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Photographer Jonathan Bachman was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for capturing a photograph of Ieshia Evans being arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was Ieshia Evans first protest, and Bachman’s first time covering one. The photo was included in The New York Times’ “The Year in Pictures 2016,” among other honors. jonathan bachman / reuters. Shepard Fairey—a prolific artist and activist who often addresses social and political issues in his work—was invited by the authors of ‘Protest’ to interpret Bachman’s photograph for the book. Image credit to Shepard Fairey. Image Courtesy of Patagonia Books.

Protest works, but is under attack and needs your help, veteran activists say

Mike DiGirolamo 12 May 2026
"Flower Power" was taken by Bernie Boston The Washington Evening Star on October 21, 1967, during the March on the Pentagon by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. It shows a protester placing a carnation into the barrel of an M14 rifle held by a soldier of the 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne).

When protest works: Examples where activists have successfully pushed for change

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Apr 2026
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José Albino Cañas Ramírez, a defender of Indigenous territories, aged 44

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2026
Karma, a monk in the ancient monastery of Mu Gompa

In a Himalayan Eden, a road project promises opportunity, but also loss

Stuart Butler 8 May 2024

Effective climate activism requires honest conversations about its challenges

Mike DiGirolamo 9 Apr 2024

How does political instability in the Mekong affect deforestation?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 23 Dec 2021

Environmental activist ‘well-hated’ by Myanmar junta is latest to be arrested

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 9 Sep 2021

Life as an Amazon activist: ‘I don’t want to be the next Dorothy Stang’

Peter Speetjens 13 Jul 2020

Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts

John Cannon 2 Mar 2020

Call for scientists to engage in environmental movements strikes chord

John Cannon 24 Sep 2019

Rio Doce grassroots response arises out of Fundão mining disaster

Zoe Sullivan 8 Jun 2016

Endangered environmentalists: investigating government crackdowns on green groups

Mongabay.org 19 Nov 2014

31 activists arrested attempting to stop Arctic oil from docking in Europe

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2014

Russia charges imprisoned Greenpeace protestors with hooliganism, instead of piracy

Shaun Walker 24 Oct 2013

Russia charges non-violent activists with ‘piracy’ for protesting Arctic oil drilling

Jeremy Hance 7 Oct 2013

Day after Obama re-elected, group plans massive march over Keystone Pipeline and climate change

Jeremy Hance 7 Nov 2012

Indigenous groups re-occupy Belo Monte dam in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2012

Greenpeace abandons occupation of Arctic oil drilling rig after workers throw metal at them

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2012

Cowards at Rio?: organizations decry ‘pathetic’ agreement

Jeremy Hance 20 Jun 2012

Featured video: why one scientist is getting arrested over climate change

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2012

13 arrested for blockading coal train, including Nobel Prize winning economist

Jeremy Hance 7 May 2012

U.S. media favored Keystone pipeline in coverage

Jeremy Hance 26 Jan 2012

Tar sands pipeline ‘another dirty needle feeding America’s fossil fuel addiction’

Jeremy Hance 11 Oct 2011

Keystone pipeline company hand-picked US government’s environmental assessor

Jeremy Hance 10 Oct 2011

Over 100 arrested as tar sands civil disobedience spreads to Canada

Jeremy Hance 27 Sep 2011

Climate test for Obama: 1,252 people arrested over notorious oil pipeline

Jeremy Hance 6 Sep 2011

Featured video: debating the tar sands pipeline as arrests mount

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2011

Picture of the day: activists rally at White House against tar sands pipeline

Jeremy Hance 29 Aug 2011

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