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Saturday, 22 February 2014

The World Stands and Says: "NO MORE!"

March 10th, 2014 reposting: Many new additions to the original list, and there are new updates almost daily.

Many people are feeling a pause, like the quiet before the storm. The huge intake of breath that is held in anticipation, with a quickening of the pulse that is the prelude to the adrenaline rush. It feels as if the world is sitting on the blade of a knife, waiting for the slightest flicker of air to ever so gently brush against it and waft it over the edge of Change. Many many people stand watching intently to see which way the breeze will blow....

And there are many people who feel the pause like a deadening emptiness that threatens to swallow them whole. They fear, they doubt, they moan. To believe in the coming winds of Change is to open themselves to the frigid hazard of being let down again, to have freedom yanked away in icy disdain.... to even hope is too much effort at the end of a very long day.

Society drills us with the admonishment that we are not worthy nor capable of freedom. Religion and politics teaches us from birth that the only way forward is to be good boys and girls and to listen to our leaders so as to not be punished. The media surrounds us with propaganda that perpetuates the stereotype of "Normal", and indoctrinates our peers to judge and bully all those in their groups to toe the line, be good, follow the leader, do not question.

But many many many people ARE questioning. They have awoken to the reality of this Matrix like system that controls the populous with fashion, friends, fear, frenzy, factional faith and fornication. They are SEEING the real world and the real world problems and the real world answers and they are standing up and saying "NO MORE!!"   At this moment there are literally millions upon millions of people all over this blue planet who are standing up and demanding Truth and Freedom.

One of the things I am told over and over again, is that people are not waking up or not waking up fast enough. Many rage that "Nothing is Happening", even though it is happening right in front of their eyes. Many stomp because "IT" isn't happening the way they want it to happen nor is "IT" following the carefully well thought out schedule that they had arranged.   "Nothing is Happening" has become a litany for those that have no wish to accept that it IS happening.

People ARE waking up. People are not just waking up, they are standing up and they are standing in their power and saying "NO MORE!!" The people on this planet are taking up the mantle of NOW and are demanding the truth and demanding their freedom.

No, the Main Stream Media- especially in North America and in Western Europe - are not reporting what is going on all over the world. Oh, they will tell you about those events that they cannot NOT talk about- like what is happening in the Ukraine and in Thailand and Venezuela. Just as they did not report on Occupy until is was blatantly obvious that they were not reporting on it. But for the most part, the media is keeping the truth of what is going on very quiet. The reports are there.... you just have to look for them.   It is the same in the world of politics and finance, the truth is getting out to the people and is being laid transparently on the ground for them to see.... BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT!!!   This is why I began Transpicuous News Updates, so that I could publish daily listings of important pieces of news for people to see.

No, the world is NOT sleeping any more. The alarm clock has gone off, and it's time to get up!

As I said earlier today, "If you want CHANGE then you must be the CHANGE you wish to SEE. Does that mean you have to go out and protest? That you have to burn cars and throw rotten eggs and scream and yell?   NO it doesn't.   But it DOES mean that you need to take some responsibility for those changes that you want to happen. It DOES mean that you need to be involved- in whatever way resonates with you- to CREATE CHANGE."

People in North America are under a heavy blanket of "See nothing, hear nothing, do nothing".... Yet all around them the world is being taken back by those who are STANDING in their BEing.

The World Is Awake!

Don't believe me? I have spent the past few days compiling this list that shows just how awake the world has become and how many people are Standing Right NOW.

This Is a list of countries that where people are telling the governments "NO MORE". This is a work in process as it is no where near complete, but I felt compelled to get it out there for people to see RIGHT NOW. You will see that many of these places are the most highly controlled military states on the planet... and yet, the people RISE and STAND.

YOU are not alone! All these people in ALL these "nations" are standing right beside you. They are BEing the CHANGE.

Please Share this list and make it viral. Let the people know that they are not alone and that people are standing with them. This list will be available as a separate page on RTS so that it can be easily sent as a link and can be continuously updated.

This is not about fear. It is about Standing Together. It is about kNOWing that NOW is the Time to BE the CHANGE.

I would like to hear from you. Please send me links to news stories covering political protests in your area.

Edited 02/27/14: North America has been updated to the list

Edited 02/23/14: South America has been updated to the list.

GLOBAL:

World-Wide, Women Rally To Smash Patriarchy And Exploitation
March 9, 2014

http://revolution-news.com/world-wide-women-rally-smash-patriarchy-exploitation/

North America

Canada:

Thousands of people-37 Canadian cities will be marching- anti Harper- March 1/14
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526986607526959/permalink/1534605130098440/

Thousands join Toronto rally in support of Ukrainian protesters - 02/23/14
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/thousands-join-toronto-rally-in-support-of-ukrainian-protesters/article17061501/

Put fluoride question on ballot: city committee
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2014/02/20/put-fluoride-question-on-ballot-city-committee

Postal workers and activists protest Stephen Harper in Toronto- 02/08/14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD6WdAZfspA

RAW: UNB students protest strike-Students at UNB staged a demonstration against the ongoing faculty strike Friday.- jan 24/14
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NB/ID/2432342209/

BC Ferries Protest -01/18/14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZHSHxNvrz4

Fracking protest leads to bigger debate over indigenous rights in Canada- 12/10/13
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/10/fracking-protestleadstobiggerdebateoverindigenousrightsincanada.html

Anti-Rob Ford rally at Nathan Phillips Square- 11/15/13

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/16/anti-rob-ford-rally-at-nathan-phillips-square

Protesters hold Idle No More rallies across Canada-10/07/13
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/protesters-hold-idle-no-more-rallies-across-canada-1.1486640#ixzz2uW427znc

