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Feb 7, 2012 - Maldives president quits after protests (read).
Feb 6 - Romania's Prime Minister resigns over austerity protests (read).
Jan. 30 - Strike brings Belgium to a halt (read).
Jan. 26 - Australian PM dragged out of building amid protest. Prime Minister Julia Gillard rushed to safety after becoming trapped in Aborigines' protest against Australia Day. (Note: if this happened in the U.S. there would certainly have been a much more violent response from the police) (read & watch).
Jan. 22 - Libya Protests Spur Shake-Up in Interim Government (read).
Jan. 20 - Moroccans protest high unemployment - 5 demonstrators burn themselves; female MPs protest inside parliament against Prime Minister's selection of only 1 woman to cabinet (read).
Jan. 19 - SOPA bill shelved after global protests from Google, Wikipedia and others (read).
Jan. 19 - Anti-government protests continue in Romania as thousands march against austerity measures (read).
Jan. 18 - Wikipedia blackout over US anti-piracy bills - Online encyclopaedia and some smaller sites shut down temporarily in protest against proposed anti-piracy laws (read).
Jan. 18 - Nigerian unions call off national strike - decision comes after President Jonathan said he would bring down fuel price hikes. But his announcement failed to quell all of the protests, and soldiers reportedly used force to shut down demonstrations in Lagos, the country's commercial capital. Under Goodluck's new plan, the Nigerian government will reduce fuel prices by 30 per cent, to around $2.75 per gallon, by restoring some of the subsidies. That price is still considerably higher than the roughly $1.70 per gallon Nigerians paid before the subsidies were removed (read).
Jan. 16 - Violent austerity protests rage in Romania (read).
Jan. 13 - Union threatens oil production shutdown in Nigeria, causing jitters on world markets (read).
Jan. 12 - Myanmar frees more political prisoners (read).
Jan. 9 - Nigerian fuel protests turn deadly - Three people reportedly killed by police as thousands continue to demonstrate against a rollback of fuel subsidies (read).
Jan. 2 - Occupy Protests Follow 123rd Annual Rose Parade (read).
Dec. 27, 2011 - Small Occupy Movements Across the Country Accumulate Victories (read).
Dec. 19 - Egyptians protest against beatings of women (read).
Dec. 19 - Occupy London takes over fourth protest site (read).
Dec. 17 - Police in Amsterdam have arrested a number of Occupy protesters who had occupied an ING bank branch in the centre of the capital (read).
Dec. 16 - At least 10 people have been killed as striking oil workers clashed with government forces in a town in western Kazakhstan (read).
Dec. 8 - Police arrest 14 during Occupy Amsterdam camp clean-up (read).
Dec. 4 - Thousands Protest in India Over Dow Chemical's Olympic Sponsorship (read).
Dec. 1 - Trespassing charges against Occupy Columbia protesters arrested at governor's orders dropped (read).
Dec. 1 - More than 200 Occupy L.A. protesters remain in jail (read).
Nov. 30 - Up to 2 million British workers strike over retirement benefits - more than half of the country's schools closed (read).
Nov. 28 - Kuwait’s cabinet resigns amid ‘unprecedented’ protest against corruption (read).
Nov. 28 - German police clear huge sit-in at nuke protest - 1,300 people were temporarily detained (read).
Nov. 27 - Following protests which led to a new constitution, a moderate Islamist party wins election in Morocco (read).
Nov. 24 - Clashes with police follow Bahrain funeral - Police use tear gas against protesters after the funeral for a man allegedly killed by police (read). King of Bahrain acknowledges human rights abuse against protesters, following inquiry (read).
Nov. 21 - CUNY Students Protesting Tuition Increase Clash With Police - 15 arrested (read).
Nov. 21 - Egypt's Cabinet submits resignation amid protests, violence (read).
Nov. 17 - Protesters clash with police in Athens (read).
Nov. 16 - Protesters break into Kuwaiti Parliament (read).
Nov. 15 - Council members see no reason to break up Occupy DC camps (read).
Nov. 15 - 'Occupy' crackdowns coordinated with federal law enforcement officials (read).
Nov. 15 - Elderly woman, priest pepper-sprayed during Seattle Occupy protest (read).
Nov. 15 - Occupy Wall St. cleared out, 200+ arrested; court upholds eviction (read).
Nov. 15 - With legal win, Occupy Nashville prepares for winter camp - Judge agrees to drop all charges in trespassing case (read).
Nov. 14 - Hawaiian Musician with ‘Occupy with Aloha’ T-shirt Plays 45-Minute Protest Song for Obama at Summit (read).
Nov. 14 - Protesters arrested, challenged as police confront Occupy activists (read). At least 175 arrested at Occupy protests over the weekend (read).
Nov. 13 - Indonesians protest Obama visit (read).
Nov. 11 - Occupy Rochester can go around the clock (read).
Nov. 11 - Judge: Occupy Cincinnati protesters broke no law (read).
Nov. 10 - Governor seeks to drop Occupy Nashville charges (read).
Nov. 9 - UK Students Fighting for 'Education for the 99%' Met With Heavy Policing (read).
Nov. 9 - Occupy Cal video: Police beat, arrest Berkeley students (video); 39 arrested (read).
Nov. 7 - Israel's general strike ends after 4 hours of disruption (read).
Nov. 7 - Occupy Atlanta returns to streets after police crackdown (read).
Nov. 6 - Thousands Gather to Protest TransCanada Pipeline by Encircling the White House (read).
Nov. 5 - Tens of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Rome to voice their opposition to the government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and its reforms (read).
Nov. 5 - Two arrested at Occupy Sydney protest (read).
Nov. 4 - Olympia, WA: Five tents removed, 2 arrested (read).
Nov. 4 - Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes (read).
Nov. 4 - Park clash forestalled by permits for Occupy protesters in New Mexico (read).
Nov. 4 - Ten more Occupy Tulsa protesters arrested - total now 23 in past 24 hours (read).
Nov. 3 - More than a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested outside Goldman Sachs (read).
Nov. 3 - 16 arrested at Occupy Rochester event in city park (read).
Nov. 3 - Asheville police arrest 24 Occupy Asheville members (read).
