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People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: People-Power, Nonviolence, Berlin Wall, Germany, Eastern Europe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Triumph, World News
Sarah van Gelder

Some argue that the Cold War was just too costly for the Soviet empire to maintain. But the wall couldn't have come down without a nonviolent people power uprising.

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A Discussion with a Nobel Laureate: Shirin Ebadi and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran, Part I

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: People Power, Shirin Ebadi, Islam, Nonviolent Conflict, Colorado, Obama, Democracy, Nobel Peace Prize, Nonviolent Struggle, Power, Barack Obama, Peace Studies, Iran, Nonviolence, Islamic Republic of Iran, Human Rights, Muslims, Middle East, Boulder, Buddhism, Naropa, World News
Cynthia Boaz

Ebadi told me that part of her job is to help women interpret Islam "correctly" in order to assert their claim to equal rights. If she is any indication, the Iranian Women's Movement is in extremely capable hands.

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The Day They Buried Cory Aquino

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: People Power, Corazon Aquino Dies, Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines, Corazon Aquino, The Philippines, Carlos Celdran, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Since Saturday, when Corazon Aquino died, my neighborhood in Manila has been awash with yellow ribbons and banners. At my local 7/11, I asked about the yellow ribbons tied to the door, and the cashier burst into tears.

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On Patriotism and Principle: An Open Letter to the President (aka "The GOP's Bridge to Anywhere But Here")

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Patriotism, Rush Limbaugh, Empowerment, Framing, Obama Press Conference, President Obama, Democracy, Obama National Security, Power, Barack Obama, World News, Dick Cheney, Foreign Policy, Torture-Apologist, Patriotism, National Security, Sarah Palin, People-Power, Glenn Beck, Global-Relations, Republican Party, Torture, Political Strategy, Republicans, Media, Gop, Politics News
Cynthia Boaz

Mr. President, talk to us directly. Tell us again why your election was only the first step, not the culmination, of a genuine movement to change the way we understand power, democracy, and our own roles in those phenomena.

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The Iranian Crackdown: Who's Really Afraid of Whom?

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Mir Hossein Mousavi, South Africa, Nonviolence, World, Repression, Middle East, Violence, Serbia, Nonviolent Action, People-Power, Iran, Hannah Arendt, Philippines, Iranian Election, World News, World News
Cynthia Boaz

Every time the regime represses, it further undermines its own power while simultaneously helping to recruit new members to the resistance.

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The Green Revolution Belongs to the Iranians, Not the United States

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Pro-Democracy-Groups, Nonviolent Action, People-Power, Iran, Democracy Promotion, Iranian Election, Burma, World News
Cynthia Boaz

To seriously question the Iranians' ownership of their struggle serves the interests of a brutal regime and risks undermining the morale of individuals participating in a true peoples' movement.

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Grand Ayatollah's pronouncement is sign of disintegrating regime

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: People-Power, Nonviolent Action, Iran, Middle East, Muslim World, Iranian Election, World News
Cynthia Boaz

In case you missed it, another blow to the Iranian regime's legitimacy was delivered yesterday when the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri issued a statement d...

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