Stories about Protest from October, 2006
Russia: Journalist's Death and the Country's Future
President Vladimir Putin said this (RUS) about Anna Politkovskaya's murder in an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung Tuesday: I have to say that her political influence (and I think that the...
Kurdistance
I choose to begin this week's article with a disclaimer which is spawned in response to comments I received on last week's edition of Kurdistance: the contents of my articles...
China: school murder case
Liao Zusheng's son was beaten to death at school in Fushan. Liao opened a blog in sina claiming that his son was murdered by teachers and staffs because of his...
Russia: Politkovskaya Interview
A Step At A Time translates part of Natasha Mozgovaya's interview with Anna Politkovskaya.
Poland: “Sudden Carnival of Democracy”
The beatroot covers the recent rallies that took place in Warsaw: “We had the ‘blue’ march, the ‘white and rose’ march; we had the governing party hold a rally; we...
Mexico: Oaxaca Remains at Standstill
On indigenous peoples day, Vivir Latino takes a at the ongoing protest in Oaxaca, Mexico, commenting that “it is important to look throughout our Americas at the people leading struggles...
Congo-Brazzaville: Should a Colonizer Be Honored Like a Founding Father?
For me, this De Brazza business is like someone telling you: “We got the crap beaten out of us, but at least De Brazza put on some vaseline while the...
Bangladesh blog buzz
The latest happenings in Bangladeshi blogs around the world: * Politics: A recent study published in the Daily Star depicts that there are 53% undecided voters making the prediction of...
Cuba, Czech Republic: Solidarity
Luis M. Garcia reads with interest a statement from intellectual and ormer Czech leader Vaclav Havel expressing solidarity with Cuban dissidents.
Kyrgyzstan: Split over PM
Sean Roberts analyzes whether or not a split in Kyrgyzstan's opposition over the Prime Minister is exactly what it seems to be.
Russia, Georgia: Crisis Continues
As the confrontation between Georgia and Russia continues, so does the discussion of it in the Russian blogosphere. Below are some of the exchanges, translated from Russian. LJ user plushev...
Iran:My sweet little terrorist song
You can read lyrics and listen to English songs of 127 band from Iran. In my sweet little terrorist lyric, we read “legally I'm nobody , when I cross the...
Mexico: Abductions in Oaxaca
Nancy Davies says that a law student and possibly two others were reportedly “snatched from the streets by plainclothes thugs.
Mexico: No End to Oaxacan Conflict in Sight
Mark in Mexico has four posts in as many days about the continued political and social strife in Oaxaca. The post titles are telling: Father of 3 decapitated at APPO...
Russia: 13 Years Ago
Sean's Russia Blog marks the 13th anniversary of “Boris Yeltsin’s military suppression of the Supreme Soviet”: “Despite what anyone says about Putin, even poor Russians prefer Russia now than what...
Russia, Georgia: Unfriendly Relationship
A Tbilisi, Georgia, spice seller: “I was taking some photos in the Tbilisi's market and this lady, instead trying to sell me something, she asked me a portrait.” – by...
Kurdistance
Welcome back to this week's edition of Kurdistance! Hiwa gives us a wonderful link to a amatur video about the Kurdish community in Leeds, UK that is featured on the...
Trinidad & Tobago: “Please stand. . . for something”
Click on the image to play video On the day of the reading of Trinidad and Tobago's 2007 budget — which, from the talk on the streets, could include all...
The Kannada Context: “Gandhigiri”, nADahabba and Everything Else
Gandhi Jayanti (Gandhi‘s Birth Anniversary) was observed yesterday in India and elsewhere. It was celebrated the most by the electronic media, of course. What was different this time, however, was...
Bulgaria: Tripoli Six Update
Declan Butler posts an update on the Tripoli Six case and links to blogs involved in the campaign to free five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor facing execution in...
Poland's Pulse in the Blogopshere
We’re looking through the Polish language blogs first, this time, as the political situation in the country generated a lot of heat in the blogosphere, as well as managed to...