Tag: Revolution

LEAKED: CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution In Indonesia – scheerpost.com

American interference in Democracies

The paper trail is a stunning insight into how NED operates behind the scenes, from which obvious inferences can be drawn about its activities elsewhere, past and present. By the organization’s own reckoning, it operates in over 100 countries and disperses in excess of 2,000 grants every year. In Indonesia, these sums have helped extend the Endowment’s tendrils into various NGOs, civil society groups, and, most crucially, political parties and candidates across the ideological spectrum.

Source: LEAKED: CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution In Indonesia – scheerpost.com

Iran: the hijab protests are now Massive, but a Revolution will need the Military to change Sides

More than three weeks after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahmini for disobeying Iran’s strict laws, which make it compulsory for women to wear the hijab – or Islamic headscarf – protests continue to rage on the streets of all major cities. On Saturday, protesters even managed to hack into Iran’s biggest news channel to broadcast their message to the whole country.

 Iran: the hijab protests are now Massive, but a Revolution will need the Military to change Sides

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Iran: In Widening of Social Base of Protests, Oil Workers go on Strike in Support of Youth Demonstrators

We need a Whole Revolution: Why Incremental Change won’t solve the Climate Crisis

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Moreover, the politics of getting started are different than the politics of maintaining and extending climate action. One way to create broader coalitions of support is to build justice and equity into every climate action. Overly technocratic climate initiatives, such as smart cities, can get stuck and fail to catalyze broad decarbonization in part because they fail to generate broad and diverse coalitions to build on initial successes.

Building a better society is not possible without addressing climate change. Addressing climate change is not politically feasible without pursuing a more just and equitable society to ensure broad support.

via We need a Whole Revolution: Why Incremental Change won’t solve the Climate Crisis

We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?

via We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?

A silent revolution: Iranian youth are revolting, but not as their parents did 35 years ago – Your Middle East

At 16 I wanted to live in Iran, life in suburban America bored me. I yearned for big city life in a new country. As a child I heard constant talk about the daily tri

Source: A silent revolution: Iranian youth are revolting, but not as their parents did 35 years ago – Your Middle East

The revolutionary act of telling the truth

John Pilger

The revolutionary act of telling the truth

Source: The revolutionary act of telling the truth

“We are in a revolutionary moment”: Chris Hedges explains why an uprising is coming — and soon – Salon.com

 

"We are in a revolutionary moment": Chris Hedges explains why an uprising is coming — and soon

“We are in a revolutionary moment”: Chris Hedges explains why an uprising is coming — and soon – Salon.com.