisemitism bill next week following the rise of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric on university and college campuses. The Rules Committee plans to meet on Monday to take up several bills, including the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023. It was introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who […]

  • Carefully planned and partly improvised: inside the Columbia protest that fueled a national movement

    NEW YORK (AP) — Months before they pitched their tents on Columbia University’s main lawn, inspiring a wave of protest encampments at college campuses nationwide, a small group of pro-Palestinian student activists met privately to sketch out the logistical details of a round-the-clock occupation. In hours of planning sessions, they discussed communications strategies and their […]