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Imagining a world without dictators » A month ago, I was sitting in a restaurant with Srdja Popovic, a democratic activist and leader of the revolution that toppled Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. We had met to discuss the revolutions ricocheting around the Middle East. “It’s been a bad year for bad guys,” he said. In late 2010, he mused, no one would have possibly predicted that six months later, “Ben Ali and Mubarak would be out, Gaddafi and Saleh would be on their knees, and Assad would be seriously challenged. If you would have see...
Students Demonstrate in Israel » Israeli Students demonstrate against increase in tuition law.Footage taken from adjacent buildings, shows rough crowd control by Israeli police, Gets very wild at end.
“Integrate This!” » From August 20-21, 2007, Stephen Harper welcomed his American idol George W. Bush and Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon to Montebello, Quebec to review the progress of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). The SPP – which is being implemented without any public or parliamentary scrutiny – is about eliminating Canada’s ability to set its own independent regulatory standards, environmental protection measures, energy security, foreign, military, immigration and a frighteningly wide r...
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."
Zelaya's supporters protest martial law, reject dialogue under current situation » TEGUCIGALPA/MANAGUA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 500 supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Thursday protested the martial law imposed by the post-coup government in this Honduran capital. The demonstration, gathering members of the union and peasants' groups, was staged outside the U.S. embassy, also calling for Zelaya's reinstatement. Participants told local media that the protest would continue until the martial law and curfew was lifted. There were also demonstrations outsi...
Moldova protesters ask for new elections - Brussels demo » A group of about 40 Moldova protesters gathered on Schuman Square, in the heart of the EU district in Brussels, at midday on Wednesday to call for new and fair elections in their country and for more press freedom. Meanwhile in the Moldova capital Chisinau, thousands of people were again challenging the communists' 50% victory in last Sunday's elections.
Iran's Presidential Election Protests - Stanford University »   As tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the Iranian capital Wednesday to protest the results of last week's presidential election, Iranian-Americans in the Bay Area ensured that they, too, had their voices heard. At least 100 Iranian-Americans gathered at the heart of the Stanford University campus late Wednesday afternoon, many holding signs reading, "Where is my vote?" Mohammad, a San Jose software engineer who voted from Emeryville, brought his wife and children to the demon...
Protest against Argentine military regime » Demostrations against the last military dictatorship in argentina (1976-1983)Mothers of plaza de mayo (madres de plaza de mayo), demostrators, incidents.The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is a unique organization of Argentine women who have become human rights activists in order to achieve a common goal. For nearly three decades, the Mothers have fought for the right to re-unite with their abducted children.
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock » Hendrix's popularity eventually saw him headline the Woodstock music festival on August 18, 1969. Bad weather and logistical problems caused long delays, so that Hendrix did not appear on stage until Monday morning. By this time, the audience (which had peaked at over 500,000 people) had been reduced to, at most, 180,000, many of whom merely waited to catch a glimpse of Hendrix before leaving. Festival MC Chip Monck introduced the band as "The Jimi Hendrix Experience", but...
South Africa: Price Rise Protest » Thousands of striking South African workers brought mines and businesses to a halt yesterday across four provinces to protest against a jump in electricity, food and fuel prices."We are definitely saying we are tired of all this price fixing, price increases. All we want is stabilization in the pricing of all forms of commodities." The one-day walkout is part of a series of rolling strikes to protest against rising inflation, high interest rates and job cuts after a power crisis engulfed the cou...