Blogging the democratic revolution
Norm Geras has it, and he has been following this one for awhile now. Check it out!
That is what I wondered when a question was posted to me about him. Hello,because my experiences I hate the term revolution,I prefer movement,the only revolution I love is American in 1776,every other is similar to French. But I love to see criminals overthrowed. What is your opinion on Justin Raimondo -and similar libertarians-,his opinions on Kirgyz,Iran,Lebanon,etc. he is a lazy idiot or even worse? Well, I didn’t really know who the commenter was referring to so I had to Google the name. It’s also ironic that today, just after hearing about him, he sent me some traffic by linking…
Just after many major opposition leaders were released from prison, they’ve decided to make Aliyev regret it. In the beginning of April, the three main Azeri opposition parties will unite and stage a protest against the government. BAKU. March 28 (Interfax-Azerbaijan) – Three Azerbaijani opposition groups – the Popular Front, the Democratic Party and Musavat – have decided to join forces in a protest action early next month, Popular Front leader Ali Kerimli said on Monday. Kerimli said at a meeting of the Popular Front leadership the date for the start of the action would be agreed upon within days.…
Gary has been reporting on the huge democracy protests that have been going on in Iran and the mainstream media has failed to report them. Here’s the latest: Iran Press News claims hundreds of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of cities all across Iran last Friday night. Iran’s TV media blamed anti-regime Iranian media abroad for inciting the revolts. The demonstrators were quoted as chanting: “People join us and condemn the executioners and oppressors…death to dictators…get lost hired killer mercenaries… and Bush, Bush, support, protection…” SMCCDI reports that as a result of the failure of the regime to…
The monarchy’s coup in Nepal continues, with demonstrators being arrested. Police in Nepal have arrested at least 120 anti-government activists across the country who defied a ban on protests to show their anger at King Gyanendra’s seizure of absolute power last month. In the capital, Kathmandu, police detained more than 40 protesters who gathered near the Central Secretariat building, shouting slogans such as “Down with autocracy, we want democracy.” The rest of the people were detained in similar demonstrations in nine other cities across the Himalayan kingdom. Monday’s protest in the capital was the largest since February first, when the…
Before I start, I want to say what a hell Zimbabwe is, and it is all Mugabe’s fault. I have quite a few friends from South Africa, one of which was born and raised in Zimbabwe. There’s a reason he doesn’t live there anymore. And it seems like the people still there are sick of it. There are several stories about this, but I liked this article the best as it highlights in particular the massive electoral fraud. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — Zimbabweans will be “dancing in the streets” when President Robert Mugabe is gone, a Zimbabwean archbishop…
Bill has a post up about some protests today in Egypt, and Gateway Pundit has one up on protests in Mongolia (Nathan following up on if Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan are comparable).
For everyone visiting — relax. Well, after you’ve read what we’ve put up today. Have a beer, spend some time with the family. The world can wait one day for something like that. So on behalf of all the great people here at Publius Pundit, Happy Easter!
President Aliyev of Azerbaijan recently stated how much he wishes there was a viable opposition at the polls to give him some competition. Of course, that might actually happen if the government didn’t suppress it. BAKU, March 27 (AFP) – Azerbaijan’s ruling party Yeni Azerbaijan late Saturday elected the country’s President Ilham Aliyev as its leader. Aliyev, who thus succeeded his father Heidar in the post, called on his party to prepare for the November elections even while deploring the lack of opposition capable of giving a good fight at the polls. “The opposition’s position now is pathetic, its presence…
It’s been awhile since there’s been anything on Tajikistan, and even during the elections there wasn’t much media coverage. As is typical, the CIS election observers said the election was fair while the OSCE said it was not. Well, they still aren’t getting much attention. Thinking-East.net has it’s newest addition up, with a lot of reporting on opposition protests in Tajikistan, something that is getting absolutely no attention in the media. According to the Central Elections Committee, more than 80% of the population of Tajikistan participated in the recent parliamentary elections. The dominating president’s People’s Democratic Party received the majority…
Laurence over at Registan notes that both the new and old legislatures are claiming legitimacy. In the parliament building, members of the newly restored legislature – lawmakers who served before disputed February and March elections that led to the protests that brought down the government – met in one room, while politicians elected in the recent voting gathered in another. The Supreme Court has invalidated the recent elections, which the opposition said was marred by fraud. But the winners challenged the authority of the restored parliament. ééOur opinion is that we should be the legitimate lawmakers, because the people have…
This is incredibly encouraging. From the place that just released detained bloggers, the majority Shiite protested against the government demanding reform! MANAMA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands have marched in one of Bahrain’s largest opposition demonstrations to demand democratic reforms in the pro-Western Gulf Arab state. Friday’s peaceful march, called by the Shi’ite-led opposition, follows unsuccessful talks with the government on constitutional reforms to give greater powers to parliament’s elected assembly, which is on an equal footing with a state-appointed chamber. Bahrain, the Gulf’s banking hub and home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has introduced some reforms, but the…
I wrote about the unauthorized opposition rally yesterday. I don’t think I need to say it, but Lukashenko scares the jeepers out of me. Why? He has absolutely no reservations about beating down each and every person who stands up against him . . . These guys don’t even care that they were taking down good looking girls either. Andy thinks that the presidential election in September 2006 will be the final offense that brings people out en masse. I agree, I just hope he goes down sooner.