USA

100's of students have locked themselves to the White House Fence in an act of civil disobedience, mass arrest is imminent.- March 2/2014

LIVE http://www.ustream.tv/channel/AmirisLive
http://www.ustream.tv/rootsmedia

Students also doing a die-in outside White House to say #NoKXL MORE>
http://xldissent.org/

Worldwide Wave Launch Gatherings- Apr 4, 2014
https://waveofaction.org/job/worldwide-wave-launch-gatherings/

Students heading to Washington this weekend to protest Keystone XL pipeline- Feb 25, 2014,
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/02/25/students-heading-washington-weekend-protest-keystone-xl-pipeline

'WARmerica': Protesters in New York rally against strike on Syria - 02/23/14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdyG5CBc5QY

Americans rising up against government: February 23, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/02/23/license-plates-guns-news-federal-government-column/5759933/

NATO Protesters Stand with the NATO3, Respond to The Chicago Tribune’s War on Dissent
February 13, 2014
http://revolution-news.com/nato-protesters-stand-nato3-respond-chicagotribune-war-dissent/

There is no more “News” media: 100,000 people protested on Saturday, and we never heard about it.- Feb 10/14
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/there-is-no-more-news-media-100000-people-protested-on-saturday-and-we-never-heard-about-it/

Thousands Attend Vigils Last Night Protesting Keystone XL- February 4, 2014
http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/04/vigils-protesting-keystone-xl/

Stop Watching Us! International Day of Privacy Protests IDP14- February 1, 2014
http://revolution-news.com/stop-watching-us-international-day-privacy-protests-idp14/

VOA News Khmer American protest in front of the White House- 01/20/14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-bdKogYf0

Face Time Hundreds march in DC in Anonymous inspired protest- 11/14/13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xACQQzW8xFU

Mexico

65,000 Protest TPP In Mexico, See Repeat Of NAFTA Mistakes- Feb 3/14
http://www.popularresistance.org/65000-protest-tpp-in-mexico-see-repeat-of-nafta-mistakes/

Live Blog: CNTE-SME Mega Marcha – Mexico City-January 31, 2014
http://revolution-news.com/live-blog-cnte-sme-march-mexico-city/

In Mexico’s Michoacan state, spiraling violence- jan 14/14
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-mexicos-michoacan-state-spiraling-violence/2014/01/14/ed42bbe2-7d51-11e3-95c6-0a7aa80874bc_gallery.html#item0

Mexican riot police end striking teachers' occupation of city square-sept14/13
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/14/mexico-riot-police-retake-zocalo-plaza

Europe

England:

Stop Water Cannons from Being Deployed on the UK’s Austerity Protests-Jan 30/14

http://revolution-news.com/stop-water-cannons-from-being-deployed-on-the-uks-austerity-protests/

Over 1,000 cyclists stage die-in protest outside Transport for London HQ-Dec 1/13

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/dec/01/stop-killing-cyclists-die-in-tfl-protest

50,000 attend Manchester protest against austerity-Sept 29/13

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/29/thousands-protest-manchester-austerity

Thousands Protest the UK Government's Brutal Austerity- Apr 1/13

http://www.thenation.com/blog/173602/thousands-protest-uk-governments-brutal-austerity#

Ireland:

Tens of thousands protest against austerity- Feb 14/13

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/6162

Scotland:

Ukip's Nigel Farage mobbed by protesters in Edinburgh- May 17/13

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2013/may/17/ukip-nigel-farage-protesters-edinburgh-video

Thousands attend anti-bedroom tax protest in Glasgow- Jun 1/13

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/6336

Wales:

Protesters march through Pontypridd over education cuts- Nov 16/13

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-24971561

Germany:

Resistance of Lampedusa in Hamburg Refugees Continues- March 3, 2014

http://revolution-news.com/resistance-of-lampedusa-in-hamburg-refugees-continues/

Germany: Riot police and protesters clash big in Hamburg - Dec 21/13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWwDsPSe7iM

Hamburg: Police Attack Rote Flora demo- Dec 24/13

http://revolution-news.com/hamburg-police-attacked-rote-flora-demo-hh2112/

Thousands in German anti-NSA protest-Sept 8/13

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-thousands-german-anti-nsa-protest.html

Anti-austerity protests: Spain, Germany, Portugal- June 1/13

http://news.yahoo.com/anti-austerity-protests-spain-germany-203305956.html

Spain:

Streets smashed as IMF attend Global Forum in Bilbao- march 3 2014

http://www.tfrnewshub.com/world-headlines/ruptlytv/spain-streets-smashed-as-imf-attend-global-forum-in-bilbao/

Spanish protests over new austerity measures- Feb 16/14

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9413107/Spanish-protests-over-new-austerity-measures.html

Basques march in support of ETA prisoners despite Madrid ban-Jan 12/14

http://rt.com/news/spain-protest-ban-eta-468/

Protesters demonstrate against austerity measures across Spain- Mar 11/13

http://www.dw.de/protesters-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-across-spain/a-16662588

Portugal:

Portugal police protest over cuts to pay, benefits- Fri Mar 7, 2014 7:31AM GMT

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/07/353588/portuguese-police-protest-over-pay-cuts/

Portuguese soldiers stage anti-austerity protest- Feb 13/14

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/14/350603/portuguese-soldiers-protest-austerity/

Mass protest erupts in Portugal against austerity budget- Dec 20/13

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/833251.shtml#.UwB7m03xvIU

Portugal: Anti-austerity protesters occupy government ministries- Nov 26/13

http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/26/portugal-anti-austerity-protesters-occupy-government-ministries/

