Beyond the Myths of Seattle
Author(s): David Morse
In: Dissent, Vol 48, No summer, 2001, pp. 39-43
The New Arab Uprisings: Lessons from the Past
Author(s): Marina Ottaway, and David Ottaway
In: Middle East Policy Council, Vol 27, No 1, 2020
The authors look back to 2011 and the varied outcomes in four different contexts which shaped the possibility of and the reactions to mass protest. These are: the Maghreb (Tunisia and Morocco); Egypt; the Levant (Syria and Iraq) - states created out of the Ottoman Empire and then dominated by the colonial powers Britain and France; and the Gulf Arab monarchies. They then discuss 'whither the second wave?' in relation to Sudan, Algeria, Labanon and Iraq and draw some provisional conclusions.
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Eyes to the South: French Anarchists and Algeria
Author(s): David Porter
A.K. Press, Oakland CA, 2011, pp. 550
Examines range of anarchist approaches in both France and Algeria and also covers period after independence.
Prospects for Democracy in Belarus
Editor(s): Joerg Forbrig, Pavol Demes, and David R. Marples
German Marshall Fund of USA and Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Washington DC, 2006
Color revolutions: the Belarus case
Author(s): David R. Marples
In: Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol 39, No 3 (Special Issue ‘Democratic Revolutions in Post-Communist States’, ed. Taras Kuzio), 2006, pp. 351-357
Examines why protesters failed to achieve regime change in the 2006 presidential election. Argues that the historical background of the regime, the popularity of the president, and electors’ concern with economic rather than democratic issues were all important. Also considers role of Russia and its ambivalence towards the Belarus regime.
Ukraine's Euromaidan: Analyses of a Civil Revolution
Editor(s): David R. Marples, and Frederick V. Mills
Ibidem Press, Stuttgart and Hannover, 2015, pp. 304, pb.
Collection of essays edited by two historians at the University of Alberta. Topics cover the role of nationalism, the issue of the Russian language, the mass media, the motives and aims of the protesters, gender issues, and the impact of Euromaidan on politics in Ukraine, the EU, Russia and also Belarus. The Russian annexation of Crimea, and the creation of pro-Russian republics in the east of Ukraine and ensuing wars are covered in an epilogue.
Democracy Promotuion in Slovakia: An Import or an Export business?
Author(s): David Reichardt
In: Perspectives: Central European Review of International Affairs, Vol 18, No Summer, 2002, pp. 5-20
Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Author(s): David Remnick
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1994, pp. 586
Part 4, pp. 433-90, covers the August Coup, emphasizing popular support for the resistance as well as the mistakes of the plotters. For a contrasting interpretation see:
Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
(2nd edn)Author(s): David Robie
New Society Publishers, Philadelphia PA, 2005, pp. 180Originally published: 1986
Account of final voyage of Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior, trying to sail into French nuclear testing area near Mururoa Atoll, before it was blown up by French secret service agents in Auckland Harbour July 1985. See also: Sunday Times Insight Team, Rainbow Warrior: The French Attempt to Sink Greenpeace, London, Sunday Times, 1986 , pp. 302
A Winter of Discontent: The Nuclear Freeze and American Politics
Author(s): David S. Meyer
Praeger, New York, 1990, pp. 320
Coalitions and Political Movements: The Lessons of the Nuclear Freeze
Author(s): David S. Meyer
Editor(s): Thomas Rochon
Lynne Rienner, Boulder CO, 1997, pp. 277
Examines movement of the early 1980s which mobilized huge numbers in the US to protest against the dangers of nuclear weapons and strategies and demanding a US-Soviet agreement for a freeze on testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons, bombers and missiles. The movement gained some support in Congress, organized a mass lobby in Washington and demonstrated throughout the country in 1983, and engaged in electoral activity. This book examines the successes and failures of the Freeze, and broader implications for other movements. See also: David S. Meyer, A Winter of Discontent: The Nuclear Freeze and American Politics, New York, Praeger, 1990 , pp. 320
Beijing Street Voices: The Poetry and Politics of China’s Democracy Movement
Editor(s): David S.G. Goodman
Marion Boyars, London and Boston, 1981, pp. 208
Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World
Editor(s): David Solnit
City Lights, San Francisco, 2004, pp. 451
Thirty three essays, mainly by US-based activists, on the new radicalism and direct action in the Global Justice Movement.
