A coalition of Left-wing, environmental, and social campaigns have joined forces to blockade the financial district of Frankfurt, home of the European Central Bank and the German finance industry.
Read MoreWaking at approximately 6:35 A.M, I quickly rose from bed, dressed, had a quick breakfast, gathered my belongings and then rushed out the door with sleeping bag in hand. Though normally mornings in my house would be more casual today, I couldn’t afford to be so sloth-like. Today was the first day of the Maine Youth Occupy Gathering.
Read MoreIn Chile, at least 50,000 students took part in May Day protests calling for serious reforms to the public-education system.
Read MoreYouth hold great power for social change. Such is overtly apparent when the context of the student movement in Quebec is presented. Now entering its fourth month, this movement has not lost any luster, and it continues to draw crowds of tens of thousands.
Read MoreAlmost a month since going viral online, the KONY 2012 video, released by the charity “Invisible Children”, has caused a storm over Facebook and Twitter. The charity has been active for some eight years, campaigning for an end to the use of child soldiers in Central Africa by the Christian-fundamentalist rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Largely unheard of until now, Invisible Children has provoked a storm of debate online following the release of its controversial “KONY 2012’ video in early March.
Read MoreFracking – what is it? Why should we be concerned, and what are the alternatives? A quick guide by Spam Smyth.
Read MoreOn the morning of April 4th, Dimitris Christoulas, a 77-year old pensioner shot himself outside the Greek parliament. He had been forced up against the wall by the savage austerity measures imposed by the banker’s dictatorship at the wishes of the European financial elite.
Read MoreThe Hunger Games film, based on the novel of the same name, was released last week to record box office figures. It made $155m in its opening weekend, making it the film with the third highest grossing debut in the US. However, with big viewing figures come some seriously small minds and Twitter has reverberated with some shockingly racist reactions.
Read MoreHere’s a graphic produced by students in the USA, which exposes the dangerous working conditions imposed by well-known electronics’ manufacturers.
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