Nov. 3 - After a night of confrontations with police and 80 arrests in downtown Oakland, Occupy protesters temporarily blocked an entrance at the Port of Oakland Thursday morning, attempting to prevent trucks from entering (read); at least 4 protesters hospitalized (read).
Nov. 3 - Ten arrested at Occupy Philadelphia sit-in at Comcast (read).
Nov. 3 - Mostly peaceful Occupy Oakland march shuts down port and banks (read).
Nov. 3 - Occupy Seattle: Street clashes, 9 arrests as bank leader speak (read).
Nov. 2 - A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photojournalist and two college students were arrested at Occupy protest (read).
Nov. 2 - Occupy Omaha vows not to leave park after two previous evictions - police threaten but don't show up (read).
Nov. 2 - Iowa City OKs larger tents for protesters (read).
Nov. 2 - City cuts off power at Occupy Baltimore site (read).
Nov. 2 - Protesters camped outside London's St. Paul's Cathedral said Wednesday that authorities have offered to let the tent city stay until next year (read).
Nov. 1 - City and St Paul's suspend legal action against Occupy London (read).
Nov. 1 - Richmond, CA mayor to participate in Occupy Oakland march (read).
Nov. 1 - Judge tells Tennessee to stop arresting Occupy protesters (read).
Nov. 1 - Eight Arrested as Police Clear Out Occupy Coachella Valley (read).
Nov. 1 - Anti-G20 Protests Confined to Nice as Police Seal Off 'Fortress Cannes' - Cannes closed to demonstrators as 12,000 police deployed to provide security for G20 summit (read).
Oct. 31 - Police erase Occupy Richmond tent site - 9 arrested (read).
Oct. 31 - Occupy Denver - video and photos of weekend's violent crackdown (here).
Oct. 31 - Occupy Oakland: Scott Olsen gives 'thumbs-up' to messages of support (read).
Oct. 31 - The Dean of London's historic St. Paul's Cathedral has resigned amid criticism of his handling of a large "Occupy" protest taking place on the church's doorstep (read).
Oct. 30 - Dozens of Occupy protesters arrested in Austin & Portland (read); multi-city arrests (video).
Oct. 30 - The Irvine City Council has approved Occupy Orange County demonstrators' request to camp overnight on the Civic Center lawn (read).
Oct. 29 - Occupy Denver tension raises dramatically - more than a dozen arrests, reports of skirmishes between police and protesters and authorities firing rounds of pellets filled with pepper spray (read).
Oct. 29 - Massive rally swamps Tel Aviv (read).
Oct. 29 - Tennessee state troopers for the second time arrest more than two dozen Occupy Nashville protesters (read).
Oct. 29 - Occupy Oakland call for general strike, Mayor apologizes (read)
Oct. 29 - Spanish Indignados: A force in global movement (read).
Oct. 28 - More arrests at Occupy Tucson - there have now been nearly 370 arrests since protests began on Oct. 15 (read).
Oct. 28 - Eight at Occupy Raleigh arrested after standoff (read).
Oct. 28 - Three arrested at Occupy Tampa - two charged with felony battery on police officer (read).
Oct. 28 - Many cities leaving 'Wall Street' protesters alone (read).
Oct. 28 - A total of 51 Occupy San Diego protesters were arrested early Friday morning and two more were arrested later in the day (read).
Oct. 28 - Occupy Wall Street has generators confiscated on day before first snow (read).
Oct. 28 - Injured Occupy Oakland protester upgraded to fair condition (read).
Oct. 28 - Occupy Nashville - new law enacted preventing camping (read).
Oct. 26 - Protesters gather again at Occupy Oakland - Iraq vet critically injured (read).
Oct. 26 - Yemeni women burn veils in crackdown protest (read).
Oct. 26 - Top 1 Percent's Income Grew 275 Percent From 1979 to 2007, but the bottom 20 percent grew by just 18 percent (read).
Oct. 25 - Occupy Oakland protesters return to area where police tear gassed them (read).
Oct. 25 - In a turn of events, Atlanta police arrest more than 50 Wall Street protesters (read).
Oct. 25 - Riot police fire beanbag rounds and teargas, arrest 75 at Occupy Oakland (read).
Oct. 24 - Albany Police Defy New York Governor and Refuse to Arrest Protesters (read).
Oct. 24 - Portland high schools set to permit anti-war protesters to recruit students alongside the military (read).
Oct. 24 - Chemical Bomb Tossed into Occupy Maine Encampment (read).
Oct. 24 - 130 arrested at Occupy Chicago, 11 at Occupy Cincinnati (read). 15 arrested at Occupy Philadelphia (read). Occupy Oakland shuts streets, defies eviction order (read).
Oct. 22 - 30 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in NY (read). 19 arrested at Occupy Orlando (read).
Oct. 19 - Clashes break out as Greek strikers aim for nationwide shutdown (read).
Oct. 19 - For the fourth day in a row unarmed protesters have been shot dead in Yemen's capital Sana'a after government loyalists opened fire on another mass demonstration (read).
Oct. 18 - Author and civil rights activist Cornel West and 18 others arrested for protesting at the U.S. Supreme Court will not be prosecuted (read).
Oct. 17 - 67 percent of New York City voters agree with Occupy Wall Street protestors' demonstrations (read).
Oct. 16 - Hundreds arrested at 'Occupy' events in Chicago, Denver, Arizona as movement spreads across U.S. (read).
Oct. 16 - Yemen police kill 12 protesters, wound dozens (video).
Oct. 15 - Buoyed by Wall St. Protests, Rallies Sweep the Globe (read).
Oct 14 - 'Occupy' protests swell nationwide; scores arrested (read). Protesters arrested in New York, Denver, San Diego and Seattle.
Oct 14 - Occupy Wall St. park 'cleaning' postponed - protesters celebrate victory (read).
Oct 13 - U.S. Capitol Police arrested eight anti-war protesters in D.C. for disrupting Defense Secretary Leon Panetta as he testified about defense spending during a House Armed Services Committee hearing (read).
Oct 12 - Eleven protesters were arrested in San Francisco after shutting down all entrances to the Wells Fargo corporate headquarters (read).
Oct 11 - Occupy DC protesters arrested after unfurling banners in Senate building (read).
Oct 11 - More than 100 arrests in Boston "Occupy" protests (read).
Oct 11 - Thousands march in Chicago in support of Occupy Wall Street (read).
Oct 10 - Freedom Plaza Is Now Ours - And it's not going to be given back. The permit for Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., expired, but people refused to leave, and the Park Police just proposed to let people stay for four more months. Protesters agreed but did not say that when the four months are over they will leave (read).
