Ruckus Society

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Name: Ruckus Society
First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton

Anti-globalization groups lower the volume

Qatar was supposed to have been the climax of a particularly stormy year. After the huge demonstrations worldwide, globalization's opponents prepared for a battle against the body that symbolizes for them the worst of the dominant economic system: the ... [Published Haaretz - 20 hours ago]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Bill Frezza: Move Over, Polar Bears: Palm Oil Orangutans Want Their $5 of Fame

What do polar bears, orangutans, the Walt Disney Company, Cheetos, recycled fundraising schemes and corporate shakedowns have in common? It's just another day on the social activism front.Skillful fundraisers have long used charismatic megafauna -- cool, ... [Published Huffington Post - May 13 2013]

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...explains John Sellers, director of the Ruckus Society, a human rights group based in San Francisco that has organized marches against global trade. "What would happen if 10,000 people turned out for a peaceful march and then four of them burned a flag?" he said to the New York Times, leaving the question unanswered
Anti-globalization groups lower the volume [Published Haaretz - 20 hours ago]
...In a recent mailing asking supporters for $5.00, RAN announced its "most ambitious palm oil campaign yet, aimed at convincing the top 20 snack food companies to cut orangutan extinction out of their supply chains." Right now, hundreds of activists are stickering popular brand name snack foods in grocery stores around the U S with the message: 'Warning: This snack...
Bill Frezza: Move Over, Polar Bears: Palm Oil Orangutans Want Their $5 of Fame [Published Huffington Post - May 13 2013]
general sentiment was expressed by Michelle Malkin, who declared the report a "piece of crap...propaganda...an Obama"
No, the Sikh Temple Massacre Does Not Rehabilitate the Homeland Security Report on Right-Wing Ext ... [Published REASON Online - Aug 08 2012]

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Anti-globalization groups lower the volume [Published Haaretz - 20 hours ago]
Bill Frezza: Move Over, Polar Bears: Palm Oil O... [Published Huffington Post - May 13 2013]
Making Green A Threat Again [Published It's Getting Hot In Here - Jan 18 2013]
No, the Sikh Temple Massacre Does Not Rehabilit... [Published REASON Online - Aug 08 2012]
Fact Pack that outlines the history, actions an... [Published Infosphere AB - Nov 16 2001]
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Making Green A Threat Again [Published It's Getting Hot In Here - Jan 18 2013]
Dept. of Interior, April 2011. via Shadia Fayne Wood Cross-Posted from Counterpunch “The climate movement needs to have one hell of a comeback.” –Naomi Klein The energy was there. It was an overcast spring morning in April 2011 in the nation’s ...
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