Protests and Demonstrations

Two Protesters Wearing Giant Bush-Cheney Masks Were Arrested Outside SMU Today (Updated with Video)

The men and women who gathered alongside Central Expressway this morning to protest the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center were mostly well-behaved. They marched by peacefully by in their Jason-esque hockey masks, Guantanamo prison garb and comically oversize papier mache heads. B ... More >>

Peace Activists Can Protest the New Bush Center, Judge Rules, So Off They Go

Last week we told you about a group of activists who were suing the City of Dallas, claiming they're being illegally barred from participating in a protest during SMU's dedication this week of the new George W. Bush Presidential Center. On Friday, noting a "strong public interest in the freedom of e ... More >>

Lady Gaga

Tuesday, January 29, at American Airlines Center

Libertarian Senate Hopeful John Jay Myers Led a Small but Spirited Protest at WFAA Today

Earlier this week we told you about John Jay Myers, the Libertarian Senate candidate who believes he'll be unfairly excluded from WFAA's planned October 2 debate. He promised to bring protesters to the station's headquarters on Young Street, which he did today around 11. When we got there, there ... More >>

Keystone Pipeline Protesters Tie Themselves to Construction Equipment, Halt Work

Three protesters tied themselves to logging equipment clearing trees for the southern portion of the Keystone pipeline early Wednesday morning. A representative of the group, which calls itself the Tar Sands Blockade, says work on the East Texas site is currently halted. "A caravan of between seven ... More >>

Mark Cuban Will Bring Occupy Unmasked, Andrew Breitbart's Anti-Occupy Movie, to Theaters

Mavs owner Mark Cuban is making sure conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart will continue to provoke some five months after his death. Big Hollywood, a site Breitbart founded, reported yesterday that Cuban's company, Magnet, plans to release "Occupy Unmasked" in theaters. "This film is controver ... More >>

How a Battle Over a Korean-Owned Kwik Stop Divided, Then United, South Dallas

Led by a little-known minister, protesters rallied to run a Korean store owner out of business. Then they learned a little more about that minister.

The 50th Anniversary of JFK's Death Could Be the Start of Something Good and Loud

Southern Dallas Kwik Stop Protesters Change Gears, Shift Goals To Establish Black Banks

The protests outside Tommy Pak's Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop in South Dallas have dwindled, but the battle pitting black activists against the Korean store owner continues online at the Don't Stop Don't Shop Facebook page. There are still promises to continue the fight to shut down Pak's store, the ... More >>

The End of the Occupation: Scenes From Dallas Police's Raid on Occupy Dallas's Encampment

Photos by Justin Terveen, slide show hereIn the shadow of Dallas City Hall, officers on horseback and in riot gear prepared to raid the Occupy Dallas encampment early this morning.​A little past 11 last night, one of the protesters camped out behind Dallas City Hall was walking from tent to te ... More >>

Stephen Benavides, Protestor Accused of Assaulting Police, Says, No, the Cops Got Rough

Photo by Brantley HargroveStephen Benavides​Stephen Benavides, an organizer with the United Steelworkers, was one of eight arrested Saturday at the Occupy Dallas protest at the downtown Bank of America tower during Bank Transfer Day, aimed at encouraging the use of not-for-profit credit unions ... More >>

Time for Occupy Dallas to Push Back

We can't roll over for DPD's goon-squad tactics.

City, Occupy Dallas at Odds Over Who Began Melee That Ended With Eight Arrested

Photos by Anna Merlan, more in the slide show​An Occupy Dallas march and protest turned ugly this afternoon when police used pepper spray to subdue the crowd outside of the Bank of America building on Main and Lamar, protesters told Unfair Park. Eight people were arrested from the crowd of abo ... More >>

Occupy Dallas Protestors Arrested for Blocking Entrance to Chase Bank Branch Downtown

Photo by Anna MerlanThe two Occupy Dallas protestors who stayed behind following the arrests of their comrades​So happened that Anna was hanging out at Chase Tower earlier today awaiting Occupy Dallasites who said they were going to parade, two by two, into the bank to close their accounts and tra ... More >>

