Protests

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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New Rule: Float Like Obama, Sting Like Ali

Bill Maher | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Van Jones, Death Panels, Snuggies, Elvis, Democrats, Facebook, Harry Belafonte, Barack Obama, Million Mom March, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Protests, Fox News, Fox, Health Care, Glenn Beck, Electronics, Muhammad Ali, Comedy News
Bill Maher

Here's the thing: Muhammad Ali also had a way with words, but it helped enormously that he could also punch guys in the face.

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Closing Our Open Society is a Victory for Terrorism

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tariq Ramadan, Yusuf Islam, Dhs, No Fly List, Dupret, Dealth Penalty, Protests, Anti-War Protestors, Politics News
Salam Al Marayati

To divert planes and stop people from entering the United States because they disagree with our government policies undermines the principles underpinning our open society.

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Sicko Reprise, Please

Ellen Snortland | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Sicko, Protests, Viagra, Norway, Michael Moore, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Living News
Ellen Snortland

The Norwegian health care system is so pro-active and prevention oriented that it would strain credibility for any American politician to even think about implementing it here.

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Now is the Time, Al Gore: Coalfield Uprising and Heroes Need National Defense, Green Jobs

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Dirty Coal, Made in America Tour, Civil Disobedience, Green Jobs, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Blue Green Alliance, Coal, Van Jones, Epa, Appalachia, Protests, Mountaintop Removal, Repower America, Disney World, Climate Change, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Martha's Vineyard, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Now is the time for all good greens, rednecks, social entrepreneurs, hellraisers, Repower America and Al Gore to come to the aid of their fellow citizens in the Appalachian coalfields.

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Iran: So Far Away, But Also Mine

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Arash Afghahi, Iran Election, Violence, Iran, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Youthradio, Contested, Ahmadinejad, Election, Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Cleric, Iran Election 2009, Youth Radio, Disputed, Protests, Crisis, Arrest, Home News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

My cousin in Iran called my uncle often in the early days of mass protests and police crackdowns. Those moments full of hushed tones and furrowed brows would snap us back to the reality of the situation.

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The Tyranny of the Tantrum

Terrance Heath | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Health Care Town Halls, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, Free Speech, Angry White Men, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Democracy, GOP Base, Health Insurance, Tea Parties, Race, Barack Obama Race, Public Plan for Health Insurance, Town Hall, Protests, Health Care Reform, Mob Behavior, Racism, Tea Party, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, White Voters, Republicans, Politics News
Terrance Heath

What we're seeing from the health care town halls and what we've seen from the "birthers" is essentially what I call the Tyranny of the Tantrum, which many parents encounter during the "terrible twos."

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Reading The Pictures: .38 More Ways to Counter the Teabaggers?

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wingnuts, Health Care Protests, Teabaggers, .38 Revolver, Rep. Harry Mitchell, Protests, Health Care Reform, Right Wing Radicals, Radicals, Obama, Tpm, Right Wing, Health Care, Guns, Gun Toters, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2009-08-25-38_healthreform.jpgWe now have this example of a pro-reform demonstrator appearing at a weekend tea party protest packing heat.

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Our Children Shouldn't Be Messengers Of Hate!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Universal Single-Payer Healthcare, Anti-Healthcare, Pro-Healthcare, President Obama, Congresswoman Jane Harman, Progressive Democrats of America, Medicare for All, Supremacy, Children as Victims, Marcy Winograd, Ideology, Pawns for Hate, Fascism, Ucla, The Joker, Hatred, Protests, Codepink, Death Panels, Congressman Henry Waxman, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.

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Dear GOP: Watch Your AstroTurf, We're On to You

Kase Wickman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Gop, Climate Change, Gop Protests, Lobbyists, Republicans, Astroturfing, Climate Change Protests, Republicans Health Care, Gop Health Care, Obama Grassroots, Gop Climate Change, Big Oil, Town Hall Meetings, New England, Sons of Liberty, Politics News
Kase Wickman

Dissent is essential to democracy, and freedom of speech and the right to assemble are vital and not reserved for one party or the other. The problem is this Republicans: you're doing it wrong.

