Europe

Burgos and Gezi Square: contradiction?

Protesters in Burgos, Spain, defeated a redevelopment plan that included replacing traffic lanes with greenways—a contrast to the struggle to save Istanbul's Gezi Park. 

The Andes

Bolivia: Aymara resist car-culture spectacle

Bolivia is mobilizing police to the route of the upcoming Dakar Rally Raid cross-country motor-race following a pledge by Aymara protesters to blockade it with their bodies.

Planet Watch

WHY WE FIGHT

From the San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 8: Man who sought safe streets killed in S.F. crash A wheelchair-using San Francisco man who fought for safe streets for the disabled is being mourned this week by friends and family after he… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT

East Asia

Tiananmen Square suicide attack?

Police are said to be seeking two ethnic Uighurs in the apparent suicide attack on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, with exiled Uighur leaders warning of a "fierce crackdown."

New York City

WHY WE FIGHT

From Gothamist, Sept. 13: No Charges For Running Over Schoolkids On Queens Sidewalk The SUV driver who plowed into five teenagers on a Queens sidewalk yesterday morning has not been charged with any crime nor issued any summonses. This stands in stark… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT

New York City

WHY WE FIGHT

From Gothamist, Aug. 10: 4-Yr-Old Killed In SI Hit-And-Run, Cops Seek Mercedes Benz DriverPolice are looking for the driver of a black Mercedes Benz sedan in connection with the hit-and-run death of a four-year-old on Staten Island. A witness told WCBS… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT

Mexico

Mexico: municipal uprising against road project

Comuneros in the Mexican village of Tepoztlán seized the town hall and took the mayor captive to demand cancellation of a highway expansion they say violates their land rights.

Southern Cone

Brazil comes to Zuccotti Park

New York’s Zuccotti Park filled up with Brazilians gathering in support of the protests that have for days been shaking Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and other cities. 

The Andes

Ecuador: Quito bicyclists get a martyr

Sebastián Muñoz, founder of the bicyclists' rights group Andando en Bici Carajo in Quito, Ecuador, was struck by a car and killed while on his bicycle.