The New Face of Revolution: After Tunisia and Egypt, the World
Ted Rall thinks there is hope for a revolution in the U.S.A. And every where else in the world. Peacenik thinks there is too. Peacenik was just reading about the…
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The New Face of Revolution: After Tunisia and Egypt, the World
Ted Rall thinks there is hope for a revolution in the U.S.A. And every where else in the world. Peacenik thinks there is too. Peacenik was just reading about the…
The New Face of Revolution: After Tunisia and Egypt, the World
Ted Rall thinks there is hope for a revolution in the U.S.A. And every where else in the world. Peacenik thinks there is too. Peacenik was just reading about the…
Revolution in Tunisia?
Zine el Abidine Ben Ali The President of Tunisia, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, has been driven from office. Following up on a previous article here at World Headlines Review…
Russia, Violence and Protest: What it is and what it is not
Reports and video footage of violent demonstration and criminality by ultra-nationalist and racist organisations in Russia this week are forming an interesting juxtaposition to recent political protests in the West.…
Riots and Disparity: Rome, London and Toronto
International headlines in the last two weeks have reported a massive amount of social unrest and unsettling news across the developed world, including riots and economic data which on the…
Prisoners on Strike in Georgia! Show Support!
A very important message, sent from friends at defenstrator: Now in it's 2nd day with rumors the strikes have spread to up to ten prisons. Prison officials are reported to…
Prisoner being TORTURED at SCI Coal Township: Urgent Solidarity Needed!
The following is an Action Alert from the HRC-FedUp! Emergency Response Network, about prisoner-advocate Andre Jacobs who is being tortured in retaliation for his speaking up in defense of a…
Call for Emergency Demonstrations Monday Against FBI
A call for action at Federal Buildings and FBI Offices. We denounce the Federal Bureau of Investigation harassment of anti-war and solidarity activists. The FBI raided seven houses and an…
The Big Picture
This may be the sanest explanation I've read so far for why Black Bloc tactics are not just wrong, but ultimately counter-productive. From Thomas Walcom: Two things stand out from…
Breach of Peace, Breach of Trust – now with Bonus Lies!
I've been trying to write a post on the G20 protests for days now, but events keep overtaking me. And now there is only one overriding issue: Chief Bill Blair…
Reaching for my Tinfoil Hat
I've been awfully sceptical of these claims that it was police provocateurs who started the vandalism and the car burning this weekend. Yeah, yeah, the boots - well, most of…
Steve Paikin’s Twitter Feed
Steve Paikin of TVO's 'The Agenda' tweeted his experiences this evening (@spaikin). Just one more disturbing story to add to the list: i saw police brutality tonight. it was unnecessary.…
The Curious Case of Byron Sonne
Even before the G20 security blitz began, there was the "gardening incident". At the height of outrage over the fake lake and the escalating security costs, word comes down of…
Time to Come Together Around Democratic Reform
Today I’m going to tell you my vision for creating a national discussion about Democratic Reform. If you’re a regular reader of PopTheStack you know that one of the things…
My Ann Coulter Theory – <i>updated</i>
I watched Ann Coulter on Power Play today, or at least as much as I could stand. It felt rather like being choked by a giant blonde hairball, which makes…
Canada 2.0 – The Satirical Masses
You gotta love Canada. We are a humble people but we are also a deeply funny and self-effacing people. The latest political trend involves a deep fried ring of onion,…
A Great Democracy Deserves a Great Protest
In response to this article about the latest degradation of American democracy. One senator is essentially holding up all nominations for government posts in order to get special funds, called…