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"Iran protests: Tehran court sentences first person to death over unrest"

There still remains a fear of white empowerment in today's South Africa, and this has certainly contributed to the loyalism that has kept the ANC in power. Yet because the current unemployment rate for men and women aged 15-24 averages 49.8%, and the median age of South Africa is 25.5 years, the younger demographics of the country will lend itself to chipping away at the ANC's majority vote. The ANC has fallen to nepotism and other forms of corruption in recent years, and has angered many South Africans. As a result, the Democratic Alliance (main opposition party) will possibly gain more votes, as might the recently formed Economic Freedom Fighters party. However, it is important to note that the leaders and constituents of these parties aren't the most attractive to the majority of South Africans--but neither is the behemoth of the ANC. It appears these three major parties (ANC, DA, EFF) are extreme or corrupt in one way or another, so elections will be more akin to choosing the lesser evil.

We briefly discussed this in india club today, and I thought was interesting to see how religious differences within a country can cause civil unrest. (chapter 10 anyone?)

Yes, I heard about the September 28 incident. Good find, Scott!

In order to resolve the unrest and poverty in the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippine government signed a 13 page agreement with the country's largest Muslim rebel group. Although this agreement does not provide a lot of the details that the both sides need to address and work on, it is a positive step into outlining a more peaceful and accepting society, which is why I think this is an important article.

People are looting and trying to steal food and the govt seems to not be doing anything about it.

From a Turkish newspaper about how the army is acting in Egypt. Concludes saying our analysis of Arab politics is not realistic.

I don't think that this "strategy" that the army is implementing in Egypt will work because it doesn't actually adress or fix anything. Rather, the plan to delay anything political may cause more unrest in the country.

As OWS gains traction, it governs more and more support overseas, as similar movements spring up in many parts of Asia and turn violent in Rome.

It is interesting how there was a sign saying "Karl Marx was wrong". Protesters are upset at the rich for not sharing the wealth. The occupy Wall Street movement has taken up across the U.S. I saw signs and protesters in Walla Walla Washington and in Chicago advocating for more people to join the movement and unite against the upper class. It is also interesting how it is a time of major unrest and discontent with capitalism not only in the United States, but also in Rome and across the globe.

There was a huge protest in New Haven at Yale while I was there this week. They were chanting "We are the 99 percent." http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2094925,00.html These photos go with Jenna's point that these movements are all across the globe.

Close to 10,000 protestors lined up outside of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office building to protest a law changed which would permit the expansion of Japan's military and deployment soldiers overseas. Japan's constitution banned any 'collective self-defense' or aiding any other country under attack. The Japanese military is currently only for defense of Japan. What's more important than the fact that the constitution will be changed, is that the constitution will potentially changed without consultation of the people. The generally accepting citizens of Japan are up in arms at this assault on their democratic freedoms. More than half of the Japanese population is opposed to the change in the constitution, but Abe claims the change is necessary due to rising tensions with China's military expansion and North Korea's missile program growth. Rise in political unrest as of late in the usually peaceful Japan.

Russian officials have suggested that the electoral system does not meet democratic standards, and that it and the politicization of media are responsible for the unrest at the capitol.

Yes! Both of these are very clear factors. I believe that media/social media in general plays a large role in the polarization of our country. The social dilemma (a movie you can find on Netflix) was super eye opening when it described the ways that social media companies expose you to specialized content that creates intra-national division.

^^I agree with everything said about the media and I second Theo's recommendation for the Social Dilemma. I think it also quite hypocritical that Russia is criticizing the US democratic system considering that they undermined our democratic process by interfering in the 2016 election.

China has begun giving tens if not hundreds of thousands of people who they consider to be essential workers coronavirus vaccines that have yet to pass phase 3 clinical trials, sparking world wide unrest regarding the risk to both those who are taking vaccines with potentially dangerous side effects and others who they may infect due to them not taking safety precaution since they believe themselves to be immune.

The ex-president Jovenel Moïse was a democratically elected president with minority support. A group of 26 Colombians ex-soldiers were accused of his murder by disguising as US Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Some suspected that Haitian national Christian Emmanuel Sanon. Haitian people were worried that there would be a new round of civil unrest, but they were also against foreign intervention because history showed that these interventions often caused more harm.

Protests over a Swiss-run mine in the northern coastal province of Izabal have resulted in the government implementing a curfew in hopes of ending the unrest. Protesters say they were not consulted about the mine before it was set up.

The Guatemala highest court actually suspended the operations because of the protesters' activity. I am curious whether the Swiss company will bring this to the Swiss government, and how will the Guatemala government further responds to the situation.

US and Iran will play each other tomorrow. There is a lot of tension due to conflict between the two governments, and there have been protests in Iran for the last 10 weeks. Many fans have brought politics into the soccer games, such as booing at the national anthem and waving protest flags. Iran's leaders have arrested a bunch of people, and there are a lot of eyes on the team as they continue to advance.

There are so many political issues surrounding the World Cup that sometimes more important ones are ignored. Most of the attention has been directed toward Qatar and less toward what is happening with Iran. The media reporting more about how players are banned from wearing one-love arm bands and other less important issues distracts people from other more important things going on.

After today's game where Iranian players sang the national anthem after some of their families had allegedly been threatened, it is incredibly obvious that the Iranian government intends to use the world cup as a key political tool in dismissing unrest at home.