Sit-In at Washington University Challenges Peabody Coal In St. Louis

With growing national media attention and plans for nationwide rallies during its shareholders meeting, the coal giant's moment of truth has arrived.

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Students Occupying UT Austin Decry School's Privatization and Job Cutting Plan

Many say the most worrisome aspect of the Shared Services Plan is the relationship that University of Texas has developed with the private firm Accenture.

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500 Indigenous Protesters Occupy Peru's Biggest Amazon Oil Field

Native communities have taken control of a thermoelectric plant, oil tanks and key roads in the Amazonian region of Loreto.

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Cowboys and Indians Ride Into Capital Calling for End to Keystone Pipeline

Dozens of ranchers, farmers and Native Americans calling themselves the Cowboy and Indian Alliance rode into D.C. on horseback to set up camp in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Inmates Strike in Alabama – Declare Prison Is “Running a Slave Empire”

Inmates will refuse work, calling for education, rehabilitation and an end to overcrowding, life sentences without parole – and “the free labor system.”

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Victory in Vermont Pushes Monsanto and Big Foods on the GMO Defensive

The Vermont Senate passed a bill to require labeling on all GMO foods sold in the state – signaling a wave of nationwide victories against the Gene Giants may be underway.

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Around the World in 843 Protests: Living the Most Revolutionary Times in History

Revolts are shaking the world, bursting in the most unexpected places, but they rarely take power. Is the big explosion still coming?

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Killing of Environmental Activists Rises Globally – With Few Convicted

900 environmental activists have been killed in the past decade – but only 10 perpetrators were convicted, report says.

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A Sharing Economy Is Growing In Spain – with Tax Resistance and Economic Disobedience

Spanish tax resisters and activists from the 15M movement have joined forces to organize a sharing economy network – and to nourish it with redirected taxes.

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Pipeline Protest Leaders in British Columbia Vow to Maintain Right-Of-Way Blockade

The Unis’tot’en Action Camp was first put up in 2010 after industry proposed a gas pipeline and a liquefied natural gas plant.

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