Whenever there is a protest in Portugal you are almost certain to hear the haunting song “Grandola, Vila Morena” (“Grandola, sunburnt town”), with its line “who most rules within you, O city, is the people”….
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[anyplayer:url=http://cdn.rt.com/files/news/bani-walid-gas-bomb-904/id378477963f3afe7ba0a1315e11fee6f_bani-witness-web.flv type=FLV width=600 height=450] Pro-government militias intercept food, fuel and medicine and use grad rockets and gas weapons against Bani Walid, a man whose family remains in the town told RT. He claims the…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/spain-protests-parliament-crisis-942/i916929ee9a228da6b6ab4c63b49be339_00b4cf47.flv] Madrid riot police have cleared Plaza de Neptune of protesters, with about 200 officers securing the surrounding blocks. At least 60 people have been injured and 26 arrested as police used batons and rubber…
During one of the many anti-war protests that I’ve participated in, Senator Mike Gravel adapted an anti-war chant from the Vietnam War days: Hey, hey, Obama please say. How many kids did you kill today? …
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/libya-salafi-muslim-obama-098/i905061336076e79400a9c9b8de2707b9_pepe_escobar.flv] Washington’s hopes of dealing with the situation caused by a controversial film that’s sparked outrage in Muslim world are paralyzed by the looming presidential election, Pepe Escobar, Asia Times correspondent, told RT. Escobar says…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/palestine-protests-violence-economy-841/i676fd22a9bb34408ece09c9ff8892a1e_palestine2.dv.flv] Thousands of Palestinians clashed with police in protests over the economic stagnation caused by strict Israeli trade controls and a decline in Western aid. Officers fired tear gas and beat back protesters who had…
The Chinese patrol ship Haijian 46, one of the two ships which is reportedly sailing near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan or Diaoyu in China, in…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/jordan-refugee-camp-syria-932/i0f108882434bc9800d5a517965c763b8_jordan-s-refugee-camp.flv] Syrian refugees who fled violence in their country are now fighting for survival in Jordanian refugee camps, which are struggling to sustain the influx of migrants. In a recent incident, 200 refugees rioted against…
Anti-war protest comes amid growing Facebook campaign linking Israelis and Iranians; campaign leaders: We have nothing to do with the protest rally. Protest against Israeli strike on Iran, Tel Aviv, March 24, 2012. Hundreds of…
[anyplayer:url=http://cdn.rt.com/files/news/japan-protest-nuclear-plants-334/i7985a86e2dd4f3f3e8e4743581b7b8ba_00b0f9c5.flv type=FLV width=600 height=450] Thousands of activists have shown up for a protest around Japan’s parliament, demanding that the government not restart the nuclear power plants, which have been put on hold after last…