UNsanctioned Syria: ‘West wants to occupy, not stop violence’ (video)
RT
November 29, 2011
The Arab League’s sanctions against Damascus are in fact “a declaration of economic war” against the Syrian people, which have “closed windows” for resolving the country’s crisis, the country’s senior diplomat says.
Also on Monday, the UN released a report that found Syrian troops committed “crimes against humanity”, including the killing of hundreds of children since the government crackdown began in March.
Occupy Vancouver looking beyond tent-city model of protest
Matthew Black
Globe and Mail
November 23, 2011
Occupy Vancouver decided Wednesday afternoon to temporarily abandon public occupations in favour of regular meetings after the group was forced indoors for the first time the previous evening.
The decision was made by an assembly of approximately 50 protesters who returned to Grandview Park after heavy rainfall and the park’s 10 p.m. closing time left them with nowhere to occupy Tuesday night.
A second general assembly was planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the site of the initial Occupy Vancouver protests in October.
Court injunctions forced protesters to abandon their sites at the Art Gallery and the Robson Square law courts, on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
Protesters had camped out in downtown Vancouver since Oct. 15.
Vancouver Park Board Deputy General Manager Peter Kuran was at Grandview Park on Wednesday. He addressed the assembly by reading out loud parks control bylaw 8 (b), which states that written permission from the general manager of the Parks and Recreation Board is legally required to hold a public gathering in a city park.
Occupy Vancouver camp disbands after failed move
CBC
November 22, 2011
The Occupy Vancouver camp finally disbanded on Tuesday night, after five long weeks and after several dozen of the remaining protesters failed to establish a new camp at Grandview Park on Commercial Drive in East Vancouver.
The protesters took the SkyTrain to the park on Tuesday evening after they were evicted from the provincial courthouse grounds downtown at Robson Square by police.
Upon their arrival in Grandview park they were met by local residents, police and city officials who told them they were not welcome to set up camp in the park.
FULL ARTICLE HERE…
Hijacked Revolt: Muslim Brothers win – pretext for NATO invasion (video)
RT
November 27, 2011
In Egypt the military leader has warned of grave consequences if the crisis doesn’t end. That comes just a day before the country’s first parliamentary election since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. The Muslim Brotherhood claims it’s set to win the majority of seats. RT’s Anissa Naouai has more from Tahrir square.
CrossTalk on Bahrain: Forgotten Spring (video)
RT
November 28, 2011
The BICI report has accused Bahraini security forces of wrongdoing, but is the issue of the report enough justify the regime? Will the international community buy it? And will the opposition take it seriously even if some of the report’s recommendations are implemented? Is Iran to blame for the unrest of the Bahraini people? Or is it another Arab Spring against corruption and injustice? CrossTalking with Mitchell Belfer, Kate Hudson and Peter Eyre.
Egypt votes in post-Mubarak power vacuum amid Tahrir turmoil (video)
RT
November 28, 2011
Egyptians are voting in the first round of multi-stage parliamentary elections which are due to go on until March. While the military government is portraying the poll as a solution to the crisis, sentiment on the streets is quite the opposite.
Pakistanis burn Obama effigy and US flag
Sky News
November 28, 2011
Hundreds of enraged Pakistanis have taken to the streets across the country, burning an effigy of President Barack Obama and setting fire to US flags after 24 soldiers died in NATO air strikes.
The Sunday rallies were organised by opposition and right-wing Islamist groups in major cities of the nuclear-armed country of 167 million people, where opposition to the government’s US alliance is rampant.
In Karachi, the port city used by the United States to ship supplies to troops fighting in Afghanistan, more than 700 people gathered outside the US consulate.
FULL ARTICLE HERE…
(hat tip: Drudge Report)