Oct 10 - NY Mayor Bloomberg says Occupy Wall Street Can Stay Indefinitely (read).
Oct. 10 - Days after female activist Tawakkul Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize, thousands of women demonstrate throughout Yemen, dozens injured by government mobs (MUST WATCH VIDEO!).
Oct 9 - Anti-war protesters intend to overstay permit in Washington’s Freedom Plaza (read).
Oct 9 - Yemen Celebrates Nobel Peace Prize (watch video).
Oct 8 - Democrats Seek to Own 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement (read). [Note: These are the same Democrats that got the original $770 billion bailout to pass in 2008 (73% of House Dems. and 82% of Senate Dems.)]
Oct 8 - Standoff with protesters closes D.C. Air & Space museum (read). See videos & read David Swanson's first-hand account of what happened (read).
Oct 8 - Protest in London marks 10 years of war in Afghanistan (read).
Oct 5 - NYC Students Stage Walkouts in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street (read).
Oct 5 - Saudi police open fire on civilians as protests gain momentum (read).
Oct 5 - Greek civil servants strike, paralyzing gov't (read).
Oct 2 - More than 35,000 people march through Manchester, England protesting government cuts (read).
Oct 2 - Tens of thousands of people rallied in Portugal against austerity imposed under the terms of a bailout agreement between the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (read).
Oct 2 - As Wall Street protest enters 3rd week, movement gains steam nationwide (read).
Oct 1 - 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge (read).
Oct 1 - Occupy Wall Street protesters march on police (read).
Oct 1 - 24 Arrests at Bank of America Protest in Boston (read).
Sept. 28 - Union Airline Pilots Occupy Wall Street (read).
Sept. 28 - Transit workers to join Occupy Wall Street protesters (read).
Sept. 27 - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnel's surprisingly great rant on police brutality at Wall Street protests (watch).
Sept. 26 - Keystone pipeline protest nets 117 arrests in Canada (read).
Sept. 26 - Hundreds protest in Canada at Dick Cheney book promotion speech (read).
Sept. 24 - At least 80 arrested at Occupy Wall Street march (read).
Sept. 23 - Palestinians Rally in West Bank for Abbas Speech (read).
Sept. 22 - Striking Tacoma teachers victory: 99 percent vote YES on new contract (read).
Sept. 22 - Greek workers staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday bringing the transport system to a standstill in protest against the government's decision to intensify its austerity drive (read).
Sept. 21 - As many as 23,000 registered nurses are expected to walk off their jobs Thursday in California. (read).
Sept. 21 - Wall Street Occupation Continues (read).
Sept. 21 - Flag-waving Palestinians filled the squares of major West Bank cities to rally behind President Mahmoud Abbas's bid for statehood recognition (read).
Sept. 19 - At least 31 killed on Monday and 26 on Sunday as Yemen troops fire on protesters. At least 550 wounded. "Yemen is on a knife edge," an Amnesty International official says (read). NOTE: The U.S. has the audacity to say "we call on the parties to refrain from actions that provoke further violence" as it adds to the chaos with its escalating drone strikes.
Sept. 18: Thousands Revive Protests in Morocco (read).
Sept. 17: Thousands demonstrate against Wall Street (watch).
Sept. 17: Thousands of anti-government protesters in Yemen stormed the capital's main university, preventing the first day of classes from beginning and tearing down pictures of the longtime leader whose ouster they seek (read).
Sept. 15: Tacoma teachers defy court order, overwhelmingly vote to continue strike (read).
Sept. 14: UK Unions Plot a Winter of Discontent as They Ballot More Than a Million Workers for Biggest General Strike Since 1926 (read).
Sept. 14: Scores of Jordanians protest against US ‘Interference’ in domestic affairs following revelations from WikiLeaks that suggest covert US plans to turn Jordan into a home for Palestinians (read). In response, Israel evacuates embassy in Jordan (read).
Sept. 14: Haitian Protesters Clash With Police, Demand UN Troop Withdrawal (read).
Sept. 14: Vote on Austerity Plan Sparks Clash in Italy (read).
Sept. 13: Over 1600 Tacoma Teachers Go on Strike (read).
Sept. 12: Bahrain protesters face continued crackdown - Activists say the violence is increasing as people continue to take to the streets to demand change (read).
Sept. 9: Crowds attack Israel embassy in Cairo -
Protesters and security forces clash and interior ministry declares state of alert in Egyptian capital (read). Three killed and 1,049 injured (read).
Sept. 9: 'Hundreds of thousands' protest in Yemen (read).
Sept. 7 - Bahrain releases doctors who were arrested for helping pro-democracy protesters following hunger strike (read).
Sept. 6 - Two weeks of Keystone Tar Sands actions in DC resulted in 1,253 arrests, and was according to some journalists the biggest civil disobedience action since 1977 (read).
Sept. 3 - More than 2 million anti-government protesters gather across Yemen (read).
Sept. 1 - Alleging Captive Labor, Foreign Students Walk Out of Work-Study Program at Hershey Plant (read).
Aug. 31 - Bahraini boy killed in protest. Opposition group blames police after 14-year-old boy dies on being hit by tear gas canister in oil hub (read).
Aug. 30 - Keystone oil pipeline protest continues at White House, 595 arrested so far, including NASA's top climate scientist (read).
Aug. 24 - Chilean students, opposition politicians and union workers are leading a two-day nationwide strike to fight for fundamental changes in government (read).
Aug. 22 - Protests temporarily shut down San Francisco's BART transit system again (read).
Aug. 19 - Chile's student protesters reject proposal -
More than 50,000 students march through Santiago demanding an end to profiteering and equal access to education (read).
Aug. 18 - San Francisco's BART transit system has a website hacked for 2nd time - home and email addresses and other information of 102 police officers and employees of San Francisco's Bay Area Transit system were released (read).
