Tea Party backers outnumbered in Wisconsin budget demonstrations

Source February 19, 2011 9 Comments

By James Kelleher / Reuters / Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:55pm EST MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Supporters of legislation to…

San Diegans hold 3-day protest at insurance giant Blue Shield in Mission Valley

Source November 1, 2009 7 Comments

“Is there anything scarier than thinking you might need medical care, and getting canceled by a health insurance corporation who spent your premiums on TV ads and lobbying?” asks San Diegan Mike Copass, co-organizer of a 45-hour haunt of Blue Shield’s office at 2275 Rio Bonito Way in Mission Valley.

The actions are part of a national groundswell of civil disobedience at health insurance company offices by people seeking to end insurance abuse and win health care for all. So far, 115 people have been arrested in 18 cities demanding “real health care reform that treats health care like a human right, not a commodity,” according to a press release issued by event organizers.

The “Twitter Revolution” Meets the Tanks – Is Tehran facing a ‘Tiananmen Square Massacre’ – or an Iranian glasnost?

Frank Gormlie June 19, 2009 4 Comments

by Frank Gormlie

The next day in Iran is very critical. The country is at the breaking point. This morning in his prayer-speech, the chief cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, came out swinging at the opposition movement that has been in the streets for the last week in support of their reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

The Second Iranian Revolution? Masses turn out for banned rally – gov’t militia shoots into crowd

Frank Gormlie June 15, 2009 6 Comments

Could this be the beginning of the Second Iranian Revolution? Today, Monday, June 15th – 100,000, 200,000 or perhaps 1 million people mobilized in the streets of Tehran, the capital, in a show of support for the reformist candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, who allegedly lost the recent election for president.

Tensions Mount in Thailand as Protesters Continue Airport Sit-In

Staff November 29, 2008 0 Comments

At least 34 anti-government protesters in Thailand, who for months have occupied the prime minister’s office in Bangkok, have been injured in a grenade attack. The latest blast comes amid a standoff between police and thousands of demonstrators who have occupied Bangkok’s main airports, crippling the country’s tourism industry.

Question for Commander of Army Brigade to Be Deployed for Domestic Operations: How Would You Have Handled the Protests at the Republican National Convention?

Frank Gormlie September 29, 2008 9 Comments

Reposted due to popular demand I have questions for Col. Cloutier as he and I have special connections OCEAN BEACH,…

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