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QODS DAY: Protesters Transform Jerusalem Day Into Iran Day

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Esfahan, Demonstrations, Shiraz, Iranian, Violence, Palestine, Iran, Quds Day, Mehdi Karroubi, Rallies, Jerusalem Day, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Qods Day, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Protests, Israel, Handala, Slideshow, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Today a long time tradition of the Islamic Republic of Iran was transformed into nationwide mass protests against the government.

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Sam Stein

Unions Receive Increasingly Scary Threats Of Violence For Town Hall Participation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Obama Protest, Demonstrations, Town Hall Demonstrations, Emails Unions, Union Hands, Threats of Violence, Seiu, Violence, Afl-Cio, Obama Town Halls, Unions, Union Threats, Politics News

Union officials continued to receive a barrage of threats on Friday evening and into Saturday punctuated by warnings that if organizers were sent to c...

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Leadership in Peril: Iranians Won't Wait Out Recount

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Demonstrations, Silent Protest, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Presidential Election, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Rallies, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Unemployment, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Ali Larijani, Inflation, Protests, Government Control, Recount, Iranians, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Thanks to these demonstrations, Mousavi is now firmly coming into his own as the leader of the opposition, and unless Ayotollah Khamenei acts fast, Ahmadinejad won't be the only one who has to step aside.

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Iranian Election: Massive Campaign Rallies Are Reminiscent Of The Revolution

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Ayatollah, Demonstrations, Tehran-Iran, Iranian Revolution, Shiraz, Iran, Presidential Candidates, Shahid, Martyrs, Iranian Election, Election, Esfahan, Rallies, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Mehdi Karroubi, Mohsen Rezai, Yazd, Tehran, Presidential Election, Ayatollah Khomeini, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The street gatherings that are taking place in the last days and nights before the Iranian election are reminiscent of the sorts of rallies and demonstrations that were eventually called the Revolution.

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Dueling Gay Marriage Demonstrators Hit The Streets

New York Daily NewsDaily News | Posted 06.18.2009 | Local

Read More: Gov. David Paterson, Gay Marriage, New York, Demonstrations, Gay Marriage Bill New York, Local News

The debate over whether to allow gay marriage in New York erupted in the streets of the city in raucous, dueling protests....

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Ugly Face of British Policing Has Shocked Me

Deborah Hobson | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Uk, London, Demonstrations, Met. Police, Riot Police, G20 Protests, Injuries, Death, World News
Deborah Hobson

As dustbins burned near Bank underground station and effigies of bankers swinging from lamp posts slowly turned to ashes, riot police grasped their batons unmoved and unwilling to attend to the emerging dangers.

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Obama's Trip to Europe

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Summer 2001, Demonstrations, Antiglobalization, Protests, 9/11, Obama, Oxfam, Cctv, Eu, Bush Jr., Christian Groups, London, Seattle, g20, Anarchists, Genoa, Seattle Anarchists, Obama g20, G-20 Summit Obama, Heather Mills, Battle in Seattle, Obama G-20 Summit, Obama g20 Summit, Global Financial Crisis, Gothenburg, World News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Eight years after Bush ignored protesters at the EU meeting in Goethenberg, Obama is arriving in Europe for the London G20 talks. One thing is for sure...this time the leaders need to listen.

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Is Russia's Social Contract Crumbling?

Brian Whitmore | Posted 01.26.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Demonstrations, Anatoly Chubais, Economic Crisis, Vladivostok, World News
Brian Whitmore

Russia's social contract has been simple: the authorities will assure that living standards rise and in exchange, ordinary people will keep their noses out of politics.

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