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Young Mothers Have Occupied Some Empty London Flats to Protest Homelessness
With the city's housing shortage at crisis point, a group of young moms have taken matters into their own hands by squatting in abandoned housing in the olympic village.
The Pentagon Is Giving Grenade Launchers to Campus Police
With help from the Pentagon, colleges across the United States are buying military-grade weapons, and putting campuses into perpetual lockdown.
Retired Cop Ray Lewis Blames Corporate America for the Situation in Ferguson
In 2011, veteran Philadelphia police officer Ray Lewis became a mascot for the non-hippies at Occupy Wall Street. Last week he brought his colorful brand of activism to Ferguson.
How Twitter Helped Ferguson Learn to Treat Tear Gas Victims Overnight
Activists from all around the world are helping the residents of Ferguson deal with tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and sound weapons.
These Scottish Truthers Think Pretty Much All Laws Are Invalid
When you combine conspiracy theories and dodgy legal advice you get the Scottish Sovereigns, a group that's is convinced that you can ignore most laws if you don't go by the name on your ID. Or something. It's pretty confusing.
NYC's Pay Out to the Occupy Movement Is Not the End of Protest Anger
Occupy protesters wrongly arrested on New Year's Day 2012 will get a deserved $583,000 payout, but that's no great victory for dissent.
Will Julian Assange Be Moving to a Squatters’ Settlement In Brazil?
João Paulo Rodrigues, a leader of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement, told Assange he is welcome on the country's land settlements.
Will Julian Assange Be Moving to a Squatters’ Settlement in Brazil?
On May 14, a leader of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement met with Julian Assange in London's Ecuadorian embassy to discuss ways in which Latin American social movements could assist Wikileaks. The leader told Assange, "If you need asylum in Brazil...
Cecily McMillan's Lenient Sentence Is Punishment Too Much
The 25-year-old student today learned that she will spend three more months in prison, receiving a sentence of 90 days.
24 VICE Photos That Sum Up Four Miserable Years of Coalition Rule
You can tell they were great because of all the fire and broken glass.
Cecily McMillan Jurors' Remorse Is Not Good Enough
Convictions ruin lives; sentencing laws are harsh. And the jurors hearing cases should know better.
Cecily McMillan's Jurors Are Shocked to Learn of Jail Sentence
The activist was found guilty, but jurors had no idea that she would be so gravely punished.