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political protest stories: 32 news summaries

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Blogger Foe Confronts ACORN
Protesters

Breitbart says video of 'thugs' will be up soon

Nov 13, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Andrew Breitbart—whose conservative BigGovernment.com website aired the ACORN sting videos—decided to mosey down to an ACORN protest in Los Angeles this week, and he's not happy with the rough treatment he got. He blogs that he was harassed and threatened by the "dregs of society" so... More »

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conservative • Los Angeles • website • undercover video • political protest • Acorn • Andrew Breitbart

(Newser) - Fat? Out of shape? Otherwise unhealthy? Then shut your trap about health-care reform until you do something about your own well-being, comedian Bill Maher writes for the Huffington Post. “Unlike most liberals, I’m glad all those teabaggers marched on Washington last week,” he snickers. “Because judging... More »

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obesity • entertainment • fat • health care reform • Bill Maher • political protest • President Obama • tea parties • teabaggers • unhealthy

 Iraqi Shoe Thrower's 
 Prison Release Delayed 

Family ready to celebrate reporter's defiance

Sep 14, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(AP) - The Iraqi reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush will not be released today as planned due to paperwork processing delays, his brother says. Muntadhar al-Zeidi's family had gathered at dawn outside an Iraqi army base where he was expected to be released from prison. After waiting... More »

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Iraq • shoes • political protest • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Protest Organizer Inflated 
 Crowd Size: ABC News 

FreedomWorks president attributed 1.5M turnout to network

Sep 13, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The organizer of the "Tea Party" protest in Washington yesterday falsely attributed a high estimate of the turnout to ABC News, the network reports. Matt Kibbe, the head of FreedomWorks, said on stage that ABC estimated the turnout at 1 million to 1.5 million people. In a... More »

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Barack Obama • protests • health care reform • political protest • crowd • FreedomWorks Foundation • Tea Party

OPINION

NRA Shouldn't Tolerate Gun-Toting Protesters

It's just not a safe way to use a firearm

Aug 20, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the National Rifle Association is really, to quote its website “dedicated to the lawful, effective, responsible, and above all safe use of firearms,” then it should loudly discourage people from carrying those firearms to political rallies, writes Stephen Stromberg of the Washington Post. Politics aside,... More »

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NRA • gun control • protests • health care reform • town hall meeting • National Rifle Association • political protest • guns

DC Delegate:
Ban Guns
Near Obama

Says pistol-packers too close; Secret Service says not an issue

Aug 20, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington DC's congressional delegate is watching gun-toting protesters outside venues where Barack Obama speaks, and she's not gonna take it anymore, reports The Hill. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton—whose constituency last year had its handgun ban tossed by the Supreme Court—wants guns banned in the president's vicinity, and is... More »

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Barack Obama • gun control • Secret Service • Second Amendment • political protest • handgun ban • guns • Eleanor Holmes Norton

ANALYSIS

Insurer Urges Employees to Protest Health Care Reform

UnitedHealth Group lays down AstroTurf

Aug 19, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s second-biggest health insurance firm, has been encouraging employees to attend events protesting health-care reform, Talking Points Memo reports. In a clear-cut example of “Astroturf”—fake grassroots action—a memo to employees urges them to call an “advocacy specialist” who can provide talking... More »

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health insurance • protests • grassroots • health care reform • UnitedHealth • political protest • Talking Points Memo • AstroTurf • tea parties • America's Independent Party

 Iran: Protesters Were Tortured 

Prosecutor general blamed Basij, Revolutionary Guard for 'painful accidents'

Aug 9, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian prosecutor general admitted today that protesters arrested in the wake of the disputed presidential election were tortured, the New York Times reports. The comments by Qorbanali Dori-Najafabadi were the first official acknowledgments of torture made by an Iranian government official. Dori-Najafabadi blamed what he called a few “... More »

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Iran • torture • prosecutor • protests • political protest • detention

OPINION



 In Choosing 
 Sides, Ayatollah 
 Loses Authority 

Ayatollah Khamenei's aura dims as Iranians take to the streets

Jun 21, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has lost some of the sacrosanct aura of his office by entering the political fray, writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times. Having warned on Friday of "bloodshed and chaos," Iran's supreme leader ended up with both. By aligning himself with President Mahmoud... More »

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • political protest • Roger Cohen • Iranian election

(Newser) - Twenty years ago today, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times was in Tiananmen Square, sweating in fear and watching as "'People’s China' opened fire on its people." The soldiers had shot at ambulances, too, so no one was helping the wounded—except the rickshaw drivers.... More »

