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Dialogue: New Tactics for Pakistan
What is going on in Pakistan?
Admittedly, I don’t know much about the politics of Pakistan, but I thought I had a fairly basic idea of it. I’d read about Bhutto in the news lately, and admired her bravery and the positive example she’s setting for women in the country. I also thought I knew the basics about Musharraf: democratic, more stable, and an ally of the U.S.
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Dialogue: Reduce repression with self-accreditation
Columbus Igboanusi did not come to Slovakia from his native Nigeria to
set up an antiracist human rights organization. “I didn't understand
racism then. I hadn't experienced it in my country,” he says. That
changed the day he was assaulted and badly beaten by racist skinheads.
After hearing his experience was not unique among other African
students, he formed an organization of African students against racism.
That's when another reality hit him.
photo: cc Anosmia
What's this?notebook: Plan B
"Plan B" describes the tactic that Otpor!, a student movement in Serbia, used to break through the governments reign of fear and encourage activists not to be afraid. They accomplished this by turning government arrests of demonstrators into public spectacles that illustrated the governments repressive regime and turned the arrested into public heroes.
notebook: I'll Walk Beside You
In this notebook we learn about the the process of creating 'briefers' to accompany victims during the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). These 'briefers' aided victims before, during, and after they testified by providing psychosocial support and legal support.
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