Portugal Lived Today. A Million and a Half People In the Streets Against Austerity.-Mar 3/13

http://revolution-news.com/portugal-lived-today-a-million-and-a-half-people-in-the-streets-against-austerity/

Lisbon: Thousands join anti-austerity march over 2014 budget- Feb 02/14

http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/02/lisbon-thousands-join-anti-austerity-march-over-2014-budget/

Italy:

Italy’s president fears violent insurrection in 2014 but offers no remedy - Dec 17/13

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100026297/italys-president-fears-violent-insurrection-in-2014-but-offers-no-remedy/

'Pitchfork' protests rattle Italian government - Dec 13/13

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25368433

Italy anti-austerity protesters clash with police in Rome- Oct 19/13

http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/19/italy-anti-austerity-protesters-clash-with-police-in-rome/

Switzerland:

20,000 Swiss civil servants protest austerity-Mar 16/13

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130316/20000-swiss-civil-servants-protest-austerity

France:

*Police Attack 20,000 French Citizens Protesting Against Airport Notre-Dame-Des-Landes- 02/22/14

http://revolution-news.com/police-attack-20000-french-citizens-protesting-airport-notre-dame-des-landes/

French conservatives march against government 'family-phobia'- Feb 02/14

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/02/us-france-protests-idUSBREA110AG20140202

Thousands stage anti-government protests in Paris- Jan 26/14

http://www.dw.de/thousands-stage-anti-government-protests-in-paris/a-17388432

French government suspends ecotax after violent protests - Oct 29/13

http://www.english.rfi.fr/economy/20131029-french-government-suspends-ecotax-after-violent-protests

Tens of Thousands of French Protesters Reject Austerity- May 5/13

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100708805

Turkey:

Turkey Protests PM Erdogan’s Corruption March 1 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/01/352808/turks-protest-against-corruption/

Poland:

Large demonstration in Poland against government austerity policies-sept 23/13

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/23/pola-s23.html

Tens of thousands join march for jobs in Poland- Sept 14/14

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/14/us-poland-protests-idUSBRE98D09I20130914

Hungary:

International protest against criminalization of homelessness in Hungary- Feb 12/14

http://www.reclaiming-spaces.org/2014/02/international-protest-against-criminalization-of-homelessness-in-hungary/

HUNGARY: Protests against increasing Hungary's nuclear power -Feb 03/14

http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//RTV/2014/02/03/RTV030214006/#sthash.Kwe5xI5A.dpuf

Albania:

“Yes, we can say No”- A new chapter in Albania’s protests-Nov 15/14

http://vostokcable.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/yes-we-can-say-no-a-new-chapter-in-albanias-protests/

Belarus:

Belarus Car Owners Flood Into Downtown Minsk to Protest New Tax - Dec 20/14

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-20/belarus-car-owners-flood-into-downtown-minsk-to-protest-new-tax.html

Bulgaria:

Bulgarians to Hold 1st Anti-Cabinet Rally for 2014- Jan 3/14

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=156920

Bulgarian government to resign amid austerity protests- Feb 20/13

http://euobserver.com/economic/119128

Romania:

Chevron suspends activities amid Romania anti-fracking protests- Dec 12/13

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131207/chevron-suspends-activities-amid-romania-anti-fracking-protests

Montenegro:

Anti-Government Protesters and Police Clash in Montenegro- Feb 15/14

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304315004579385103432404042

Denmark:

In Denmark, Goldman Sachs Deal Ignites Political Crisis- Feb 6/14

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-06/in-denmark-goldman-sachs-deal-ignites-political-crisis

Sweden:

Protests Arson Attacks Against Swedish-Eritreans-Mar 23/13

http://www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/europe/protests-arson-attacks-against-swedish-eritreans.html

Thousands take to the streets for anti-racism protest in Sweden after similar rally marred by neo-Nazi attack- Dec 23/13

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528252/Thousands-streets-anti-racism-protest-Sweden-similar-rally-marred-neo-Nazi-attack.html#ixzz2tV2EwI6p

Iceland:

Icelanders Overthrow Government and Rewrite Constitution After Banking Fraud-No Word From US Media -

http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/icelanders-overthrow-government-and-rewrite-constitution-after-banking-fraud-no-word-from-us-media/

Russia:

Over Ten Thousand March in Moscow to Support Charged Opposition Activists- Feb 2/14

http://revolution-news.com/over-ten-thousand-march-in-moscow-to-support-charged-opposition-activists/

Russian protesters march as Putin seeks firmer political footing- Jun 12/13

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/us-russia-protest-putin-idUSBRE95B0LG20130612

Middle East:

Syria:

No links necessary: just open any news site.

Israel:

‘Half million’ Orthodox Jews rally against military service- March 2, 2014

http://rt.com/in-vision/orthodox-jews-protest-conscription/

Bahrain:-

Bahrain forces clash with protesters in al-Daih- 02/27/14

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/27/352542/bahrain-forces-clash-with-protesters/

Bahrain protesters mark uprising anniversary

http://news.yahoo.com/blast-kills-bahrain-policeman-during-uprising-protests-081445291.html

Clashes, teargas mark third anniversary of Bahrain uprising

http://rt.com/news/clashes-anniversary-bahrain-uprising-956/

Jordan:

Protesters across Jordan call for social reforms

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/12/07/Protesters-across-Jordan-call-for-social-reforms.html

Saudi Arabia:

Saudis protest government’s discriminatory behavior

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/09/28/326560/saudis-protest-govt-discrimination/

UAE:

Abu Dhabi buying a new mercenary force to suppress “internal unrest” against petro-monarchies

http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/abu-dhabi-buying-a-new-mercenary-force-to-suppress-internal-unrest-against-petro-monarchies/