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China • democracy • Tiananmen Square • political protest • Nicholas Kristof

(Newser) - Speaking amid the swirl of controversy as his pro-choice views and the pro-life values of a Catholic university collided, President Obama today called for "open minds" and "fair-minded words" in Notre Dame's debate surrounding abortion, reports the AP. Amid heckles and students booing hecklers, Obama faced the treacherous... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Notre Dame • Catholics • commencement speech • political protest

Moldovan 'Twitter Revolution' Organizer Goes Into Hiding

Journalist fears arrest for role in anti-Communist protest

Apr 15, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The journalist who used Twitter to organize last week's mass protests in Moldova has gone into hiding for fear of arrest. Journalist Natalia Morar, 25, told the Guardian she is avoiding telephones and the Internet in case the same tools she used to rally supporters are used against her by... More »

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social networking • Communist Party • political protest • Twitter • Moldova

 Thai Protests Break Up 

Thaksin supporters end standoff as troops move in

Apr 14, 09 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-government protesters have begun to disperse in Bangkok following orders from their leaders, the BBC reports. Thousands of protesters have ended their 3-week siege of the country's seat of government and some protest leaders have surrendered to authorities. After two deaths yesterday, leaders say they urged their followers to leave... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • political protest • Thai protesters • Abhisit Vejjajiva


 Thai Army Battles Protesters 

Dozens injured as troops move to quell Bangkok protests

Apr 13, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of people were injured today as the Thai military moved to crush protests causing chaos in Bangkok. Soldiers opened fire at demonstrators who had taken control of a major junction and set fire to a bus they had commandeered. Most aimed over the protesters' heads but some fired live... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • state of emergency • Thaksin Shinawatra • political protest • Thai protesters

Business Is Booming for French 'Protest Coach'

Parisian makes a living schooling dissenters in the art of civil disobedience

Apr 8, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - France's leading "protest consultant" has never been busier, he tells the Wall Street Journal. Xavier Renou provides—for a discretionary fee—tips and training courses for anticapitalist protesters on making sure their message is heard. Renou sticks to nonviolent means, but has plenty of practical advice on everything from... More »

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France • protests • activist • political protest • civil disobedience • consultant

(Newser) - Pakistan’s government began cracking down on the opposition today in ways reminiscent of deposed dictator Pervez Musharraf, the New York Times reports. Police arrested hundreds of political workers today, and the government banned a protest national march scheduled for tomorrow, declaring that demonstrators wouldn’t be allowed into... More »

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Pakistan • Nawaz Sharif • police crackdown • Shahbaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari • political protest

UK Charges
Wen Jibao's Shoe-Tosser

Faces public disorder charge; China sweeps incident under rug

Feb 3, 09 6:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Cambridge University protester who yesterday chucked a gray sneaker at the Chinese premier—and missed by a solid 3 feet—has been slapped with a public disorder charge for his trouble, reports the Telegraph. The 27-year-old will appear in British court next Tuesday. China voiced its continued ire over... More »

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China • shoes • Cambridge • Wen Jiabao • Britain • political protest • protesters

 New Protesters Greet 
 Thailand's New Gov't 

Thaksin supporters force parliament to suspend proceedings

Dec 29, 08 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A different set of anti-government protesters converged on Bankok today, with thousands of red-shirted supporters of exiled PM Thaksin Shinawatra surrounding parliament and forcing lawmakers to postpone their session. The yellow-clad Thaksin opposition had been set to take power after months of demonstrations, reports the New York Times. More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • political protest • Thai protesters • Abhisit Vejjajiva

OPINION

Only Pakistanis Can Stop
the Violence: Friedman

Friedman: Where is the outrage over Mumbai?

Dec 3, 08 7:59 AM CST
(Newser) - In 2006, thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets in weeks of protests against Danish cartoons that satirized the Prophet Muhammad. Yet after 173 people were shot dead in Mumbai, apparently by Pakistani killers, the response in the streets was silence. If Pakistan is to become a viable state, writes... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • Danish Mohammed cartoons • terrorist attack • political protest

 New Clues in 
 '68 Mexico Massacre 

Snipers provoked military into attacking protesters ahead of Olympics

Dec 2, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Before there was Tiananmen Square, there was Tlatelolco Plaza. Just 10 days ahead of the 1968 Mexico City Games, army guns fired on a burgeoning movement of student protesters, setting off a government massacre—of anywhere from a handful to 3,000 students—that remains shrouded in mystery to this... More »

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military • Mexico City • Mexico • police • riots • student activism • political protest

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