Aug. 15 - Four downtown San Francisco BART stations shut down by protesters answering Anonymous' call for action on police brutality following the killing of a homeless man (read).
Aug. 13 - As its country bombs Gaza, Israeli protesters call for economic reforms - Tens of thousands gather around the country demanding affordable housing and education and more jobs (read).
Aug. 12 - Chile president berates students over protest
-- tells students "nothing is free" as labour unions join protesters demanding educational reforms (read).
Aug. 9 - Verizon Workers Strike over "Full-Scale Attack" on Wages, Benefits at Telecom Giant (read).
Aug. 8 - London violence extends into third day - More than 200 people arrested in last three days, as violence spreads to many other parts of London (read).
Aug. 7 - Israelis flood cities in a wave of protests (read).
Aug. 6 - Londoners riot after police shooting (read).
Aug. 4 - Failed Education Reform in Chile Prompts Hunger Strikes, Protests by Thousands of Students (read).
Aug. 3 - Around 10,000 Papuans protested for independence from Indonesia, defying a heavy police presence a day after a deadly ambush that police blamed on separatist rebels, witnesses said (read).
Aug. 2 - Spanish protesters resist home seizures (read).
Aug. 1 - Iceland's ongoing revolution (read).
Aug. 1 - Egyptian Tanks Enter Tahrir Square to drive out protesters (read).
July 30 - Mass protests in Israel over high prices (read).
July 27 - Thousands rally in Bahrain for reform (read).
July 25 - Protests halt gold mining in El Salvador (read).
July 25 - Mass protests continue in Spanish capital (read).
July 24 - Resistance to a US/Korea naval base met with 1200 cops (read).
July 16 - Palestinians and Israelis march together. Hundreds come out on streets of East Jerusalem to back Palestinian bid for UN recognition (read).
July 15 - Thousands rally for political reform in Bahrain (read). Bahraini woman dies after inhaling tear gas (read).
July 13 - Egyptian protesters call for end to army rule (read). 700 police officers fired in response to protesters demands (read).
July 13 - Riots in N Ireland amid parade tensions (read).
July 11 - Anonymous hits military contractor site (read).
July 11 - Egypt's deputy PM resigns amid protests (read).
July 10 - Iceland ready to support Palestinian independence (read). Canada opposes Palestinian statehood bid, joining the U.S. and Israel (read).
July 9 - Bahrain's soccer stars tortured in custody (read).
July 9 - Malaysia cracks down on protesters - about 1,400 arrested (photos).
July 9 - In a rare concession, Florida's governor scraps RV camp plan because of fierce public opposition (read).
July 8 - Israel arrests six pro-Palestinian activists (read).
July 8 - New protests rage across Egypt (read).
July 8 - Bahrainis hold fresh anti-regime rallies (read).
July 3 - Dozens arrested in Belarus 'clapping' protest (read).
July 1 - A day of victory in Palestine: Bil'in celebrates the removal of the wall (read).
July 1 - Moroccans vote to revise their constitution, but protesters call it 'window-dressing' (read).
July 1 - Tens of thousands protest against skyrocketing property prices and government policies in Hong Kong (read).
July 1 - Greek Troops Capture US Aid Ship Bound for Gaza (read).
July 1 - Bahrain's largest opposition bloc will take part in reconciliation talks with the government beginning on Saturday (read).
June 30 - Teachers, civil servants among 750,000 on one day strike in UK (read).
June 28 - U.S.-ally Oman sentences 55 people to jail for taking part in protests demanding jobs (read).
June 28 - Greece Paralyzed By 48-Hour Strike Ahead Of Austerity Vote (read).
June 28 - Egypt protesters clash with police (read).
June 26 - Rival demonstrators over new constitution face off in Morocco (read).
June 25 - Peru anti-mine protests continue - Regional airport seized as government struggles to restore calm (read).
June 25 - Spain's 'Indignant' launch new protest marches from Barcelona, Valencia and Cadiz to Madrid (read).
June 23 - Senegal drops new law amid protests (read).
June 23 - Since 2008, Greek protesters have had a canine companion named Loukanikos (read).
June 22 - Italy breaks ranks over NATO's Libya mission (read). Arab League chief questions Libya tactics (read).
June 22 - Life sentences for Bahrain dissidents - protesters take to the streets, clashing with police after eight Shia activists are given life sentences (read).
June 21 - Second night of riots in Northern Ireland (read).
June 21 - Thousands in Luxembourg protest austerity measures (read).
June 19 - Tens of thousands march against Euro Pact in Spain (read).
June 17 - Saudi women defy ban to take driver's seat -
Several women drive around in kingdom in open defiance of rule that prohibits them from driving (read).
June 16 - Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen (watch).
June 16 - "Both Bush and Obama are terrified of the Arab spring. And there is a very sensible reason for that. They don't want democracies in the Arab world. If Arab public opinion had any influence on policy, the US and Britain would be tossed out of the Middle East. That's why they are terrified of democracies in the region." Noam Chomsky
June 16 - Three Bahraini women arrested for sit-in; charges to be dropped (read).
June 15 - Police, protesters clash in Greece as PM pushes ahead with austerity measures, a day after offering to step down (read).
June 15 - Rebels Seize Buildings in Southern Yemen (read).
June 15 - Amazon anti-logging activist shot dead - 5th murdered in a month in Brazil (read).
June 15 - Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis protested in several cities demanding president Saleh face criminal charges (read).
June 15 - Yemeni Deputy Governor: At least 130 people have been killed in the last two week by US drones (read).
June 14 - Just 26% Favor Continued Military Action in Libya (read). US Congress votes against Libya funding (read). Canadian parliament votes (294-1) to extend mission in Libya (read).
June 13 - Obama Administration Approved $200M in Military Sales to Bahrain in Run-Up to Violent Crackdown (read).
June 13 - New Egypt? 7,000 citizens arrested since Mubarak fell (read).
June 12 - Bahrain imprisons woman for her poetry (read).
June 10 - Bahrain opposition rally draws thousands (read).
June 8 - Palestinian activism energised by Arab Spring (read).

