Category: Reports of Demonstrations
8-17-12 Hands Off Ecuador and Assange!
By NYC World Can’t Wait On Thursday August 16, as news broke that Ecuador was giving political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, World Can’t Wait in NYC quickly put together a…
8-17-12 Vets & Activists Hold Sit-In for Bradley Manning in Oakland
From World Can’t Wait | Original Article Six arrested after holding sit-in inside Obama campaign headquarters OAKLAND, Calif. — Six out of seven protesters were arrested Thursday night after they held a…
6-26-12 Rally Against Torture, Guantanamo & NDAA
Speech given by World Can’t Wait representative MaryAnn Thomas at the Rally Against Torture, Guantanamo & NDAA on June 26th in San Francisco CA. My name is MaryAnn Thomas, and I find…
6-20-12 Activists protest Judge outside of 9th Circuit Court in Pasadena
From Pasedena Star-News | Original ArticleActivists with CodePink OC/LA and other organizations demonstrate against Judge Jay Bybee outside the 9th circuit Court in Pasadena on Wednesday June 20. 2012. Organizers say Bybee,…
6-7-12 Protesting Obama in San Francisco
From KTVU: SAN FRANCISCO — President Obama left San Francisco Wednesday afternoon after a brief visit for two fundraising events in the city’s Financial District. Obama landed at San Francisco International Airport…
6-1-12 New Fordham grad jumps off the beaten path
By Ayca Bahce From The Bergen Record | Original Article WITH “PRO-life” Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, proudly looking on, White House counterterrorism adviser and North Bergen native John Brennan…
5-24-12 Weekend of Protests Against John Brennan & Drones at Fordham University
Following are reports by two students actively involved in the protest at the Fordham University Commencement on Sat., May 19, 2012 at the Bronx Campus. In addition, there is a War…
5-23-12 Post-NATO Summit Roundup: Police Brutality, Repression & More
By Kevin Gosztola From World Can’t Wait | Original Article The worldwide leaders that came to the city of Chicago for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit have left Chicago. Mayor…
5-22-12 Protesting NATO War Crimes in Chicago
By Emma Kaplan Yesterday was pretty intense. We arrived at Grant Park to a heavy police presence. Some of us had not slept well the night before after hearing the news of…
5-21-12 They have military alliances; we are allied with the people of the world
By Debra Sweet More photos. Watch unedited video from the livestream of Friday’s event: International Voices for Humanity and the Planet. Yesterday in Chicago we took to the streets for humanity and…
5-17-12 Protesting for NATO Victims
Debra Sweet speaks outside the Canadian Consulate.
5-17-12 Protesters March To Obama Campaign HQ, NATO Member Consulates
CHICAGO (CBS) – Dozens of anti-NATO activists focused their attention Thursday on President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters and a handful of downtown consulates for NATO member nations. CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports…