This Christmas Eve more than 40 people gathered at the main gate to Victoria Park in London to protest the Olympic torch relay.

More than two hundred anti-olympics protesters swarmed Toronto's downtown core last night forcing a drastic re-routing of the Olympic torch relay shutting down several main intersections on Yonge Street, forcing it to split in two after being delayed well over an hour. The following is a detailed, but incomplete, account of this victory.

Voters in Wells, Maine rejected a referendum which would have permitted large scale water extraction in their town.

By Dave Zirin - October 2, 2009

...[O]rganizations like No Games Chicago went grass roots, corner to corner, and spoke out against the Olympic storm of gentrification, tax hikes, and police misconduct...The No Games Chicago movement has a responsibility right now to do a helluva lot more than just cheer their triumph. Now is the time to stand with the people of Rio...[T]he pain for Brazil's working people is now on the immediate horizon. It's our duty to do whatever we can to express solidarity with the favelas, the landless peasants, and the workers about to stare down the barrel of "Olympism."

Palestine Solidarity Campaign - 17 September 2009

In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass [movement for] boycott, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians...The motion also condemned the Israeli trade union Histadrut’s statement supporting Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed 1,450 Palestinians in three weeks, and called for a review of the TUC’s relationship with Histadrut.

By PACBI - August 18, 2009

Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement in the Leonard Cohen concert in Tel Aviv and will not be party to any fund that benefits from the concert‘s proceeds...Amnesty International’s announcement...followed an international outcry over the human rights organization’s reported involvement in the Leonard Cohen concert fund, and an earlier international call for Cohen to boycott apartheid Israel.

By Mumia Abu-Jamal - Znet Commentary

Perhaps the State figured the post - 9/11 paranoia and mania would make this an easy case. Perhaps the government thought that because many of the accused were men of advancing age, decades away from their prime organizing and activist days, it would be a cake walk.

June 19, 2009 - Canwest News Service

After weeks of pressure by his supporters, the federal government said Thursday it would comply with a court order to bring Abousfian Abdelrazik back to Canada...Newly declassified documents revealed that the Montreal man, stranded at the Canadian Embassy in Sudan for more than a year, was placed on a United Nations no-fly list at the request of the U.S. government.

By Joanne Landy - March 19, 2009

In a major setback for Pentagon plans to install a U.S. military radar base in the Czech Republic, the Czech government yesterday withdrew, at least for now (and possibly for good), its proposal to ratify an agreement on the base...[T]his was a very significant retreat, since the radar has been promoted as one of the key accomplishments of the current government.

The man who threw his shoes at Bush has been reportedly beaten and tortured badly. Please mobilize on his behalf. He has taught us how to protest bad leaders!

About 50 people showed up to protest the "Canada Pacific Spirit Train" event Sunday in the Vancouver suburb of Port Moody. Taking a position in front of the main stage, the group carried signs and placards, and a large banner that read "Resist 2010: No Olympics on Stolen Native Land."