Iran:

Iran: Bakhtiaris clashed with security forces in Isfahan

http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests

ASIA

Thailand:

Open any news paper or website

Japan:

Thousands Attend Nuclear Power Protest in Tokyo Japan Ahead of Fukushima Anniversary
March 9, 2014

http://revolution-news.com/thousands-attend-nuclear-power-protest-tokyo-japan/

India:

India elections 2014: A look forward

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/05/world/asia/india-elections-look-forward/

India creates new 29th state amid protests

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/02/20/india_creates_new_29th_state_amid_protests.html

Pakistan:

Political party calls for Karachi shutdown as protest

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/08/Political-party-calls-for-Karachi-shutdown-as-protest/UPI-53851391893081/

Nationwide Protests in Pakistan - February & March 2014

http://vimeo.com/86785195

Sri Lanka:

Thousands protest against government in Sri Lanka

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/thousands-protest-against-government-sri-lanka

South Korea:

South Korea: A Thousand Buddhist Monks Join Protests Against Election Manipulation - Nov 28/13

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/11/28/south-korea-thousand-buddhist-monks-join-protests-against-election-manipulation/

100,000 South Koreans Protest Election Scandal, Labor Clampdown

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/12/28/photos-100000-south-koreans-protest-election-scandal-labor-clampdown/

Afghanistan:

Afghanistan: Peaceful Protest Suppressed

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/07/afghanistan-peaceful-protest-suppressed

Kyrgystan:

Kyrgyzstan: After Defeat, Former Osh Mayor Tells Thousands He’ll Return

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67939

Kazakhstan:

Police in Kazakhstan have detained a number of demonstrators during an unsanctioned protest rally against the devaluation of the country’s national currency, tenge.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2014/02/15/350837/kazakh-police-arrest-almaty-protesters/

Uzbekistan:

Uzbek activists detained for backing Ukrainian protests

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2014/01/30/325801/uzbek-activists-detained-for-backing-ukrainian-protests.html

Bangladesh :

Bangladeshi opposition parties vow to continue protests as violence mars polls

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/05/bangladesh

Myanmar/Burma:

Myanmar protesters call for end to harsh laws

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-05/an-myanmar-protest/5185610

Vietnam:

Vietnam deploys dancers to foil protests

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/vietnam-deploys-dancers-foil-protests

Anti-China protesters gather in Vietnam's capital

http://townhall.com/news/world/2014/01/19/antichina-protesters-gather-in-vietnams-capital-n1781259

Cambodia:-

protests unmask anti-Vietnam views Racially charged slogans are sometimes mixed with opposition calls for more democracy and higher wages.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/01/cambodia-protests-unmask-anti-vietnam-views-2014122101345786547.html

New protest crackdown in Cambodia Riot police were recently deployed in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to break up anti-government protests. The crackdowns are part of an escalating standoff between officials and those calling for democratic reform.

http://www.dw.de/new-protest-crackdown-in-cambodia/a-17388999

Cambodia: Security Forces Beat Housing Rights Protesters

http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/17368

Malaysia:

Malaysia police on standby as anti-government protesters vow to hold rally in KL tonight

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/malaysia-police-standby-anti-government-protesters-vow-hold-rally-tonigh

Thousands protest price hikes in Malaysia

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/thousands-protest-price/939744.html

Mongolia:

Inner Mongolia detains dozens in Communist party internet crackdown. Chinese regional authorities arrest 52 people for illegally distributing information online and stirring up ethnic tension

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/inner-mongolia-internet-crackdown

Nepal:

Nepal protests heighten tensions ahead of election

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/04/nepal-protests-heighten-tensions-election

Philippines:

Philippine anti-corruption protests draw massive crowds. $226M of taxpayer money funnelled to legislators' non-existent pet projects

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippine-anti-corruption-protests-draw-massive-crowds-1.1401957

Taiwan:

Tens of Thousands Attend Anti-Government Protest on Taiwan National Day

http://revolution-news.com/tens-of-thousands-attend-anti-government-protest-on-taiwan-national-day/

China:

Rioting In China's Restive Xinjiang Region Kills 16 People, Including 2 Policemen

http://www.ibtimes.com/rioting-chinas-restive-xinjiang-region-kills-16-people-including-2-policemen-1509562

China places armed police under military control to manage large-scale riots

http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/17368

Africa

Somalia--

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/world/africa/somalia-mortar-attacks/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2

Nigeria--

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/world/africa/nigeria-unrest/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2

CAR--

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/world/africa/central-african-republic-muslims/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2

Libya--

Protesters raid Libya parliament demand its dissolution- March 2 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/02/352975/protesters-storm-libyas-parliament/

14.02.2014 Tripoli. Libya. Protest against extention of GNC mandat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4_d4nX190

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/world/africa/libya-tv-attack/index.html?hpt=iaf_c2

DRC--

http://www.eutimes.net/2013/12/dr-congo-army-kills-40-people-taking-part-in-uprising/

Sudan--

http://www.eutimes.net/2013/12/thousands-killed-in-south-sudan-violence-un/

Kenya--

http://www.eutimes.net/2013/10/somalias-al-shabab-threatens-to-escalate-attacks-in-kenya/

Egypt--

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/egypt-protesters-killed-mubarak-cairo-tahrir-square

Ethiopia--

http://ethsat.com/2014/01/28/ethiopian-muslims-resume-protest/

South Africa--

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-12/south-african-protest-surge-overshadows-zuma-s-keynote-address.html

Mali--

http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2013/08/28/feature-03

Zimbabwe--

http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/news/zimsit_zimbabwe-corruption-valentine-protest-on-friday-woza/

