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Mexico: Hundreds Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Police Raid on Atenco
This article discusses the protesting of an event that happened 10 years ago where the town of Atenco was raided by the police. The horrific event lead to arrests of 200 activists and peasants, 2 deaths, and rape at that time. The people that were a part of the horrific event has not been held responsible that is the reason this march in the streets of Mexico is present. Resource mobilization is present in this article, because of the hundreds of people that are supporting this protest.
#StopTrump Protesters Lock Themselves to Ladders to Block Traffic Outside Trump Rally in Washington
This past weekend republican candidate Donald Trump made his first trip to Washington DC to do his campaign. While his campaign was taking place a rally of #StopTrump activist were outside blockading a high way Lynden that lasted about a good half an hour that stopped many Trump supporters from making the campaign. The blockade is meant to stop Trump from spreading his words of hate especially in the center of Lynden where the KKK has rallied for decades. The article here displays a great amount of political opportunity especially by taking the chance to use the highway as a way to stop the campaign, and get media attention by provoking arrests to make their protest an effective one. Resource mobilization is also present because the protest had a large amount of people assembling to block the highway by using PCP pipes as a chain locks.
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/5/9/stoptrump_protesters_lock_themselves_to_ladders
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