The Heartbreak of Wounded Knee
Author(s): David Treuer
Riverhead Books, New York, 2019, pp. 512
Examination of the history of how the US Federal Government mistreated the First Nations since the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee, brought right up to date, with an emphasis on the militancy of the 1970s and the subsequent improvements in the condition and role of Native Americans. The book ends with an account of the dramatic Standing Rock protest by a large gathering of different tribes over a proposed pipeline in 2016. This important history by a member of the Ojibwe, who is also a social anthropologist, appeared just after two Native American women were for the first time elected to Congress in 2018.
Seeking Justice for the Historical Claims of Indigenous People in Aotearoa New Zealand
Author(s): David V. Williams
In: Yash Ghal, Jill Cotterell, Marginalised Communities and Access to Justice, London, Routledge, 2010
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Author(s): David Wallace-Wells
Random House, New York, 2019, pp. 384
The author, an editor of NewYork magazine, writes not as a long term environmentalist, but an observer of the mounting evidence (such as the California forest fires of 2017) of the disastrous impact of global warming already being experienced. He also examines the implications of (on present trends quite likely) increase of 3C over pre-industrial levels, and how a 7C rise would make much of the equatorial region uninhabitable. This is primarily a call to action rather than a programme for effective action. An edited extract appeared in the Guardian Weekly, 8 Feb. 2019, pp.34-9.
Why Britain's Relationship with Saudi Arabia is about to Change
Author(s): David Wearing
In: New Statesman, 2019
Article following the Court of Appeal judgement that the British government had unlawfully approved arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite a clear risk that they would be used in Yemen contrary to international humanitarian law. Wearing comments on t he UK's historic support for Saudi Arabia since the 1920s and central role in providing military aircraft and weapons under both Conservative and Labour governments, despite a major fraud scandal under Mrs Thatcher over an arms deal.
See also:: Smith, Andrew, 'Saudi Arms Sales were Illegal Says Court', Peace News, 2632-26 33, Aug.-Sept. 2019, p. 5.
The media coordinator of the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) sets out the case against arming Saudi Arabia to fight in Yemen - tends of thousands killed as result of bombing over previous four years and at least 4.7. billion pounds worth of fighter jets, bombs and missiles licensed for sale from the UK. Notes the British government has appealed against the verdict to the Supreme Court.
See also: 'About CAAT: Ending the Arms Trade', https://www.caat.org.uk/issues/introduction/ending-the-arms-trade
Sets out aims of campaign and details of organization and provides links to the UK Court of Appeal ruling and other relevant issues
See also: 'Unions and NGOs Block Saudi Arms Ship', Peace News, 2630-2631, June-July 2019, p. 5.
Brief report on direct action by Italian dock workers from the CGiL union and activists from Potere al Popolo and peace groups in Genoa, who prevented generators being loaded onto the Bahri Yanbu, because they could be used in Yemen. The ship had previously been deterred from loading weapons in France by two court cases launched by human rights groups against the shipment.
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https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/06/why-britain-s-relationship-saudi-arabia-about-change
Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement: Beijing's Broken Promises
Author(s): Davis, Michael C.
In: Journal of Democracy, Vol 26, No 2 (April), 2015, pp. 101-110
The article focuses on how the 'one country, two systems' model in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration was undermined by the June 2014 Chinese White Paper and the August 2014 Chinese decision on the conduct of Hong Kong elections. These have meant that the 'one country, two systems' commitment has been broken, underlining the need for more internal democracy in Hong Kong.
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https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/hong-kongs-umbrella-movement-beijings-broken-promises/
Chinese feminists push #MeToo movement amid censorship
Author(s): Petra Cahill, and Dawn Liu
In: NBCNews, 2018
The authors also attribute the outspokenness of young women activists to the one-child policy enforced in China in 1979. They argue that parents could devote more financial resources to their only children, enabling them to become more independent and educated, and therefore able to recognise and fight against sexism'.
See also https://sensusjournal.org/2018/12/07/case-study-why-is-feminism-limited-in-china/
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Women Rising in the Americas
Author(s): Dawn Paley, and Laura Weiss
In: NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol 50, No 4, 2018
Introduction to the December 2018 issue, which presents, amongst other topics, essays and articles on the daily resistance against anti-Black state violence in Brazil; the demonstration of women wearing green handkerchiefs and claiming spaces in Argentina; the role of Ixil women in rebuilding communal structures post-genocide; the searches for the disappeared in Mexico; women’s struggle against oil exploitation; the organisation of LGBTI+ community members’ forms of resistance for immigrant justice; and the revisitation of the #NiUnaMenos movement.