Posts Tagged ‘ PROTEST ’
“Prop 8: The Musical” may be a 3-minute Internet video, but it has a blockbuster cast — including Jack Black (who plays Jesus), Neil Patrick Harris, John C. Reilly, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Margaret Cho, Rashida Jones and others.
As of Thursday, the clip had clearly ascended to viral status, with more than 1.1 million views on FunnyOrDie.com.
Rights activists criticize the church for helping to collect millions to aid passage of ban on gay marriage
It was the latest in an escalating campaign directed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its role in marshaling millions of dollars in contributions from its members for the successful campaign to take away same-sex marriage rights.
Added: October 21, 2008 | Run TIme: 01:06
A woman tried to “arrest” Karl Rove for treason while the former White House aide was appearing at a meeting of the Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday in San Francisco, according to KGO-TV.
“Rove tried to elbow her away before she was taken offstage,” The New York Times reports.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Code Pink, an anti-war group, identified the woman as Janine Boneparth.
After their attempt to take the stage was stopped by police, Rage Against the Machine took to the crowd with an acapella performance. Armed with only a megaphone, and thousands of fans, RATM played a 10min acapella set of Bulls on Parade and Killing in the Name of.
Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota
Added: September 01, 2008 | Run TIme: 02:40
The RNC Welcoming Committee, which describes itself as “anarchist/anti-authoritarian,” accused St. Paul police of trying to disrupt their protest planned for Monday, the day the GOP convention is set to begin.
Although no one was arrested, the group said police temporarily detained and photographed at least 50 people who were inside the building.
St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said they were executing a search warrant.
ABC’s Debate Disaster: Remember, you can’t be a patriot without a flag pin!
Our friends at MoveOn produced a short YouTube video
Please join us at ABC/Disney’s headquarters in Burbank from 4-7 p.m on FRIDAY to protest and pass out flag pins to ABC/Disney employees leaving their Disney corporate office.
“Are you patriotic enough to wear a flag-pin? Remember, you can’t be a patriot without a pin!“
The protester said he wanted Clinton to apologize for a comment he made in 1992 about a rapper named Sister Souljah and then threw colored cards into the air. As the protester was being escorted out of the room, Clinton told him he needed to find a more environmentally-friendly way to protest.
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