Buenos Aires, Argentina – If you’re planning a vacation to the United States of America in the foreseeable future, you would do well to refrain from employing any confusing colloquialisms in your social media updates prior to departure. For Australians, that means no “cracking onto” members of the opposite sex…no getting “off one’s face”…no “tearing [...]
Archive for the ‘Protest’ Category
Lost in Translation: An Important Note for International Reckoners | The Daily Reckoning
Posted in Governance, Political, Protest, Terrorism on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
14,000 Coloradans move $100M into credit unions | The Colorado Independent
Posted in Banking, Protest on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Jon Collins As the social media-sparked Bank Transfer Day approaches, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that over 650,000 people have joined credit unions in the last four weeks. In Colorado, the group reports 14,000 new accounts and $100 million in new deposits. Credit unions nationally have added $4.5 billion in new accounts [...]
Handcuffs Have no Place in Public Schools | Care2 Petitionsite
Posted in Prisoners, Protest on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A student who was handcuffed to a railing for an entire day for not wearing a belt had to eat his lunch while handcuffed. Another student, 15 years old, was handcuffed to a railing for hours just for greeting her friend too loudly in the hallway. This type of punishment is disturbing and inappropriate. Tell [...]
The Idea of Enemies is Killing Us | Baltimore Chronicles
Posted in Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Protest, War on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Deb Reich “In a globally internetworked world, we are all going to learn to work together because there’s no viable alternative.” Consider this: The “enemies paradigm” and the perspective it represents are obsolete. We humans on this Earth are in the process of moving onward, beyond that worldview, into a different era. In the [...]
Reexamining the Political Culture | Liberty International Foundation
Posted in America, Freedom, Liberty, Political, Prisoners, Protest, Sovereignty, Taxes on February 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Johnny Liberty The sovereignty and freedom movement at the turn of the millennium was leading the political culture to reexamine fundamental assumptions and the rightful role of government at every level in our daily affairs. Should the federal government have a limited or unlimited capacity to legislate or be restricted within the original intent [...]
The Obama Administration’s War on Civil Liberties and Free Speech | Activist Post
Posted in Activism, America, Protest, tagged Civil Liberties, free-speech, Freedom on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was praising the role that the internet played in toppling oppressive regimes (ironically enough, close U.S. allies), the Justice Department was in court in Alexandria, Virginia seeking to invade the privacy and political rights of WikiLeaks supporters even as it shields well-connected “War on Terror” fraudsters. Scarcely batting an [...]
Fresh Violence Rages in Libya | Al Jazerra
Posted in Egypt, Libya, Middle East, Political, Protest, Sovereignty, Terrorism, War, tagged Freedom, Sovereignty, terrorism on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are waging a bloody operation to keep him in power, with residents reporting gunfire in parts of the capital Tripoli and other cities, while other citizens, including the country’s former ambassador to India, are saying that warplanes were used to “bomb” protesters. A Palestinian student holds up a placard [...]
U.S. government now view protesting Americans as terrorists – You’re either with us or against us | Presscore
Posted in America, Protest, tagged terrorism on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. Never heard of it. That is because the U.S. Senate hasn’t yet passed it but the Obama government is trying to get it passed before the Egyptian revolution, for Change, Liberty and Social Justice lands on U.S. soil. The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act [...]
After Weeks of Revolution, ‘Day of Cleaning’ in Cairo | AOL News
Posted in Egypt, Middle East, Protest, Sovereignty, Terrorism, tagged Freedom, revolution, Sovereignty on February 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
At the epicenter of the protest that brought down the three-decade regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, young men and women took to the streets again today — only this time, with a different agenda. Armed with brooms, gloves and trash bags, they launched a massive cleanup following 18 straight days of unrest that debilitated [...]
U.S. Military Intervention in Egypt: A Chapter in America’s Saudi Arabian End-Game | Collapse.net
Posted in Egypt, Middle East, Military, Protest, Saudia Arabia, Sovereignty, War on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Dale G. Sinner US military intervention in Egypt is prompting speculation over motives. Extraction of American citizens is the stated objective, but does evacuating the American expat community in Egypt warrant the flotilla of US warships recently positioned in the Suez Canal? Does evacuating this expat community warrant the helicopters, Special Forces squads, and [...]















