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 After December 5th – the date that will be remembered in Italy’s history as ‘No Berlusconi Day’ - the colour purple gained sufficient media attention to guarantee it significance beyond any momentary ...
... in a single struggle in human history." Hunger strikes ended detention without trial. Gandhi's legacy loomed large as economic boycotts of white businesses, court actions that challenged apartheid laws, ...
... a checkered election history. In 2004, he was declared the winner of the presidential election before the ballot's legitimacy was questioned and he was accused of stealing the race. "The country remembers ...
... Arroyo said. The killings, the worst election-related violence in the country’s history, took place Nov. 23 when relatives of Esmael Mangudadatu, a politician in Maguindanao Province, were intercepted ...
... Hoxha in 1991, have a long history of political animosity- usually following disputed electoral processes. Albania has yet to hold elections which respect internationally recognised standards- however ...
... streets of Prague in their thousands. They retraced the path taken by a student demonstration in 1989 that was a turning point in the country's history. On November 17, 1989, about 15,000 students ...
... foreign policy issues involve domestic components, especially issues concerning neighbors like Cuba from which the United States has a large immigrant population and with which we have a long history of ...
The history of Bertha Oliva de Nativi is the history of Honduras.  If the storyline of the past one hundred years of this continent has been ‘so few with so much, and so many with so little’, then ...
... world history turned. I will be celebrating with him in Berlin this evening. Later that night, a young East German scientist called Angela Merkel walked across the same crossing. Now the chancellor of ...
... events of Nov. 9, 1989 an "epic" moment in history. "For me, it was one of the happiest moments of my life," Merkel told a crowd of tens of thousands packed around the Brandenburg Gate. In a video message ...
11. The Movement Awakened
(Articles/General)
... a sixty-year history. For Iranians who experienced the fruits of the inauguration of the country’s first university, it was no less grand a political and nationalist movement as that of the nationalization ...
... stripped away, even the right to a decent burial. And for many years, they were simply written out of history," Medvedev said. "Still we hear claims that those millions of victims were justified by some ...
... Alvarez, was sentenced to 25 years in jail for his role in the military regime's assaults on political opponents. Cycles of history, however, are never as nice and round as they initially look. Two decades ...
... a proud history of protest against wrong-doing and injustice," Zuma said. "There is no institution or individual that our people cannot stand up to and challenge if they think an injustice has been committed." ...
... against Chevron and that damages could exceed $27 billion, making it potentially the biggest environmental suit in history. Whether Chevron avoided such an outcome by releasing the tapes may not become ...
16. Lawyers Appeal Over Dissident
(Articles/General)
... to detain him? It’s clearly the case that the Chinese government is detaining him like this because of Zhou’s history.” Zhou, who is a permanent resident of the United States with two children, was detained ...
... But then the People’s Mujahedeen, also known as the M.E.K. and Mujahedeen Khalq, has a complicated history and still-disputed connections to enemies of the United States. It remains on the State Department ...
... the Front has sustained the longest movement of peaceful protest in the recent history of Honduras (exceeding the duration of a famous strike that extended between May 1 and July 10, 1954 by thousands ...
19. Democracy in Ethiopia
(Articles/General)
The history of Non Governmental Organisations dates back for not more than four decades in Ethiopia. They were mainly engaged and their primary area of focus was in relief works and service delivery. It ...
20. Kurt Schock
(Biographies/Guest Lecturers Biographies )
... of the MST in Brazil and Ekta Parishad in India.” Chapter in Making History: Movements, Strategy and Social Change, edited by Greg Maney, Jeff Goodwin, Rachel Kutz-Flamenbaum, and Deane A. Rohlinger.  ...
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Iran accused of blocking opposition communications » The US has accused Iran of seeking a "near-total information blockade" to silence anti-government protesters. The allegations came after opposition supporters clashed with security forces as Iran marked the anniversary of the 1979 revolution.The US government said it had information that the telephone network was taken down, SMS messages blocked, and internet communication "throttled".China and Burma have also been accused of blocking internet communication.Analysts say some governments make str...
Independent investigation needed into rape and torture in detention in Iran » Allegations that election protesters were tortured and raped in detention must be urgently investigated by the Iranian authorities, Amnesty International's Secretary General said on Saturday.Irene Khan called on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to institute an immediate, independent inquiry into the allegations, and to invite international experts – including the UN's experts on torture and extrajudicial killings - to help carry it out.
Madagascar Forces Retake Ministries » Madagascar security forces regained control of four government ministry offices early Friday from supporters of opposition leader  Andry Rajoelina.Police officials say 50 people were arrested during the operation. Madagascar's internal security minister, Desire Rasolofomanana, said civil servants can now return to work. Supporters of Andry Rajoelina cordoned off by security forces near block of ministerial offices in Antananarivo, 19 Feb 2009Opposition supporters took over the offices Thursday i...
Israeli Army attacks Non-violent protest in Palestine » Beit Ummar: At a protest against Israel's destruction of Palestinian land. A crowd of young Palestinians clap and sing songs toward the Israeli Occupation Forces while the older Palestinian protestors are attacked by the Israeli soldiers. Video shot while working with the ISM (international solidarity movement) this summer, 2006  
Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement marches from Dharamsala, India, to Tibet » Dear friend:*Now Tibet is not so far*When I packed my sleeping bag that early morning before sunrise for this long journey, I placed a white khatak at the altar of His Holiness and said I have decided, whatever happens, I will make my way through. Walking for almost 70 days with 300 people covering more than 900 kilometers hrough Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, we reached Almora town yesterday in the Kumaon Mountains in the...
Protesters clash with UN troops in rural Haiti » PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Gunshots were fired during a confrontation between U.N. troops and demonstrators on Haiti's central plateau that injured at least three people, peacekeepers said Thursday.Authorities said they could not confirm radio reports that two people died in the violence, which occurred Wednesday during a protest against a two-month electricity outage in Lascahobas, a remote town 14 miles (23 kilometers) from the Dominican Republic border.
Iran's Ahmadinejad urges prosecution of opposition leaders » Reporting from Beirut - Iran's hard-line president Friday demanded the prosecution of top opposition leaders, raising the political temperature anew just a day and a half after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to cool tensions in a conciliatory speech.Meanwhile, the United Nations' atomic monitoring agency delivered a quarterly assessment of Iran's controversial nuclear program, reporting that the Islamic Republic had granted inspectors access to sensitive research sites but has cont...
No more war » Some people believe that war is necessary in order to stop injustice. The belief that some wars are worth fighting is called "Just War Theory."People who are against war are often called pacifists. "Pacifism" is the refusal to kill. "Nonviolence" is a philosophy made popular by Mahatma Ghandi, an Indian leader who successfully practiced nonviolent resistance in his country's struggle to free itself from British rule.World War I (1914-1918) was known as "the war to end all w...
Anti-Thaksin rally takes to the streets » "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...
Moldova: who are the protesters? » Moldova announced a probe to determine if the post-election violence was linked to a possible coup attempt. The Romanian ambassador was expelled from Chinsau after President Voronin accused Bucharest of instigating violence.