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Iconic actress and singer Doris Day passed away on May 13 at the age of 97. She was the epitome of the "Golden Age of Hollywood."
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By AFP
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The death of a Kurdish activist on hunger strike in a Turkish prison sparked clashes between supporters and police near his grave on Monday as his lawyers and Kurdish party officials said he had committed suicide.
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By AFP
Katowice -
By the time 15-year-old Greta Thunberg is 45, tens of millions of people are expected to have fled their homes as climate change unleashes a maelstrom of extreme weather, crop failures and devastating forest fires.
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By AFP
Taipei -
The wife of a Taiwanese democracy activist who was jailed in China in a case which further strained relations was Tuesday barred from boarding a flight to visit him in prison.
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Acclaimed actress Alyssa Milano will host "Stage of the Dream" initiative, which is a digital counter-programming to President Trump's State of the Union Address.
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By AFP
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The beheaded bodies of a Syrian activist opposed to the Islamic State group and a friend were found early Friday in the southern Turkish city of Sanliurfa, his colleagues said.
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An interview with CT State Troubardour singer/songwriter Kristen Graves. Kristen discusses her music, activism and humanitarian work.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the recipients of the honorary Oscars. That means an announcement of a host cannot be too far away.
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Jeddah -
Princess Sahar’s recent video urging an uprising has reinvigorated support for the princess and her three sisters who are reportedly being held in confinement on King Abdullah’s order.
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By AFP
Donetsk -
For some, Pavel Gubarev's name has become a symbol of resistance against the new pro-European powers in Kiev. For others, he represents a threat to a united Ukraine.
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By AFP
Cairo -
Egypt detained and deported Northern Irish Nobel Laureate and peace activist Mairead Maguire on Wednesday after she tried to enter the country, she and airport officials said.She had intended to join a delegation of activists going to the neighbouring ...
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Seattle -
The Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, built on lands obtained after activists occupied a decommissioned army fort, is in financial trouble.
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Boulder -
Alais Clay, the activist and musician plans on giving back to the community that has given her support for her previous album. Her new album will be crowd-funded, and then released to the public to download for free.
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Newark -
Poet, playwright, novelist, activist, and former New Jersey poet laureate, Amiri Baraka, died Thursday at the age of 79.
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Tonight on Twitter, the Common Ground Movement will be attempting to reach activists the world over by creating a twitterstorm and forcing information about the movement to trend on the social media site.
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Oklahoma City -
Carter Camp, an American Indian activist, died Thursday, December 27, in White Eagle, Oklahoma, his sister, Casey Camp-Horineck says. He was 72.
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Over the past year, the collective that began as an “Internet hate machine” in the 1990s has reached a level of maturity that makes it an actor on the international stage. The collective successfully staged operations in almost every nation on Earth.
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Activists from around the world will begin attempting to create a twitterstorm in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Twitter tonight. The opposition is coming from activists on both the left and right wing of the political spectrum.
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Beijing -
Human Rights Watch has requested Vice President Joe Biden raise the issue of Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia during his next trip to China. Xiaobo is a Noble Prize recipient imprisoned on charges of “inciting subversion of state power.”
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The cover of this month’s issue of TIME depicts a young female deer below the headline “America’s Pest Problem.” The wildlife activist community is in an uproar over the article many see as factually inaccurate and something more fit for an op-ed
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Las Vegas -
Jon Byrd, a prominent activist and former Marine, took his own life this week. The announcement shook the Anonymous collective to its foundation. Byrd was a leading organizer in Las Vegas for the collective’s street activities.
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Washington -
Keith “Spektre” Howell, an Anonymous activist, spent three nights living with the homeless in Washington, DC this week in the lead up to an event on Thanksgiving that will be supplying dinner for the homeless outside the Veterans Affairs building.
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Anonymous took over the streets in over 470 cities all over the world as part of the Million Mask March. The mass protest left many wondering exactly who they are and what they want. The answer is as complex and simple as the movement itself.
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John Fairhurst, a known activist within the Anonymous collective, became the well-meaning target of an Anonymous project when he attempted to sell his motorcycle this week.
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Destin -
The ladies of Florida came out in style to wine and dine in support of Shelter House, a local domestic violence shelter on September 26th at an Arabian Nights themed event.
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Informed Planet began development in January as an alternative to social networks that employ data-mining and provide government spy agencies a back door to user data.
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Mihalis Eleftheriou, former activist in the Occupy Buffer Zone movement in Cyprus who was also involved in the Egyptian Revolution in Tahrir Square, sent a message of both solidarity and warning to activists in Turkey.
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At the McDonald's annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, a 9 year-old girl faced the company's CEO in objection to the fast food giant's poor nutrition - just days after the return of the "mega potato" in Japan.
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Dolphin advocate Sasha Abdolmajid has just returned from a visit to Taiji, Japan. Abdolmajid visited the tiny town made famous in The Cove documentary, to observe the dolphin drives and break down some barriers.
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As international accolades pour in for Russian punk band Pussy Riot, a Moscow court has released one of the three jailed activists, on probation.
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Legendary actress, singer and animal rights activist Doris Day Wikimedia Commons
Greenpeace activist scaled Eiffel Tower for release of Arctic 30 in Russia. Video screengrab
Amiri Baraka-poet, activist, author Bjanepr
One of the last photos Pim de Kuijer posted to his FB page. He wrote:
AIDS ‘14 conference and backpacking in Australia first, then Malaysia revisited. Jumpa lagi!” “Jumpa lagi” is a Malay phrase meaning “So long” or “See you later.” Facebook
Author and activist Arundhati Roy Narendra Bisht
Activist protesting against Monsanto Die Grünen Kärnten
Europeans at an anti-fracking protest greensefa
Aaron Swartz, Internet activist and programmer played a key role in stopping a controversial online piracy bill in Congress, has died at age 26, an apparent suicide, New York authorities said January 13, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Noah Berger
Enric Durán with a copy of 'Crisis' magazine Enric Durán / Vice
Glenn Greenwald runs the intercept and is distributing the information. He will be a key player in this investigation since he is basically a new Julian Assange to match the new Edward Snowden. Gage Skidmore
Aaron Swartz, Internet activist and programmer played a key role in stopping a controversial online piracy bill in Congress, has died at age 26, an apparent suicide, New York authorities said January 13, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Noah Berger
Traditional Anonymous wardrobe.
Men carry the coffin of a member of the activist , who was killed by "Al Chabiha", or armed civilians loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad nassernouri
Google Executive Wael Ghonim in an interview after his release. Youtube screenshot capture
A logo for Consumers International. Consumers International
Ai Weiwei, is a Chinese artist, curator, architectural designer, social commentator, and activist. Hafenbar / wikipedia
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