Update: School prayer group due in court Thursday Source: ABC Action News
A rural Panhandle principal and his athletic director are due in a Pensacola federal court Thursday morning to face contempt charges for allegedly violating a judge's order against promoting school prayer.
Glenn Beck's Mob RuleSource: The Daily Beast
Republicans are now benefiting from the tens of thousands of angry white people who descended on Washington over the weekend—but they've tapped into something ugly that they can't control, says John Avlon.
Conservatives Protest at the CapitolSource: The Washington Post
GOP Sees Protest As an Opportunity Article |
With the gathering of tens of thousands of conservative protesters in Washington for a "Taxpayer March on D.C.," Republican officials are attempting to capitalize on a movement that lately has galvanized anti …
Tax, health-care protesters pack park -- OrlandoSentinel.comSource: The Orlando Sentinel
Dan and Debbie Devin are in Central Florida on vacation.
But the Connecticut couple feel so strongly about big government that they took time out Saturday from visiting the theme parks with their three children to attend a "tea party" at Lake Eola.
Stewart's 'sh*tty daydream' recalls attacks on anti-war protestersSource: Raw Story
Analyzing angry conservative protests against health care reform, Stewart experienced what he jokingly called "the @!$%#tiest day-dream I ever had" and flashed back to a time, not so long ago, when anti-war protesters were smeared as "anti-American" and even "Nazis" by …
First Expose of Iran's Seven Hellhole PrisonsSource: DEBKAfile -
Until the defeated Iranian presidential contender Mehdi Karroubi broke the wall of silence surrounding the Islamic Republic's prisons to demand an investigation into allegations of rape, little attention was paid to the abuses meted out to protestors who dared to claim that the J …
Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election Source: The New York Times
There is hope for Iran, praise the Lord. A significant group of religious leaders in Iran decided yesterday to throw their lot in with the protestors. The Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum called the disputed election and the government illegitimate.
Canada: Protesters gather at Iranian embassySource: CBC
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Iranian embassy in downtown Ottawa on Friday to speak out against the results of Iran's recent presidential election and the crackdown on protests in that country.
Surveillance of protesters ruled illegalSource: Guardian Unlimited
Police surveillance of a peaceful protester was ruled unlawful today in a decison that lawyers say will change the way demonstrations and protests are policed.
Mass arrests have no place in a democratic country Source: Independent.co.uk
There are times, and they seem to be growing more frequent, when the civil liberties we still associate with life in Britain suddenly start to look dangerously fragile. Yesterday was one such occasion.