activists

Activists are individuals that typically seek social or political reform through protest, community organization, boycotts and rallies. Their opposition to the status quo reflects their belief that through community awareness their needs can be met.

Activists usually solicit the assistance of politicians and community leaders in seeking to have their needs and the needs of the community satisfied. They usually implement a grassroots approach, though many activists are affiliated with national causes.

The goal of many activists is to call attention to an otherwise overlooked issue affecting their community, so that governmental or social change may arise from that awareness.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “activists”

 

• The Strength Of A Symbol

  
  The Urban Times — Authority: 426
  This face is everywhere. Millions of profile pictures, graffiti, flyers, tattoos and T-shirts celebrate English conspirator Guy Fawkes, who has become the symbol of a resistance against a bigger power. This smiling face represents an idea, a concept, a movement or even a will to change, in such a dynamic and frenetic ...
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• Occupy London eviction: alleged assault – video

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Occupy London eviction: alleged assault – video Occupy activists claim a photographer was punched by a bailiff who then drove his car at speed towards more protesters published date:Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:21:15 GMT
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• Holed up in his hut: George, the last protester standing at Occupy Bristol

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Holed up in his hut: George, the last protester standing at Occupy Bristol Once there were 60 tents on the city’s College Green, but most campers have left since the council secured a possession orderAt the height of the protest there were more than 60 tents pegged out on ...
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• Trial of Papua activists begins

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.bbc.co.uk Trial of Papua activists begins Five Papuan activists go on trial for raising an outlawed flag and declaring independence in eastern Indonesia, amid criticism from rights groups. published date:Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:45:03 GMT
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• Syria Says ‘Terrorists’ Blow up Gas Pipeline

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://abcnews.go.com Syria Says ‘Terrorists’ Blow up Gas Pipeline Syria says ‘terrorists’ blow up gas pipeline, activists report gunfire near Damascus published date:Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:09:29 -0500
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• Syrian rebels blow up key gas pipeline as they inch closer to Assad’s Damascus HQ

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk Syrian rebels blow up key gas pipeline as they inch closer to Assad’s Damascus HQ Activists blew up the line close to the Lebanese border, following the killing of 62 people yesterday when 2,000 Syrian troops stormed rebel areas near the capital of Damascus – President ...
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• Damascus suburbs under Assad’s troops fire

  
  4unews — Authority: 147
  BEIRUT – Gunfire was reported in the suburbs of Damascus claim activists. Monday’s reports could not be confirmed but Syrian troops and tanks stormed the capital on Sunday shelling neighborhoods that have fallen under the control of army dissidents. Activists and residents said at least 62 people were killed in ...
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• Syria: Army retakes Damascus suburbs – live updates

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Syria: Army retakes Damascus suburbs – live updates • Insurgency reaches capital• Fierce fighting between army and military defectors• Activists say at least 160 killed nationwide over weekend8.47am: Welcome to Middle East Live. It was a bloody weekend in Syria. ...
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• Syrian troops battle to take back Damascus suburbs

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Syrian troops battle to take back Damascus suburbs Activists say five civilians killed in clashes, and state news agency reports six soldiers killed in bus explosionFierce fighting has been reported in the suburbs of Damascus as thousands of Syrian troops battle to take back ...
  2 days ago

• Street Battles in Oakland Hundreds of Activists Arrested Occupy

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 567
  There they burned flags, and damaged an art exhibition, Mayor Jean Quan said at a press conference in the evening. She called on the supporters of the bank critical movement, not Oakland abuse as a “playground”. Dozens of protesters were arrested when they in the evening marched through downtown Oakland and ...
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• Syria kills dozens in bombardment of border town

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk Syria kills dozens in bombardment of border town Syrian government forces have killed at least 33 people in a rebel town near the Lebanese border in the last few days in an attack to dislodge army defectors and insurgents, activists and residents of a nearby town said Sunday. ...
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• Davos Topless Protest – 3 Ukranian Women Detained

  
  Keep Talking Greece — Authority: 499
  Three topless Ukrainian protesters, members of the Femen movement,  were detained Saturday while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders to call attention to the needs of the world’s poor. Separately, demonstrators from the Occupy movement marched to the edge of ...
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• Crackdown on rebels in Damascus

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.bbc.co.uk Crackdown on rebels in Damascus Syria’s army moves to reassert control in rebellious suburbs of Damascus in the worst fighting around the capital in the 10-month uprising, activists say. published date:Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:53:36 GMT
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• Activists: Shells Hit Oil Pipeline in East Syria

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://abcnews.go.com Activists: Shells Hit Oil Pipeline in East Syria Activists: Syria government forces shelling eastern town hit oil pipeline published date:Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:51:01 -0500
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• Syria: Gulf-Backed Activists Stormed Cairo Embassy

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://abcnews.go.com Syria: Gulf-Backed Activists Stormed Cairo Embassy Syrian ambassador to Egypt says Gulf-backed opposition activists stormed embassy published date:Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:24:23 -0500
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• SKorean activists send socks to NKorea in balloons (AP)

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 147
  SKorean activists send socks to NKorea in balloons (AP) AP – South Korean activists have floated giant balloons carrying boxes of socks into North Korea. SKorean activists send socks to NKorea in balloons (AP)
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• SKorean Activists Send Socks to NKorea in Balloons

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://abcnews.go.com SKorean Activists Send Socks to NKorea in Balloons South Korean activists send balloons carrying boxes of socks to North Korea published date:Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:43:23 -0500
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• Shiv Sainiks storm Times Of India office (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) More than 50 angry Shiv Sena activists Saturday afternoon stormed into the Times Of India building here and damaged furniture and fittings in the reception areas of the newspaper office.They were protesting against a report published in Maharashtra Times, the Marathi language daily of the ToI ...
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• Shiv Sainiks attack daily’s office

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) Suspected Shiv Sainiks barged into the Times of India office and damaged its reception area in south Mumbai Saturday to protest an article, an official said.The daily paper had written that the party’s Anand Rao Adsul was to switch over to the Nationalist Congress Party, but he did not [...]
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• Syria security forces kill over 40; UN council meets

  
  Philippine News Feed — Authority: 143
  Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt. Read full story: Syria security forces kill over 40; UN council meets (external link)
  3 days ago

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