demonstrations/riots worldwide

the confrontations in anaheim, home of disneyland (the "happiest place on earth"),
have made me pause to consider the massive amount of people trying to
make their voices heard around our globe .... here is my re-cap, to date, which
doesn't even begin to cover the scope of participation:
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in Mexico:

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Mexican demonstrators blockade Televisa studios over election scandal
Protests continue after claims TV network was biased and took money for coverage from eventual winner Enrique Peña Nieto
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Thousands of protesters have blockaded the studios of Televisa, Mexico's most popular TV network, accusing it of biased coverage of the 1 July presidential election.

Shouting "Tell the truth," the demonstrators, including students and union workers, stopped employees entering the offices of the Televisa studios in Mexico City although they allowed others to leave.

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/27/mexican-blockade-televisa-election-scandal

in China:

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Chinese officials cancelled an industrial waste pipeline project today after anti-pollution demonstrators occupied a government office in eastern China, destroying computers and overturning cars.

The demonstration was the latest in a string of protests sparked by fears of environmental degradation and highlights the social tensions the government in Beijing faces as it approaches a leadership transition this year.

It was also the second cancellation of an industrial project this month, as officials buckle under pressure from protests.

source: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0728/breaking11.html

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Tens of thousands including teachers and parents pushing strollers took to Hong Kong streets Sunday to protest the upcoming introduction of Chinese patriotism classes they fear will lead to brainwashing, the latest sign of growing discomfort over Beijing's influence in the semiautonomous territory.

source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/thousands-hk-protest-china-patriotism-classes-16890323#.UBgEORyTJeU

in Viet Nam:

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Vietnamese protest against 'Chinese aggression'
Demonstrators also driven by increasing frustration with Hanoi's one-party government over human rights violations
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Hundreds of demonstrators have marched through the streets of Hanoi to protest, for the third time this month, against China's claims to sovereignty in the South China Sea.

Protesters stopped mid-morning traffic as they carried banners and Vietnamese flags, while shouting "The Spratly and Paracel Islands belong to Vietnam!" and "Down with Chinese aggression!".

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/22/vietnamese-protesters-chinese-aggression

in Japan:

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Thousands expected for latest Japanese nuclear protest
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Thousands of people are expected to form a “human chain” around Japan’s parliament on Sunday as part of demonstrations aimed at ending nuclear power after last year’s atomic crisis at Fukushima.

The protest is the latest in a string in Japan, which has seen a rising tide of anti-nuclear sentiment since Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in June ordered the restart of two reactors.

source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/28/thousands-expected-for-latest-japanese-nuclear-protest/

in Darfur:

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Sudanese police used teargas and batons to disperse more than 1,000 people protesting fuel price rises in the city of Nyala in the Darfur region on Tuesday, wounding several, witnesses and activists said.

source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/31/us-sudan-protest-darfur-idUSBRE86U0X820120731

in Ethiopia:

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Protests have rocked Ethiopia over the past weeks over government interference in the religious affairs of Ethiopian Muslims.

source: http://ecadforum.com/2012/07/29/ethiopian-muslims-deny-christian-conflict/

in Spain:

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Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González compared the protests, which he considered "an extraordinarily important phenomenon", with those staged in Arab countries, pointing out that "in the Arab world they are demanding the right to vote while here they are saying that voting is pointless".

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–2012_Spanish_protests

in Syria: see lots of pics/vids here, 1000's in the streets: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m89885&hd=&size=1&l=e

in South Africa:

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Cape Town protest turns violent

Police have fired stun grenades and teargas in an attempt to disperse hundreds of protesters on the corners of Duinefontein and Lansdowne road near Manenberg on the Cape Flats.

source: http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/acc88e004c296444b6daf7ecb51a2d14/Cape-Town-protest-turns-violent-20123007

in Romania:

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In early July, demonstrations took place in several locations in Bucharest. Hundreds of Romanians, among them former Prime Minister Ungureanu, gathered in front of the Romanian Government building demanding Ponta's resignation in light of the plagiarism scandal. Others protested in University Square against a variety of issues, including shale gas extraction, corruption in the Romanian Professional Football League and also against Romanian politicians in general. On 6 July, President Băsescu was suspended by the Romanian Parliament. Pro USL supporters in their hundreds gathered in University Square to show their support for the move.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Romanian_protests

in Chile:

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In April 2012 Education Minister Harald Beyer proposed a new university funding plan, which would remove private sector banks from the process of granting student loans and reduce interest rates on loans from six to two percent. Gabriel Boric, president of the University of Chile Student Federation, rejected the plan, stating: "We don't want to trade debt for debt, which is what the government is offering us".

A national student strike was organised for 28 June. The strike was marked with a march in Santiago which was attended by 150,000, according to the demonstration's organisers.

in Ireland:

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A Rally organised by the 'Campaign against the Household and Water Taxes' filled the 2,000 capacity National Stadium in Dublin with thousands more having to stand in the surrounding streets. 'Campaign against the Household and Water Taxes' also staged a minor protest in Dublin in July 2012

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010-2012_Irish_protests

in France:

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Workers demonstrate in front of Peugeot’s Paris headquarters during a meeting between management and and the union on June 28.
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Only strong mass pressure — the power of the class struggle — can force the government to implement some measures to block corporate “austerity” policies. It looks as if there will be workers’ protests ahead.

source:
http://www.workers.org/2012/07/23/autoworkers-in-france-protest-layoffs-plant-closing/

in Russia:

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Moscow anti-Putin rally draws 1,500

Russian protesters on Thursday called for the release of activists they called political prisoners and urged the nation to unite against Vladimir Putin's crackdown on civil society.

About 1,500 citizens and members of the motley opposition movement packed a central Moscow square to protest the detention of people arrested after clashes on the eve of Putin's inauguration to a third term in May.

source: http://www.france24.com/en/20120726-moscow-anti-putin-rally-draws-1500

in Israel:

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Tent Protest
What started as a few tents in the middle of a Tel Aviv boulevard has expanded into a country-wide grassroots movement for social and economic rights.
This page will keep you updated about ACRI’s work around the tent protest, including policy advocacy on affordable housing and on social and economic rights, protecting the tent protesters rights to freedom of expression and freedom of protest, real-time consulting and distribution of materials at tent sites, and more.

source: http://www.acri.org.il/en/category/social-and-economic-rights/tent-protest/

there is SO MUCH MORE!
did i ever tell you that during my 1968-69 school year, i began
the first and only sit-in ever to take place at my high school?
while everyone started their day in homeroom, i sat on the
wide staircase outside the principal's office and had a good
amount of students join me by end of day ... it was a combination
of anti-war and civil rights - seems kinda mild to what's going on today .....

That's cuz you were born with a strong spirit and a spiritual conscience hippie.

Well done with above my love, it can only get stronger from now on. xo