Anti-Putin Protesters March Through Moscow
Tom Parfitt (in Moscow), The Guardian, Feb. 4, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/04/anti-putin-protests-moscow-russia Up to 120,000 Russian anti-government protesters demand political reform as Putin supporters stage counter-rally Tens of thousands of demonstrators have braved temperatures of…
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’ George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence 01-25-2012 http://bit.ly/wXiaKf Scandinavian workers realized that, electoral “democracy” was stacked against them, so nonviolent direct action was needed to…
Taibbi: Good Foreclosure Deal Could Open the Door to Ending Up With Half of Wall Street in Jail
Sarah Seltzer, Alternet, 01-28-2012, http://bit.ly/ycBFLe Last night on Countdown, Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi talked about the recent foreclosure settlement deal being negotiated between the state Attorney Generals, including California’s bold Kamala D. Harris, and the banks….
Occupy San Francisco Gets Down to Business
Gary Kamiya, Salon, 01-20-2012 http://bit.ly/yUfPXK After a brief hibernation, a refocused movement takes aim at corporate America SAN FRANCISCO–Act II of the Occupy Wall Street movement, San Francisco version, kicked off on a rainy,…
Occupy Wall Street Makes Official Call To Amend Constitution
By Nike Sachs Posted: 1/6/12 12:43 PM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/06/citizens-united-constitutional-amendment-occupy-wall-street_n_1189373.html Efforts to amend the Constitution to declare that corporations are not people and money is not speech gained support in two notable New York…
In the Land of Facades, Mark the First Signs of an Indian Spring
John Pilger, 12-29-2011 http://www.johnpilger.com/articles/in-the-land-of-facades-mark-the-first-signs-of-an-indian-spring When the early morning fog rises and drifting skeins from wood fires carry the sweet smell of India, the joggers arrive in Lodi Gardens. Past the tomb of Mohammed…
Moroccans Protest Against Monarchy
Presstv, 1/2/2012 http://www.presstv.ir/detail/218892.html Scores of Moroccans have taken to the streets of several cities across the country again, calling for an end to the rule of the monarchical regime. The protest rallies took…
Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets in Syria
Zeina Karam, Associated Press, 12-30-2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/30/syria-protests-death-toll_n_1176129.html BEIRUT — In the largest protests Syria has seen in months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday in a display of defiance to…
Vast Rally in Moscow Is a Challenge to Putin’s Power
Ellen Barry and Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 12-24-2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/world/europe/tens-of-thousands-of-protesters-gather-in-moscow-russia.html?pagewanted=all MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of citizens converged in Moscow on Saturday for the second huge antigovernment demonstration in a month, an early…
Tens of Thousands of Protesters Pressure Putin
By Thomas Grove and Guy Faulconbridge http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7BN04720111224?sp=true MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting protesters called on Saturday for a disputed parliamentary election to be rerun and an end to…
