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Yemen Newslinks 6 June 2011: Factbox: Saleh family entrenched in Yemen security, business
6 June 2011 — williambowles.info 3 Killed as Violence Returns to Yemen’s Capital Voice of America Photo: AP Armed tribesmen, loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, stand guard in a street corner around al-Ahmar’s house, during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, June 6, 2011. Opposition tribesmen in Continue reading
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Video: What is the Internet hiding from you? By Eli Pariser
The internet is increasingly becoming an echo chamber in which websites tailor information according to the preferences they detect in each viewer. When some users search the word “Egypt,” they may get the latest news about the revolution, others might only see search results about Egyptian vacations. Continue reading
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Bumrushing the Syrian Revolution with the Help of The Independent
So I guess that foreign journos have little to chew on except reports relayed by dissidents and their own, understandable resentment at Bashar al-Assad’s attempt to dominate the news cycle. Even so, I think The Independent’s Alastair Beach or his editors reached a new low in submissive fluffing of the Syrian revolution. Continue reading
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Obama, hands off our spring By Soumaya Ghannoushi
The first wave of Arab revolutions is entering its second phase: dismantling the structures of political despotism, and embarking on the arduous journey towards genuine change and democratisation. The US, at first confused by the loss of key allies, is now determined to dictate the course and outcome of this ongoing revolution. Continue reading
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Russian politics: Nostalgia or a new political direction? By Eric Walberg
As Russia gears up for its election season this winter, Putin’s Popular Front and Rogozin’s nationalist front are playing an old Soviet melody and even borrowing a tune from revolutionaries in Cairo. Eric Walberg recognises the refrain Continue reading
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Spain Newslinks 25 May 2011
25 May 2011– williambowles.info Euro zone wonders which economy will be the next to fail GlobalPost A woman with her mouth taped shut participates in a protest against Spain’s economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 20, 2011. (Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images) BRUSSELS, Belgium — Any Continue reading
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Spanish protesters cheer for ‘world revolution’ as ban on demonstration takes effect
MADRID — Thousands of protesters in Madrid furious over soaring unemployment staged a silent protest and then erupted in cheers of joy as a 48-hour ban on their demonstration took effect on Saturday. Continue reading
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Spain takes to the Streets!
21 May 2011 Un grito silencioso. Performance de Callao a Sol. 20 de mayo de 2011 / A quiet shout. Performance of Sun Pebble. 20 May 2011. A mass protest in Spain involving hundreds of thousands of people against the austerity cuts and massive (45%) youth unemployment and all on the eve of local elections, Continue reading
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Egypt's Christians Blame Army after Sectarian Violence By Simon Hanna
Coptic anger turns on the army after bloody sectarian violence gripped Cairo. The clashes between Muslims and Christians in Imbaba left at least 12 dead. Two churches were torched. It’s the latest in a string of sectarian incidents since Egypt’s revolution, which left the army in interim charge of the country. Continue reading
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You didn’t need to be an expert on Libya to know which way the wind was blowing By Max Ajl
This is not a nya-nya-I-was-right-you-were-wrong point. Except in the psychedelic hallucinations of former Arab leftists, now heading stage-right destination Christopher Hitchens-ville, and Juan Cole, who should shut up, this intervention will not embolden Arab revolutionaries. Skip the Arab summer. The people running the show in Brussels, Riyadh, Qatar, and Washington want to usher us in… Continue reading
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A Humanitarian Intervention? by Richard Seymour, Edward Lewis
20 March, 2011 — New Left Project Richard Seymour writes the blog Lenin’s Tomb and is the author of The Liberal Defence of Murder and The Meaning of David Cameron. Following the onset of military intervention in Libya, he spoke to NLP’s Edward Lewis about the motives underlying the operation and whether or not it Continue reading
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The Libyan labyrinth By Vijay Prashad
A short history of Ghadafi’s Green Revolution. Continue reading
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Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 5 March 2011
5 March 2011 — creative-i.info In Egypt, crowd cheers newly appointed prime minister Essam Sharaf Washington Post A farmer celebrates with soldiers and police officers as Egypt’s new prime minister speaks during a pro-democracy rally in Tahrir Square. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh) By William Wan and Portia Walker CAIRO – Massive crowds turned out across the Continue reading
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Black Africans Live in Fear in “Free Libya” By Yoshie Furuhashi
Al Jazeera reports that Black African workers now live in fear in the rebel-held territories in Libya. Some of them have been attacked by mobs, others have been imprisoned, and some of their homes and workshops have been torched. “Many African workers say they felt safer under the Gaddafi regime,” says Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland,… Continue reading
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Libya Independent Media Newslinks for 27-28 February, 2011
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info 28 February, 2011 Rescue farce shows private sector’s incompetence Gaddafi has never been a democrat or socialist As Death Toll Grows, 100,000 Flee Libyan Violence Libyans Organize Citizen Councils to Run Cities Liberated from Pro-Gaddafi Loyalists: “”Libyans in “Liberated” Eastern Cities Balance Self-Government With Supporting Tripoli Resistance: Anjali Kamat Reports Continue reading
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TRNN Exclusive: Report From Liberated Benghazi, Libya
JIHAN HAFIZ, JOURNALIST: Across the border from Egypt there is a new sovereign country ruled by revolutionaries. After 42 years under the rule of president/colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, the Libyan people are in full revolt and are now firmly in control of the eastern part of the country. Continue reading
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Soundtrack to a revolution: interview with Asian Dub Foundation's Chandrasonic
British-born South Asian punk-dance band Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) released their latest album A History of Now just as the revolution in Egypt was starting to build. Someone unknown to the band edited news footage of the revolt to the album’s title track and stuck it on YouTube Continue reading
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Libya: How Gaddafi became a Western-backed dictator By Peter Boyle
On February 22, Muammar Gaddafi was boasting on state TV that the Libyan people were with him and that he was the Libyan revolution, even while his dwindling army of special guards and hired mercenaries attempted to drown a popular revolution in blood. Continue reading
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