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In Light of Kiev, Will Vladimir Putin Be Tightening the Screws Even Further on Russian Dissidents?
Julia Ioffe, at The New Republic, thinks so: Moscow’s liberals are watching Kiev with a mix of horror, envy, and admiration: they’re just like us, but look at what they’ve been able to do against a president they didn’t like. … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, freedom, Kiev, Moscow, protest, Russia, Ukraine, vladimir putin, women's rights
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American Cop Pepper Sprays Nonviolent Occupy UC Davis Protesters
____ Since when is it okay for an American police officer in full riot gear to step up to nonviolent, hunkered down, university students and use pepper spray on them as if they were insects in need of insecticide?
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Tagged America, decency, human rights, nonviolence, occupy uc davis, occupy wall street, police, protest, uc davis
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Dearborn Free Speech Watch: Pastor Terry Jones, Islam, and the First Amendment
I thought that what Pastor Terry Jones did in Florida recently (burn a Quran) was within his rights, but a tactically stupid move. On matters of religion and culture, you don’t needlessly provoke war-torn, illiterate, and impoverished people thousands of miles … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, free speech, freedom of religion, Islam, Jesus, muhammad, Muslims, protest, the constitution, the first amendment, Thomas Jefferson
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Heart of Darkness: Kill Them All?
I find the following recent comments of reporter Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times jarring: [I]t is just plain heartbreaking to be in modern, moderate Bahrain today and watch as a critical American ally uses tanks, troops, guns and clubs to … Continue reading
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Tagged evil paradises, freedom, Heart of Darkness, human rights, Islam, Joseph Conrad, protest, the middle east, Thomas Jefferson
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John Yoo: A War Criminal Who Materially Assisted Torturers is Interrupted by a Guy Named Larry, a Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins University
Larry and his friend stand up to a Bush torture enabler. They are true American patriots.
A Muslim Imam Who Once Advocated Violence Now Renounces Terror
The heart intervenes. This today in Spiegel: In 2001, imam Mohammed El Fazazi of Morocco preached that it it is a Muslim obligation to “slit the throats of non-believers” in a Hamburg mosque. Among his listeners and star pupils were … Continue reading
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Tagged gandhi, Islam, Muslim, nonviolence, nonviolent protest, protest, violence
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The Glorious Mary Travers of the Folk Trio Peter, Paul, and Mary Died Today
Of cancer. She was 73. She was 27 when she sang this:
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Tagged 1960s, 60s, America, cancer, death, freedom, life, mary travers, protest, Vietnam, women's liberation, women's rights
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Knowing When to Be Quiet is a Part of Growing Up
Translation: Get with the program, shut up, conform, and obey. In my whisper voice, can I recite the First Amendment?
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Tagged authority, first amendment, free speech, freedom, meditation, obedience, protest, question authority, quiet, school, Zen
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Iran’s Turn: Not Televised, But Twittered?
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Tagged gandhi, hippies, history, Iran, Islam, life, Muslim, Politics, protest, revolution, twitter
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Sheep in the Midst of Wolves?
Apparently, many of the young Iranian protesters might be getting all ahimsa (non-violent) on the regime. Below is an image of someone holding up a quote from Gandhi. According to Andrew Sullivan’s blog, the translation is: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, … Continue reading
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Tagged ahimsa, gandhi, Hindu, India, Iran, Islam, Muslim, non-killing, non-violence, protest, religion, vegetarian
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Quote of the Day (from the Iranian Protests): “I will fight, I will die, I will get my vote back!”
Following the stolen election, here’s what the Iranian protesters are chanting: “Meejangam, Meemeeram, rayam-o-pass meegeeram” “I will fight, I will die, I will get my vote back.” Something’s happening. Is this 1989?:
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Tagged 2009, Communism, Iran, Islam, middle east, Muslim, protest, tehran, theocracy, voting, voting rights
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This is What Democracy Looks Like? The G20 Economic Summit in London Could See Massive Protests and Violence
I generally support these types of demonstrations. It keeps democratic pressure on politicians. But the hanging of bankers in effigy? No thanks to that emotionally sick man’s hate projections and dehumanization of others. Keep the demonstrations nonviolent, hippie-positive, and life affirming. No … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, economy, fascism, G20, hippies, leftist activism, Marxism, Politics, protest, social psychology
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“Turning the Wheel of Retribution”: Bill Moyers Offers Excellent Context for the War in Gaza
I am pro-Israel, and think that fundamentalist Islam is an existential threat to the hard won values of the Enlightenment (and to Western Civilization generally) but Bill Moyers, in the video below, lays out the tragic context for the war in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Moyers, Christianity, gaza, Islam, Israel, Judaism, middle east, philosophy, protest, religion, war
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Pastor Michael Alexander: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
An anti-gay rights pastor in my local area seems to be auditioning for the lead role of John the Baptist in the ongoing drama of gay marriage in California. He has manage to get quoted in not just the Antelope Valley … Continue reading