Aug. 9 - London quieter but riots spread to more UK towns and cities (read). July 16 - Tens of thousands of Bahrainis shouting "one man, one vote" attended a rally for political reform (read) where a Bahraini woman dies after inhaling tear gas (read).

June 8: Bahrain crown prince meets with Obama in DC - Officials reaffirm the strong US commitment to Bahrain (read).
June 7: Tunisia's interim government postpones election from July to October raising fears of violence in the country (read, watch)
June 3: Protesters take over Finance Ministry as Greece granted more cash (read).
June 2: Security forces attack Bahraini protesters hours after martial law is lifted (read). Locked up for reading a poem - Bahrain's security forces are increasingly targeting women (read).
June 1: At least 41 people were killed as street battles continue to rage in the Yemeni capital (read).
May 31: Tribal fighters in Yemen have taken over government buildings in the capital, Sanaa, including the headquarters of the ruling party (read).
May 31: 8 killed in Yemen violence, at least 50 dead in Taiz since Sunday (read); truce collapses as forces loyal to president Saleh and opposition tribesmen clash in capital, Sana'a (read).
May 29: Police bulldoze and set fire to protesters tents, fire live ammunition and teargas as 20 are killed and 200 wounded in Yemen (read).
May 28: UK training Saudi forces used to crush Arab spring (read).
May 28: U.S. rejects Libya ceasefire, vows war will continue (read). African Union urges NATO to stop airstrikes in Libya (read).
May 27: Pro-reform protesters pack square in Egypt (read).
May 27: Spanish police clash with protesters (read).
May 26: On Thursday morning, blasts rocked Yemen's capital Sana'a (read, watch) and 28 people were killed in an explosion and 23 in other incidents (read).
May 25: Fighters from Yemen's powerful tribes fired on government buildings Tuesday, prompting soldiers to respond with intense shelling in street battles that left at least 38 dead as the uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh threatened to become a militia-led revolt (read). Chaos swirls in Yemen as Sana'a approaches anarchy (read).
May 23: Mubarak to be tried for corruption, deaths of Egyptian protesters (read).
May 23: Yemen gunbattles erupt after Saleh refuses exit - government buildings set on fire (read); 6 killed in reports of grenades and machine gun fire (read).
May 22: Former cricket star leads protest of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan (read).
May 22: Moroccan police beat up protesters (read).
May 22: Bahrain court upholds death sentences against protesters (read).
May 20: Inspired by Arab Spring, Spain's youthful 15-M movement spreads in Europe (read).
May 16: University of Bahrain students required to sign pledge of allegiance to government (read).
May 14: Gunmen fire on protesters in Yemen , wounding 35 (read).
May 13: Massive protests in Yemen as Saleh slams call to leave office, vows to stay ‘by all means’ (read).
May 13: Libya: NATO airstrike kills 11 imams who were pat of a peace mission (read).
May 11: Yemen forces fire on protests in 3 cities; 13 dead (watch, read).
May 11: Greek unions stage anti-austerity strike (read).
May 10: Tunisia arrests nearly 200 after protests (read).
May 10: Blindfolded, beaten and tortured: grim new testimony reveals fate of Bahrain's persecuted doctors . (read).
May 8: Fourth day of protests in Tunisia broken up by police (watch, read). Government orders curfew (read). More than a dozen journalists assaulted in Tunisia (read).
May 7: Troops kill two students south of Yemeni capital . (read).
May 7: Sectarian clashes erupt in Egypt's capital
At least 12 people killed when violence breaks out between Muslims and Christians in Cairo neighbourhood. (read).
May 6: Saleh 'resists' as thousands rally in Yemen - GCC-brokered exit deal on hold (read). U.S. drone in Yemen missed al Qaeda's al-Awlaki: report (read).
May 5: Tunisia's ousted dictator charged with shooting protesters (read).
May 5: UN urges Bahrain to free detained activists (read).
May 3: Leave Libya or we will bring you down, allies tell Berlusconi (read).
May 2: Bahrain arrests opposition leaders after TV appearance criticizing the regime (read).
April 30: NATO strike kills Gadhafi's son, 3 grandkids (read); Libya disabled children school hit in NATO strike (read).
April 30: Yemen's Saleh reportedly refuses to sign exit deal (read); Massive rally in Yemen urges Saleh to go (read).
April 28: Bahrain sentences 4 protesters to death in secret trial (read).
April 28: Uganda walk-to-work protests kick up dust (read).
April 27: Gunmen kill 10 protesters in Yemen (read); Residents in at least 18 cities launched a civil disobedience campaign protesting a plan which would give Ali Abdullah Saleh a month-long window to resign (read).
April 23: In what would be a severe blow to the U.S. empire, Yemeni dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly agreed to step down within 30 days. If Saleh does in fact leave it would be a monumental victory for peaceful protesters in Yemen (read). (Not all of the opposition has agreed to terms of the resignation, though)
