Blogs about: Protests

Everyone can't wait for the World Cup & the Olympics . . . But these people don't even want them to happen.

logicofluke wrote 34 minutes ago: Two nights ago I was part of an 80,000-strong crowd who jumped to their feet, cheering and yelling i … more →

Tags: Brazil, Brazilians, carla dauden, Carnivale, Commentary, Confederations Cup, Construction, Deconstruction, development

Tasha Kheiriddin: Our digital masks

Tasha Kheiriddin wrote 2 hours ago: “Masked, I advance,” quipped philosopher Rene Descartes four centuries ago. Luckily for … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Bill 309, Blake Richards, Canada, Online Privacy

A hope?

fersgruendling wrote 3 hours ago: So… people seem to have had enough in Brazil. It all began with the bus fare hikes across the … more →

Tags: Brazil, Politics, Brazilian Politics, corrupt government, Inefficient Government, protests in Brazil 2013, World Cup 2014

Songs of Freedom? Turkish Protests 2013

meyerbeckner wrote 4 hours ago: Recently Turkey’s Protests have sparked much attention and many reactions due to the police cr … more →

Tags: Atonlian Folksongs, Band, Boğaziçi University, Erdogan, Freedom, istanbul, Kardeş Türküler, Police crackdowns, Riots

Our Future: A Case Study of a Shopping Mall

natashatbaker wrote 4 hours ago: The protests occurring throughout Brazil right now are an encouraging sign of an emerging middle cla … more →

Tags: Education 2, human rights, Politics, Travel (2), Work 2, bolsa-família, Brazil, bus fares, Business

Just your everyday pre-soccer game violent protests

becca1262 wrote 4 hours ago: In the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, at least 30,000 people rallied today protesting a transportation p … more →

Tags: What's Up World? (Foreign Affairs), Brazil, Soccer

Brazil's Least Wanted: The 2014 World Cup

Matthew Hall wrote 4 hours ago: It is official. Jogo Bonito – and every other cliché tied to Brazil and its futebol – is dead. Who w … more →

Tags: 2014 world cup, [back stories], Brazil, fans, FIFA, Politics, scandal, police, rio

Petition | Don't rush #BRAI Bill and #UnsafeGMOs. Extend deadline for public comments. | Change.org

Intercultural Resources wrote 4 hours ago: Petition | Don’t rush #BRAI Bill and #UnsafeGMOs. Extend deadline for public comments. | Chang … more →

Tags: food security

Protester on Fire

Intercultural Resources wrote 4 hours ago: Pictures of the Week : June 11 – 17 – Yahoo! News India. A demonstrator’s clothes … more →

Tags: state repression

Beck: Immigrant Groups Learned From The Klan, 'They Just Changed Their Hood'

Matthew wrote 5 hours ago: Sometimes I get the feeling that talk-show wingnut Glenn Beck does things for the sheer hell of it, … more →

Tags: Immigration reform, Politics

Economic Worries Stoke Brazil Protests

Ben Tavener wrote 5 hours ago: It was an apparently innocuous twenty-centavo rise in the cost of a bus or metro ticket in São Paulo … more →

Tags: Blog, Brazil, Featured, Politics, World Cup, Bus, Dilma, Fare, Government

Protesting ≠ terrorism

tsviney wrote 6 hours ago: The attacks on September 11th had profound and far-reaching effects throughout the world, not only i … more →

Tags: Politics, World, Brazil, occupy, prism, Terror, Terrorism, turkey, US

Coverage Conspiracy?4 comments

bornagainbrazilian wrote 6 hours ago: “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” ― Joseph Heller … more →

Tags: Expatriate Info & Advice, changebrazil, American, Blogger Round Up, Brazil, Conspiracy, Expat, expatriate, Global News

VIDEO -- Turkish Unrest Could Encourage An Attack On Syria - Sheikh Imran Hosein

Amir Alwani wrote 7 hours ago: 108morris108 June 19, 2013 Events in Turkey from the last week or two are still just unrest and not … more →

Tags: co-opting/destabilization, Egypt, NATO, News, Sovereignty, Syria, turkey, Tyranny, videos

Last Blog Entry: The Streets Erupt1 comment

sarahnamazonia wrote 7 hours ago: Based on the The Economist article we read in workshop today, please share your reflections on the c … more →

Tags: Brazil, Blogging, ESL, Fulbright

Analysis: Brazil's protests: Not quite a 'Tropical Spring'

thedailyblogreport wrote 7 hours ago: http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654200/s/2d85ef39/mf.gif SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Bra … more →

Tags: Political, Major, Analysis, spring, Quite, Tropical, brazil's, Latin America

Mayors of Rio and São Paulo, among others, backtrack on fare increases as protests continue

Laura Tulchin wrote 7 hours ago: Demonstrations in Brazil’s largest cities continued on Wednesday night even as the government gave i … more →

Tags: Society, Politics, corruption, democracy, Dilma, FIFA, Violence, World Cup

Chilean Presidential Elections 2013: Former President and Candidate Michelle Bachelet Pledges New Constitution and Drastic Educational Reforms

administratornavarez wrote 7 hours ago: Former President of Chile, Michele Bachelet (2006-2010) and former Head of UN Women, who will be pre … more →

Tags: South America, Chile, Politics, 2013, Sebastián Piñera, Michelle Bachelet, Augusto Pinochet, Ricardo Lagos, pablo longueira

Dilma Responds To Brazilian Mass Protests: Accepts Concerns and Consults Lula da Silva

administratornavarez wrote 7 hours ago: As the threat of massive protests in Brazil’s major cities continues, President Dilma Rousseff early … more →

Tags: South America, Brazil, conflict & peace, Politics, Dilma Rousseff, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, rousseff, Fernando Haddad


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