Moroccan Youth Demand Jobs
Several youths were arrested after a protest in June demanding jobs by blocking deliveries from exiting a port city. Later, in August, a protest was staged to free these arrested youths.
September 23, 2008
September 18, 2008
Unemployment to Blame for Protests in North Africa
It is good to read about people fighting the income disparity in developing countries. It shows that they are working for a change amongst themselves, and proves how wrong so many people are who believe that they can't make it work on a local level.
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Algerians protest against terrorism after suicide attacks
I chose this article because I found it interesting how people in Algeria are protesting terrorist attacks in mass groups. One thing interesting about this is how they are opening themselves up as easy prey for attacks during these protests, where government officials also attend. Another interesting aspect of these protests is that they are targeting militant people who seemingly don't know what nonviolence is. They are responding to horrible acts of terrorism by being peaceful.
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The Power of Peaceful Protest
I chose this article because it involves a very interesting way of protesting peacefully. In threatening to remove their clothes, the women protesting in Nigeria exercised a common shaming gesture to stop the western oil terminal from exporting up to half a million barrels of oil a day. Instead of participating in the common violent method of taking over oil terminals, they did so in a peaceful manner and achieved more than doing so violently.
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Peaceful protest in Sierra Leon against the Rapping of Teenage Girls
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No matter how you put it rape is the worst of worst things to do. This article highlights the actions that parents are taking to stop the violence in this historically war torn country.
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Thousands of Algerian Berbers have brought towns to a standstill in the eastern region of Kabylie, in a mass demonstration for cultural and linguistic rights.
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I found this to be interesting for the fact that it reminded me of the mass protests by Latin Americans in the United States who were protesting for the same reasons very recently. Refusing to work will always show the rest of the population the importance the issue for your culture or group.
September 17, 2008
Nigeria: Stay Off Oil Facilities, JTF Warns Militants
This article is a little different from others that i have chosen because, in this article a declaration of war was the first strategy used they didn't even consider using nonviolence. They just use threats of war. It is clear in a situation like this that there are other ways of solving a problem of destruction with more destruction.
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Massive protest rocks Algerian government
Unrest threatens to engulf Algeria after hundreds of thousands march through the capital, Algiers, calling for an end to government repression. Algiers yesterday finally had a taste of the popular anger that has been seething in the Berger region in eastern Algeria when hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched through the capital demanding social justice and an end to repression. • Friday June 15 2001 by Mark Tran
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Recognizing the Power of Nonviolent Action
This is more of a scholarly article, but it talks about Algeria and the Nonviolent Muslim movement within this country. It is a good one, pretty lengthy, but worthwhile.
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September 16, 2008
Harbingers of spring
Students took to the streets in Egypt to protest the way the nation's political system was being shaped by the leading party. The previous popular methods of protest were petitioning for the establishment of a new political party to rival that of the leading party and non-confrontation. Showing that when two methods of non-violent action fail to work, another might have better results.
September 15, 2008
Combatting Inequality
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