Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: September 17, 2011
Wall Street firms will be the target of a nonviolent demonstration in which organizers say they want 20,000 people to participate with tents, kitchens and “peaceful barricades” in lower Manhattan. via Wall Street Protesters Plan to Occupy Lower Manhattan With Tents – BusinessWeek.
Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: August 12, 2011
Some ultra-Orthodox worry that the protests will shine a light on the vast amounts of money they receive from the state. Cultural differences are also keeping the ultra-Orthodox at bay, said Jonathan Rosenblum, an ultra-Orthodox commentator. The protesters’ main tent camps in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are predominantly secular, with scantily clad young men and [...]
Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: August 12, 2011
Daniel Doron, who directs the Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress, a pro-market research organization, said he was convinced that the way in which failing state assets were privatized in the 1980s and ’90s led to dangerous consolidation, just as it did in the former Soviet Union and some Arab countries, like Egypt and [...]
Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: March 6, 2011
Reporting from Washington — Despite its eagerness to show support for protesters across the Middle East, the Obama administration has lined up squarely with the royal family of Bahrain as tens of thousands march in the streets demanding reform in the strategic kingdom that is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. via Bahrain U.S.: [...]
Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: March 6, 2011
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, the Interior Ministry said that demonstrations are prohibited “because these contradict the principles of Islamic law (Sharia) and the values and norms of the Saudi society; they further lead to public disorder, harm to public and private interests, breach of the rights of others, and to wreaking [...]
Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: February 23, 2011
As Saudi Arabia’s 86-year-old monarch returned home from back surgery, his government tried to get ahead of potential unrest in the oil-rich country Wednesday by announcing an unprecedented economic package that will provide Saudis interest-free home loans, unemployment assistance and sweeping debt forgiveness. via Saudi Opens Its Wallet To Stave Off Protests : NPR.