I hate this, because I’m having to write this headline every few days now. The second went off on Tuesday and the first a week ago Saturday. This latest one occurred just today, the third in a string of Syrian intimidation. March 26 (Bloomberg) — A car bomb explosion rocked a Christian quarter in east Beirut Saturday night, killing two Indian nationals and injuring eight people, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the official Lebanese news agency ANI. This explosion, which occurred around 9:30 p.m. local time, was heard throughout the Lebanese capital, shaking buildings on hills to the east, AFP said.…
Nearly two weeks ago after China passed its anti-secession law, Taiwan called on its population to protest en masse today. It is being called the 326 protest, and it hoping to pull over one million people. It is early in Taiwan right now, but over the past week, people have already started voicing out their discontent with China. One sign of this were 400 cab drivers lining up in an aerial view that spells “peace”. Some 400 drivers line up their taxis to form the word ???????peace??????? during a protest denouncing Beijing????????s recent approving an anti-secession law aimed at Taiwan…
Having been so involved with the events in Lebanon, I was hoping to do my own analysis of the UN findings on the Hariri assassination. But due to real life work and school starting back up next week (not to mention I’m preparing to cover the big protests in Taiwan all night…) it’s going to be a bit tough. However, rest assured! USMC_Vet has a complete, thorough analysis of the document and the reactions to it. In fact, let me give you some Cliff Notes: 1. Document released detailing Syrian and Lebanese government coverup. 2. They deny it. 3. Call…
Gary Metz at Regime Change Iran is reporting huge protests against the mullahs under the guise of a soccer victory. He notes that while this is certainly not the event, as soccer games have been used as an excuse to protest before, it is certainly another step in the right direction. He also notes that, because of traffic jams, the security apparatus can’t seem to get to the protestors. That’s good.
Will is discussing the marketing of the revolution over at his blog. I noted in his comments that the revolution in Kyrgyzstan has had many names thus far — tulip, pink, lemon — and that using up so many good names on one revolution will make it harder to name the ones that follow. He notes that the other revolutions have taken up multiple names, a true travesty! So what do we do? Turn to PAC-MAN for ideas. Check out this both humorous and thoughtful piece.
A few days ago, the opposition in Belarus submitted a request to hold a large really. It was denied. The Minsk city administration has rejected a request by opposition politician Andrey Klimaw to stage a downtown protest rally on 25 March, Belapan News reported on 22 March. Klimaw says he intended to assemble up to 100,000 people to protest Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s intention to run for a third presidential term. Klimaw told Belapan he is not surprised by the refusal, although the explanation baffles him. The city government told him that the location where he intended to hold the rally, Kastrychnitskaya…
I love it when I’m emailed so I don’t have to look! Nathan brings to us an exclusive ground report straight from Bishkek. This person was there from beginning to end and writes an account of the whole thing. Oh, and one more thing. . . This is the second picture of this girl. She’s just everywhere! UPDATE: Nathan lets me know that this is a REAL babe of politics. You????????re seeing a lot of this woman because she????????s a former parliamentary deputy and a journalist. Her name is Oksana Malevannaya. And while her hair does leave something to be…
It’s been a big day in Kyrgyzstan. While the protests have been steadily growing over the past month or so, today was clearly a marker event. Even from the beginning of this website, I have always referred visitors to Nathan’s Registan.net, where he keeps up on all issues Central Asia. He has always been the guy to go to for everything you needed to know about the Tulip Revolution. I certainly wouldn’t know much about Central Asia if it weren’t for him and the news/analysis he brings to the table. I am certainly not as knowledgeable as him, but I…
Besides the basic human drive for freedom that is comparable in each revolution, each has had a flower and each set of protestors has given them to the security forces. Even in the recent Tulip Revolution! See what I mean: Kyrgyzstan Another one courtesy of The Emirates Economist: Lebanon Ukraine Those riot police kind of lose their ferocity after receiving bouquets from pretty revolution babes!
Veronica Khokhlova is back visiting Kiev, and of all things she had a run in with Yanukovich protestors who were vying for Putin’s attention. How bizarre, reading this was like a flashback into three months ago (and I still can’t believe it’s been that long, either). Here’s a link to her photo page where she has the pictures of the mini-rally. UPDATE: Mike notes the same kind of people at an anti-war rally a few days ago.
“Kathmandu” from Radio Free Nepal is updating on the situation there. Things are still looking bad, but the U.S. and India are working to restore democracy as soon as possible. In another encouraging note, USA and India have told they are coordinating for early restoration of multi-party democracy in Nepal. Visiting US secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said that after their meeting. “We are in complete agreement that it (return of Nepal’s democracy) must happen and it needs to happen very very soon,” Rice told the conference. Personally, RFN thanks India and USA for…
Fausta in the comments let me know about an article that not only describes the deteriorating situation in Venezuela and spies in the U.S., but how liberal commie-wannabes are idolizing Chavez and his so-called Bolivarian revolution. Check out the article. It has a lot of translations from Spanish articles.