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A broken health care system. Real reform in jeopardy. It's time to turn the tide. » On September 27th, the Mobilization for Health Care for All launched a national campaign of "Patients Not Profit" sit-ins at insurance company offices to demand an end to a system that profits by denying people care. We want the real "public option": Medicare for All, a single payer plan that cuts out the profit and puts patients first.Together, through this campaign, we can turn the tide and win the fight for health care for all. To succeed, we need to organize sit-ins in as many cities as poss...
Iran paying for freedom with Blood » Iranians are protesting the results of the recent election they believe was unfairly rigged for the incumbent candidate in President Ahmadinejad and paying for it in blood. At least 17 people have died at the hands of the government forces who are cracking down on the protesters with increasing violence.A particularly chilling death of a protester happened on Saturday in Tehran when a young girl was shot in the chest by a single sniper shot from a member of the government militia. Her last few s...
Protests against Heathrow Expansion » Thousands of protesters have gathered for a huge demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow Airport.Stilt-walkers, brass bands and hundreds of people in fancy dress were among those who created a carnival-like atmosphere for the event - called the Make A Noise Carnival.Demonstrators walked from Hatton Cross to Sipson, the village that will be lost if plans for a third runway at the London airport go ahead.At Sipson, the protesters gathered in a field to form a huge "...
Guinea strike enters second day » The streets remained empty across Guinea on the second day of a general strike called to protest against a violent army crackdown last month in which at least 150 people were killed.Thousands of Guineans stayed indoors on Tuesday, a day after the strike began, bringing Conakry, the capital, to a standstill.Youssouf Bah, a journalist in Conakry, said security forces were out in force on Tuesday, patrolling the streets. "The country is in a standstill, everybody is indoors [and] there is no busine...
Panchen Lama Missing » Gendun Cheokyi Nyima, now 18 years old, was named Panchen Lama aged five but has not been seen in public since. The Chinese authorities rejected his appointment and named their own Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, in 1995. Beijing says Gendun is living a free life but campaigners say he has been under house arrest during childhood. Kate Saunders, who represents a Washington-based group, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), said little was known...
Tear gas disperses Niger protest » Security forces in Niger have used batons and tear gas to disperse a group of women protesting at the president's attempts to hold on to power. About 100 women from the main opposition coalition tried to hold a sit-in outside the constitutional court in the capital, Niamey. President Mamadou Tandja wants to hold a referendum to decide if he should be allowed to seek a third time in office.
Senior Iranian cleric calls system a dictatorship » TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's most senior dissident cleric on Wednesday criticized the ruling system under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a dictatorship in the name of Islam, the most serious attack on the country's top official following the disputed presidential election.Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri said the ruling system showed its true nature with the violent crackdown against the hundreds of thousands who protested President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election and the torture of de...
Iran's Protesters: Phase 2 of Their Feisty Campaign » Phase 2 has begun. Six weeks after millions took to the streets to protest Iran's presidential election, their uprising has morphed into a feistier, more imaginative and potentially enduring campaign.The second phase plays out in a boycott of goods advertised on state-controlled television. Just try buying a certain brand of dairy product, an Iranian human-rights activist told me, and the person behind you in line is likely to whisper, "Don't buy that. It's from an advertiser."
Palestinians to Ask for UN Recognition » Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988, when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)"We have reached a decision ... to go to the UN Security Council to ask for recognition of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital and with June 1967 borders," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP. He was referring to the West Bank, Gaza Strip and mostly Arab e...
Differing media challenges to President Mikheil Saakashvili » Two interesting media stories – one is the next installment of the case recounted here, about the allegations by a regional Georgian newspaper that one of its journalists had been blackmailed by officials from the Georgian special services and the subsequent launch of an internal investigation by the Interior Ministry. Now President Saakashvili has received a letter from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and the World Editors Forum urging him to ensure thorough investigatio...