Algeria--

Algeria police arrest 40 protesters

March 5 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/07/353612/algeria-police-arrest-40-protesters/

http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/02/12/protests-rise-against-britains-gas-grab-in-algeria/

Malawi--

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/21/malawi-protesters-killed-anti-regime-riots

Angola--

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/22/angola-officials-implicated-killing-protest-organizers

http://en.apa.az/news/203162

Namibia--

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401130871.html

Botswana--

http://www.botswanaguardian.co.bw/news/788-bdp-frustrates-bulela-ditswe-protesters.html

Uganda--

http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00028461.html

Mozambique--

http://reliefweb.int/map/mozambique/southern-africa-weekly-report-7-to13-january-2014

Tanzania--

http://allafrica.com/stories/201401160114.html

South Sudan--

http://www.dw.de/south-sudan-peace-negotiators-met-this-morning/a-17345070

Morocco--

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/morocco/

Niger--

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/morocco/

Ghana--

http://www.apbrebes.org/news/massive-protests-ghana-over-upov-style-plant-breeders-bill

Oceania:

Australia:

March In March Australia 2014: A national protest as a vote of no confidence in the Abbott Government’s policies

http://leesalittle.com/2014/01/17/march-in-march-australia-2014-a-national-protest-as-a-vote-of-no-confidence-in-the-abbott-government/

South America

Argentina:

Malvinas Argentina: Police Repression in the name of Monsanto

http://revolution-news.com/malvinas-argentina-police-repression-name-monsanto/

Peso panic and rocketing prices shake the throne of Argentina's Queen Cristina

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/01/argentina-peso-crisis-shakes-queen-cristina

Argentine Default Chaos Relived as Blackouts Follow Looting

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-23/argentine-default-era-chaos-relived-as-blackouts-follow-looting.html

Bolivia:

Bolivia: children clash with police over child labour

http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/19/bolivia-children-clash-with-police-over-child-labour/

Bolivian protests continue for a 10th day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcUQf-D8Slk

Brazil:

Rio fare protesters seize main station and let commuters travel free

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/rio-fare-protesters-seize-main-station-and-let-commuters-travel-free

Brazil-‘Novo Palestina’ land occupation

http://www.socialistworld.net/mob/doc/6623

Brazil's oilfield auction fuels protest in Rio

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x168vm6_brazil-s-oilfield-auction-fuels-protest-in-rio_news

"Rio, a showcase for the world"-22/10/2013
The people no longer believe this farce! The fight continues, tomorrow it will be even bigger!

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/6525

Chile:

Students clash with riot police in Chile- 29/05/13

http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/29/students-clash-with-riot-police-in-chile/

Colombia:

Trouserless march: Hundreds strip off in Colombia

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1bod1y_trouserless-march-hundreds-strip-off-in-colombia_fun

Ecuador:

4:3 Indigenous women from Amazonia protest against oil drilling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtzaKlDaiP8

Indigenous Women Confront Ecuadorian Government Over Resource Extraction

http://panampost.com/joel-fensch/2013/10/17/indigenous-women-confront-ecuadorian-government-over-resource-extraction/

Guyana:

Protest over wages and salaries continues at the University of Guyana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9he8jhxhtWM

Paraguay:

Video HD Police violently disperse protests in Paraguay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd8x2JUu4gg

Peru:

Thousands Teargassed: Anti-govt protesters clash with Peru polic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ABigDmthBk

Peru police fire tear gas on protesting students, civil servants

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/04/us-peru-politics-protests-idUSBRE9630RB20130704

Uruguay:

Hundreds Protest Against Uruguay's Paper Pulp Plant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OIHgGoY4b4

Uruguay Protest (Americas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKTFlCAgzx4

Venezuela:

Thousands of Venezuelans stage fresh rally - March 5/14

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/05/353279/1000s-of-venezuelans-stage-fresh-rally/

Venezuela protests continue despite holiday- 02/28/14

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/02/venezuela-protests-continue-despite-holiday-20142284192264849.html

2014 Venezuelan protests

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Venezuelan_protests

Caribbean:

Dominican Republic:

Protest Against Exploitation of Loma Miranda – Dominican Republic- Feb 1/14

http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2014/2/1/50414/Thousands-rally-in-Bonao-for-Loma-Miranda

Haiti:

Thousands of Haitian people protest US-backed Martelly government

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcUQf-D8Slk

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

More ideas and DO'ing outside the Box

I received this email this morning- another BE'ing who is thinking outside the box. I love these emails that I am receiving. Each and Every idea is one born of heart and DO'ing - people thinking and BE'ing.

Hi “D”

In regard to your and heathers comments on the show “freedomreigns” the other night, I think I suddenly understand “some” of this and I thank you and Heather and the all the others involved. Next time you speak to her let her know that she will never know the amount of hope she has given us.

I have been giving a great deal of thought on this issue, and whichever way I look at it, it doesn’t matter if there is everyone with no money, or everyone has a billion dollars in the bank, because essentially the end results are the same, at one end, no one has any money and cant get hold of it---

so it becomes essentially worthless,

and if everyone has billions then---there is so much about that again

it becomes worthless.

In any community where there is a reward system or a credit system of any kind, there will always be those that “have” and those that “don’t”, there will always be some who use deceptive means to acquire credits they should not have, and there will always be those who for some reason or another cannot get enough credits to live a comfortable life (which is what everyone is entitled to), those who hoard the credits or value points in any system invariably rise from the herd to become the “alpha’s” which is the basis of the whole banking and monitory systems since inception many thousands of years ago, and has brought us to this “NOW” point where the very few have almost all the wealth and credits and live a life of extreme luxury and affluence, whilst the rest of us struggle, cant afford heating, food, or doctors fee’s, in short a re-run of the French revolution.

