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Brit Cops Sic
Dogs on Eco-Protesters

Officials call it a 'different style of policing'

Oct 19, 09 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change activists were chewed up by police dogs as British cops sicced German shepherds on protesters scaling fences at a power station. ''Of course this is regrettable, but it's a combination of reckless behavior by some protesters and us having to respond with a different style of policing,"... More »

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climate change • environment • police • Britain • political demonstrations • protesters • eco-protesters • power station • police dogs

 Tehran Rally Turns Violent 

Opposition uses government-sponsored demonstration to protest June election

Sep 18, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A government-backed rally in Tehran turned violent today, the BBC reports, after opposition supporters turned out to protest June’s disputed presidential election and clashed with security forces. A state news said opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi was attacked and tear gas used during the event, intended to demonstrate support for... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Palestinian people • political demonstrations • tear gas • Mir Hossein Mousavi

ANALYSIS

 Right Steals Left's 
 Language of Protest 

From 'Nazi' to 'my body,' conservatives are the new liberals

Sep 18, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you go to Amazon to buy Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky's classic treatise on left-wing protest, you'll see authors that other readers are also interested in: Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, and GOP Sen. Jim DeMint. For Politico, that's one of many signs that conservatives have co-opted liberal techniques, from... More »

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health care reform • political demonstrations • protesters • conservative movement • tea parties

analysis

 Fueled by Fringe, 
 GOP in a Tight Spot 

Protesters energize party, but make it look crazy

Sep 1, 09 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raucous town-hall protesters are energizing a Republican party damaged in the 2006 and 2008 elections—but they’re also opening the party to accusations that it’s being run by the fringe, Reuters reports. While some demonstrators oppose any sort of reform, many Americans actually want some form of change.... More »

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GOP • Republican Party • health care reform • political demonstrations • protesters • President Obama

 Road Rarity: 
 Samoan Drivers 
 Moving to Left Side 

Drivers will stick to left as country becomes first in 40 years to change

Aug 14, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s upheaval in Samoa as a cultural shift changes the country’s direction—on the road. On September 7, Samoa is set to become the first country in 40 years to switch the side of the road used for driving, writes Tom Vanderbilt in Salon. The Pacific island nation... More »

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traffic • Sweden • political demonstrations • protesters • drivers • Samoa

 As Riot Death Toll Mounts, 
 China Blames Uighur Exiles 

Uighur activists claim police opened fire on peaceful demonstration

Jul 6, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese state media are reporting that 156 people are dead and at least 828 injured and in the western city where clashes broke out between paramilitary police and Uighur demonstrators, Al Jazeera eports. Though the protests in Urumqi, Xinjian province, seemed to have died down, police are said to be... More »

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China • protests • police crackdown • political demonstrations • Han Chinese • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Urumqi

 140 Dead in China Muslim Riots 

1,000 said to have protested Beijing's handling of Uighur/Chinese incident

Jul 6, 09 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 140 people have been killed and 800 injured in clashes between rioters and police in China’s restive oil-rich Xinjiang region, reports the BBC. The clashes are the deadliest outbreak of violence in China in several years. The violence began after more than 1000 protesters—primarily Uighur Muslims—... More »

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China • protests • separatists • political demonstrations • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

 Iraq Protesters 
 Burn US Flag 
 During Biden Visit 

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr mock veep's reconciliation tour

Jul 3, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to promote reconciliation among Iraqis was met today with protests by supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Reuters reports. Demonstrators burned American flags and shouted anti-US slogans. Biden plans to meet with PM Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani to assess plans to heal the... More »

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Iraq • Joe Biden • Sadr City • sectarianism • Muqtada al-Sadr • political demonstrations • protesters • American flag

 Mousavi Fights On as 
 Ahmadinejad Bashes Obama 

Iranian opposition leader may be under house arrest

Jun 25, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi said today that the Iranian regime has pressured him to drop his challenges to the disputed election, but that he would resist any efforts to abridge his "constitutional right to protest." The opposition leader has not been seen in public for days, reports the Guardian,... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • house arrest • political demonstrations • George W. Bush • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

Iran 'Retires' Soccer Players Over Protest

Banned for life for wristbands showing Mousavi support

Jun 23, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has barred four of its national soccer players from the field for life after they wore green wristbands during a match last week in apparent support of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian pro-government newspaper said. Six players wore the bands; most took them off at halftime,... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • soccer • protests • political demonstrations • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