At Feel-Good Hearing, City and Occupy Dallas Hash Out Deal to Move Downtown Campsite

If you need one of Dallas's occupiers come Sunday evening, this is where they'll be.​A hearing this morning at the Earle Cabell could have been a First Amendment showdown over Occupy Dallas's right to remain in Pioneer Park in downtown. Instead, it became a simple formality after protesters ca ... More >>

Occupy Dallas Sends a Mayor Mike, City Officials a Note: They're Gonna Be Here a While

​We went to the Mecum car auction Saturday after all, where a '68 Corvette sold for $565,000, and as we were driving away from the Dallas Convention Center we espied a small encampment of sorts set up next to Robert Summers's 49 bronze Longhorns in Pioneer Plaza. There was one dude sporting a Guy ... More >>

Protesters Gathered Across Street From Buju Banton's Performance--But Was There Anything To It?

Hal SamplesProtesters gathered across the street from Trincity last night.​Reggae artist Buju Banton didn't realize "faggot" had become a bad word. At least, that's the story according to friends and colleagues of the artist, who stood in front of Trincity/Palm Beach Club last night, watching the ... More >>

In Dealey Plaza Saturday, Dallas Participates in the Global Day of Action for Iran

Photos by Megan Feldman​On Saturday afternoon, around 100 people gathered at Dealey Plaza to protest the Iranian government and show support for pro-democracy demonstrators in that country, where the regime has been retaliating against widespread protests since the June 12 election. Saturday's ... More >>

Get on the Bush: Cindy Sheehan Comes to Town to Visit an Old Friend, Sell Books

Danny HurleyIt was Bush-on-Bush action in front of John J. Pershing Elementary courtesy Cindy Sheehan and a band of protesters.We've got more photos from the protest in a slide show, coming soon.About 65 protesters -- and nearly as many members of the local media -- showed up at the southwest corner ... More >>

If an Anti-War Protest Marches Through Downtown Dallas and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does It Make a Sound?

Kimberly ThorpeAnti-Iraq War protestors marched through downtown Dallas on Saturday. Yesterday, about 35 people marched from City Hall to the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse to protest the Iraq War, which began six year ago. They dressed in black shirts and pants and wore white masks ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Dead Kennedys “Rock Against Politics”

In Wake of Local Bishops' Joint Statement, Catholics for Change is Born

The Empire Hangs

44 After The 28

Remembering a trade of blue plates for civil rights

In Faraway Dallas This Afternoon, An Anti-Hugo Chavez Protest

Oh, Mother Hubbard!

Geeks v. Xenu

NorthPark Visitors Beware: PETA Protestors Headed in Your Direction

War Weather

See the story of the protest Underground

War Protest Today Begins at Mockingbird Station. West Village Breathes Sigh of Relief.

The Other Dixie Chicks Doc

Gut feelings

Plano = soccer moms, SUVs...and anti-war protesters?

Gassed Up and Ready to Protest

We're Here, We're Queer, We're at SMU

Mark Your Calendars

Long Road Home

The Right's Stuff

A Texas-based band of conservative warriors tackles the left on its own turf--the street

Keeping the Peace

Peace protesters at Bush's ranch get their first day in court

Get on the Bus

For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics

Best Argument Against Free Speech Part 2

The signs carried by protesters at Laura Miller's house

Hand in Hand

Never mind lethal injection, there's lots of Olympic spirit here

See No News, Print No News

The Dallas Morning News sends a crack team to make sure a big story doesn't get covered

Buzz

Java jive

Whizzing inside the tent

ExxonMobil shareholders use their stock to push a corporate giant toward change

War of words

Morning News reports of a charity's ties to terrorism spur Muslim protests

Fur flies

A Dallas-based anti-fur group is targeted in a free-speech battle

Caught in a Web site

A Denton doctor finds herself on an anti-abortion hit parade

Pelted!

When an animal rights activist came up against Neiman Marcus, she had more than some dead fur to contend with

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