Protests and Demonstrations

Art for the Angry

Allen West: "Look I'm Not Into Name-Calling, All That Kind of Stuff"

​LOL.That acronym could be a common reaction to Rep. Allen West's comment to the Sun-Sentinel editorial board on Wednesday in response to a question about whether Mitt Romney's a flip-flopper."No," West replied. "Look I'm not into name-calling, all that kind of stuff."

Allen West: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Will Be Known as the "Sons of Anarchy"

According to Rep. Allen West, Occupy protesters.​Occupy Wall Street -- it's like a fictional organized-crime syndicate that rides around on motorcycles, according to Rep. Allen West.West celebrated the 238th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party on Friday, and of course, couldn't go without insu ... More >>

Food Not Bombs Plans "Anti-Consumerist Festival" in Stranahan Park on Christmas Day

proceedingboldly.blogspot.com​As the 99% draw attention to their less-than-equitable situation, sacrosanct holidays and traditions become a target for protests. Adbusters, the same (Canadian!) publication that launched the Occupy Wall Street movement, has advocated "buy-nothing day" on Black Frida ... More >>

Westboro Baptist "Church" Coming to Fort Lauderdale to Scare Children

​Fred Phelps and the rest of the "God hates fags" crew from the Westboro Baptist Church in Nowhere, Kansas, say they're coming to Fort Lauderdale on December 8.Remember, Fred Phelps told the Pulp back in July that he was gathering up the gang to protest the funeral of 24-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Jo ... More >>

Occupy Fort Lauderdale Getting Kicked Off of City Hall Property

​According to a communique received from a protester with Occupy Fort Lauderdale, the group will be kicked off of City Hall property (100 N. Andrews Ave.) at 5 p.m. today. The Occupiers find it reprehensible that the city would do such a thing on Thanksgiving Eve, when most people are busy with ho ... More >>

Occupy Fort Lauderdale Granted Temporary Injunction Over City's New Rules

​Yesterday, a new rule introduced to Fort Lauderdale's policy and standards manual was posted in a courtyard in front of City Hall -- where the Occupy camp has set up shop.Check out a slide show of the Occupy camp here.The rule bans tents from the area and bans people from being in the public spac ... More >>

In Defense of Bankers: Why Occupy Protesters Shouldn't Target Those Who Cash Our Checks

​One banker, we'll call him Steve, was walking out of the corporate office in Orlando recently when a protester got in his face. There were three or four Occupy protesters who spotted Steve with a couple other people wearing suits. The protesters figured they had found one percenters. "You're resp ... More >>

Rick Scott Maintains Crappy Approval Rating but Registers Higher Than Occupy Movement

​Gov. Rick Scott maintained his position of having the crappiest approval rating among the country's governors, but Floridians like the governor more than they like the Occupy movement, according to a poll released today.Quinnipiac University -- which announced the highest approval rating of Scott ... More >>

Patrick Murphy: "I Am Proud to Stand With the 99%"

​Patrick Murphy, one of the Democratic hopefuls in the race for Rep. Allen West's congressional seat, has joined several of his party colleagues -- including DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and former Rep. Alan Grayson -- to come out in support of the Occupy movement.In an email t ... More >>

Alan Grayson Goes to Bat for Occupy Wall Street (Video)

​Now that former Orlando Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is trying to win his old congressional seat back, he took a pretty good shot at making himself relevant again on Friday by coming out in defense of the Occupy Wall Street protests.On HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, Grayson gave an explanation ... More >>

Occupy Fort Lauderdale Sets Its First Date of Assembly

​The "Occupy Wall Street" demonstration that's been catching on across the country in recent weeks is just days away from the introduction of the Fort Lauderdale movement.Saturday, October 8 is the inaugural date of Occupy Fort Lauderdale, as protesters will gather outside the Broward Main Public ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Creeps Planning Florida Funeral Protest in Response to Proposed Bill

thegatewaypundit.comWestboro Baptist weirdos.​It looks like the Westboro Baptist "Church" is interpreting State Rep. Pat Rooney's military funeral buffer-zone bill as an invitation.The Kansas crazies haven't placed it on their public schedule yet, but the Palm Beach Post reports the "Thank God for ... More >>

State Rep. Rooney Files Bill to Keep Westboro Baptist Bozos at Bay

towleroad.com​State Rep. Pat Rooney isn't too happy about the "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates Fags" sign-wielding lunatics from the Westboro Baptist "Church" in Kansas parading around funerals extolling their hate under the protection of the First Amendment.For the second straight leg ... More >>

Margate Mosque Protest: An Assembly Of Anti-Intellectualism

Margate's Masjid Jamaat Al-Mumineen mosque​Yesterday before noon, a few religulous leaders held a press conference outside the Masjid Jamaat Al-Mumineen mosque in Margate, preparing for that night's rally against the mosque and Islam in general.What happened last night at the protest, however, ... More >>

Religious Groups Gear Up For Margate Mosque Protest

Photo by Matthew Hendley"No Jihad in our backyard," one of the "pro-American" sentiments displayed at today's announcement​Mustaches, Gadsden flags, and rampant Islamophobia.We have the rest of the story too.Religious groups, tea party activists, and residents of Margate showed up this morning ... More >>

Ann Coulter: If You're Reading This, You're Probably a Traitor

Surrounded by enemies, but smiling.​Tuesday on Coulter Watch, I tried defending SoFla's sexiest pundit for her Q&A performance at last week's CPAC. I stand by my defense. In those twenty minutes, she seemed to honestly wrestle with issues of concern to both her and her audience. And if she cam ... More >>

Allen West Sounds Off on Protests in Egypt

​The Middle East is a complicated place. Any academic expert will tell you that the region's violent, historic conflicts don't lend themselves to convenient soundbites.But that didn't stop Congressman Allen West from trying. This weekend, Mike Huckabee interviewed him on Fox News about the massive ... More >>

Animal Rights Activists Protest at Amerijet Executive's Home

Tara NieuwesteegActivists outside the home of an Amerijet executive.​About 30 animal-rights activists gathered on the sidewalk outside the Plantation home of an Amerijet executive last night to protest the company's policy of transporting monkeys for animal research and the fact that they do busin ... More >>

Video: Puppy Palace Hired "Thugs" to Protest Protesters

​Since they started earlier this year, the regular animal-rights protests outside Puppy Palace in Hollywood have run the gambit from the awkwardly sarcastic to the deeply personal to the nearly violent. There have been police, PETA cookies, and a petting zoo. This weekend, though, as about 30 prot ... More >>

Animal-Rights Activist Says Elderly Circus Employees Assaulted Him During Protest (Video)

Tara Nieuwesteeg​Last week, we told you about the animal-rights activists protesting the Cole Bros. Circus. They've followed the circus around South Florida, explaining with signs and megaphones that circus employees and patrons alike "support animal cruelty."Last weekend, though, the protest in M ... More >>

Does Michael Vick Think He Can Host a Party in South Florida and NOT Get Protested?

​Michael Vick, quarterback and convicted dog fighter, is coming to South Florida. He's the official celebrity host of a party tonight at MI-VI (pronounced m-i-six), a nightclub at Gulfstream in Hallandale Beach. And with the tenacious vitriol of a fighting dog, out come the protesters. The animal ... More >>

Allen West Plays the Nazi Card (Again) and Encourages Violence (Again)

It's not clear where congressional candidate Allen West is speaking -- was it at yesterday's protest against the Imam's invocation in Pompano Beach? UPDATE: If the commenter below is correct, this speech happened last year; but then why was it posted to Youtube today?Wherever he was, West didn't dis ... More >>

Puppy Protest Gets Personal in Hollywood

Tara Nieuwesteeg​Over the past couple of months, the protests and counterprotests in front of Puppy Palace in Hollywood have been increasingly heated. In addition to signs and chanting, there have been fake dead dogs, people wearing dog suits, a death toll, sarcastic welcome signs, an impromptu pe ... More >>

Hollywood Animal Rights Protesters Get Protested

Tara Nieuwesteeg​ Many people were very confused as they drove down Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday. There was a full-on protest on both sides of the street, replete with colorful signs, matching T-shirts, chanting, music, and adults wearing large, heavy dog costumes. Some drivers thought it was a ... More >>

[UPDATE] Greyhound Advocates Rallying Against Racing at Mardi Gras

If it's not completely clear, the clip above shows a 76-pound male greyhound named BB's Story Book (referred to by the announcer as "the five") falling in the first turn of a race at Mardi Gras Racetrack and Gaming Center in Hallandale Beach, getting up, running the wrong way on the track, and event ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Tea Party Fight Caught On Tape

Most weekends, at the corner of Oakland Park and US-1, there are some colorful protests. This is a regular spot for self-proclaimed "tea partiers" to tell the world (and the luxury cars going to and from Galt Ocean Mile) about their conservative beliefs (like Obama is a socialist Muslim terrorist w ... More >>

End of the Line for a South Florida Boxing Legend?

C. StilesGlen Johnson training after the first Dawson fight.​Boxing fans may have seen the last fight from a legendary South Florida pugilist this weekend. Glen "Road Warrior" Johnson, the light heavyweight who will turn 41 years old in January, finally got his rematch against undefeated 27-year-o ... More >>

Clarity in Neo-Nazi Stabbings at Ritz

Flickr: Jon LeightonProtesters at an Irving event in England.​I spoke a few moments ago with Manalapan Police Chief Clay Walker, who told me that the two stabbings that occurred at last night's speech by Hitler-loving historian David Irving occurred between two men who were attending the secretive ... More >>

In West Palm, Health Care Protesters May Have to Be Dragged Away

Tomorrow at 11 a.m., health care reform advocates will gather at the West Palm Beach location of Humana, the health care insurance company, demanding that it stop denying coverage to policyholders with preexisting conditions and life-threatening illnesses. It may lead to scenes like the one above, ... More >>

With Barney Frank Joke, Rush Limbaugh Shows His Age... 10

In a clip that has been making the rounds on blogs as well as on cable news networks, this week Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank responded to a protester who, carrying an Obama-as-Nazi poster, likened the president's health-care reform to Nazi policy. Besides failing to mention that Frank is&nbs ... More >>

[UPDATED] Janitors' Union to Protest at Broward County Courthouse

SEIU Protestors That will be the view outside the Broward County Courthouse this afternoon. Close to 100 members and sympathizers of the Service Employees International Union plan to protest the county's negotiations with janitorial services provider TCB Systems, Inc. of Miami. TC ... More >>

Environmental Activists Sent to Jail -- for Misdemeanors

Yesterday in Palm Beach County, seven environmental activists were sentenced for trespassing, unlawful assembly, and resisting arrest without violence. Two of them -- Panagioti Tsoklas and Lynne Purvis -- got jail time. Tsolkas, 60 days; Purvis, 30 days. As several of their supporters pointed out, t ... More >>

Governor In The Closet

Yesterday in Palm Beach County, seven environmental activists were sentenced for trespassing, unlawful assembly, and resisting arrest without violence. Two of them -- Panagioti Tsoklas and Lynne Purvis -- got jail time. Tsolkas, 60 days; Purvis, 30 days. As several of their supporters pointed out, t ... More >>

Some Sacrifice

Yesterday in Palm Beach County, seven environmental activists were sentenced for trespassing, unlawful assembly, and resisting arrest without violence. Two of them -- Panagioti Tsoklas and Lynne Purvis -- got jail time. Tsolkas, 60 days; Purvis, 30 days. As several of their supporters pointed out, t ... More >>

Have Wire, Will Travel

Anna the Medic, one of the FBI's top informants, has cut a wide swath through the antiwar and animal rights movements.

The Littlest Rally

Anna the Medic, one of the FBI's top informants, has cut a wide swath through the antiwar and animal rights movements.

Born to Choose

Planned Parenthood benefit rocks Respectable Street

Letters for June 23-29, 2005

Planned Parenthood benefit rocks Respectable Street

Not Over Judy's Dead Body, Pigs!

Commemorating the Stonewall riots

Best Place to Prepare for Armageddon

IPS 911 Store

Die Like an Eagle

Michael Franti and friends fight the hawks with hits

Talking About the Weather

A revolution from the stormy '60s came from the underground

A Run on the Bank

Attack of the Activists

Still Steaming

A pair of filmmakers dredges up all the rage and frustration of Election 2000

The Antiwarriors

Riding shotgun with Broward County's tiny but angry peace movement

Robert Plant

Dreamland (Universal)

Acting Out

Whether or not the state helps out AIDS sufferers, last week's botched protest says much about the HIV community's problem

Best Psychedelic-Meets-Swank Décor

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Undercurrents

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