April 23: Protesters demand reform in Morocco (read).
April 21: At least 32 doctors arrested for treating protesters in Bahrain (read).
April 19: U.S. begins using Predator drones in Libya (read).
April 19: Gaddafi violence against Libya civilians exaggerated, says British group (read).
April 18: U.S. secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show (read).
April 16: Yemeni women irate at remarks by president - vow to continue protests (read).
April 15: Bahrain's best soccer player arrested for protesting (read).
April 14: Libya : University students injured after NATO air strike (read).
April 14: Street protests banned in Baghdad (read). (Weren't we supposed to be bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq?)
April 14: As Bahrain stifles protest movement, US’s muted objections draw criticism (read).
April 12: Yemen violence claims the lives of 7 more protesters (read).
April 10: UNICEF: 24 children have been killed and another 638 wounded in Yemen (read).
April 9: Tens of thousands of Iraqis protest U.S. presence ; al-Sadr calls for end of occupation (read).
April 9: Security forces open fire on protesters in Yemen - at least 1 killed (read).
April 8: John Pilger: "The Euro-American attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense" (read).
April 8: Egyptian army breaks up protest with force (read).
April 6: Bahrain workers fired for supporting protests (read).
April 6: International pressure mounts on Yemen leader (read).
April 4: Violence intensifies in Yemen protests - at least 14 killed (read).
April 3: U.S. now seeks removal of Yemeni president: report (read).
April 2: Will Swaziland become the next Tunisia or Egypt on April 12? (read).
Mar 31: Vatican: Western airstrikes kill 40 civilians in Libya (read).
Mar 31: Bahrain steps up crackdown on opposition - at least 300 activists arrested (read).
Mar 31: Hundreds of thousands protest in Yemen (read).
Mar 28: Military action in Libya: Polls show public skepticism (read); Seven out of 10 British voters fear that Libya 'will become another Iraq' (read).
Mar 28: WikiLeaks: Yemen's president tried to get Saudis to kill rival (read).
Mar 28: Egyptian youth sound the trumpet for a new million man march (read).
Mar 27: Lieberman: Libya set 'precedent for Syrian intervention (read).
Mar 26: Tens of thousands protest spending cuts in London (read).
Mar 25: Sec. Def. Robert Gates: Syria should follow Egypt’s lead and the Syrian army should step aside to “empower a revolution” (read)
Mar 25: Bahrain police tear gas Shiite protesters (read); 1,000 protest in Iraq in support of Bahrain (read).
Mar 25: More than 100 people injured as demonstrators clash in Jordan (read).
Mar 25: Despite ban, hundreds of Saudi Shi'ites protest (read).
Mar 24: Yemen shuts down Al Jazeera (read) .
Mar 22: Saudis prepare to abandon Yemen's Saleh (read) .
Mar 21: Top army commanders defect in Yemen - troops and tanks deployed in Sanaa to protect anti-government protesters as senior military officials back uprising (read) .
Mar 18: 45 protesters killed in Yemen (read) .
Al Jazeera faces tough questions as its base country, Qatar backs Saudi troops in Bahrain (read). Former British Ambassador: U.S. agreed to send Saudi troops into Bahrain in exchange for Saudi approval of foreign intervention into Libya (read). (Note: this isn't entirely unbelievable given Def. Sec. Robert Gates was in Bahrain 2 days before Saudi troops were sent to crush pro-democracy protests in Bahrain).
Mar 15: Oman protests continue despite rulers' concession of some power (read).
Mar 15: Palestinians hold unity rallies (read) .
Mar 12: Amid crisis, Portuguese youth take to streets (read).
Mar 12: Algeria protest blocked by police (read).
Mar 12: Police in Azerbaijan arrest anti government Protesters (read).
Mar 12: Police uses tear gas to disperse rally in Kuwait (read).
Mar 11: 2 killed in new Tunisian violence (read).
Mar 11: Saudi Arabian security forces quell 'day of rage' protests (read).
Mar 10: Angola: Arrests and Threats Said to Derail Protest (read).
Mar 9: Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt leave 11 dead (read).
Mar 8: Ivorian women protest over killings (read).
Mar 8: Iraq Shuts Office of Protest Organizers (read).
Mar 7: Activists Shut Down Bank of America Branch in D.C. (read).
Mar 7: America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels: Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi (read).
Mar 6: Thousands march against Croatian government (read).
Mar 5: Mar 3: Calls for Sunday protests in Morocco (read).
Mar 2: Eric Margolis: U.S. media fueling war against Libya; intervention would be Neocons' saving grace (listen).
Feb 26: 'Facebook Generation' continues Mauritania protests (read).
Feb 18: Djiboutians rally to oust president (read).
Feb 18: As tens of thousands protest anti-public sector bill, Wisconsin lawmakers exit state to stall vote (read).
Feb 13, 2011: Puerto Rican University President Resigns in Wake of Student Protests (watch).

