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NEWS ABOUT: dissent

dissent stories: 7 news summaries

US Ambassador Disagrees
on Afghan Troop Surge

Wants Karzai government to shape up first

Nov 11, 09 6:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The US ambassador to Afghanistan—a former general who served there as recently as 2007—is against increasing troop levels until the Afghan government gets its act together. In classified cables ahead of President Obama’s deliberations on a surge, Karl Eikenberry cites rampant corruption and mismanagement in Hamid Karzai’... More »

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Afghanistan • troop surge • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Afghanistan war • dissent • President Obama • Stanley McChrystal • Karl Eikenberry

OPINION

 Palin Channels Ahmadinejad 

Her self-presentation, politics, and biography are like his

Aug 3, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have their differences—but their images, politics, and even life stories show significant overlap, writes Juan Cole for Salon. Both are former governors of “frontier states,” both drum up support through “wounded nationalism,” and both battle foreign influence. “Above all,... More »

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Iran • media • Alaska • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • populism • populist • Sarah Palin • dissent • elitism • media elite

At 89, Influential
Justice Stevens
Isn't Budging

Oldest Supreme is vindicated as dissents become majorities

Apr 27, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul Stevens turned 89 last week, and the senior associate justice of the Supreme Court has lived to see many of his dissenting opinions eventually become the majority during his 33 years on the court. Stevens—who has given no indications of impending retirement—has led a number of... More »

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court • judge • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • dissent • 4th Amendment

French Mock Sarkozy by Reading Book He Hates

La Princesse de Cleves gets a boost of unexpected popularity as a protest symbol

Mar 19, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - France is in the grip of a nationwide strike, but dissatisfaction with Nicolas Sarkozy’s reforms is also taking a more cultured form: the reading of a classic 17th-century book the president has said he hates. The book has become an odd symbol of dissent. Sales are climbing as Sarko’... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • protests • reform • strike • novel • book • dissent • La Princesse de Cleves

ANALYSIS

 Palin Swings Hard, 
 Lacks Follow-Through 

Record shows her taking bold stances, shying away from follow-through

Sep 8, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Those who have worked with Sarah Palin in Alaskan politics—Democrats and Republicans alike—are split on the governor's leadership style. While most praise her bold, tough approach, they also point out her lack of follow-through and seeming disinterest in the details of governing, and her inability to work with... More »

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Alaska • corruption • ethics bill • leadership • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • dissent

Chinese Teacher Sent to Labor Camp Over Quake Dissent

Man posted photos
of collapsed schools

Jul 30, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese teacher has been sent to a labor camp for a year of "re-education" after he posted online photos of school buildings that collapsed during the Sichuan earthquake, the Guardian reports. The man, who was neither formally charged with a crime nor given a trial, is one of... More »

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labor camp • dissent • China earthquake

 Chinese Rights Advocate Jailed 

EU, US slam China's handling of Hu Jia's case

Apr 3, 08 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top Chinese human-rights activist has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for writings and comments considered subversive, the New York Times reports. The case of Hu Jia, 34, been watched closely around the world; critics see it as part of a government crackdown on dissidents... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • sentencing • civil rights • human rights activists • Hu Jia • subversion • dissent

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