I have chosen this article because it covers a topic that i have not posted about and i think i may use it as my reserach topic for my paper. The entry is also about 28 years old so this will provide a wider range of years covered in my total blog. This article is about the first non-communist trade union in a communist country. In the 1980s it constituted a broad anti-communist social movement.
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Most thought that there would be violence but peace provailed as thousands marched on a US base in Italy. Most were outraged that a foriegn army is still able to occupy the state. The other side is that the base provides jobs and a strong economic incentive.
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My last blog entry was on a hunger strike. I thought to my self that it would be somewhat ironic and well funny if there has recently been a hunger strike with in the country of Hungary. I did find one story, and it highlighted the importance that one individual alone can have by hunger striking, and how failure is a part of the civil movement for change.
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My last blog entry was on a hunger strike. I thought to my self that it would be somewhat ironic and well funny if there has recently been a hunger strike with in the country of Hungary. I did find one story, and it highlighted the importance that one individual alone can have by hunger striking, and how failure is a part of the civil movement for change.
Continue reading "Doctor's hunger strike fails to win funds" »
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My last blog entry was on a hunger strike. I thought to my self that it would be somewhat ironic and well funny if there has recently been a hunger strike with in the country of Hungary. I did find one story, and it highlighted the importance that one individual alone can have by hunger striking, and how failure is a part of the civil movement for change.
Continue reading "Doctor's hunger strike fails to win funds" »
Around 10,000 workers at the Dacia works in Pitesti, Romania, have been on strike for two weeks. Employees at the subsidiary of the French automaker Renault are demanding wage increases of 42 percent, additional Christmas benefits and a share in the company profits.
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I was horrified to discover that the United States (Bush) is attempting to set up a nuclear missile defense base in Czechoslovakia to protect us from the clear 'threat' Russia poses. I am however glad to hear that the Czech people are protesting this. One protest that got caught my attention was two people staging a hunger strike until the issue is opened to public discussion.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/05/27/in-prague-protest-against-a-us-missile-defense-deal.html
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i have chosen this article to create some diversity within the blog, since we are supposed to use a diverse range of topics. This article focuses on women's rights in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. It just shows that being an activist for something you believe needs to change can make a difference.
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I found this article extremely intriguing. the line "intends to eleminate the 'regime of oligarchic capitalism'" caught my eye at first, and the article doesn't disappoint.
Continue reading "New Russian youth movement sets out manifesto" »
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The Polish 1970 protests were anti-communist protests that occurred in northern Poland in December 1970. The protests were sparked by a sudden increase of prices of food and articles of daily use. In the result of the riots, brutally pacified by the Polish People's Army and the Citizen's Militia, at least 42 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded.
The Polish 1970 protests were anti-communist protests that occurred in northern Poland in December 1970. The protests were sparked by a sudden increase of prices of food and articles of daily use. In the result of the riots, brutally pacified by the Polish People's Army and the Citizen's Militia, at least 42 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded.
Polish people protested their government's policies on economics. Their unemployment had skyrocketed which was the major concern.
Environmentalists, birdwatchers, and wildlife activists are putting thier bodies in between viirgin forest and construction crews to attempt to halt the construction of a major motorway through a valley of forest that has never been logged or replanted.
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In this article members of the majority party in Poland, including the deputy education minister, have been advocating for the teaching of creationism and calling evolution a lie. Members of the party have been protested against for various reasons since it came into office, but with this recent act it has pushed more intellectuals into protesting against parts of their government's opinion. This is an issue that could still reemerge here.