Vive la France! Liberty/Equality/Fraternity at least in Theory.

By, Uwe Paschen. Vive la France. (14 Juillet Fete National) or should that be Vive Paris?  Today as in 1680 under the war hungry King Louis the XIV of France, who once said that “Paris is France but France will...

New Aristocracy in Tibet: CCP loyalists

After last year's massive demonstrations inside Tibet, the Chinese government, yet again brutally used barrel guns and tanks to crush the non-violent demonstrators who were raising their grievances to the Chinese Government to grant more human rights and freedom for the...

Tibet: 50 years on the world remembers

This weekend saw the beggining of the marking of the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 10th of March 1959, through marchs and protests around the world. Despite 50 years of efforts by the Dalai...

Inside the rebellion in Greece

A look at the roots of Greece's ongoing uprising, and the youth at the center

Eritrea: Isaias Afwerki on the Path to Chaos

"It is now official: the ruling regime has spilled Eritrean blood fighting all our neighbors: Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. In every case, the hot-headed and impulsive actions of the ruling regime harmed the interest of Eritrea and diminished its reputation. And in...

Mass Arrests in All-Women Protest

Around 560 women have been arrested during demonstrations in Nepal against China's crackdown on Tibet."In the first example of all-women protests, three rallies in Kathmandu were quickly stopped by police.It was...

Mass arrests in Tibet as Bush urges China to talk

It's funny to me how such major world leaders simply won't talk to one another, like petulant children.  China says 19 have been killed since the protests began more than two weeks ago, while Tibetan exiles...

40 Years After 1968: 'Where Has All the Rage Gone?'

As the U.S. death toll strikes its solemn bell of 4,000 soldiers killed in Iraq, with countless more Iraqis killed in the process, I have been asking myself this same question of late: where has all the rage...

CA Polls: Battles between Progressives and Feudalists

Every democrat in Nepal has admitted that feudalism is not confined to the traditional monarchy. It exists in the minds of the political leaderships belonging to all the political parties. Since feudal monarchy has ruled Nepal for about 240 years, its deep-seated impressions...

China crushes protest by monks in Tibet

This march sounds quite interesting. If anyone has photos from any of these events, we'd love to see them." China admitted today that it had quashed a protest by Buddhist monks in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa,...

Tibet Exiles Arrested Protesting Beijing Olympics

At least 10 activists have been arrested and hundreds were barred from starting a march from India to Tibet on Monday. They were protesting this summer's olympic games in Beijing. The protest began on the...

EYE WITNESSES ACCOUNT OF THE IRISH UPRISING OF 1641 TO BE PUBLISHED AS A BOOK

It ought to have been published since. It's great that it is now ben brought to light. Better late than never.The rising was sparked off by Catholic fears of an impending invasion of Ireland by anti-Catholic...

Burma, a planetary interaction

MYANMAR, URANUS AND NEPTUNE In Burma the bloody repression by the dictatorial military junta, began the same day of the full-moon in Libra. During...

Haiti: Duvalier could face justice

Since the death last year of Ton Ton Macoute leader and his right hand man, Luckner Cambronne, Duvalier has quietly encouraged his former supporters to start a grassroots movement in Haiti for the support of his return. Those who lived well as allies to Baby Doc long for the...

Nuns join Myanmar protests for the first time!

9/23/2007 Agencies Myanmar: Buddhist nuns joined the growing protests against Myanmar's ruling generals on Sunday, a day after a dramatic appearance by detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to...

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