The last benefit she organized, to protest the war in Iraq, had taken place at St. Ann's Warehouse.
But the large street protests organized to protest Mr. Zelaya's ouster have long since dwindled, as security forces have cracked down harshly, beating and arresting demonstrators.
The strike was organized to protest the state's use of solitary confinement, in which some inmates have been held for years or even decades.
Already, thousands of citizens' groups around China have organized to protest against polluting projects, like chemical and copper plants and wastewater pipelines, sometimes even filing lawsuits.
The march, led by the far-right National Party of Germany, was organized to protest an exhibition depicting crimes by German soldiers during World War II.
Although on two occasions in the 1830s the mill women organized to protest wage cuts, outside observers found the town and its workers' lot superior to that of counterparts in Europe.
I remember attending demonstrations last December outside the Presidential Palace which were organized to protest a unilateral declaration by Morsi that paved the way for the Brotherhood to ram through a contentious Constitution.
More than 5,000 people have signed a petition to Save the Thru-way Diner, a Facebook site with hundreds of members has been organized to protest the closing, and community groups have appealed for reason.
Stark, a Democrat, agreed with the students' demands for changes to existing gun laws, and he did most of the talking, reminiscing about the students who had organized to protest the war in Vietnam, fifty years before.
