Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 by Bas
With this article I want to achieve two things. Firstly, I want to give foreigners a look into the national affairs of the Netherlands regarding the public freedoms we enjoy and the recent political trends. Secondly, I hope to inspire Dutch citizens to ACT, to change something and to turn current trends around.
Being a Dutchman [...]
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Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 by Bas
An interesting site has been put online. Click the picture below.
Get your picture up.
Stay up to date on developments in Burma! << Click here.
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Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 by Bas
This doesn’t just go for American students (even though the video addresses them directly), this goes for all of you.
P.S. Update on last weekend coming soon. Probably.
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Posted on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 by Bas
Seems like activists are catching on to the power of web 2.0. I assume most of the readers here are familiar with Avaaz.org and their emails calling on people to sign petitions and send emails to representatives. Their method is rather conventional however and (dare I say) dated.
Good news. Rethos.com has opened up their beta [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 by Bas
A selection from Burmanews‘ postings.
Posted 21 October
Reports say that Junta is arresting students and civilians, who were believed to be involved in International Campaigns against SPDC, on arrival at the Yangon Airport.
Posted 25 October
http://irrawaddy.org/protests/video/ngwekyaryan.php – Video of Ngwe Kyar Yan monastery after troops raided on Sept 27, 2007
Led by comedian Zarganar, who was recently released [...]
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Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 by Bas
Rumsfeld flees France fearing arrest
Sat, 10/27/2007 – 08:45
Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fled France today fearing arrest over charges of “ordering and authorizing” torture of detainees at both the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the US military’s detainment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unconfirmed reports coming from Paris suggest.
US embassy officials [...]
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Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 by Bas
“The sixties. No matter what people think about the sixties. They know that young people were out in the streets, taking on the most powerful government in the world. And we didn’t win every battle. But think about what we did accomplish. Apartheid was driven out of America. We ended legal segregation. We ended the [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 by Bas
Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 by Bas
The recent crisis in Burma has shown that huge masses of people can be reached through the networks of blogs. Many bloggers dedicated to bringing the truth out have been doing so. They have been the voice of Burma, where it is hard for western news-outlets to report. One of these is Ko Htike [...]
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