This article initially caught my eye because it's about kids getting involved with nonviolence, but it's also interesting because it's a direct protest about the war in Iraq, and then talks about the strengths and weaknesses of that approach.
Eleven Jewish souvenir sellers staged a small demonstration on the border between Rome and the Vatican State last Saturday in protest against their expulsion from St Peter’s Square after many centuries.
This article outlines the problem with old growth logging in Scandinavia and also outlines some efforts environmentalists are taking to stop it.
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I thouht this would be really interesting, since today we briefly touched on something about educational policies, and how they affect each of us. I don't know for sure since i didnt catch the first part of the discussion. IF only we were motivated enough, or mad enough (convictive enough) about something, mabey we could organize to change or educational policies, written at the top only to be passed down with out input. This is an excerpt from another blog in which I found this article.
"Right, Bill. For some reason, Americans seem to think that politics has to be left to the experts after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Policies have consequences, and the French have a long tradition of manifesting their reaction to the policies, even if the experts say it is right."
I believe this man has said everything in the smallest of words.
This blog did not discuss Scotland in much detail but I thought it was an interesting form of protest coordinated in a complex manor. What they did was clog up highways with large trucks traveling at very low speeds to protest the high gas prices. This article also discusses a pan-European movement to protest high gas prices. Apparently 70,000 Spanish haulers also took part in this go-slow clogging the border with France.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2008/jun/10/fuelprotestsspreadacrossth
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Why rioters in France burn so many cars: It vents anger -- and attracts the media.
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Here is a blog from H. Alan Scott, a self-proclaimed pro blogger. He talks some about how France uses its right to protest so much and so spiritedly, he wonders why America does not use the right to protest in the same way, for example, burning cars.
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Taxis in Paris block the streets
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Critical Mass Die-in in Paris
I heard about the outcome of this trial earlier and it has now set a precedence in the British court system. Vandalism is legal as long as you are doing it in pursuit of preventing a greater harm, such as in the name of the environment.
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