Greeks pledge to continue protests despite bailout money pouring in

ATHENS, Greece — In a nation that has long prided itself on public protest, the convulsions of outrage have quieted for the moment. But anger still is swelling in the seething streets. Despite massive injections of bailout cash pouring in, Greeks are pledging to keep up strikes and street demonstrations against the government and its austerity measures. Their indignation is rooted not so much in the pain of slashed pensions and salary cuts, which opinion polls indicate will be grudgingly accepted, as in a general sense of betrayal by politicians they regard as having glided through the crisis with impunity.


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Japan PM goes back on word to move U.S. Base. Say's, "it's too difficult"

Okinawans say the U.S. military has been responsible for a number of blights in the city, from serious crimes like rape and drunken driving, to environmental and noise pollution.
Nearly 100,000 residents protested last week demanding that the base be moved off the island.

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PROTESTERS DESCEND ON WALL STREET, NEW YORK BANKS

      Protesters rallied in downtown New York City Thursday to voice their anger over the roles Wall Street and big banks played in America's economic crisis.
Marching from City Hall to Wall Street, the protesters chanted "good jobs for all," and held signs with messages including "Hold banks accountable," "Make Wall Street Pay," and "Reclaim America."
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Calls to boycott Arizona grow over new immigration law

White House considers a legal challenge, and some political leaders call for an economic boycott to protest the law that makes it a crime to be in Arizona illegally.

A demonstrator is taken into custody for blocking a street at a federal detention center in Broadview, Ill., to stop deportations from being carried out. Some protesters chanted “Illinois is not Arizona.” (Getty Images, Scott Olson / April 26, 2010)

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