UK thugs repress protests near Parliament to the point of arresting people for passing around bottles of water.

They are forced to hand over pizza boxes because the thugs say they might be useful for sleeping.

The UK government spied on history professors who were members of the Communist party, even reading their mail, with no reason to suspect them of having anything but an opinion.

It spied on various academics and writers just because they agreed to a statement against nuclear weapons.

Greenpeace and other environmental groups say that Europe's greenhouse gas pledge is shamefully weak.

Protesters blocked fracking near New York State's Seneca lake, which is a source of drinking water.

Obama can work with Republicans just fine when it comes to suppressing information about torture by the US government.