Revolution
# revolution - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died
The fiery populist has died following a nearly two-year bout with cancer.
# revolution - Monday 18 February, 2013
Ecuador: President secures third term, says revolution cannot be stopped
“Nobody is going to stop this revolution. We are making history,” leftist leader Rafael Correa declared as he secured a third term in office.
# revolution - Friday 9 November, 2012
Try not to cry: New Les Miserables trailer
The Internet’s general consensus is that this is going to be one epic film.
# revolution - Monday 5 November, 2012
Suicide attack hits central Syria
Meanwhile, Syria’s main opposition group has broadened its base in the country, voting to add more women members as well as activists and local council representatives.
# revolution - Sunday 7 October, 2012
Poll open in Venezuela in tough election for Chavez
Hugo Chavez has been in power for almost 14 years – but his opponent in the presidential election is in a statistical dead heat with the president in opinion polls.
# revolution - Monday 27 August, 2012
A butcher, a barber and a policeman: meet Syria’s rebels
Butchers, barbers and students are now getting used to guns, tanks and warfare.
# revolution - Sunday 25 March, 2012
Poll: Should a statue of Che Guevara be erected in Galway?
A US politician has written to the Taoiseach urging him to stop the statue being built – but supporters of the project say the statue will commemorate Che’s Irish heritage. What do you think?
# revolution - Monday 27 February, 2012
Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba for ‘urgent’ cancer treatment
The Venezuelan leader says he will still run in October’s presidential election despite the recurrence of his illness.
# revolution - Sunday 29 January, 2012
One year on: what has the Arab Spring changed?
TheJournal.ie’s guide to how what has changed (or not) in Bahrain, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia since the uprisings.
# revolution - Sunday 22 January, 2012
Column: Revolution? Who needs it – here’s what we can do instead
History tells us a popular uprising would do us no good, writes Derry Nairn – but that doesn’t mean Irish people are powerless. Here’s what we can do…
# revolution - Sunday 15 January, 2012
UN chief says Syrian president must stop violence
Fears of all-out civil war increase as Ban says one-man rule and family dynasties are a thing of the past.
# revolution - Saturday 14 January, 2012
Tunisia marks first anniversary of Arab Spring
Tunisians are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their revolution, which sparked anti-government protests across the Arab world.
# revolution - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Women (slightly) more likely to “neglect” their cars, says AA
That is according a new AA Rescue survey which showed that more women neglect “simple yet important” tasks like checking tyre pressure than men – but both genders fare badly overall.
# revolution - Monday 28 November, 2011
Egypt goes to the polls – amid turmoil on the streets
The parliamentary elections are significant as it is the first time Egyptians have voted since the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak in February.
# revolution - Sunday 13 November, 2011
Syria calls for Arab summit on deepening unrest
Saturday’s raids on the Saudi and Qatari raids have been condemned while thousands of pro-regime supporters take to the streets.
# revolution - Monday 7 November, 2011
In pictures: Revolutionary Ireland 1913-1923
Major new photographic exhibition shows the bloody reality of life in Ireland from the 1913 Lockout to the tortured birth of the Republic.
# revolution - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Cuba to allow citizens to buy and sell property
The move is part of a series of free-market changes introduced by Raul Castro since he took over from Fidel.
# revolution - Wednesday 27 July, 2011
Europe’s elite looking to break with FIFA
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Chief Executive of Bayern Munich and head of the European Club Association, has called for a “revolution” against FIFA “corruption”.
# revolution - Saturday 14 May, 2011
Bob Dylan denies Chinese authorities vetted his songs
The singer claims the Chinese authorities did not censor his setlist – after he was criticised for not playing his iconic 1960s-era protest songs during performances in Beijing and Shanghai.
# revolution - Tuesday 22 February, 2011
Gaddafi refuses to resign – and says he will die a martyr if necessary
Translators struggle to make sense of his speech to supporters in Tripoli.
Egyptian man names daughter ‘Facebook’
A man has called his baby girl ‘Facebook’ to honour the social networking site that was used to spread word about the country’s revolutionary demonstrations.
# revolution - Tuesday 18 January, 2011
Resignations shake Tunisian government as spirit of protest spreads
Tunisia is in chaos today, with four newly-elected ministers resigning and the ‘Jasmine Revolution’ showing no signs of abating – the drive for change also appears to be spreading, with protests breaking out on the streets in Egypt and Yemen.
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