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Entries by Cynthia Boaz from 10/2010

Remembering Serbia's Nonviolent Victory

| Posted 10.09.2010 | World
Read More: Civil Resistance, OTPOR, Third Wave, Serbia, Political Development, Democratic Backsliding, Kostunica, Democracy, Balkans, Yugoslavia, Transitions, Nonviolence, Nato, Eastern Europe, Nonviolent Resistance, Nonviolent Action, Freedom House, Milosevic, Democratic Transitions, World News

In the United States, the first week of October passed by without much fanfare. However, for about 10 million Serbian citizens, it was a time to celeb...

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Are Progressives Fiddling While Rome Burns?

| Posted 10.21.2010 | Politics
Read More: People Power, House of Representatives, Scalia, Tea Party, Populism, Grassroots, Progressives, Boxer, Democracy, Obama, Feingold, Democrats, Elections, Judicial Independence, 2010, Movement, Koch Brothers, Populist, Midterms, Glenn Beck, Thomas, Republicans, Senate, Politics News

If fall of 2008 was "silly season", then what does that make this election cycle? We are in a critical moment (yes, I know someone says that every ...

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Burma's Revolution: Goodbye, Generals (with Shaazka Beyerle)

| Posted 10.23.2010 | World
Read More: People Power, Civil Resistance, Burmese Monks, US Campaign for Burma, Than Shwe, Saffron Revolution, Democracy, Nonviolent Struggle, Strategic Nonviolent Conflict, USCB, Aung San Suu Kyi, Junta, Southeast Asia, Nonviolence, Burma, Asean, Myanmar, Nonviolent Action, Burma Campaign UK, World News

In honor of the upcoming elections in Burma, here is a re-post of an article published at Truthout by me and Shaazka Beyerle in October of 2007. The...

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