Blogging the democratic revolution
Norman Geras has found a report from Women for Women International that is an extensive public opinion poll of 1,000 women in Iraq. Now, the fact that there is now a country in the Middle East where a poll performed on women can be performed is incredible enough, but hear these responses… > 94% of…
Here’s the CNN article I don’t think any candidate could solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without intense struggle. So on that note, Mahmoud Abbas is probably the best choice they have at the moment. If we remember correctly, Abbas once served as Prime Minister under Arafat, but quit because Arafat would not hand over the reins…
Word out of there is that the main opposition leader just got wrongfully denied ballot candidacy. Zamira Sydykova, editor in chief of the Kyrgyz opposition daily “Res Publica,” had this to say about the move by the administration: “I don????????t understand this hysteria,” said Sydykova of “Res Publica.” “I don????????t understand why Äthe authoritiesÅ decided…
-Discoshaman has your January 9th update here, complete with pictures. And to think we have to wait 24 hours for each update! -Terry Rogers has a roundup of articles about the reaction in Russia to Yanukovich’s defeat. -And before I forget, don’t you forget to buy your Orange Revolution gear.
The Orange Revolution caused quite a stir among the international crowd these past few months. Supporters and election observers from all of the world flew in to participate and watch. I know I was watching. Most importantly, however, as these revolutions are carried out, lessons are being learned by those who have not yet been…
For anyone interested in Yulia Tymoshenko, top choice for Prime Minister in Ukraine, here is her official website photo gallery. Now there’s a government official that doubles as eye candy.
The aim of Publius Pundit is to be a network for the bloggers of the revolution for the benefit of the public knowledge and discourse. Bloggers will therefore be given the ability to post links back to their own blogs when their content is relevant for posting here. There are some rules to follow, however,…
For those of you who don’t know the inscrutable Discoshaman, he is the owner of the blog Le Sabot Post-Moderne. For the past two months, he has become a daily read for me without hesitation. This is a man who is in Kiev and truly blogging the revolution. He is joined by his lovely wife…
After the long overdue death of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinians are finally going to the polls. Mahmoud Abbas, a close adviser to Arafat, seems to be the frontrunner. As the news article suggests, he is promising to end the violence; however, he wants to do it through a cease fire without denouncing military groups like…
Hossein Derakhshan has gotten breeze of more political censorship on the media in Iran, a big hit to the over 60,000 registered bloggers over there. Friends in Iran, journalists and technicians, are saying that judiciary officials have ordered all major ISP to filter all blogging services including PersianBlog, BlogSpot, Blogger, BlogSky, and even BlogRolling. I…
Hello everyone — all three of you. For those who don’t know me, I am incredibly witty, attractive, and funny. For those who do, shut up and don’t tell them otherwise. This will be a blog about the worldwide democratic revolution. I figure there are enough socialists spreading their dogma around that there needed to…