But this system need not be, there is another way, without any score-keeping (so no one can cheat) no physical credits (so no one can hoard them) and no accounting so theft and fraud cannot exist, so I would like to take you to the next step, which is that we all are equal, we all do what we can to survive, but the government and banks make it impossible to work without some kind of Identification to conduct business or survive outside, or on the fringe of society, I know I have tried, at some point you always come to a roadblock, needing to drive somewhere, having no I D is not good, so lets take a stroll through this new (actually “very old”) system.

Firstly , we pass the gas station on the way into town, people fill there cars, say good morning, grab a coffee, and a pack of cigarettes get back in their cars and off they go to work, there are no prices on the pumps, there is no cash register, the shelves are stocked as in any other gas station, it is a true convenience store, and its run by Mr. Phelps, who has been running it for decades, no transaction has taken place, it is simply supplying to the people what they want it to, so who pays for the stock, this is where the cvac’s should come in, they set in place simple agreements without digital quotas or amounts that they will provide through their networks all the things that the oil field and its refinery and distribution systems and its employees need,, but because there is “no profit” to be gained--- therefore there can also be “no loss”, the drillers get what they want and with no personal restrictions or limits, (limits lead to shortages and hoarding for gain), and keep the oil flowing, this goes for all power producers, steel and construction industries, in fact all manufacturing becomes interdependent on one another, take away the profit and you take away the greed, but you don’t take away the innovation and quality of the job.

Lets say for example that I have a factory that makes things out of steel, I need steel sheet, so I contact the steel stock holders and order 3 sheets of steel for a job, I do not have to provide anything other than my address to the company and that is so they know where to deliver it, I have 3 guys that work with me, and between us we create a steel box, this box is going to be delivered to and used as a storm shelter by a family who live in tornado ally, so we order the steel, gas, welding wire, and build it for them and phone up a trucking company and arrange delivery to them 3 states away, and it gets delivered, and a no point is a question of “cost” asked.

ok I know your first question is:

why do you build it for them for nothing?

My answer is

because I can, its my way of giving back, I take from the community of man, so I owe a debt, not a monetary kind but a moral kind, because I go to the local food store and get a weeks groceries, I fill up my car, and have a night out at the local bar, my kids go to school and the teachers give them an education, they give themselves for me and my family, so I give to others in the same way, the school teachers husband works in a car factory, its not a job he likes but he does it because he knows that without him producing cars for people to drive they could not go to work to produce the things that he needs or wants, food, clothes, t.v etc, and on it goes, but this doesn’t have to be on a local level, it could work on a global level, imagine if the poorest town in Angola suddenly had a Wal-Mart type shop, where the people could just walk in and get food as we do, with no payment of any kind, why? Because the ships that bring iron ore from Africa return full of food, not for payment, but because that’s where it needs to go, you see the removal of trade tariffs and taxes and profits allow such movements internationally, there would be no borders as free movement would be common, we would all truly be one people, helping each other on a global scale.

Ok your next question is

What about those who don’t want to contribute, and just sit around all day drinking and having a good old time.

My answer is

So be it, if that’s what they want to do, then fine, let them be that way, it is no crime, but of all the people I have met very few actually do nothing, everyone has something to give, and when they want to give it, it will be of their own good time and place, they have to find something that interests them, if booze and drugs and bikes are their thing then they are free to indulge so long as they don’t harm any other individual, there are no restrictions on drink, drugs or any other product, you see if you take out the “profit” from drugs alcohol and other illegal substances then the market collapses, especially if there is no money to exchange for it, it’s a case of education, not about locking them up, some of the nicest people I have met are those that decided to give up on drug use, but that is their choice, the best way is to educate the kids that there is a better way, besides which most of the people I know turned to drugs because they literally had a shitty life, and turned to drugs as an escape from the poverty and corruption that they saw all around them, remove the poverty and you remove the cause of despair.

Next question:

What is the down side of this utopia

My answer is that

The only people who would be at a loss, are those in the banking/ currency and political systems, which essentially are the same business, without bankers politics would remove its appeal except to those who are elected and actually make things better for the electorate, and those politicians could not gain anything by being in office, accountants would find new ways to account, mainly for materials and logistics, gambling etct would be as always, some people will always find something to bet with, sports will return to “for the love of the sport” no financial incentives to cheat, and again if you can just walk in to a shop whenever you want and just pick up a quick snack and a drink, you always have that thought in the back of your mind, that what I am consuming is the product that has been made by some other person working on an assembly line somewhere in the world so that I can enjoy it, so its my moral obligation to produce something to make them be able to walk in a similar store in their town and do the same! That is true equality!

It’s a paradigm shift in thoughts and deeds, and its going global, remove money or credits of any kind, and you remove poverty!

As always “D” love your site and posts, keep up the good work

Saturday, 25 August 2012

Predatory Government

Lets begin at the end of the article, because for me, this is EXACTLY what I have been talking about. But not just Americans. Canadians, Australians, British, Germans, Israelis... every person living on this planet needs to stand up and take back their lives and their country.

What have we got to lose that we won’t lose anyway if we continue silent? The only way to change anything in America, is to once again be who we were born to be – Americans!

Predatory Government

Soldierhugs has recently invited new article writers into the fold here. The below article is from a very knowledgeable patriot and Veteran of our Military who comes from a long line of Military service Veterans in his family. I am proud the introduce one our new authors Ian MacLeod, and his first article post on Soldierhugs.

