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Political Repression

'A Lot Of People Think I’m A Horrible Person'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 12.07.2012 | Arts
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Caveh Zahedi is a New York based filmmaker known for pushing people's buttons. In "I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore," he tries to get his Persian father...

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Toppling Dictators with a Lethal Dose of Technology and Nonviolent Action

Stephanie Rudat | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Stephanie Rudat

Ahmed Salah, an Egyptian journalist and activist who had survived torture while incarcerated in jail for pushing against the regime, brought his mission to the United States.

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What Is at Stake With Egypt's Media Crackdown

Joel Simon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Egypt Protests, Iran, Twitter, Cairo, Censorship, Egypt, Tiananmen Square, Journalism, Tahrir Square, Political Repression, Media, Media News
Joel Simon

Standing up for the rights of journalists may be our last, best hope of stemming an impending bloodbath that could go down in history as the gravest example of political repression.

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Bullies and Their Silent Collaborators -- A Form of Psychological Slavery

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Education
Read More: Political Repression, Bullying, Lgtb-Rights, Anti-War Movements, Political Bullying, Lgtb, Anti-Bullying, Tea Party, Education News
Jeanine Molloff

No therapeutic approaches of conflict mediation or sensitivity training will be effective in a culture which celebrates the bully and dehumanizes all of us, bullies, victims and their silent collaborators.

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Unfortunately, Obama Is Expanding the Imperial Presidency

Michael Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Obama, Imperial Presidency, Anti-War, Political Repression, Politics News
Michael Schwartz

A recent Global Research article by Tom Burghardt provides a chilling (if also somewhat hyperbolic) account of recent raids on activists in what many ...

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Undemocratic Arab Regimes Afraid of Obama's Change

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sawt Al Umma, Bush Administration, War on Terror, President Barack Obama, Political Repression, Arab Reformers, Obama International Reaction, US Middle East Policy, Mohammad Omar, Hosni Mubarak, Egytpian Government, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Middle East Reaction, Obama Reaction Abroad, Ayman Nour, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Daoud Kuttab

The victory of the change candidate was especially noticed by Arab reformers who have been paying a price for daring to question the political status quo.

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Convention Protesters To Be Treated As Terrorists

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Democratic Convention, Civil Liberties, Political Convention, Republican Convention, Political Repression, Police Abuse, Denver, Bruce Hoffman, Minneapolis, Marc Sageman, Home News
Chip Berlet

Government security agencies are planning to treat convention protesters like potential terrorists due to a reliance on flawed research, hyperbolic assessments, and political bias.

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