(multimedia at bottom of article) The Occupy movement’s hatred for authority is well known. Last fall, Occupy Baltimore was condemned by the heads of three rape crisis centers after they published a pamphlet which seemed to discourage victims from reporting rape to police (preferring instead to handle such accusations as an internal matter). In a similar move last week, a group calling… Read more →
The Muslim Brotherhood has called for mass protests across Egypt to demonstrate against sweeping new powers taken by the ruling military council. Over the weekend, the generals issued two decrees dissolving the Islamist-dominated parliament and claiming all legislative power for themselves. MPs are also expected to try to enter the parliament building on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood has said the… Read more →
KADUNA, Nigeria – At least 52 people were killed in religious rioting sparked by three suicide bombings against churches in northern Nigeria, where the dead were piled up on Monday in mortuaries and cemeteries in the city of Kaduna. Rioting broke out Sunday after suicide car bombers attacked three churches in northern Nigeria, killing at least 19 people and wounding… Read more →
CAIRO: Egypt’s state television has reported that the country’s recently elected parliament will be dissolved entirely, after the country’s High Constitutional Court ruled that one-third of seats were elected unconstitutionally. The ruling puts into question the constituent assembly only this week formed to draft a new constitution, laws passed by the parliament since it took power in January. The MPs… Read more →
In an atmosphere that has become increasingly electric before Greece‘s crucial election, the far-right Golden Dawn has ratcheted up the rhetoric by threatening to remove immigrants and their children from hospitals and kindergartens. Earning loud applause at an election campaign rally in Athens, Golden Dawn MP Ilias Panagiotaros said: “If Chrysi Avgi [Golden Dawn] gets into parliament [as polls predict], it… Read more →
(multimedia) Spanish miners cut off a highway, use homemade rocket launchers in the northern province of Asturias on Tuesday as part of nationwide strike action by unions opposed to government cuts. (June 12)
Thousands of Russian anti-government protesters are taking part in a major rally in Moscow to demand fresh elections and a new president. The protest, on a national holiday, comes a day after police raided the homes of several prominent activists. One of them, Sergei Udaltsov, defied an order to report for questioning, and instead addressed the crowd. Last week, President… Read more →
(multimedia) Egypt’s deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak was in a coma on Monday, eight days after having been sent to prison to start a life sentence, NBC News reported. Mubarak, who is incarcerated at Torah prison hospital, had been on a respirator since Sunday and on a machine to regulate his heartbeat, his lawyer told NBC News. Doctors had to use a defibrillator twice on… Read more →
MILWAUKEE – You think Wisconsin labor leaders might be a bit bitter about Gov. Scott Walker’s victory in Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall election? Consider the words of Gilbert Johnson, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers Local 82, who addressed an Occupy Milwaukee rally Wednesday, the day after the election. Maybe Johnson was just peeved off because the… Read more →
(multimedia) Boy Scouts of America confirmed plans Wednesday to review a policy change allowing openly gay scouts and leaders to serve in the organization. HLN reports: “At the Boy Scouts national meeting last week, an Eagle Scout who was raised by lesbian mothers presented a petition with more than 275,000 names asking that a lesbian that was ousted as a scout den… Read more →
