Blogging the democratic revolution
I changed my “emails” category to “crazy people” to encompass a broader array of posts. And here we have it. I was alerted to the Santiago Times publishing my short little letter to the editor, when I ran across one of the craziest things I have read in recent times: A LATIN AMERICA FREE FROM…
Before I hit the sack, CNN has a picture gallery of the events before and after Hariri’s assassination. It includes pictures of the protest against Syria. I also found a Lebanon news in pictures website, along with a Lebanon news wire.
That’s all for tonight folks. Still trying to drag out this research paper with as much useless information as possible. It’s sad, because I think a paper on the costs of sustaining unemployment offices vs. the benefits they retrieve is an interesting subject, and one that deserves much more time than I have to dedicate….
I got this email from my friend Yasmin in Jordan. Can anyone explain to me how someone could feel so strongly this way? Robbie robbie robbie…. dear Robbbie, wht freedom are you talking about??? have you ever evn come close to live in this part of the world , you cant even imagine what these…
Regime Change Iran has posted its Wednesday news briefing on what’s going on in Iran.
Just today, the Israeli parliament approved funds for the pullout and compensation of settlers in Gaza. JERUSALEM, Feb. 16 — Israel’s parliament on Wednesday approved a nearly $1 billion financial package to pay for withdrawing Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, delivering a major victory to…
Andy has posted all news Russian for the week, covering domestic, international, near-abroad, and economics issues.
Michael Ledeen of NRO has a strong piece on the movement toward democracy and revolution throughout the globe. The tidal wave has even reached into the planet’s darkest corners, most recently shaking the foundations of the North Korean hermit kingdom. A new leader is announced at the same time the monsters in Pyongyang whisper “We’ve…
Zed has posted a large roundup of the news coming out of and surrounding Burma. Check it out!
The front page news isn’t bringing it to you, but Transition Trends is: The recall of US, UK, French and Indian ambassadors from Kathmandu yesterday was a very welcome sign of co-ordinated international action to protest the royal coup there on 1 February. It’s especially welcome from the US, which seemed less than engaged on…
Ali has posted an incredible piece on the Iraq elections, doing the math for all of the parties and such but makes a very notable observation: One of my neighbors received his family’s ballot with his father’s name included even though he died a year ago. Under reporting of deaths was not that uncommon but…
John Burgess posts an unsigned editorial in Arab news condemning Syria for the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. It may take weeks, if not years, before we know who killed Rafik Hariri. Whoever was behind the dastardly deed clearly wanted to achieve two objectives. The first was to deprive the emerging Lebanese opposition front…
Discoshaman has got it all summed up for you today, so check it out. UPDATE: Dan McMinn notes that the honeymoon period is over. And Aussiegirl posts the entire transcript of a speech by Ambassador John Tefft, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, on the challenges ahead for the United States…
If there ever was a dedicated fanboy of older women, it is me. Well, maybe not, but Orange Revolution posted a good picture I seemed to have missed from Yulia’s photo gallery. Karate chop!
Abdymok has a map of the governor appointment in Ukraine.
Winds of Change has pictures of the new Afghanistan military academy. Blog de Connard is uploading pictures during his trip to Argentina. Abdymok has a few pictures of Hillary Clinton and John McCain during their visit to Ukraine. Lyndon Allin from Scraps of Moscow has loads of pictures, you just have to keep scrolling. And…
Andy notes that the only opposition party in Russia today is the communists. Actually, the KPRF has been the main opposition party in Russia for most (if not all) of the last decade. I haven’t followed it’s fortunes all that closely for a few years but, several years back, it seemed to have comfortably reconciled…
Today’s — er, yesterday’s update is online. You may have noticed my nap ran a little long, so I’m not really sure what day it is yet.
That’s what Daniel Drezner is asking, and as easy as it is for us to discuss theory on these issues, it is much harder to put into practice. Personally, just looking at a map of the region, I take hope in that it is surrounded on three sides by now-free countries. When the time comes,…
Look at this map, it shows which parties won which regions in Iraq. President Bush won’t be pleased that it’s half blue!
I will be doing my daily updates a bit later tonight. I had quite a few exams today, a research paper to write, and my interview with Harvard (that went extremely well). I’ll take a nap, and in a couple of hours, get on it. In the meantime, you can donate to my, er, college…
Zed from INBB is developing a new blog called World Democracy News that will feature a weekly column. Show some support!
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri has been assassinated by a suicide bomber. A Shia terrorist group calling itself “Victory and Jihad” has taken credit, and the Lebanese opposition is blaming Syria, of whom Hariri was a critic. I was just watching a news report on Al-Jazeera covering this, and it is looking like Lebanon,…
Daniel Drezner posts a large roundup, along with some of his own comments, from mainstream media writers about the future effects of the Iraq election. UPDATE: More from Pejman.
You may remember me directing you toward a post about how an Iraqi democrat’s family was killed for his views and actions. Neo Conneli has the rest of the story on this guy’s background, and the lack of coverage in the western media.