Arundhati Roy: “The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution”
Arun Gupta, guardian.co.uk, 11-30-11 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/30/arundhati-roy-interview The prize-winning author of The God of Small Things talks about why she is drawn to the Occupy movement and the need to reclaim language and meaning. Sitting…
Kuwait Cabinet Resigns Amid Political Crisis
by Louie http://stevebeckow.com/2011/11/kuwait-cabinet-resigns-amid-political-crisis/ Kuwait’s cabinet has resigned after protesters and opposition deputies demanded that the prime minister step down over allegations of corruption, state-run television has reported. “The prime minister [Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah] has submitted his resignation…
Egypt Election: Voters Defy Fears of Violence with Record Turnout
Fears of violence and chaos unfounded with no major violations or security incidents reported in first free ballot for over 80 years By Martin Chulov and Jack Shenker Monday 28 November 2011 15.05…
A “More Dangerous” Tear Gas Emerges in Tahrir Square
By Peter Beaumont and John Domokos, Guardian UK, 27 November 11 http://bit.ly/vmKMaj Two Egyptian protesters accompany a man, center, overcome with tear-gas inhalation during clashes with Egyptian riot police. (photo: AP) Egyptian security forces…
Syria Receives Unprecedented Blow
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and MAAMOUN YOUSSEF 11/27/11 02:08 PM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/27/arab-league-syria-sanctions_n_1114933.html BEIRUT — In an unprecedented move against a fellow Arab nation, the Arab League on Sunday approved economic sanctions on Syria…
Brianna Lee: Occupy Movement at a Crossroads as Evictions Spread
By Brianna Lee, The Daily Need, November 16, 2011 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-daily-need/occupy-movement-at-a-crossroads-as-evictions-spread/12364/ Occupy Wall Street protesters were still in Zuccotti Park Wednesday morning, but without their tents after Police removed them during a raid on Tuesday. In…
Occupy Los Angeles Vows to Stay Despite Mayor’s Deadline
NEW YORK | Sunday, November 27th, 2011 8:48am EDT By Katerina Sazonova http://www.theblogismine.com/2011/11/27/occupy-los-angeles-vows-to-stay-despite-mayors-deadline/ Despite a fast-approaching deadline set by the mayor and police chief, very few of the anti-Wall Street protesters from Occupy…
Egyptian Unrest: Cairo Protests Continue Despite Military Concessions
Egypt unrest: Cairo protests continue despite military concessions BBC News, 22 November 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15848602 Lyse Doucet in Tahrir Square: “There has been a constant wail of ambulance sirens” Thousands of Egyptians have continued…
Did MF Global Help Koch Brothers Withdraw Their Money Before Collapse?
The Koch Brothers and MF Global – Friends to the End Daniel Dicker, Huffington Post, Nov. 14, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-dicker/the-koch-brothers-and-mf-_b_1089906.html So much about the collapse of MF Global, the international commodity firm, has revisited…
SaLuSa: You Bring Yourselves Closer to Transformation
SaLuSa via Mike Quinsey http://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/mike_quinsey/channeled%20messages/November2011/salusa_23november2011.htm Nov. 23, 2011 People power is growing and what you are seeing around the world is how successful you can be when you group together in a common…
