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		<title>Right to Protest &#8211; the fight continues</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest-the-fight-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[government cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[March for the Alternative]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aspecks was in attendance this weekend as the TUC organised March for the Alternative took place in London on Saturday 26 March 2011. The number of people protesting against the Government&#8217;s cuts was somewhere between 350,000 and 700,000 depending on who you believe, but the turnout was certainly higher than expected. Indeed, the carnival like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Protest &#8211; An Update</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest-an-update/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest-an-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The call for democracy is one of the common recurring themes evident in protests that stretch f rom Morocco in North West Africa to Iran in the Middle East.  Similarly common is the brutal and violent suppression of peaceful protestors; which is a daily occurrence in Libya and has been most recently evident in Bahrain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Revolutionary for TV?</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/too-revolutionary-for-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/too-revolutionary-for-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eclectics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compromise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[immortal technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rapper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[third world]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People can “wear many hats” and so we find that Immortal Technique is not only a rapper but has evolved into a political activist and social commentator. In this interview with RussiaToday he appears as an articulate activist instead of an angry rapper whose uncompromising passion can easily be interpreted as intimidating aggression. His musical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open letter from the Commissioner of Human Rights, Council Of Europe</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/open-letter-from-the-commissioner-of-human-rights-council-of-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/open-letter-from-the-commissioner-of-human-rights-council-of-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eclectics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Europe today is not free from racism, xenophobia, islamophobia, anti-Gypsism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and other phobias directed against others. Minorities are made targets of hate speech, violence and systematic discrimination, not least in the job market. Responsible politicians must take such negative tendencies more seriously. There is a need to analyse and address the very root [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Protest? Part 2</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the former Iranian vice-president and leading reformist in the administration of President Mohammed Khatami (1997 to 2005) was yesterday released on bail of $700,000 (£424,000) pending his appeal. Mr Abtahi has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for fomenting unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election in June. The most senior of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The European Union ratifies the Lisbon Treaty</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/the-european-union-ratifies-the-lisbon-treaty/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/the-european-union-ratifies-the-lisbon-treaty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eclectics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading Blocs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lisbon Treaty has finally been ratified and is expected to enter into law in December 2009 in what could be a defining moment for the greatest experiment in the history of  international co-operation and global governance. The Treaty’s proponents believe that it will rejuvenate the decision-making procedures of the EU institutions, making the functioning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for democratic capitalism?</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/time-for-democratic-capitalism/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/time-for-democratic-capitalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eclectics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Moore is an accomplished thought provoking shock jock and his new offering is no exception from the looks of the previews.  This time he has capitalism in his sights and particularly takes issue with the free market&#8217;s lack of compassion for the less fortunate and inherent exploitative tendency. Specifically the growing gap between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In defence of politics</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/in-defense-of-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/in-defense-of-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cynical optimist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cynicism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am the first to admit that conventional democratic political processes are often corrupt, slow and ineffective due to bureaucracy and vested elitist interests that are contrary to  the greater well being of societies. I hold cynical views about corrupt politicians and social injustice and believe that it is fine to be disappointed and even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dizzee Rascal for Prime Minister ??!!</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/dizzee-rascal-for-prime-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/dizzee-rascal-for-prime-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“A black man, a purple man, a martian man can run the country&#8230;.as long as he does right by the people.” The interview below took place on the BBC’s Newsnight programme the week of President Obama’s election in November of 2008. Although this is only an abridged version of the interview, when you watch the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Protest?</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictators]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the fundamental principles of a democracy is the right to protest. In a modern liberal democratic society we have all sorts of rights and freedoms that are backed up by the rule of law, fundamental rights such as the freedoms of speech and movement. We, the people, can voice our displeasure at any [...]]]></description>
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