Jan. 2011: A Quick Guide To The Riots Happening Around The World (read)

Thai protests cancel Asian summit

A summit of Asian leaders in Thailand has been canceled after anti-government protesters broke into the venue in the resort of Pattaya.

The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) meeting, called to discuss the global financial crisis, was due to start on Saturday and included India, Australia and New Zealand, among others. But as the talks were about to start, thousands of red-shirted supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra smashed into the media centre adjacent to the conference hall. Fearing the protesters, leaders from the various countries were airlifted from the area (read) . Thai protest leaders are now calling for an end to their demonstrations following a few days of violence (read). The protest reportedly stems from a dispute pitting royalists, the military and the urban middle-class against a poorer rural majority loyal to the exiled former prime minister.

Moldova students raid Parliament…

Violence rocked the Moldovan capital of Chisinau as thousands of protesters stormed the presidential administration building and parliament in a second day of street protests. Footage showed the protesters, mostly young men, hurling rocks at the windows of the presidential administration building and setting it on fire as large crowds looked on. The riots came after parliamentary elections gave President Vladimir Voronin's Communist Party around 50 percent of the vote (read), making Moldova the first former-Soviet republic to return to Communism. The so-called "Twitter Revolution" appeared to be influenced by the west and is being condemned by Russia.

Freedom goes viral!
Music celebrating the 2011 Arab Revolutions. Listen

Why we don't support the "rebels" or the war in Libya

New Libyan interim leader calls for the country's laws to be based on Sharia, or Islamic law (read).
Former congressman saw NATO forces behead Libyans (read).
UK sold sniper rifles to Gadhdafi just before uprising began (read).
African women say rebels raped them in Libyan camp (read).
Rebels targeting black people in Libya (watch).
Rebels settle scores in Libyan capital (with executions) (read).
Libyan rebels appear to take a page from Gadhafi's playbook - rounding up hundreds of their perceived political opponents and imprisoning them without charge in Gaddafi’s former torture chambers (read).

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Aug. 29, 2011 statement - We support the revolutionaries in Tunisia and Egypt because their tactics are based on non-violence. Even when their resistance has been met with violence, they have remained non-violent. Additionally, the people of Tunisia and Egypt overthrew their dictators on their own; they didn't ask for military assistance from outside countries.

Conversely, the rebels in Libya have embraced violence as their primary tool. And their violence has been supported, if not stoked by the U.S. and NATO. Jeremy Scahill told MSNBC that what's happening in Libya is essentially a "NATO enforced regime change" (watch).

And regardless of the moral argument, in today's world, violence against governments doesn't work, unless like in Libya, you get foreign countries to drop bombs on your behalf. By definition, this means that what's happening in Libya is not a revolution.

We'd rather have non-violent revolutions that are a work in progress, like in Tunisia and Egypt, than violent uprisings that are "successful" like in Libya.

Although much of the media (including Al Jazeera) has cheered on the Libyan rebels, there have been some mainstream articles pointing out who these rebels really are:

Libyan rebel leader, who fought against the US in Afghanistan, admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links. Earlier, al-Qaeda issued a call for supporters to back the Libyan rebellion (read).
U.S. official have publicly acknowledged an al-Qaeda presence among the rebels (read).
Rebel leaders include The National Front for the Salvation of Libya, who in 1984 attacked Gadhafi's barracks in a failed coup attempt. Their last major gathering took place in the United States in 2007 (read).
"Libyan rebel leader spent much of past 20 years in suburban Virginia" (near CIA headquarters) (read).
Former GITMO detainee now helping lead rebels in Libya (read).
U.S. supported Libyan rebels looted homes and beat civilians, rights group says (read).
Libyan rebels hire Washington’s No. 1 lobby firm for 'advice and assistance' (read).
CIA Cooperated with Gadhafi on Torture and Renditions (read).

Why NATO is trying to assassinate Gaddafi

Protecting civilians or western oil companies?

Wikileaks-released State Department cables show the real reason for the mounting U.S. hostility to the Libyan government:

One State Department cable from November 2007 (Wikileaks reference ID 07TRIPOLI967) sounds the alarm of “growing evidence of Libyan resource nationalism” by the Gaddafi government. This was almost identical language employed by the U.S. and British governments against Iranian Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh when he nationalized Iran’s oil field in 1951. Mossadegh was overthrown by a 1953 CIA coup that restored the Shah to the throne. It allowed U.S. and British oil companies to re-take ownership over Iran’s oil until the 1979 revolution.

Read entire article by Brian Becker of ANSWER

CODEPINK:
Instead of bombing dictators, stop selling them bombs

Western nations were selling Gaddafi the weapons his regime has been using to suppress the Libyan people. In 2009 alone, European governments including Britain and France sold Libya more than $470 million worth of weapons. The Obama administration was working to provide the Libyan dictator another $77 million in weapons, on top of the $17 million it provided in 2009 and the $46 million the Bush administration provided in 2008. What is the message we send by bombing Gaddafi’s forces while continuing to support brutal regimes in countries such as Yemen, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia?
(read more).

