http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/protests/ en-us Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:41:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047375/posts Dozens of protest groups are planning a full schedule of classes, concerts, marches and other actions during the Democratic National Convention, hoping to capture the world's attention and recruit new activists. Ron Lewis shoots video and transmits it to his Web site, ronlewis.com/live, at an event Thursday by We Are Change Colorado. The organization said it plans to video DNC protests and police, posting clips on YouTube.com for the public to see. They are both energized and organized, and most insist they are not looking for trouble. "We are completely peaceful," said Rob Weiland, a 37-year-old courier from Denver and... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047375/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040377/posts Tibet and China by: Melinda Zosh, July 03, 2008 Dr. Warren Smith Jr., author of China’s Tibet?, recently said that the March 14 riots in Tibet were the largest since 1989 and the bloodiest since 1959. With the Olympic games quickly approaching, China is trying to cover up its acts of violence. Smith, a New Age thinker, spoke at the Heritage Foundation on June 17 about Chinese-Tibetan relations, Tibet’s bloody past, and the country’s uncertain future. “….The popular Tibetan reaction has had an air of finality, even desperation, about it, as though 2008 is the last chance Tibetans may have... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040377/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:59:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038777/posts The fence around the public demonstration zone outside the Democratic National Convention will be chicken wire or chain link, authorities revealed in U.S. District Court today. That may allow protestors to be seen and heard by delegates going in and out of the Pepsi Center during the convention. But the American Civil Liberties Union and several advocacy groups have filed an amended complaint to their lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service and the city and county of Denver that says protestors and demonstrators may have their First Amendment rights violated by security restrictions. The ACLU has said it wants to... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038777/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:00:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035167/posts Dodge City — Earlier this month, more than a hundred thousand South Koreans demonstrated against newly elected president Lee Myung-bak as his entire cabinet offered to resign. At the root of this massive protest was not a declaration of war against North Korea, a boycott of the Chinese summer Olympics, or even escalating oil prices. It was a treaty allowing U.S. beef imports. Beef production accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than automobiles. Its insatiable demand for feed grains has raised world food prices to levels beyond the reach of the world’s hungry and the relief agencies that support them.... Daily Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035167/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2030037/posts When I came downstairs this morning, there was a noisy protest raging- right on my patio. This before I had even tasted my morning coffee ! Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2030037/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:53:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022151/posts With the price of gasoline topping $2.35 a liter in much of Europe, growing protests by groups from truckers to fishermen are putting governments under pressure to cut the taxes that make up much of the cost of fuel. So far, however, the real puzzle is that despite soaring fuel costs that make U.S. pump prices look cheap, they haven't caught fire as a major political issue. Analysts cite reasons from simple fatalism to a growing green consciousness that makes some Europeans feel they should be cutting back on miles anyhow. Fishermen in France have blocked ports and oil depots... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022151/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 23:22:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016975/posts ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's army lodged a formal protest Friday to "allied forces" in neighboring Afghanistan over a suspected U.S. missile strike this week that killed 14 people in a Pakistani border village. Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said Pakistan concluded that Wednesday's attack on a house in Damadola village was launched by drones from Afghanistan. Abbas said a formal protest was lodged Friday with "allied forces" in Afghanistan, an apparent reference to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force that is fighting the Taliban-led insurgency there. The U.S. is among the nations contributing to ISAF. Abbas said 14 people... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016975/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 18:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011853/posts Residents took to the streets of a provincial capital over the weekend to protest a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant backed by China’s leading state-run oil company, in the latest instance of popular discontent over an environmental threat in a major city. NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011853/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 11:12:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009807/posts Immigrant rights activists join protests nationwide By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago CHICAGO — Thousands of immigrants and activists gathered in cities across the country Thursday to demand comprehensive immigration reform, including citizenship opportunities for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. Turnout has fallen sharply since the first nationwide rallies in 2006, when more than 1 million people — at least 400,000 in Chicago alone — clogged streets and brought traffic to a standstill. Activists hoping to re-ignite the immigration debate in time for the presidential elections say this year's efforts are focused less... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009807/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 17:47:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006115/posts My e-mail box is over-flowing with alarming news from Pa. where the Gathering of Eagles witnessed a 14-year old boy attacked by Peace Thugs. This news is so disturbing and so typical, that a website has now been established to document this intensifying level of violence against patriotic Americans. Peace Thugs Exposed! Dan Maloney, my friend and GOE NY Coordinator writes about this outrage. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Iraq War Veteran and Family Assaulted! April 22, 2008 Peace Fascists, College Professors and Hillary Supporters assault Iraqi War Veteran and Family while citizens do nothing to intervene. Edinboro, PA, Apr. 22 For the second... Melanie Morgan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006115/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:16:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005307/posts Flesh and the College by: Deborah Lambert, April 22, 2008 The “Sex Workers Art Show” traveled to several campuses earlier this year, causing raised eyebrows at some venues and–an uproar at others like the College of William and Mary and Duke University. Although the show’s founder claims that the purpose of their performance is to dignify and “humanize sex workers” and “dispel the myth that [strippers and prostitutes] are anything short of artists, innovators, and geniuses,” the descriptions of the show “make it sound prurient, degrading and, above all, dehumanizing,” says the Education Reporter. Debate over the show at William... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005307/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:44:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000507/posts The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the United Nations of the sports world. Politically correct to the point of self-parody, it lectures developed countries on ethics, then ignores real human rights transgressions in developing nations. Full of Western delegates who are condescending internationalists and Third World delegates who are the cronies or failed siblings of dictators, the IOC exists mainly so that its members can jet about the world holding lavish meetings at posh hotels. Given the environment in which he operates, then, it is somewhat surprising that IOC president Jacques Rogge would go as far as he did on... National Post [Canada] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000507/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000188/posts BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine runners relayed the Olympic torch past fenced-off protesters on Friday, as hundreds of China supporters in red windbreakers tried to reverse weeks of bad publicity for the host of the Summer Games. Activists opposing China's human rights record unfurled banners and promised "entertaining surprises" but pledged to keep their demonstrations peaceful after protests marred stops in London, Paris and San Francisco. Hundreds of spectators cheered as Chinese delegates wearing Argentina's blue-and-white lit the torch from a lantern that has carried the flame from the site of the ancient Olympic games in Greece. Mayor Mauricio Macri... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000188/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999149/posts It's important for Muslims to keep reminding us that there is absolutely, positively no relationship between Islam and violence. Otherwise it's easy to forget. The latest excuse for Islamic bonhomie is the documentary "Fitna" by Geert Wilders. In the 15-minute film, showing on YouTube and other Internet sites, the Dutch MP says that far from getting Islam wrong, terrorists understand their religion only too well. "Fitna" (Arabic for "upheaval" or "ordeal") has verses from the Koran -- which Wilders calls a "fascist book" -- artfully interspersed with scenes of carnage from 9/11 and the March, 2004 Madrid train bombing, as... GrasstopsUSA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999149/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997988/posts PARIS - Security officials snuffed out the Olympic torch and carried it through Paris in the safety of a bus at least five times Monday before canceling the final run of a relay repeatedly disrupted by chaotic protests against China's human rights record. Security officials put the torch on the bus for the last stretch but stopped right outside its destination, a Paris stadium, so a runner could finish the last 15 feet. At least two activists earlier got within almost an arm's length of the flame before they were grabbed by police. A protester threw water at the torch... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997988/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:02:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997940/posts China is dealing with visible and invisible opposition in the months before the Beijing Olympics begin. The visible was front-and-center in the world media as the OIympic torch made its way through various countries on a circuitous route to the Games. Everywhere Chinese security is on guard against activists prepared to disrupt the flame's progress to protest China's human rights record in Tibet and in the enormous province of Xinjiang. In London, a protester tried to grab the flame away from its official bearer; at one point, the torch had to make its way through the city within the protective... TIME http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997940/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:43:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995333/posts BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - President Cristina Fernandez blasted striking farmers at a rally of 20,000 supporters Tuesday, comparing their nearly three-week-old protest to a 1976 strike that sowed chaos one month before a military coup. Seeking to build popular opposition to the strike against a disputed export tax increase, Fernandez urged farmers to immediately end hundreds of highway blockades. "Is it good that highways are cut so that food cannot be transported to market?" she said angrily, adding that such pressure tactics will not work in times of democracy. On the strike's 20th day Tuesday, farmers manned 300 road blockades,... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995333/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 05:00:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993648/posts Department monitors increasingly raucous rallies at Marine center BERKELEY — In the last six weeks, the city of Berkeley has spent more than $210,000 on police overtime to try and keep the peace during protests at the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting center and Old City Hall, a police official said Thursday. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Mary Kusmiss said police department overtime from Feb. 12 to March 22 was $210,814.13. The city spent roughly $93,000 Feb. 12 during an all-day protest at Old City Hall that drew about 2,000 anti-war protestors and military supporters, she said. By comparison, the 186-officer department... InsideBayArea.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993648/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:22:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992741/posts LONDON (AFP) - Flights began operating at Heathrow airport's new terminal on Thursday, slightly clouded by a few teething problems and a protest at the London air hub. Terminal Five, which cost 4.3 billion pounds and is the first addition to Heathrow in 20 years, was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II earlier this month. On Thursday the first flight to land was from Hong Kong, and while the British Airways aircraft landed 10 minutes ahead of schedule, some passengers reported delays while signs were also criticised. "It took an hour for our bags to come through from the time we... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992741/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:08:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991867/posts Report Cites Increase in Attacks on Military Recruiting Centers Wednesday, March 26, 2008 By Melissa Underwood Shattered windows and bomb scares are growing threats for recruiters working to find young men and women to join the U.S. military, according to a new report that claims attacks on military recruiting stations are on the rise. The report, issued by a not-for-profit group that supports members of the military, calls the incidents — including the spray-painting of graffiti — "attacks," and claims there have been more than 50 since March 2003. "The peace protesters are not peaceful," said Catherine Moy, executive director... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991867/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:19:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990161/posts Berkeley mayor, chamber on good terms By Doug Oakley STAFF WRITER Article Launched: 03/19/2008 03:00:38 AM PDT The love is back between Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and the city's Chamber of Commerce. Just a month after the chamber released a letter saying that Bates and the City Council hurt business by telling the Marine Corps and its recruiting center to get out of town, the mayor is back in the group's good graces. During a lunch Tuesday billed as "A Conversation with Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates," chamber board member Mark McLeod introduced Bates as "our mayor and our friend." Afterward, chamber... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990161/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:57:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989994/posts With restive Tibetan areas swarming with troops and closed to scrutiny from the outside world, China's government turned up efforts Saturday to put its own version of the unrest before the international public. Information barely trickled out of the Tibetan capital Lhasa and other far-flung Tibetan communities, where foreign media were banned and thousands of troops dispatched to quell the most widespread demonstrations against Chinese rule in nearly five decades. The Chinese government was attempting to fill the vacuum with its own message. It disseminated footage of Tibetan protesters attacking Chinese and accusations of biased reporting by Western media via... AP, via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989994/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:58:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987104/posts MOSCO (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday called on China to open talks with the Dalai Lama amid mounting international unease over China's crackdown on protests in Tibet. The Netherlands summoned the Chinese ambassador to express concern and the European Union also said it was troubled, but Russia insisted the Tibet crisis was an "internal matter" for China. Rice renewed a US appeal for China to show restraint in Tibet saying there was now a "terrible situation". "We have really urged the Chinese over several years to find a way to talk with the Dalai Lama,... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987104/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:49:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986852/posts A five-day anti-war camp-out at the downtown Marine Recruiting Station (MRS) aboard a Code Pink truck, designed to draw attention to the March 19 five-year anniversary of the Iraq War, turned nasty Tuesday afternoon: An attorney says the city may be using code enforcement to selectively stifle free speech at the Code Pink protest, and a Code Pink activist says she was assaulted by a city of Berkeley code enforcement supervisor. The large truck dubbed “Green Zone,” adorned with potted plants and trees, has been parked since Monday in front of the Marine Recruiting Station at 64 Shattuck Square. A... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986852/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1983146/posts Rutgers Daily Targum reports "about 50" demonstrators braved the weather to demonstrate on behalf of those "poor mistreated" Palestinians. The Targum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1983146/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:25:17 GMT