Salem-News.com Revolution articles Page 14

Aliaa Elmahdy`s Crucifixion in Tahrir Square

“Aliaa Elmahdy, the 20-year-old college student was there, chanting with the Tahrir comrades songs of liberty while passionately beholding what she thought the dawn of her freedom.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Freedom… is the allure of the Tahrir square saga and perhaps the indisputable motto of the Egyptian revolution.

The Tahrir Square was packed with thousands of Egypt’s youths, boys and girls in their teens who witnessed the rare and magical moments of the system bending to their demands and the regime crumbling down before their vigorous and starry eyes.

Would John Adams Get Elected President Today?

Most change comes by way of revolution. History is a great predictor of the future. We must learn from it and do better if we are to survive.

(OKLAHOMA CITY) - Probably the most under-appreciated President in history is John Adams. You may remember that he was the legal counsel for the enemy after the Boston Massacre.

Julian Assange & Bradley Manning`s Defense Fund

The US response to Assange's release of secret documents was to prohibit banks and PayPal transfer funds; now there is a way to help.

(EUGENE) - You might recall that when Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers to the press, no one in the press was prosecuted for releasing the information.

When Bush's chief advisor, Karl Rove and Cheney's chief advisor, Scooter Libby, outed an undercover agent by talking to the press, which resulted in the deaths of a dozen of her secret contacts, destroyed her career, and made her a death target for life, Bush waved his wand and it was all okay.

West Coast Port Blockades - Portland

Blockade the Wealth of the 1% - The blockade Port of Portland begins 12 Dec at 5:00 a.m.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Blockade the Ports will happen on 12 Dec 12, activists will stage mass mobilizations to march on the ports, create community pickets, and effectively shutdown the hubs of commerce during this peak holiday profitmaking season.

Honoring Migrants on December 10

More than three years old, TIAS-NM defines itself as prioritizing “just and fair immigration reform that furthers American values, enhances our national interest and protects constitutional and human rights for all.”

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Migrant advocates in the southern New Mexico borderland plan to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Saturday, December 10.

Inside the Egyptian Revolution An Interview with Dr. Ashraf Ezzat

" ...you could say the current struggle is between the old and the new or the past and future; in other words, between the conservatives and the liberals."

(SANTA ROSA / ALEXANDRIA) - Dr. Ashraf Ezzat, medical doctor and journalist (Pyramidion and Salem-News.com) was one of hundreds of thousands Egyptians occupying Tahrir Square in late January/early February of 2011.

Ten months later Egyptian people are once again back on the streets despite a deadly crackdown by security forces. I interviewed Dr. Ezzat via e-mail about the revolution then and now.

Tent Monsters at Occupy Melbourne

Occupy Movements supporting efforts on Wall St keep growing, however none were so clever as the Aussies...

(SALEM / MELBOURNE) - This might be one of the funniest and most rewarding videos published regarding the Occupy movement, and this one comes from those awesome blokes down under where innovation and courage have always been necessary tenets in their society.

It isn't every day we have a chance to laugh at the antics of cops who so profoundly, fail to see the ridiculousness of their orders. Of course there is a growing percentage of cops in the USA who are bailing out, they are ashamed of the thugs with badges in LA, New York and Oakland, Portland, Denver and so many other places.

Marines Arrested at Occupy LA - One Says Cops Threatened His Family`s Lives

"Our government is capable of making people disappear"

(LOS ANGELES) - Los Angeles Police took a Marine Veteran away without stating what the charges were at Occupy LA in late November. Jason Hurley's arrest was scarcely publicized, except for the coverage on YouTube and on the Occupy LA Website.

We've reported a number of Marine Veterans being assaulted by police during the various Occupy movement gatherings in California. It looks like the cops are striving for the point of of return, Marines aren't known for standing by for this type of behavior.

Tamaulipas News: Border Governor on PR Offensive

“Security has improved with the arrival of the military…” - Michael Barkin, US counsel general, Matamoros

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - It is unusual in the U.S., for state government to take to national airwaves to pitch perceived accomplishments in costly ads.

But in Mexico, as federal power diffuses to state level, more states are aiming for national audiences in publicizing their purported achievements.

An America That`s Never Wrong

“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” --Arthur Schopenhauer

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Americans won't like this. Practically everyone else will...