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Czechoslovak diggers created the People’s Charter of 1977 which 12 years later rolled in the Velvet Revolution. Australians celebrate the People's Charter of 1838 and this Friday will be the 150th anniversary of the storming of the Eureka Stockade (1854) Dawn of a democracy
In this context, another kind of founders of democracy are emerging in Australia. The Redfern-Waterloo Authority Bill 2004 gives one minister immense power: Dangerous law, more dangerous precedent. Just as Mugabe used the Land Aquisition Act to stifle political opposition, the Carr Government relies on the Liberals' pro-development habits and the popular kneejerk to "clean up Redfern" forever, to push through legislation that no democratic government should be seen dead with. Secret business puts a community at risk

Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Political Waterloo Divided: Svejk’s worst fears are realized
In the false belief that we are better off ignoring that which we think we cannot control, just like Dr. Faust, we are ceding our futures to someone else.

It's not enough that certain politicians, sociologists and citizens reminisce once per year about 1989, restricting their actions to debate, as is again the case. There must be a more definitive solution. There must be a confrontation in which one side will win, and the other will finally and definitively lose.
For change to come, it's not enough for us to go into the streets, jingle our keys and go home, as was the case in 1989. We must not stand on the banks of the river we must dive into the river and swim or sink!
• There must be a real change; [Central Europe and Kundera’s vision ]
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• · · I commence my very strange story, one that never fails to amuse, bewilder and ultimately dishearten anyone who has ever wondered why combat that was supposed to end on May 1, 2003, you know, Mission Accomplished, still rages with no end in sight The day I almost led the Iraqi army; [Timothy Garton Ash Europe must give immediate and total support to Ukraine's velvet revolutionaries ; These are painful times for the rulers of Central America Mireya Moscoso was stripped of her political immunity by the nation's electoral tribunal ...]
• · · · When news broke about the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, many people questioned: Who could do such a thing? According to Princeton psychologists who reviewed decades worth of studies, the answer is: Anyone [No passion in the world, H.G. Wells declared, is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft. Speaking of drafts, the most pationate bullies inside the Czechoslovak army (1977-1979) were those guys who rarely expressed an independent thought. They usually kicked the new recruits when they were lying down or they liked to intone in comradely fashion ach, it feels good to stab the freshman in the back! Crowd mentality rules the day of the bully: the scary reality of life is that real flowers wilt and need care compared with plastic ones. There are many managers and politicians who are morally despicable, most of them are scared of thinking differently from the plastic or popular crowds. If you did not bully someone as a second year soldier you were the odd man out! They were the people who were scared of being different as there was no room for variety... This describes the popular management mentality of 21st century does not it? (team is mighter than the individual smile)]
• · · · · Since the 1980s, a far-flung trafficking network has equipped Iran, Libya and North Korea with a range of centrifuge equipment (as well as nuclear material in some cases), design data, blueprints, and know-how needed to produce enriched uranium,which can fuel nuclear weapons.7 (PDF) In the modified words of Cyndi Lauper, Radiation Money changes everything
• · · · · · Lowy denies influencing Carr over Orange Grove