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Activism in 2012: SDS founder Alan Haber and Odile Hugonot-Haber leading discussion on Occupy movement

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:00:06 -0800
The man credited with founding the Students for a Democratic Society, the movement that came to symbolize the radicalism that swept the 1960s, hasn’t given up the fight. Alan Haber , now 75 and living in Ann Arbor, continues to labor for causes he believes in — from working with Occupy Ann Arbor to lobbying for development of an urban park on the downtown Library Lot on Fifth Avenue, where an ...
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The Casey Awards to Recognize Canadian Leadership and Activism in HIV/AIDS and Social Justice

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0800
Awards to be presented at Casey House's SnowBall 2012 | ELEMENTAL on February 25 TORONTO , Feb. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Casey House today announced the recipients of The Casey Awards 2012, recognizing and honouring ...
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Olympus scandal triggers Japan shareholder activism

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:36 -0800
After British whistleblower Michael Woodford was sacked as CEO of Olympus and revealed the Japanese firm had covered up losses of $1.7 billion, he mounted a campaign to get his job back.
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Voice behind efforts for Md. Dream Act began activism as a teenage immigrant

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:43:00 -0800
That April 10 nearly six years ago was one of Jaime Contreras’s defining moments. People arrived on the Mall by the tens of thousands, waving American flags and chanting in Spanish, “Yes, we can!” Contreras, 37, still vividly remembers the vigor of more than a quarter of a million people demanding immigration reform. Read full article >>
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It is vital for civil society to stand up and be counted

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:18:12 -0800
WHAT is civil society? According to Wikipedia, civil society is the arena outside of the family, the state, and the market where people associate to advance common interests.
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Bill O'Reilly Denounces Prop. 8 Ruling As 'Judicial Activism' (VIDEO)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:20 -0800
The 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals issued its ruling on Tuesday, saying that the 2008 law banning gay marriage in the state "serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California," and was therefore in violation of the Constitution.
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Only civil society can save Rio+20, say activists

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:04:32 -0800
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 24 (Tierramérica) - Large-scale social mobilisation, including street protests and parallel activities, is the only thing can save the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) from ending in nothing but frustration, according to activists and analysts.
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David Hefer '12: The aim of activism

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:26:40 -0800
By: David Hefer Though morality requires us to give up some liberty and - you have a moral obligation to save a drowning person, even though it would ruin your nice leather loafers and - it is not clear that justice does. ... ;
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Is This Activism?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:08:44 -0800
Hundreds of websites (TechCrunch included) have gone dark or visibly changed their appearance as a protest against the Stop Online Privacy Act and its Senate doppelganger, the PROTECT IP Act. It's a powerful statement ion is bec0800 Read More...

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