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In Belarus, Theater as Activism
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MINSK, BELARUS — Three male actors enter a stark, white room in a ramshackle house on the outskirts of this former Soviet city and place a large suitcase on the black, lacquered floor.Two actors of the Belarus Free Theater performing "Discover Love" in Washington D.C. on September 16. Each picks up an instrument, and they launch into a lively Belarussian folk tune. From the suitcase springs a woman in a traditional costume, a flowered garland on her head. Yipping and chirping, she kicks into a s...
Anti-Thaksin rally takes to the streets
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"Thaksin get out!" the protesters shouted in unison as they marched down the streets of Bangkok to Government House. Holding yellow and orange banners aloft, the disparate mix of students, business workers, activists and union members had one aim in common - to get rid of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "Thaksin only does his job so he can get benefits for himself," said one protester, Boonma. "He never thinks about his country - only himself." Tuesday's anti-Thaksin rally was the late...
Honduran resistance goes it alone
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60 days of anti-coup protests show persistence in civil disobedience and little faith in int'l community.As protests against the coup government in Honduras enter their 60th day, the international community has largely turned their attention away from the streets of Tegucigalpa.
Guinea junta lifts protest ban
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Guinea's ruling military junta, facing rising international pressure and mounting internal dissent after a bloody crackdown on protesters last month, has lifted its ban on public demonstrations. The concession to the opposition comes amid a chorus of international condemnation of the leadership in the West African mining powerhouse after gunmen used live rounds against anti-government protesters in a stadium on September 28.Tensions after the violence, which killed 157 people and wounded more th...
Martin Luther King - A Time to Break Silence
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Martin Luther King - A Time to Break SilenceStarting in 1965, King began to express doubts about the United States' role in the Vietnam War. In an April 4, 1967, appearance at the New York City Riverside Church — exactly one year before his death — King delivered Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. In the speech he spoke strongly against the U.S.'s role in the war, insisting that the U.S. was in Vietnam "to occupy it as an American colony" and calling the U.S. govern...
Tibetan protesters scale wall of UN compound in Nepal
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A group of about 20 Tibetans protesting the crackdown by Chinese officials in Tibet scaled the walls of the United Nations compound in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday. Tibetan exiles are detained at a protest against China outside the UN office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday.The protesters who made it inside the compound were not immediately detained, but waited in a conference room inside the building, a UN official told the Associated Press.Around 100 other protesters demonstrated outside the compoun...
Kashmir: Promise of Protest
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Over the summer, tens of thousands of Kashmiri protesters jammed the streets demanding independence from India. It was the biggest public outcry since the revolt of 1989, when mass demonstrations were a prelude to years of militancy. The difference today is that a new generation of politically-minded youth is leading the way. While frustrations over the heavy-handed presence of Indian forces and economic inequalities still run deep, they are choosing non-violent means to pu...
Venezuela the most corrupt country in Latin America, TI says
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Venezuela is one of the world's most corrupt countries and the worst in Latin America after being ranked 162nd. By contrast, Chile and Uruguay are considered role models, since both are ranked 25th, followed by Costa Rica (43rd) and Cuba (61st), according to the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by Transparency International on Tuesday. New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore top the list of the most transparent countries in the world according to the report, which measures the perc...
Otpor, jedan od uspešnih brendova
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Srđa Popović, jedan od osnivača "Otpora", našao se na listi 100 "Globalnih mislilaca" magazina "Forin polisi", zbog angažovanja u "Arapskom proleću". To je priznanje srpskoj nenasilnoj revoluciji kao brendu, ocenjuje Popović. Jedan od najuglednih američkih spoljnopolitičkih magazina, Forin polisi treću godinu za redom objavljuje listu takozvanih "Globalnih mislilaca", ljudi koji su svojim idejama ili radom doprineli promenama u svetu. Ove godine, na listi se našao i jedan od osnivača ...
Protesters Block entrance to Karmey Tsur
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A group of 15 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists have blocked the entrance to Karmei Zur Settlement today. The entrance to the Karmei Tzur settlement, which is built on the lands of the Palestinian villages Halhul and Beit Umar, was blocked by a group of about 15 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists. To block the road activists chose to symbolically use razor wire that was taken from the fence that circles the settlement, and prevents Palest...