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Changes to Hungary’s constitution spur thousands to protest

Thousands of Hungarians gathered outside the country’s parliament in Budapest Saturday in protest at changes to the new constitution they say infringe on civil rights. After a demonstration on Thursday, protestors and a number of NGOs including Amnesty International launched a second rally against a package of measures due to…

Four arrested during protest of nudity ban in San Francisco

Four people were arrest during a protest of San Francisco’s nudity ban, which was passed late last year and went into effect on Feb. 1, reported the Associated Press. “No matter what, we’re going to continue practicing body freedom, we’re not going to go away,” protestor Gypsy Taub told the…

British vegan to brand 3 activists in protest against long-banned practice of branding

Animal-rights protesters have long been masters at courting both attention and controversy in their quest to put an end to what they perceive as cruel farming practices. Becky Folkard, a 34-year-old vegan from Hampshire, is promising to perform the latest form of protest today at a staged event in London…

Updated: Watch Black Friday strikes at various Walmart stores

This post will be updated periodically with new information, live videos and recorded videos throughout the day. The video below features a worker protest in Lakewood, Colorado, published by The Associated Press on Friday, November 23, 2012. The video below features a worker protest in Dearborn, Michigan, published by The…

Egyptian protesters tore down U.S. embassy flag

Thousands of Egyptian demonstrators angered by a film deemed offensive to Islam tore down the US flag during a protest at the embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, an AFP photographer reported. Nearly 3,000 demonstrators, most of them hardline Islamist supporters of the Salafist movement or football fans, gathered at the…

WATCH LIVE: Thousands silently march in NYC to protest stop-and-frisk

Thousands of people turned out on Sunday to participate in a silent march in New York City. The demonstration is a protest against the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk program. For more, go here. Watch live video, courtesy of BreakTheNews, below: Live stream videos at Ustream…

Canadian students strip down to red squares in new protest technique

Notice: A few brief shots in the embedded video, as well as several of the photos at the linked Russia Today story, should be considered NSFW. In the latest innovative protest technique to come out of Montreal, thousands of students marched on Thursday wearing only their underwear, bathing suits, or…

WATCH LIVE: ‘Occupy Seattle’ protesters march through the streets

A group of about 50 “Occupy Seattle” protesters are marching through the streets. Follow it live on the stream below, provided by members of the protest: Watch live streaming video from owsoccupyseattle at livestream.com…

Live coverage: Tar Stands protest in DC

WATCH LIVE: Watch live streaming video from tarsandsaction at livestream.com…

Communications Workers of America backs ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) has become the latest union to endorsed the “Occupy Wall Street” protest that started in lower Manhattan and spread across the country. “The 700,000 members of the Communications Workers of America strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Movement,” the CWA Executive Board said Tuesday…

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