Protests Against Elections Heat Up with “National March Against the Imposition”
Mexicans hit the streets again on Sunday, in the third mass demonstration against the apparent president-elect, Enrique Peña Nieto, in the three weeks since the elections. After months of demonstrations, Mexico’s movement to reject the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) shows no signs of fading away. The July 22 “National March Against the [...]
D.R. of Congo: Congolese Diaspora Erupts Against Kabila (VIDEOS)
Although the community of Congolese (DRC) nationals based abroad was not granted the right to vote [fr] during the November 28, 2011, presidential and parliamentary elections, it has shown its commitment to being involved in the political debate. Using various online channels, the Congolese diaspora have organised several initiatives to raise awareness amongst fellow citizens [...]
From Ireland’s Bloody Sunday to Egypt’s
Solidarity messages were received from Ireland… First one from Eamonn McCann, a leading Irish journalist, socialist and one of the legendary figures in the country’s civil rights movement… On January 30 1972, British paratroopers opened fire on unarmed civil rights demonstrators in Derry in Northern Ireland, killing 14 people and wounding 14 others. The day [...]
wa Mutharika’s undelivered promise in Malawi
Sometime in April of this year, the Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika delivered his state of the nation address, entitled “A Promise Delivered.” Well from what is currently happening in the country (which some observers liken to the ongoing uprising in the Arab world), nothing there remotely resembles a promise delivered. As far as I [...]
Trying to smash a walnut with a sledgehammer? Malaysia, Najib and the Bersih movement
On Saturday July 9th the Malaysian government deployed thousands of police and ordered a lock-down of the capital Kuala Lumpur in an attempt to try to prevent a coalition of NGOs from holding a demonstration calling for free and fair elections. Initially the leaders of the Bersih movement had accepted an earlier offer by Prime [...]
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