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...reportedly detained in South Korea on April 5. Yet it was nearly a week before the news was made public?and then only by Chanh's U.S. supporters, who accuse Seoul of bowing to pressure from Hanoi to seize a man they say is a prominent pro-democracy activist. Last week, some 200 Vietnamese-Americans marched on the South Korean consulate in Los Angeles to present a petition calling for Chanh's release. "He has devoted his life to promoting democracy, human rights and justice for his homeland," says Daingu Nguyen, spokesman for the recently launched website FreeChanhNguyen.com...
...They should enjoy the peace, because there may be chaos come Monday. An activist group has laid extensive plans for "hundreds of gay, lesbian and transgender families" to show up at the six-hour Egg Roll. The National Park Service gives out free tickets, and the Family Pride Coalition, a 25-year-old group that formerly was the Gay Fathers Coalition and now calls itself "dedicated to equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents and their families," has marshaled volunteers to try to scoop up as many tickets as they can, five at a time. "We want...
...after a flyer decrying “the Jewish-Zionist hold on US political life” appeared outside some undergraduate dorms, a California-based activist and Holocaust revisionist confirmed that he wrote the flyer but said that he had no role in distributing it at Harvard...
...Orleans as a "chocolate city" - a comment that he admits "soured" his rapport with white voters who got him elected four years ago. Now, however, he?s finding electoral solace in the city?s African-American community - and the reason is simple, says black businessman and Democratic Party activist Kenneth Garrett Sr. "He?s the captain that stayed with the sinking ship...
...charismatic social activist from the poor southern state of Tabasco, L?pez connects with Mexico's underdogs, especially when he stumps for deeper reform of Mexico's epically corrupt public life (though his own party had hardly been immune to graft in recent years). He promises to slash not only his presidential salary but push for a Constitutional amendment to cut and cap those of all high-ranking government officials. "You can't have a rich government and a poor population!" he insists in his speeches. "We have to transform the way we conduct politics here, without the arrogant, mediocre, lying...