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Protesters arrested at WA state Capitolupdated: Fri Apr 08 2011 05:38:00

Protesters upset over state budget cuts fill the Washington state Capitol.

A 'democracy Renaissance?'updated: Fri Jan 28 2011 19:02:00

President John F. Kennedy once said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

Rosa Parks' legacy endures decades laterupdated: Wed Dec 01 2010 07:50:00

An act of civil disobedience 55 years ago -- Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of a city bus -- made the seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, a pivotal symbol in America's civil rights movement.

2005: Rosa Parks rememberedupdated: Wed Dec 01 2010 07:50:00

CNN's Bruce Morton looks back on the legacy of Rosa Parks shortly after her death in 2005.

Protests against Arizona immigration law go nationwideupdated: Sat May 01 2010 19:08:00

Thousands of protesters in cities across the United States waved American flags as they rallied Saturday against Arizona's tough new immigration law and pushed for national immigration reform.

Congressman arrested at immigration rallyupdated: Sat May 01 2010 19:08:00

Police arrested Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez with a group of protesters Saturday at a rally outside the White House.

'Defenders' help homeowners fight evictionupdated: Mon Apr 13 2009 12:10:00

Olive Thompson's living room is filled with dozens of delicate glass figurines: swans, angels, Asian dolls. She has spent the past five years fixing this house. The bedroom is pink, the kitchen dotted with red pots and pans.

Ousted homeowners fight backupdated: Mon Apr 13 2009 12:10:00

CNN's Deborah Feyerick reports on homeowners are refusing to go along with foreclosure.

Hezbollah lifts Beirut street blockadesupdated: Thu May 15 2008 15:21:00

Hezbollah militants Thursday began removing street blockades -- one day after the reversal of two Lebanese Cabinet decisions made during the recent factional violence.

Lebanese TV station burnsupdated: Sat May 10 2008 13:20:00

A pro-government television station burns as clashes continue in Beirut.

Hezbollah militants to leave Beirut streetsupdated: Sat May 10 2008 13:20:00

Hezbollah militants will leave Beirut's streets in response to the Lebanese army's assuming security in the city, an opposition spokesman said Saturday, but "civil disobedience" will continue.

Peaceful Iraq protests spark clashes; 50 reported deadupdated: Tue Mar 25 2008 21:57:00

Fighting between Iraqi security forces and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr left 50 dead in the southern city of Basra and spread to several Baghdad districts Tuesday, Iraqi officials said.

Kenya's opposition threatens mass protestsupdated: Fri Feb 22 2008 09:10:00

Kenya's opposition party says it will embark on a "mass civil disobedience campaign next week" if its demands aren't met in the intensive negotiations aimed at defusing the political crisis in the tense East African nation.

Protesters mass for Heathrow demoupdated: Sun Aug 19 2007 07:33:00

More than 1,000 climate change activists massed near London's Heathrow airport on Sunday and pledged a mix of peaceful protest and civil disobedience to draw attention to the impact of aviation on global warming.

Peaceful Iraq war protests prompt 71 arrestsupdated: Tue Sep 26 2006 16:27:00

Two Presbyterian ministers were among 71 people arrested during a series of peaceful protests against the Iraq war Tuesday, said a spokeswoman for a group participating in the protests.

'Counter-Inaugural' revving upupdated: Tue Jan 18 2005 18:55:00

The committee handling Bush's Thursday inaugural is focused on pomp and pageantry, but protesters are also preparing.

Police and protesters square offupdated: Fri Aug 27 2004 11:32:00

Thousands of protesters will face thousands of security officials at the Republican National Convention even before the event begins Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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