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Bullies Delight in Town Hall and Center

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Nazi Germany, Conscience, Bullying, Us-vs-Them, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Bullies, God, Capitalism, Jewish, Protesters, Ten Commandments, Ownership, Health Care Reform Protests, Town Hall, Nazis, Property Rights, Protests, Health Care Reform, Nazi, Town Hall Meetings, Christian, Naziism, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.

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Will GOP Mobs Disrupt Obama's Town Hall Today? New Right-Wing Conference Vows "War" on Reform

Art Levine | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Nazis, Progressives, Rupert Murdoch, Health Care Reform, Mobs, Protests, Obama, Democrats, Unions, Town Halls, Rachel Maddow, Politics News
Art Levine

With Obama scheduled to promote health insurance reform at a town hall meeting, both the network of lobbyist-fueled "tea-party" activists and progressives are ramping up their organizing.

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A Little Rebellion Now and Then Is a Good Thing

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Rightwing, Health Care, President Obama, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical....It is a medicine ...

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Mobs R Us?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Birthers, Right Wing, Vietnam, Republicans, Politics News
Marty Kaplan

Are today's protesters on the right doing anything different from what the left did in the '60s and '70s to stop the Vietnam War?

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Global Demonstration In Solidarity With Iranians

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

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Tomorrow, people around the word will demonstrate their solidarity with the protestors in Iran by gathering in cities around the world for an internat...

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Obama's Problem in Iran Lies Not In the Past, But in the Present

Mark Levine | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Politics, Iran, World, Saudi Arabia, Protests, Israel, Obama, US Foreign Olicy, Moussavi, Ahmadinejed, World News
Mark Levine

Does Obama have the courage to challenge our own system that Iranians have demonstrated in fighting to change theirs? And if he doesn't, do the rest of us?

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Iran Elections: Quit Turning Your Twitter Avatars Green and Do Something

Kase Wickman | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Social Media, Iran, Foreign News, Twitter, Ahmadinejad, News, Moussavi, Middle East, Protests, Media, Iran Elections, Opinion, Iran Election Violence, World News
Kase Wickman

One click is too easy. One click is not one life saved, one dollar donated, not one ounce of difference made. One click is nothing at all.

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Iran's Revolution: A Hard and Uncertain Path

Howard Schweber | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Opposition, Tehran, World News
Howard Schweber

How long can the opposition sustain itself? Four, five, or six weeks from now, will the protests still continue? Will the world still be watching Youtube videos being recycled on CNN?

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The Two Faces of Twitter: Revolution in a Digital Age

Darrell West | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital, Protests, Twitter, Iran, Neda, Technology, Iran Twitter, Neda Soltani, Media News
Darrell West

At the same time that Twitter and Facebook facilitate grass-roots communications, though, these technologies sow the seeds for future political repression.

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Iran Protests 2009: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In On Political Fallout, Twitter And What Happens Next

Huffington Post | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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As the fallout over the Iranian election continues, HuffPost bloggers weigh in with their views on the political landscape and developments in the cou...

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President Obama: Iran -- How Cautious Is Too Cautious?

Robert Guttman | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Iran, Democrats, Nuclear Weapons, Tiananmen Square, Republicans, President Obama, World News
Robert Guttman

Spreading these values of America abroad should not become a Republican or Democratic issue. Our values put us on the side of the protesters.

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Your Green Avatar Shows Support for Democracy in Iran

Robert Tolmach | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Green, Iran, Democracy, Twitter, Facebook, Avatars, Twitter-Iran-Election, World News
Robert Tolmach

A single click on a new website will change your Twitter avatar to have a green overlay -- the official color of the opposition movement in Iran.

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Blog Posts From Iran's Metal and Hip Hop Artists: Is Music the Weapon of the Future in Iran?

Mark Levine | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Heavy Metal, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, World Music, Ahmadinejad, Protests, Ahmadinejad-Iranian-Elections, Music, Mousavi, Hiphop, World News
Mark Levine

While music has yet to play a public role in the protests similar to the role of artists in the Beirut Spring of 2006, they are working behind the scenes.

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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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Tehelka in Tehran

Parvez Sharma | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Ministry of Interior Arrests, Ahmadinejad, Un, Tehran, World News
Parvez Sharma

This is a first person account from the filmmaker James Longley, who was violently detained in Tehran.

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