#protest

#protest

She resisted arrest and was wearing an outfit that is not appropriate in public,

It's beautiful to see so many people all over the country standing up for democracy and against authoritarianism. This is no time for factions or political infighting; we face an existential emergency, and we all need to unite against that threat. I see signs all over supporting so many causes, and I love them all. But I want to take a moment to talk about why we are here.

We stand here on Boston Common, where 60 years ago, a different kind of king, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led 20,000 people for Roxbury down Columbus Ave to call for equal rights for all our neighbors. And we stand here today to tell the Trump Administration when it comes to our freedoms, when it comes to our families, Boston

Cops led us into the street as the new protest zone' and then beat us repeatedly, Abughazaleh said in a social media post. Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested. She added: Stay safe out there.

Despite a day of near-constant rain, organizers of Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride went ahead with their plans to protest on Sunday-the clouds miraculously parting just before the meetup time of 2:30 pm. Hundreds showed and rode in the buff or in solidarity with the buff. The ride's summer version is a protest against dependence on oil that celebrates body positivity and alternatives to car transport.

A group of Catholic priests and hundreds of congregants marched about a mile to an ICE facility in Cook County, IL, to pray for the detainees and offer Holy Communion, but were barred from going inside the facility, Fox32 Chicago reported on Saturday. Nearly 200 people from Saint Eulalia Catholic Church in Maywood, IL, gathered outside the Broadview processing facility for the blessing as state troopers and other authorities looked on. A viral video captured the prayer.

Gardaí say they had attended and were monitoring a number of public gatherings in Dublin city today During the afternoon a protest group gathered in the East Wall area. As the public gathering moved towards Dublin Port Tunnel a Garda cordon was established to prevent a protest from blocking the tunnel and to "maintain traffic movement through key infrastructure".

Defend Our Juries, the group which has been organising the protests in London, said it intended to go ahead with its action on Saturday, and it urged the police to focus on protecting those communities fearing reprisals or follow-up terror attacks. We urge you to choose to prioritise protecting the community, rather than arresting those peacefully holding signs in opposition to the absurd and draconian ban of a domestic direct action group, Defend Our Juries told the Metropolitan police in a letter of reply.

The "Let Kids Be Kids" rally, organized by the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA), called for an end to gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and genital surgery some of which isn't currently available for people under 18 in Canada. "We believe we need to let kids be, to grow and develop naturally without medical gender transitions," said Daniel Zekveld, a policy analyst with ARPA.

"If I had known this in advance, I would never have organized it," she said in a post on X.

Parents who are fearful about the government's plans to overhaul special needs education in England took their fight to parliament on Monday, where the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, warned the prime minister: Get this wrong and you are out. Up to 700 parents, many carrying colourful, homemade banners, took part in the Westminster day of protest. Failed, said one poster in blood-red paint, dripping over a list of children's names.

A man was fatally shot during a vehicle stop on the outskirts of Chicago by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers after attempting to flee the scene, according to officials, and another officer was injured during the altercation. The incident occurred during a daylong protest unfolding outside the Ice processing center in Broadview, Illinois, where demonstrators clashed with federal government agents Friday morning.

Stephen Colbert might be off CBS's late-night schedule, but he won't be off New Yorkers' radar anytime soon. Today, September 8, MoveOn is staging a very New York protest-slash-celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert -and to rail against CBS's sudden cancellation of the top-rated late-night show. The hook is a Colbert lookalike contest where bespectacled superfans compete to see who can best channel the host's trademark arched eyebrow and deadpan delivery. Judges include a few surprise celebrity names, and prizes will be doled out alongside plenty of Colbert-inspired swag.

A protester carrying a dog scaled the clock tower at King's Cross station in London to unfurl a banner calling for freedom in Iran. Footage taken on Tuesday (2 August) shows the demonstrator, who wore a black t-shirt displaying no to war, standing on the edge of the building as a poster which reads Iran belongs to its people hangs below him.

Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton led thousands from across the country Thursday for March on Wall Street in protest of the Trump administration's withdrawal from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs three values that the president and his followers have eschewed. The massive Lower Manhattan march, coinciding with the 62nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous March on Washington in 1963, kicked off from Foley Square on the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington.

Fuck you! You fucking facists!

Collier stated, 'I will not agree to be in DPS custody. I am not a criminal. I am exercising my right to resist and oppose the decisions of our government.'

Miles Pickering was arrested at a protest due to confusion around his T-shirt that read 'Plasticine Action', which was mistaken for supporting a banned group.

There is no one magical thing that can be done to stop them, and no set of actions any single person can take to halt the enshittification of our country.

The protest comes after a leaked version of the EHRC's finalised guidance - published by The Times - will allegedly urge service providers to ban trans people from all single-sex facilities and services.

The cartoon pirate flag has been raised across Indonesia as a protest against rising prices, job difficulties, and government incompetencies, signaling public dissatisfaction.