From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy America: A mass movement emerges
(Updated Oct. 18) A handful of young people started Occupy Wall Street in mid-September, as a protest against the banks and corporations that have grown rich while most have grown poorer. Within weeks...
View ArticleStop complaining about our Web censorship, China says
China’s long history of Internet censorship is what’s best for the public, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters yesterday. According to Reuters, which spoke with Yu in an interview...
View ArticleMana threatens ‘civil disobedience’ over pokies
A Mana Party election candidate is vowing to get rid of pokie machines in the Manukau East electorate if he wins the seat. John Minto says he’s spoken at many meetings and so far only two people have...
View ArticleImam who led alternative Friday prayers detained with fake banknotes
An imam who led alternative Friday prayers as part of a pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) civil disobedience campaign a few months ago was caught in Bolu with fake banknotes by the police...
View ArticleChurch of England split over St Paul’s handling of Occupy London protest
Church of England split over St Paul’s handling of Occupy London protes The Church of England, not for the first time, has been left ruing its handling of the protest outside St Paul’s Cathedral, a...
View ArticleHow Will The Global Revolution End?
A global ‘revolution’ is on and is spreading. What started as an attempt to occupy Wall Street offices, the headquarters of American capitalism, by a few hundred people a few months ago has spread...
View Article«From Dictatorship to Democracy:» Gene Sharp on the possibility of transition
Gene Sharp, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, is widely credited as one of the principal...
View Article‘Disruption of Tsvangirai rally was well planned’
The MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is publicly blaming ZANU PF for the violence that rocked Chitungwiza on Sunday that forced the party to cancel its rally at Chibuku stadium. The...
View ArticleSnow Falling on Civil Disobedience
Early this morning, just after 2:00, Police removed the participants of Occupy Ottawa, enforcing the eviction notice served on Monday. Eight Occupiers were arrested, and one was transported to...
View ArticleCHILE: Student Protests Spread Throughout Region
In support of Chile’s ongoing student protests, and voicing their own demands, thousands of people took to the streets in more than a dozen cities in Latin America Thursday demanding quality public...
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