In addition to fomenting unrest in Libya, the U.S. has also been attempting to to the same in Iran: The US is funding terror groups in Iran to sow chaos (read) … The CIA is conducting "black-ops" inside Iran (read).

St. Pete for Peace statements on Libya

March 22, 2011
Cindy Sheehan reminds us that "humanitarian war" is an oxymoron. How long the U.S. stays in Libya will in part be decided by public opinion, so speak your mind!

France, Britain and the U.S. were three of the largest sellers of weapons to Gadhafi - they were also the three countries who led the push to war in Libya.

Saudi Arabia, which is also severely repressing their own people, is set to receive $67 billion worth of weapons – the largest weapons deal in U.S. history (read).

U.S. military sales to Bahrain since 2000 total $1.4 billion. Bahrain is currently attempting to crush a peaceful uprising.

The U.S. has provided the repressive government in Yemen with more than $300 million in military aid over the last five years.

So, how can it be easier for brutal dictatorships to buy bombs from the United States than it is for felons to get their voting rights restored in Florida? Probably because by selling weapons to people like Gadhafi (or Saddam Hussein), U.S. weapons manufacturers make a lot of money and the U.S. empire has an excuse to attack another country that stands in its way.

Who are the rebels the U.S. is supporting in Libya? According to the rebel's commander (who fought against the U.S. in Afghanistan), some of the current Libyan rebels have al-Qaeda links. Which is interesting given that earlier this month, al-Qaeda issued a call for supporters to back the Libyan rebellion against Gadhafi (read). A recent Alexander Coburn article was titled, "Libya rebels: Gadhafi could be right about al-Qaeda" (read).

March 22, 2011

Violent Uprisings Don't Yield Revolutions
Peaceful uprisings, which include protests, strikes and sit-ins have recently yielded organic, self-determining revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. And another historic overthrow of a U.S. supported dictator is on the verge of happening in Yemen. After 52 protesters were killed on Friday, a number of Yemeni military leaders announced they will no longer support the killing of non-violent protesters, and instead will protect them.

Conversely, armed uprisings against the government don’t work, as we’re seeing in Libya. Morality and principle aside, one reason armed struggle doesn't work is because the military and police are not likely to join protesters if the protesters are shooting at them. Another reason is because governments have more firepower (and total media control) than people, so eventually violent uprising will be put down, or require outside forces to come in and save them, as we’re seeing in Libya. When this happens, the people won't have achieved a revolution. The people of Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen got it right and will forever know that they themselves, and not some outside force, brought change to their country.

The Same Rules Don't Apply to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Israel...
One must wonder why U.S. supported dictators in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are also murdering their own citizens, yet no one (rightfully so) is talking about imposing a no-fly zone in those countries. With the attack on Libya, the U.S. and its allies seem to be sending a clear message to other world leaders: If you are friends with the U.S., it’s okay for you to quash protests and kill your own people (as Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bahrain all did last week), but if you’re a leader who opposes U.S. world domination (such as most of Latin America, Syria, Iran, etc.), we might support (or incite) armed resistance against you. If the U.S. is trying to score points with people in the Arab world, many of those same people may ultimately feel scorned when they realize that the attack on Libya was to serve U.S. interests and not the Libyan people.

Amazingly, many people have been convinced that the US-led attack on Libya is being done to protect civilians, even though:

- The U.S. killed 40 innocent civilians in Pakistan and 2 children in Afghanistan last week.
- At the same time the no-fly zone was agreed upon for Libya, U.S. allies Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Yemen were killing their own citizens for protesting.
And of course the U.S. is supporting Israel's current bombing attack on Gaza, and Israel's harsh crackdown on peaceful protests.

We all want Gadhafi to stop killing protesters and to leave Libya, but foreign intervention will further destabilize that country. This is not promising given that the U.S., U.K. and France have a history of colonization and exploiting unrest.

The rationale that violence must be used to stop Gadhafi's violence is like saying you have to eat donuts to lose weight.

A couple side notes: Cheers to Dennis Kucinich and a handful of other U.S. politicians who said the attack on Libya could be an impeachable offense. And, how sinister is it that the war on Libya started on the same date as the Iraq war (March 19)?

March 15, 2011
The U.S. Empire needs a “victory” in the Arab world
There’s been nothing but bad news for those who want the U.S. to control North Africa and the Middle East: The people of Egypt and Tunisia ousted U.S. supported dictators, and Yemen could do the same; U.S. interests in Bahrain, Oman, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, and even Saudi Arabia are being threatened by popular uprisings; the U.S. incursion in Pakistan is rarely talked about here, but the people there are outraged; the U.S. proxy war in Somalia is not going well; U.S. support of Israel’s settlement expansion has enraged even more Palestinians; and, the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan have not worked out the way U.S. policy makers planned.

So, it looks like their plan now is to achieve a “victory” by supposedly saving the people of Libya (who are getting killed in part by U.S. made weapons) by providing them with U.S. made weapons (read America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels: Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi.) This desperate and sadistic strategy appears to be concocted by the Neo-Cons, and is being trumpeted by CNN, NPR, USA Today and other quasi-government media (who are back to their old ways after doing a relatively good job of covering the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.)

And no-fly zones are not acceptable, either

As Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, "A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses. That’s the way you do a no-fly zone. And then you can fly planes around the country and not worry about our guys being shot down. But that’s the way it starts."

The U.S. (and some European nations) should stop supplying arms to dictator-led governments and stop capitalizing on civil strife. If the U.S. really wants to help the people of Libya, it should take Gadhafi's $30 billion in assets it froze and give it back to the people. That would provide about $5,000 per Libyan. Otherwise, it should abandon its arrogance and ditch the smokescreen that the U.S. is acting as a force for good around the world.