Street Protests Cool, But Iran Opposition Takes to Rooftops

Mousavi supporters chant from rooftops, but opposition's next step is unclear

Jun 19, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calls of “Allahu Akbar” punctuated Tehran’s evening quiet as some residents took to their rooftops to protest Ayatollah Khamenei’s support of what they see as fraudulent election results, MSNBC reports. Despite the rooftop protests—a tactic used in the 1979 revolution—outright street demonstrations from supporters of... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Basiji • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • political demonstrations • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 10 Protests That 
 Changed History 

Iran's post-election storm has these precedents

Jun 19, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The post-election storm brewing in Iran prompted LiveScience to round up some of history's most significant protests:
  • A piece of paper nailed to a church door in 1517 sparked the Protestant Revolution.
  • Parisians moved more boldly, beheading the Bastille's governor to spark the French Revolution in 1789.
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Iran • Tiananmen Square • protests • revolution • Martin Luther King Jr. • political demonstrations • Mahatma Gandhi • Protestant Revolution • French Revolution • Boston Tea Party • American Revolution • Salt March • March on Washington

iran election dispute

 Mousavi Plans 
 'Day of Mourning' 
 as Protests Spread 

Demonstrations may be largest yet; violence reaches across country

Jun 18, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian regime is resorting to more extreme measures against supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and other reformers, reports the Times of London, as the opposition planned yet another massive rally against alleged electoral fraud. Despite dozens of high-profile arrests and raids on universities, thousands are expected to join Mousavi... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • political demonstrations • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(Newser) - Moscow police broke up a gay rights demonstration today and arrested at least 20 protesters, the BBC reports. The activists, marching to draw attention to what they describe as deep prejudice, timed the protest to coincide with a European song contest popular in the gay community. "This shows the... More »

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gay rights • police • Moscow • arrest • political demonstrations

(Newser) - Want to get in on the fun and excitement of the anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Party? Here’s how, writes Marc Cooper in the Los Angeles Times: “Go to a hobby store. Buy a scale model of a UN One-World-Government Black Helicopter and a tube of glue. Toss the... More »

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taxes • government spending • conservative • tea • protests • political demonstrations • Obama administration • tea parties

Tax-Day 'Tea Parties' Test Aversion to Obama Spending

Tens of thousands set to attend nationwide demonstrations

Apr 15, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fiscal conservatives across the country will reenact Revolutionary history today with tea parties in every state to protest taxes and increased spending, ABC News reports. Tens of thousands are registered to attend in major cities, testing whether anti-Obama budget sentiment, which has picked up steam on the Internet, with help... More »

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taxes • government spending • tea • protests • political demonstrations • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

UPDATED

 Gunfight Causes 
 First Deaths 
 in Thai Riots 

Marketplace fight led to shooting: minister

Apr 13, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - As political street-fighting rages on in Thailand, a gun battle in a residential area of Bangkok has led to the first two deaths, authorities tell the AP. A government spokesman said the encounter was between anti-government protesters and local residents, who were angry over the continuing demonstrations. More than 100... More »

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protests • Bangkok • riots • shooting • political demonstrations • guns • Thai protesters

(Newser) - Anti-government protesters ignored Thailand’s state of emergency by the thousands today while former PM Thaksin Shinawatra called on them “to come out in revolution,” the New York Times reports. In defiance of a ban on gatherings of more than five people in Bangkok, demonstrators rallied outside the... More »

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Thailand • protests • Bangkok • arrest • state of emergency • Thaksin Shinawatra • political demonstrations • protesters • Thai protesters

 State of Emergency 
 Declared in Bangkok 

Gov't bans gatherings of more than 5 in capital

Apr 12, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(AP) - Thailand's embattled government, humiliated by demonstrators who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit, declared a state of emergency in the capital today and ordered armored vehicles into the streets to stem a tide of protest across the country. Bands of anti-government protesters roamed Bangkok as the decree was announced. They... More »

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Thailand • protests • Bangkok • state of emergency • political demonstrations • Thai protesters

 Massive Security 
 Steels for 
 G20 Protests 

London's financial district braces for worst

Apr 1, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - London's financial district is on lockdown ahead of a day of protests by activists and opponents of the G20, reports the Financial Times. The government will deploy up to 5,000 officers in the largest police operation in British history, and banks such as UBS have also hired private security... More »

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London • United Kingdom • protests • political demonstrations • G20 • anarchists

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