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 women surveyed want to secure legal rights for women. > 84% of women want the right to vote on the final constitution. > Nearly 80% of women believe that their participation in local and national councils should not be limited. Due to the Interim Constitution…
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 of power to him. That seems to give the hint to me that he’s a man willing to cause some change. Now that he’s at the head, let’s see what he can do. He won by a pretty clear margin. Exit polls indicate by about…
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 to throw out Otunbaeva from a competition with Bermet, because Bermet already has a huge administrative resource. As they say, ????????the eyes of fear see danger everywhere.???????? I think, through this case, the authorities gave themselves away completely.” This mud is more visible on their…
-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 able to have one of their own. Students from the Belarus civil resistance group ZUBR have been watching and learning in Kiev. Now, ZUBR has been one of the weaker movements when compared to OTPOR, which ousted Slobodan Milosevic, Georgian KMARA of the Rose Revolution,…
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, when posting: 1. The posting must be related to democratic movements, the spread or oppression of liberty, authoritarian governments, and the like. You should know what is and what isn’t acceptable just by quickly browsing over this blog. 2. The posting must be quick and…
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 TulipGirl and Orange Ukraine with stirring up all kinds of revolutionary trouble in Ukraine. On January 7, the Supreme Court of Ukraine threw out the last of Yanukovich’s claims to election fraud against Yuschenko. Isn’t that ironic? Now, according to Maidan, the Central Election Commission…
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 Hamas. This is the most troubling part about electing a leader so closely related to a regime that only had talk up its sleeve. You get more of the same: just talk. It seems likely that he will be elected, but for whoever eventually is,…
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 don’t think this will be the end of blogging and the attempt to voice free opinion in Iran. If we remember back to October, the BBC wrote an article about protests over censorship in Iran. Recognize Hossein in there? This guy deserves a lot of…
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 be someone to blog how people are resisting tyranny in their homelands. Please, at all times, feel free to email me with suggestions, comments, news stories, personal insight, and penis enlargement advertisements. All of which I dearly need. Let’s get blogging!