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Wave of Protests Signals Fundamental Shift in Malaysian Society

Wave of Protests Signals Fundamental Shift in Malaysian Society

The present wave of protests seem to suggest a fundamental shift in Malaysian society today – there is a collective change of mood, away from passive and subservient acceptance of an authoritarian political or ...

La Badil (No Other Choice) – Western Sahara Documentary
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La Badil (No Other Choice) – Western Sahara Documentary

La Badil (No Other Choice), was filmed undercover in the Moroccan controlled territories of Western Sahara, on the eve of the second anniversary of the 2010 uprisings at Gdeim Izik. It sheds new light on the decades ...

The Revolution Business
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The Revolution Business

Democratic change has been demanded across the Middle East. But was what seems like a spontaneous revolution actually a strategically planned event, fabricated by 'revolution consultants' long in advance? ...

West Papua’s ‘Arab Spring’

West Papua’s ‘Arab Spring’

It was not in the headlines, but our neighborhood has had its own ‘Arab Spring’. The Melanesian people of Indonesian-controlled West Papua, have shown the same determination to pursue non-violent struggl ...

Turkish PM ErdoÄŸan is killing the Kurdish Spring

Turkish PM ErdoÄŸan is killing the Kurdish Spring

When uprisings first began to spread throughout the Arab world, there was speculation that the Kurds across the Middle East could follow suite. That could still happen, but with their largest party in Turkey margina ...

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark
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Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark

This is the Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world. ...

The Chinese Government is Not in Control of the Script

The Chinese Government is Not in Control of the Script

Xi Jinping is still some two years away from taking over as President of China- but already he is playing up his xenophobic, colonialist credentials by publicly threatening to “smash” separatism in Tibet. ...

China’s Kachin Crime

China’s Kachin Crime

"One of Burma’s largest rebel groups could fall, the Kachin people could be left to face the junta’s programme of ethnic cleansing and other minority groups would inevitably follow." ...

Kyrgyzstan: Lessons for the Arab Spring?

Kyrgyzstan: Lessons for the Arab Spring?

It has been one year since bloody ethnic clashes in the Kyrgyz city of Osh shattered the optimism that followed the revolution deposing authoritarian dictator Kurmanbek Bakiyev...longstanding tensions between Kyrgyz ...

British Arms & Mid East Uprisings

British Arms & Mid East Uprisings

Saudi-manned British arms are silencing pro-democracy demonstrators in Bahrain. ...

Saudi Arabia: Thousands Protest
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Saudi Arabia: Thousands Protest

Look, but listen to the people! ...

Uprisings in the Middle East Resonate for West Papuans

Uprisings in the Middle East Resonate for West Papuans

The ramifications of the fast moving events in Libya and the middle east could be felt as far away as Papua in Indonesia. ...