Archive for the 'Resistance' Category
Saudi Arabia: Police Broke Up Protest; Used Stun Grenades, “Rubber or Live Bullets”
March 10th, 2011Monitoring… Via: Reuters: Saudi police used force to disperse a demonstration by minority Shi’ites on Thursday, injuring up to four people on the eve of a day of protests called for on social media, witnesses and activists said. Shots were heard near a protest by around 200 Shi’ites in the town of Qatif in Saudi […]
Sedgwick, Maine Declares Food Sovereignty
March 9th, 2011Via: The Complete Patient: On Saturday morning, Sedgwick became likely the first locale in the country to pass a “Food Sovereignty” law. It’s the proposed ordinance I first described last fall, when I introduced the “Five Musketeers”, a group of farmers and consumers intent on pushing back against overly aggressive state food regulators. The regulators […]
SAUDIS MOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF TROOPS TO QUELL GROWING REVOLT
March 6th, 2011It’s going to be an interesting Monday in the energy markets. Via: Independent: Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer and the regional domino whose fall the West fears most, yesterday announced that it would ban all protests and marches. The move – the stick to match the carrot of benefits worth $37bn (£23bn) recently […]
With a Heavy Heart… The Dervaes Family’s Apparent Descent Into Madness
March 5th, 2011Path to Freedom inspired me to change my life. Early last decade, it was a candle in a dark room for me, so to speak. I can’t make similar statements about too many other things. Over the years, I’ve read their sites, sent them traffic with links from my sites, made several cash contributions to […]
Iran Arrests Opposition Leaders
March 1st, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Oil rose from the lowest in a week in New York as Libyan crude exports were curbed by fighting in the North African country while demonstrations planned in Iran raised concern of wider disruptions. Futures climbed as much as 1 percent after authorities in Iran, the second-largest producer in the Organization of Petroleum […]
Libya: U.S. Openly Backing Rebels
February 28th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. said it will assist Libyan rebels trying to force Muammar Qaddafi from power, as pro- democracy protests that have swept the Middle East spread to Oman and reignited in Tunisia. “We’ve been reaching out to many different Libyans who are attempting to organize in the east and, as the revolution moves […]
Oil Companies Plan Evacuations From Libya
February 21st, 2011Update: Reuters: Gaddafi Fled Libya, on Way to Venezuela [???] Venezuela denies: A senior source in the Venezuelan government denied on Monday reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was traveling to the South American oil-producing nation led by his ally President Hugo Chavez. The Caracas government “denies such information,” the source told Reuters. Via: Reuters: […]
Libya Revolt Spreads to Tripoli
February 21st, 2011Via: Al Jazeera: Gunshots heard in capital amid reports of army units defecting in Benghazi and tribal leaders criticising government. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will fight a popular revolt to “the last man standing,” one of his sons said on Monday as people in the capital joined protests for the first time after days of […]
Amnesty International: 46 Killed by Libyan Security Forces
February 19th, 2011Update: Over 200 Killed [???] —End Update— Update: 84 Killed, Says Human Rights Watch —End Update— Via: Reuters: Human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday its sources had said Libyan security forces had shot dead at least 46 people in the past three days.
Protesters Killed in Bahrain, Yemen and Libya
February 18th, 2011Via: Reuters: Unrest spread across the Middle East and North Africa on Thursday as Bahrain launched a swift military crackdown on anti-government protesters and clashes were reported in Libya and Yemen. Troops in armored vehicles took control of the Bahraini capital after police firing buckshot and teargas drove out protesters hoping to emulate those who […]
