Showing posts with label revolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label revolution. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Tens of thousands march in the streets of Madrid, Spain


Angered by the latest austerity measures and budget cuts, and calling for the Spanish government to resign, thousands thronged the streets of Madrid on Saturday.
Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched on Spain's parliament in Madrid on Saturday evening, accompanied by a massive police escort, and closely guarded by officers with dog teams and in full riot gear and many police vans... read more and watch videos.

Sunday, 5 August 2012

Op-Ed: South African revolution: Taking back South Africa 2012


The people of South Africa have had enough. Enough of the government, which gives them nothing. Enough of the corporations taking from their country, and giving nothing back.
On the "Taking Back South Africa!" website is the following statement:
"We are the people of South Africa of all different races, cultures and backgrounds. We came from a painful past of Apartheid only to realize that after decades of hard struggle, in 1994 in exchange for establishing a symbolic multicultural ‘democracy’, real control of our country was handed over to Western corporations. This led us straight from the frying pan and into the fire."

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Friday, 29 June 2012

Video: 60% of Egyptians suffering from PTSD


In the wake of the successful elections recently in Egypt, surveys have shown that 60% of Egyptians are suffering from PTSD, caused by the stress of both protests and multiple elections.
In spite of the long-anticipated announcement of the presidential elections last weekend, Egyptians are planning to be out in the streets protesting yet again this Friday, to demand the power handover from the current military government to their newly-elected leader... read more and watch video.

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

'The World Tomorrow' Ep 4. Rajab & El-Fattah: Arab Spring (video)

This week's episode of the controversial talk show discusses the Arab Spring. Assange interviews Nabeel Rajab, human rights leader from Bahrain and Alaa Abd El-Fattah, political activist from Egypt.
Julian Assange interviews both activists who are involved in the Arab Spring to find out the latest status of the movement.
Nabeel Rajab is the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and is the foremost critic of the Al-Khalifa regime in the country, which continues its brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters. With over 140,000 followers on Twitter, he is one of the most well-known online activists in the Arab world.

The second person interviewed is Alaa Abd El-Fattah from Egypt.  El-Fattah is a long-time Egyptian blogger, programmer and political activist... read full article and view video.

Sunday, 8 April 2012

Coming soon to a city near you — Global revolution


2011 was a year or protest, from Egypt and the Arab Spring, to Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, the U.S.A. and many more countries, the people got out there in the streets to try and take back their basic rights.
Last year was a revolutionary one. People all over the world had had enough of government corruption, big corporations and bankers, losing their human rights one by one, and they went to the streets and squares of their cities to make a stand.
October 15, 2011 saw the very first coordinated global action, 15O. The people were United for Global change in more than 1,000 cities, in 82 countries, on every continent of the planet....
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UK Home Office web site attacked by Anonymous

With much talk about the extreme surveillance methods being planned in the United Kingdom, Anonymous took its revenge by taking down the Home Office web site.
Anonymous reported via Twitter that it had launched the attack on the web site yesterday due to the "draconian surveillance proposals."
Security agencies in the United Kingdom are pushing for a law to allow the police to monitor telephone calls, text messages and emails of British citizens. They want to further monitor Twitter and Facebook posts, web sites visited and even online chat.

It is estimated that this extreme surveillance would cost more than $3 billion in the first decade alone, and that the British taxpayer would be the one to fork out the price of being spied upon, should the bill be passed into law...  Read full article