Bahrain sentences medics who treated protesters A court in Bahrain has jailed 20 medics who treated protesters for up to 15 years each, after convicting them of incitement to overthrow the regime . Posted 29 September 2011, by Staff, BBC News, bbc.co.uk . They treated people injured when a protest movement calling for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘politics’
29 Sep
Occupy Boston: Smart, Savvy, and Aiming to Emulate Wall Street Protests
Occupy Boston: Smart, Savvy, and Aiming to Emulate Wall Street Protests About 200 people in Boston express their outrage at America’s economic woes – and promise to take up the protest baton . Posted 28 September 2011, by Paul Harris, The Guardian, guardian.co.uk . There were socialists, anti-poverty campaigners, students, anarchists, computer hackers, the unemployed, [...]
29 Sep
Displaced women from San Juan Copala forced to suspend peaceful sit-in
Displaced women from San Juan Copala forced to suspend peaceful sit-in . Posted 29 September 2011, by Ahni, Intercontinental Cry, intercontinentalcry.org . A group of displaced Triqui women from the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, have been forced by the government of Oaxaca to suspend their peaceful sit-in which began more than 12 [...]
28 Sep
A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Eleven)
A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Eleven) . Posted 27 September 2011, by , Occupy Wall Street, occupywallst.org . This is the eleventh communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street. We will not be moved. On September 27th, 2011, many friends participated in our democratic process. . . . . . [...]
28 Sep
Occupy Wall Street: Nine Conversations and a Protest Song
Occupy Wall Street: Nine Conversations and a Protest Song . Posted27 September 2011, byEdward Champion, Reluctant Habits, edrants.com . Please visit the original site to listen to multiple audio tracks (the conversations and the song) associated with this article . On Tuesday afternoon, I discovered this report from NPR Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos. NPR [...]
28 Sep
US’ polling machines for 2012 allow remote hacking
US’ polling machines for 2012 allow remote hacking . Posted 28 September 2011, by Staff, GMA News (GMA Network), gmanews.tv . Many of the electronic voting machines that about a third of American voters will use in the 2012 polls may be hacked remotely, a laboratory has shown. Experts at the Vulnerability Assessment [...]
28 Sep
Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote (And Save Planet)
Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote (And Save Planet) . Posted 26 September 2011, by Arwa Aburawa, Green Prophet, greenprophet.com . It been a political roller-coaster of a year for the Middle East and it doesn’t look set to stop just yet. Yesterday, an event many thought would never happen in their lifetime [...]
27 Sep
Adieu, Earth Mother, Wangari
Adieu, Earth Mother, Wangari . Posted 28 September 2011, by Editor, Vanguard, vanguardngr.com . ON Sunday, September 25, 2011, one of the most famous African women in modern times took her exit from the planet earth which she served with distinction. Her name was Professor Wangari Muta Maathai (April 1, 1940 to September 25, 2011). [...]
27 Sep
Ottawa Tarsands Protest: Portraits of Arrests by Ben Powless
Ottawa Tarsands Protest: Portraits of Arrests by Ben Powless . Posted 26 September 2011, by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, bsnorrell.blogspot.com . OTTAWA TARSANDS ACTION Sept. 26, 2011 Photos by Ben Powless, Mohawk See all today’s heroes at the rally and arrested: Photos by Ben Powless: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarsandsaction/sets/72157627762196960/ . http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/09/ottawa-tarsands-protest-portraits-of.html
