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Video: Protesters storm Kuwaiti parliament

This is explosive. I repeat, there is not single regime in the Middle East that does not deserve the total wrath of its people.

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Video: Olbermann on the Occupy Movement and Mayor Bloomberg

He was a little too hard on Batman, haha, but he’s very persuasive. See the video here.

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Video: Occupy Karl Rove, lol

See it here.

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Last night at Occupy Berkeley

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Syria in a state of civil war

I don’t understand why analysts are so reluctant to call it a civil war. Lets call a spade a spade. See this video.  I think it was a matter of time that the opposition resorted to arms. After countless massacres, … Continue reading

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Video: Colbert on the Occupy Movement

He. is. great.

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Occupy Cal general assembly votes to re-establish encampment

Daily Cal: A crowd of about 3,500 [other estimates put it at 5,000] packed into Upper Sproul Plaza Tuesday evening, convening a general assembly where they voted overwhelmingly to re-establish an encampment, despite the police violence that marked encampment efforts … Continue reading

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Tomorrow in Berkeley

There is a strike planned for tomorrow at UC Berkeley. I think at some point, they’ll be a renewed attempt to set up an encampment. This attempted encampment was the official reason for the clashes last week.  The university, as … Continue reading

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Video: Colbert on Police Brutality in Occupy Berkeley Movement

See the video here.

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Berkeley Responds to Occupy Protesters

Berkeley’s chancellor responds to the police brutality against the student protesters in a silly little letter.  Look at this nonsense: “It is unfortunate that some protesters chose to obstruct the police by linking arms and forming a human chain to … Continue reading

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Footage from Occupy Berkeley

Look at this footage (clip 1 and clip 2).  It comes as no shock as police attack forces have been moving in on peaceful demonstrators all across the country. It really draws a contrast to the avowedly US “fight for … Continue reading

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Over a thousand participate in Occupy Cal protest

Go Bears! The campuswide day of action in support of affordable higher education and the Occupy movement has grown throughout the day to over a thousand students at its peak in the early afternoon, from teach-outs in the morning to … Continue reading

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Sarkozy: Netanyahu a “liar”

If only they could be more frank more often… politics would be much more humorous: BBC – “I can’t stand him any more, he’s a liar,” Mr Sarkozy said in French. “You may be sick of him, but me, I … Continue reading

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‘Let’s play cowboys and Iranians’: Poster showing hanging Iranian sparks outrage at Texas BBQ restaurant

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Bahrainis march on…

Bahraini protesters get little coverage because Qatar, the location of al-Jazeera, does not want to see any Persian Gulf regimes crumble, but occasionally al-Jazeera will give it some token coverage to maintain some semblance of media legitimacy. Here’s the latest … Continue reading

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