Read more political demonstrations stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26008/political-demonstrations.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71992/brit-cops-sic-dogs-on-eco-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagClimate change activists were chewed up by police dogs as British cops sicced German shepherds on protesters scaling fences at a power station. ''Of course this is regrettable, but it's a combination of reckless behavior by some protesters and us having to respond with a different style of policing," said...http://www.newser.com/story/71992/brit-cops-sic-dogs-on-eco-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 2:58:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69776/tehran-rally-turns-violent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA government-backed rally in Tehran turned violent today, the BBC reports, after opposition supporters turned out to protest June’s disputed presidential election and clashed with security forces. A state news said opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi was attacked and tear gas used during the event, intended to demonstrate support for Palestinians,...http://www.newser.com/story/69776/tehran-rally-turns-violent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 18:20:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69730/right-steals-lefts-language-of-protest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you go to Amazon to buy Rules for Radicals , Saul Alinsky's classic treatise on left-wing protest, you'll see authors that other readers are also interested in: Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, and GOP Sen. Jim DeMint. For Politico, that's one of many signs that conservatives have co-opted liberal techniques, from...http://www.newser.com/story/69730/right-steals-lefts-language-of-protest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 7:57:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68290/fueled-by-fringe-gop-in-a-tight-spot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRaucous town-hall protesters are energizing a Republican party damaged in the 2006 and 2008 elections—but they’re also opening the party to accusations that it’s being run by the fringe, Reuters reports. While some demonstrators oppose any sort of reform, many Americans actually want some form of change. If Democrats...http://www.newser.com/story/68290/fueled-by-fringe-gop-in-a-tight-spot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 9:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66886/road-rarity-samoan-drivers-moving-to-left-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’s upheaval in Samoa as a cultural shift changes the country’s direction—on the road. On September 7, Samoa is set to become the first country in 40 years to switch the side of the road used for driving, writes Tom Vanderbilt in Salon. The Pacific island nation will move...http://www.newser.com/story/66886/road-rarity-samoan-drivers-moving-to-left-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 8:30:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63695/as-riot-death-toll-mounts-china-blames-uighur-exiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese state media are reporting that 156 people are dead and at least 828 injured and in the western city where clashes broke out between paramilitary police and Uighur demonstrators, Al Jazeera eports. Though the protests in Urumqi, Xinjian province, seemed to have died down, police are said to be...http://www.newser.com/story/63695/as-riot-death-toll-mounts-china-blames-uighur-exiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 15:45:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63635/140-dead-in-china-muslim-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least 140 people have been killed and 800 injured in clashes between rioters and police in China’s restive oil-rich Xinjiang region, reports the BBC. The clashes are the deadliest outbreak of violence in China in several years. The violence began after more than 1000 protesters—primarily Uighur Muslims—marched...http://www.newser.com/story/63635/140-dead-in-china-muslim-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 2:27:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63491/iraq-protesters-burn-us-flag-during-biden-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVice President Joe Biden’s visit to promote reconciliation among Iraqis was met today with protests by supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Reuters reports. Demonstrators burned American flags and shouted anti-US slogans. Biden plans to meet with PM Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani to assess plans to heal the fractious...http://www.newser.com/story/63491/iraq-protesters-burn-us-flag-during-biden-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 14:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62800/mousavi-fights-on-as-ahmadinejad-bashes-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMir Hossein Mousavi said today that the Iranian regime has pressured him to drop his challenges to the disputed election, but that he would resist any efforts to abridge his "constitutional right to protest." The opposition leader has not been seen in public for days, reports the Guardian , and he...http://www.newser.com/story/62800/mousavi-fights-on-as-ahmadinejad-bashes-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 7:16:08 CDT