Hugs, Aaron

When the Founding Fathers were wrestling with their ideals, their conscience´s and their own fears, cudgeling their imaginations and drawing on a wide, well-educated experience, they could not have imagined the world we live in now. They could, however, imagine fanatics and others who would want, and try, to take power for themselves, and therefore away from the people. They were none of them naïve idealists who did not understand the world, business, war, diplomacy, philosophy and politics, as well as other cultures. They brought all of this to the Continental Congress with them in the document they finally created, and it shows. They were clearly men of courage: having signed their names to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, they signed their own death warrants if they lost, and they were taking on one of the most powerful empires on Earth. Nonetheless, while they could easily have made the Constitution ten times as long as it is and attempted to regulate a great deal more of business as well as personal behavior, they did not.

It was their belief that people should and could regulate themselves in their personal behavior as they chose so long as they did no harm by it to others. The group included Christians, but it had a preponderance of what was called “free thinkers.” They interpreted the Bible for themselves if they chose to live by it, and regardless, they lived their lives as they chose, including with reasonable consideration for those around them. They wrote the Constitution so that, first, others could do the same, and second, so that it remained a living document, notwithstanding the ossified opinions of Antonin Scalia and his ilk: it can evolve. They knew that times would change, and while good and evil do not change, how they are dealt with does, as do a great many things. Looking at what they did not do is as instructive as what they did do.

To them, the government was nothing sacred – it was a creation of human beings for the benefit of human beings, to be changed as necessary when it no longer adequately served the needs of the people. What was, and is, sacred are the concepts of equality, freedom, liberty – of human rights – that are enshrined within the Constitution. They were not so foolish as to believe that everyone had the same potential and abilities, and that is not what the words say, though some would have it so. They merely believed that everyone had the right to attempt to fulfill whatever potential they had without being stepped on by those who had achieved wealth or had gotten together in a cabal that held all the power, and had done it first. They were also creatures of their times, and did not include women, people of color or some others – however, they also did not specifically exclude them. Times have changed, as they knew would happen, and we – most of us, that is – now recognize that, within the limits set by body size, a woman can do anything a man can do save sire a child, just as a man can do anything a woman can save bear and nurse one. Down all the long ages we have been discounting a huge portion of our own potential with misogynistic ideas of male superiority, and finally, most of us have grown up enough to grow past such prejudices, which are now held by a group of intellectually anachronistic knuckle-draggers who want to drag us all back to a comfortable past where white skin and a penis – and all the wealth they can steal – confer mastery over everyone else, and again relegate most of the human race to servitude. The rest of us much prefer equal partners, or even our betters.

Read the entire article on Soldier Hugs HERE

Saturday, 12 May 2012

Occupy Manifesto: Life, Liberty and Happiness

I do not usually post articles about "Occupy", but this manifesto is important IMO and needs to be shared. As we await the new global economic and financial reforms and system, Occupy's very first point of the "GlobalMay manifesto" rings out across the planet like a booming gong being rung to signal the final round of the greatest fight ever fought.

1. The economy must be put to the service of people's welfare, and to support and serve the environment, not private profit. We want a system where labour is appreciated by its social utility, not its financial or commercial profit.

This is about people and our planet. Life is not about money won in a juvenile game of "whom ever has the most toys wins". Generations of manipulation by the Cabal through their brainwashing system of so called " public education", and their media whores have convinced us that Capitalism is our "Right" and that winning in Monopoly is the highest achievement any person can attain.

Life is not about profit. Life is not about one person being more important than another person.

Life, Liberty and Happiness is about equality- equality of ALL HUMANS, of EVERY NATION.

We are all one.

The 'GlobalMay manifesto' of the Occupy movement

The global Occupy movement wants a better world. Such a world is possible, and here's how …

Occupy movement
guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 May 2012 09.00 BST

Occupy London celebrate May Day by handing out flowers in Liverpool St

Anonymous protester gives flowers to commuters in London saying Love, breathe, hope, create, occupy. Photograph: Heard Inlondon/ Heard InLondon/Demotix/Corbis

We are living in a world controlled by forces incapable of giving freedom and dignity to the world's population. A world where we are told "there is no alternative" to the loss of rights gained through the long, hard struggles of our ancestors, and where success is defined in opposition to the most fundamental values of humanity, such as solidarity and mutual support. Moreover, anything that does not promote competitiveness, selfishness and greed is seen as dysfunctional.

But we have not remained silent! From Tunisia to Tahrir Square, Madrid to Reykjavik, New York to Brussels, people are rising up to denounce the status quo. Our effort states "enough!", and has begun to push changes forward, worldwide.

This is why we are uniting once again to make our voices heard all over the world this 12 May.

We condemn the current distribution of economic resources whereby only a tiny minority escape poverty and insecurity, and future generations are condemned to a poisoned legacy thanks to the environmental crimes of the rich and powerful. "Democratic" political systems, where they exist, have been emptied of meaning, put to the service of those few interested in increasing the power of corporations and financial institutions.

The current crisis is not a natural accident; it was caused by the greed of those who would bring the world down, with the help of an economics that is no longer about management of the common good, but has become an ideology at the service of financial power.

We have awakened, and not just to complain! We aim to pinpoint the true causes of the crisis, and to propose alternatives.

The statement below does not speak on behalf of everyone in the global spring/Occupy/Take the Square movements. It is an attempt by some inside the movements to reconcile statements written and endorsed in the different assemblies around the world. The process of writing the statement was consensus-based, open to all, and regularly announced on our international communications platforms. It was a hard and long process, full of compromises; this statement is offered to people's assemblies around the world for discussions, revisions and endorsements. It is a work in progress.

We do not make demands from governments, corporations or parliament members, which some of us see as illegitimate, unaccountable or corrupt. We speak to the people of the world, both inside and outside our movements.

