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...illegal forced abortions and who's due to go on trial on trumped-up charges of destroying public property this month, I'm sure his case would generate public outcry too. Right now, that's not possible in China. But maybe in a country where it's okay to protest the inhumane treatment of animals, someday it'll also be acceptable to take a stand against the inhumane treatment of humans...
...global stage, but he also fast won notoriety for his attempts to democratize the media. Last year, Wolf earned the wrath of Al Gore's youth cable channel, Current TV, when he criticized the new station's hiring practices along with its video submission policies on his blog. In protest, he started the Rise Up! Network, a non-profit alternative media site, where anyone can feature his or her own video work and retain exclusive rights...
...Finally, she admitted almost wistfully that her thoughts had turned back to March 14 of last year, when hundreds of thousands of Lebanese poured into the streets to protest the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and to throw off Syrian occupation.Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" had been a showcase for the Bush Administration's "democracy agenda," of which Rice was a key architect and proselytizer. If diplomacy didn't resolve the conflict with Israel and drive Hizbollah out of its safe havens, she said, "this hope that was so evident in the events of March 14th and what followed...
...United Nations flag flew at half-staff Monday outside the organization's mostly abandoned building in downtown Beirut. The scene was not as tranquil Sunday, when thousands gathered there to protest the killing of 54 Lebanese civilians in an Israeli air strike at Qana. "Resistance, Resistance," the protestors chanted, and a few of them, armed with clubs and tools picked up from nearby construction sites, attacked the building until the crowd was calmed by Muslim clerics. The Lebanese Army watched passively. By contrast, the turnout was tiny later that night at a peaceful candle light vigil in Martyr's Square...
...were an incurable malady, I was amazed by a widespread nostalgia emanating from popular culture. In a very short span of time, artistic expressions across languages and latitudes have returned to the revolutionary afternoons of May ’68—when a French student protest regarding university visitation rules erupted into a national firestorm. In England, newcomer singer Sandi Thom managed to bring “I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker” to the top of the June charts. In the song, she regrets having been born “too late, to a world...