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Tag was last used: Jan 26, 2012
 
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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 26, 2012

  The fruit which did not fall
REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL (Taken from CubaDebate)       CUBA was forced to fight for its existence facing an expansionist power, located a few miles from its coast, and which was proclaiming the annexation of our island, which was destined to fall...... [view]
Posted By:  connorMB
Posted On:  Oct 18, 2011

  In the wake of the Arab Spring
The world fell into a new era over the past 10 months or so as legendary political gains were made in much of the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa. Tunisia, after months of protest, was able to oust a leader and force their government police force to disband. They will hold...... [view]
Posted By:  connorMB
Posted On:  Oct 14, 2011

  Conflict in Libya
As of tomorrow, the conflict in Libya will have been raging for eight months. In eight short months, Libya rebels have essentially turned around an entire country from oppressive to democratized by VIOLENT MEANS.  This was not the same as Egypt, where that conflict was ended by...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 24, 2011

  Palestinians decide to stop missing opportunities
By Keeble McFarlane     After six decades of war and uneasy truce, uncertainty and unsettlement, uncomfortable and uneasy relations with their equally uneasy neighbour, intifadas and continual diplomatic to-ing and fro-ing, the dysfunctional...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 20, 2011

  Chávez and the Arab Dictators
By Lance Selfa - Socialistworkers.org :   Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is respected as a left opponent of U.S. imperialism--but he is lending support to Middle East despots who are trying to suppress popular uprisings. WHEN THE revolution sweeping the Arab world...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 28, 2011

  The United States and the Arab world
By Jean H Charles: There is a fierce intellectual and political debate in the United States whether the country should engage in the war to incubate the opposition into butting out the repressive regimes of the Arab region and then engage in the nation building process to ensure...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 14, 2011

  Five Arab Countries That The ‘Jasmine Revolution’ May Spread To Next
By Zaid Jilani :   Last month, the world was shocked as the Tunisian autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who had ruled his country for 23 years, was overthrown in a protest movement that lasted only 29 days. The event was soon dubbed the “ Jasmine Revolution ,” a...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 5, 2011

  The crisis in Beirut: A new wave of Syrian/Lebanese refugees in the Caribbean
By Rebecca Theodore: As wild flames of fire engulf the Arab world, provoking a moment of rising democratic optimism and thoughts of liberalization and freedom for many, the eruption of a civil war is also evident as the dispute over Lebanon’s support of a UN tribunal...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 4, 2011

  The die is cast for Mubarak
Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate)     THE die is cast for Mubarak and not even the support of the United States can save his government. An intelligent people, with a glorious history which left its mark on human civilization, live in Egypt....... [view]
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  Follow the Women for Peace
Starter:   Jormouse
Date Created:  Jul 14, 2008
[view] 		Description:   Follow the Women for Peace is an international women initiative that uses women-only cycling through Middle Eastern countries to raise awareness on the urgent need for peace and to empower women....
Goals:   The aims of Follow the Women are to: • Raise awareness of how the current situation in the Middle East affects the lives of women and children. • Show solidarity with women in the region and build a network of mutual support \ • Change misconceptions about Palestine and the Middle East and portray people’s realities in the media • Provide a platform for women's dialogue and shared experience • Stress the urgency of real peace in the Middle East, and pursue efforts to bring an end to violence and suffering • Highlight women’s creative power and their right to active participation • Develop and support peace initiatives on local, national and international levels.
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