Occupy Chicago is about to learn what civil disobedience was like back in the day. Senior citizens fighting cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will join Occupy Chicago protestors Monday for a rally in the Loop. An estimated…
It was not in the headlines, but our neighbourhood has had its own ‘Arab Spring’. The Melanesian people of Indonesian-controlled West Papua, have shown the same determination to pursue non-violent struggle as their counterparts in Egypt and Syria. A…
Some 200 Tunisian women demonstrated on Wednesday in downtown Tunis in defence of their rights, following the election victory of an Islamist party. Tunisia is known for some of the most progressive legislation in the Middle East regarding women’s…
Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas have agreed not to conduct any further deals with the government of Belarus after they were publicly shamed over their business dealings with the authoritarian regime. The German and French banks,…
Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have held a demonstration in the eastern city of Lahore to denounce American drone attacks in the northwestern regions of the country. Pakistan’s most popular politician Imran Khan criticized President Asif Ali Zardari’s government…
On Friday, October 21, President Obama announced the withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq. Since then, I have diligently read my e-mails from United For Peace and Justice and NoIraqWar. I have navigated the blogosphere looking for responses…
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 throughout America and now gone global.…
With their demands for the Ministry of Interior to be reformed and purged of convicted former minister Habib El-Adly’s appointees, non-commissioned officers refuse to give in to pressure to end their strike Angry non-commissioned police officers have decided…
Indonesia’s Presidential Guard tackled and appeared to punch and kick a student on Friday as he attempted to protest against the government’s increasingly dismal record fighting against corruption. Television footage showed the university student, identified as Iqbal Jabarudin, chairman…
TENS OF thousands of Hungarians rallied yesterday against the government’s moves to concentrate power in its hands and over its failure to energise a stagnant the economy. Support for the ruling centre-right Fidesz party is on the wane after it…