We want another world, and such a world is possible:

1. The economy must be put to the service of people's welfare, and to support and serve the environment, not private profit. We want a system where labour is appreciated by its social utility, not its financial or commercial profit. Therefore, we demand:

• Free and universal access to health, education from primary school through higher education and housing for all human beings. We reject outright the privatisation of public services management, and the use of these essential services for private profit.

• Full respect for children's rights, including free childcare for everyone.

• Retirement/pension so we may have dignity at all ages. Mandatory universal sick leave and holiday pay.

• Every human being should have access to an adequate income for their livelihood, so we ask for work or, alternatively, universal basic income guarantee.

• Corporations should be held accountable to their actions. For example, corporate subsidies and tax cuts should be done away with if said company outsources jobs to decrease salaries, violates the environment or the rights of workers.

• Apart from bread, we want roses. Everyone has the right to enjoy culture, participate in a creative and enriching leisure at the service of the progress of humankind. Therefore, we demand the progressive reduction of working hours, without reducing income.

• Food sovereignty through sustainable farming should be promoted as an instrument of food security for the benefit of all. This should include an indefinite moratorium on the production and marketing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and immediate reduction of agrochemicals use.

• We demand policies that function under the understanding that our changing patterns of life should be organic/ecologic or should never be. These policies should be based on a simple rule: one should not spoil the balance of ecosystems for simple profit. Violations of this policy should be prosecuted around the world as an environmental crime, with severe sanctions for those convicted.

• Policies to promote the change from fossil fuels to renewable energy, through massive investment which should help to change the production model.

• We demand the creation of international environmental standards, mandatory for countries, companies, corporations, and individuals. Ecocide (wilful damage to the environment, ecosystems, biodiversity) should be internationally recognised as a crime of the greatest magnitude.

2. To achieve these objectives, we believe that the economy should be run democratically at all levels, from local to global. People must get democratic control over financial institutions, transnational corporations and their lobbies. To this end, we demand:

• Control and regulation of financial speculation by abolishing tax havens, and establishing a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). As long as they exist, the IMF, World Bank and the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation must be radically democratised. Their duty from now on should be fostering economic development based on democratic decision making. Rich governments cannot have more votes because they are rich. International institutions must be controlled by the principle that each human is equal to all other humans – African, Argentinian or American; Greek or German.

• As long as they exist, radical reform and democratisation of the global trading system and the World Trade Organization must take place. Commercialisation of life and resources, as well as wage and trade dumping between countries must stop.

• We want democratic control of the global commons, defined as the natural resources and economic institutions essential for a proper economic management. These commons are: water, energy, air, telecommunications and a fair and stable economic system. In all these cases, decisions must be accountable to citizens and ensure their interests, not the interests of a small minority of financial elite.

• As long as social inequalities exist, taxation at all levels should maintain the principle of solidarity. Those who have more should contribute to maintain services for the collective welfare. Maximum income should be limited, and minimum income set to reduce the outrageous social divisions in our societies and its social political and economic effects.

• No more money to rescue banks. As long as debt exists, following the examples of Ecuador and Iceland, we demand a social audit of the debts owed by countries. Illegitimate debt owed to financial institutions should not be paid.

• An absolute end to fiscal austerity policies that only benefit a minority, and cause great suffering to the majority.

• As long as banks exist, separation of commercial and financial banks, avoiding banks that are "too big to fail".

• An end to the legal personhood of corporations. Companies cannot be elevated to the same level of rights as people. The public's right to protect workers, citizens and the environment should prevail over the protections of private property or investment.

3. We believe that political systems must be fully democratic. We therefore demand full democratisation of international institutions, and the elimination of the veto power of a few governments. We want a political system which really represent the variety and diversity of our societies:

• All decisions affecting all mankind should be taken in democratic forums like a participatory and direct UN parliamentary assembly or a UN people's assembly, not rich clubs such as G20 or G8.

• At all levels we ask for the development of a democracy that is as participatory as possible, including non representative direct democracy .

• As long as they are practised, electoral systems should be as fair and representative as possible, avoiding biases that distort the principle of proportionality.

• We call for the democratisation of access and management of media. These should serve to educate the public, as opposed to the creation of an artificial consensus about unjust policies.

• We ask for democracy in companies and corporations. Workers, despite wage level or gender, should have real decision-making power in the companies and corporations they work in. We want to promote co-operative companies and corporations, as real democratic economic institutions.

• Zero tolerance of corruption in economic policy. We must stop the excessive influence of big business in politics, which is today a major threat to true democracy.

• We demand complete freedom of expression, assembly and demonstration, as well as the cessation of attempts to censor the internet.

• We demand respect for privacy rights on and off the internet. Companies and the government should not engage in data mining.

• We believe that military spending is politically counterproductive to a society's advance, so we demand its reduction to a minimum.

• Ethnic, cultural and sexual minorities should have their civil, cultural, political and economic rights fully recognised.

• Some of us believe a new Universal Declaration of Human Rights, fit for the 21st century, written in a participatory, direct and democratic way, needs to be written. As long as the current Declaration of Human Rights defines our rights, it must be enforced in relation to all – in both rich and poor countries. Implementing institutions that force compliance and penalise violators need to be established, such as a global court to prosecute social, economic and environmental crimes perpetrated by governments, corporations and individuals. At all levels, local, national, regional and global, new constitutions for political institutions need to be considered, as in Iceland or in some Latin American countries. Justice and law must work for all, otherwise justice is not justice, and law is not law.

This is a worldwide global spring. We will be there and we will fight until we win. We will not stop being people. We are not numbers. We are free women and men.

For a global spring!

For global democracy and social justice!

Take to the streets in May 2012!

The original article can be read HERE

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