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Category: Protest & Direct Action

πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action
Sunrise activists perform action outside of senator's office

Sunrise Movement Executed Series of Senate Disruptions to Stop Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Washington, DC — Through a mass mobilization effort by the Sunrise Movement, activists gathered in the U.S. Capitol on June 3, 2025, to execute a series of Senate disruptions. Multiple groups stormed the halls of the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building, with actions focusing on senators…

πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Sunrise Movement Activists Organize Senate Disruptions to Stop Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

By Unicorn Riot July 1, 2025 - 1:42 pmJuly 7, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Prison, Protest & Direct Action

New Conviction Integrity Unit Agrees to Review Mahdi Ali’s Case

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

Minneapolis, MN — After fifteen and a half years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, a fresh burst of hope has worked its way into the cell of Mahdi Ali. His legal team has filed an application with Hennepin County’s new…

πŸ¦„ Prison , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: New Conviction Integrity Unit Agrees to Review Mahdi Ali’s Case

By Unicorn Riot June 26, 2025 - 1:37 pmJuly 7, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Community, Protest & Direct Action

Protest ‘Peacekeepers’ Shot Two People at a March in Salt Lake City. One Died, the Other Went to Jail.

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025

Salt Lake City, UT — When friends of Arturo Gamboa heard that he had been shot at a protest last Saturday, they were shocked.

A fixture in the punk and activist scenes of Salt Lake, Gamboa is a known leftist and musician who regularly carries…

πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Philadelphia Police Crack Down on Anti-ICE Marches Twice in One Week

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025

Philadelphia, PA — The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has decided to crack down.

On Tuesday, June 10, and Saturday, June 14, autonomous protests were called outside of the Federal Detention Center (FDC), where…

πŸ¦„ Police , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Philadelphia: Autonomous Anti-ICE March at Federal Detention Center

By Unicorn Riot June 14, 2025 - 2:59 pmJune 18, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Eco , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Activists in MN Seek to Protect Wild Rice

By Unicorn Riot June 13, 2025 - 2:54 pmJune 18, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Borders & Migration, Protest & Direct Action

SEIU Protests Arrest, Injury of Union Leader David Huerta in LA ICE Raid

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is holding rallies across the U.S. demanding the release of California SEIU President David Huerta from the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. Huerta, a US citizen, was documenting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Downtown…

πŸ¦„ Corporations , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Speeches at Philly Protest Against ‘Genocide Profiteers’ Day & Zimmermann (FULL)

By Unicorn Riot June 9, 2025 - 2:51 pmJune 18, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Corporations, Protest & Direct Action

Palestine Protests Target Philly-Based ‘Genocide Profiteer’ Day & Zimmermann

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

Philadelphia, PA — “Before long the entire city will know what this company does!” These were some of the last words spoken Tuesday morning by a protester with a megaphone and a kaffiyeh scarf after a few dozen people had gathered for two hours outside…

πŸ¦„ Police , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Feds Raid In Minneapolis Causes Chaos

By Unicorn Riot June 7, 2025 - 2:45 pmJune 18, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

ICE-Led ‘Homeland Security Task Force’ Raid Draws Large Mobilization in Minneapolis

June 5, 2025June 7, 2025

Minneapolis, MN — Dozens of federal agents in a newly minted federal task force raided a business on East Lake Street in South Minneapolis on Tuesday morning (June 3) and were quickly met with a raucous crowd amid toxic smoke conditions from Canadian wildfires. The…

πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Philly-Based Weapons Firm Day & Zimmermann Targeted For Arming Zionist Genocide

By Unicorn Riot June 4, 2025 - 9:14 pmJune 9, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Police , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Feature-Length Documentary

By Unicorn Riot May 30, 2025 - 8:59 pmMay 31, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Car Marshals Protecting Pro-Palestine Protest Acquitted in Minnesota Court

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

Minneapolis, MN — A judge recently acquitted three car marshals ticketed for positioning their vehicles to protect a pro-Palestine protest in Minneapolis on October 1, 2024. Judge Bev Benson ruled that Jess Sundin, Emily Newberg and Sarah Martin “had no legal alternative” and a justified…

πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Feature-Length Documentary

May 30, 2025May 31, 2025

Unicorn Riot’s exclusive new feature-length documentary, Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising, spotlights the perspectives of the community on the frontlines of the historic popular revolt following the merciless police killing of George Floyd. Narrated by Unicorn Riot’s Niko Georgiades, the 150-minute documentary takes you…

πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 5

May 30, 2025May 31, 2025

The final episode of Unicorn Riot’s Reporter Reflection series on the George Floyd Uprising features the final nine days of the historic uprising from Minneapolis and St. Paul. This episode starts in Uptown Minneapolis on the night of May 30, 2020 with heavy police and…

πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 4

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

Episode 4 of Unicorn Riot’s exclusive documentary series Reporter Reflection takes the viewer through the fiery streets of South Minneapolis on May 29, 2020 β€” the fourth day of the historic popular uprising against police terror and anti-Blackness after the murder of George Floyd. The…

πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 3 (Parts 1 and 2)

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

May 28, 2020, the third day of the George Floyd Uprising, was the most significant as the community continued directing its outrage at the Minneapolis Police’s 3rd Precinct, leading to it being ransacked and set on fire, something that has historically never been done in…

πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 2

May 27, 2025May 28, 2025

With an up-front view of the crowd control tactics used by police and voices from community members in front of burning buildings, Episode 2 of Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising takes you into the fiery night before the popular siege of the Minneapolis Police…

πŸ¦„ Police, Protest & Direct Action

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 1

May 26, 2025May 28, 2025

Waves of rage tore through the Twin Cities after Minneapolis police officers mercilessly killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old father of five and security guard, on Memorial Day 2020. The historic uprising that followed the murder saw the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct besieged by thousands…

πŸ¦„ Global , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Thousands in Gaza Protest War, Israeli Occupation and Hamas

By Unicorn Riot April 29, 2025 - 6:45 pmApril 30, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Global, Protest & Direct Action

Thousands in Gaza Protest War, Israeli Occupation and Hamas

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025

Gaza, Palestine — Amid Israeli war crimes and acts of collective punishment against the civilian population in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians amassed in multiple gatherings in late March to protest the war, Israeli occupation and the rule of Hamas.

Grassroots-led protests sprung up in Beit…

πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Thousands at Philly ‘Hands Off’ March and Rally: ‘No Kings in America’

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

Philadelphia, PA — After a brutal stock market correction and new anti-trade tariff policies, more than 120,000 layoffs of federal workers, dozens of executive orders, and hundreds of immigrant arrests led by ICE, many Americans are reeling from political and financial upheaval caused by the…

πŸ¦„ Prison , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: End Slavery in Minnesota Panel Discussion

By Unicorn Riot April 16, 2025 - 1:46 pmApril 20, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Global , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: ‘I have no oxygen’ – General Strike in Greece

By Unicorn Riot April 8, 2025 - 5:04 pmApril 21, 2025 Permalink to video
πŸ¦„ Global, Protest & Direct Action

‘I have no oxygen’ – Train Crash Leads to Greece’s Biggest Post-War Social Movement

April 8, 2025May 13, 2025

Two years ago the deadliest train crash in Greek history happened. 57 people died after a passenger train collided with a cargo train. The crash occurred at Tempi, a rural area in between Athens and Thessaloniki. Most of the victims were young students traveling after…

πŸ¦„ Community, Protest & Direct Action

Native Community Protests MPLS Security Company Who Beat, Maced, and Cuffed Indigenous Man

April 1, 2025April 9, 2025

Minneapolis, MN — On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, an Indigenous man was visiting the Franklin Library when he was reported to have been slammed headfirst into the ground multiple times, as well as maced and handcuffed by the security company Black Knight Protection Agency until…

πŸ¦„ Community , πŸ¦„ Protest & Direct Action

Media: Native Community Protests MPLS Security Company Who Beat, Maced, and Cuffed Indigenous Man

By Unicorn Riot April 1, 2025 - 2:58 pmApril 20, 2025 Permalink to video

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