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Global News Blog
Good Reads: Back to Tahrir Square, Syrians get violent, and Occupy Wall Street
It's the autumn of discontent, with Egyptian activists worried about a military comeback, Syrian protesters taking up arms, and the Occupy Wall Street movement in the US and Europe.
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Why dictators now face civilian revolt, from Syria to Swaziland
Protests in a growing number of countries show that citizens have more tools at their disposal to throw their dictators off balance, if not out of power.
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In Egypt, encryption for free speech
Whisper Systems donated its software to help Egyptian dissidents spread the word without the government listening in.
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Iran protesters: the Harvard professor behind their tactics
Gene Sharp's manual on nonviolent protest shaped opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and inspired activists in Burma.
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Global News Blog
Do Iran’s hard-liners really believe ‘velvet revolution’ plot?
The indictment of more than 100 Iranians being tried en masse for opposing the regime opens a window onto the world view of those who fear change most.
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