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 | | The Democracy Wall movement activists were silenced, and the rights to publish, speak, associate, and assemble freely guaranteed in the constitution were treated as criminal acts. | | | Although the Democracy Wall activists employed the same methods of wall posters, pamphlets, open debates and establishing their own networks, that they had used when Mao summoned them to rebel against authority in the Cultural Revolution, their goals were different. | | | Several of the participants in the Democracy Wall movement joined the 1986 movement for political rights, which started at the University of Science and Technology in Anhui and moved up the coast until it was suppressed when it sought to enter Tiananmen Square, the symbolic center of political authority in China. |
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http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~asiactr/haq/199903/9903a007.htm
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| | Social democracy betrayed, by Ignacio Ramonet |
| | Social democracy won the intellectual battle after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. | | | How could the social democrat leaders, heirs to Jean Jaurès and a long tradition of respect for international law, yield to pressure from Washington and embark on a military escapade that has not a shred of international legitimacy? | | | Mr Solana is supported in this decision principally by the French, German, Italian and UK heads of government, Lionel Jospin, Gerhard Schröder, Massimo d’Alema and Tony Blair- all four of them eminent proponents of social democracy in Europe. |
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http://mondediplo.com/1999/04/01leader
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| | Down With Democracy Says CCP |
| | Qin served seven years in prison for his participation in the Democracy Wall Movement and three years in Reeducation Through Labor for his participation in drafting the Peace Charter. | | | Qin Yongmin, activist and author, was arrested on November 30, 1998 for "endangering state security." Chinese officials claimed that his role in preparing for the establishment of the China Democracy Party "breached the relevant provisions of China's criminal laws." His trial is scheduled for December 17, 1998. | | | Xu Wenli, 55, was arrested on November 30, 1998 for "endangering state security" in connection with his efforts to officially establish the China Democracy Party. |
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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7288/verdicts.htm
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| | Human Rights Chronology: China , Hong Kong, Tibet (April-June 1998) |
| | Qin served a seven-year term in connection with the Democracy Wall movement (1979-81) and a two-year reeducation term in 1994-95. | | | The group included China Democracy Party founder Wang Youcai; Li Li, a dissident based in Spain; Huang Heqing, and Chen Guangming, Wang Ce, who left China in 1983 to pursue a doctorate in political science, is chair of the overseas Chinese Liberal Democratic Party-Alliance for a Democratic China. | | | In an effort to ensure stability, Party authorities have told the media to steer clear of discussing political reform or drafts of a proposed journalism law which originally was intended to lessen censorship. |
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http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/china-98/chron398.htm
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| | FT November 2004: The Public Square |
| | Jewish organizations treated all the questions of religion and democracy as if they were legal ones that could be solved by heightening the wall of separation or advocating for free exercise, so long as that exercise did not undermine the almighty wall. | | | The results of this lack of restraint are evident today in the way that judicial decisions have short-circuited democracy, fostered polarization, and weakened the system’s legitimacy. | | | Liberal, as opposed to majoritarian, democracy is grounded on the idea that there should be limits on the ability of majorities to enact policy, and that those limits have to do with preserving space for the conscientious beliefs of individuals and minority groups. |
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http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0411/symposium.html
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| | Washingtonpost.com: China Special Report |
| | The former electrician at the Beijing Zoo was first jailed in 1979 for advocating democratic reform during the short-lived Democracy Wall movement. | | | Wei told his audience today not to be discouraged by the weakened Chinese democracy movement. | | | NEW YORK, Nov. 21China's most prominent dissident, Wei Jingsheng, today embarked on his new role as China's most prominent exile by embracing his freedom after 18 years in prison and promising to press the cause of democracy for 1.2 billion Chinese. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/china/stories/wei1197.htm
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| | MyDD :: Democracy Corps Polling Memo |
| | This ought to be the Democrats' moment, as the president's Social Security proposal crashes against the wall of the public's deep doubts. | | | the democrats stand for nothing anymore, the republicans stand for deficits, war, democracy, anti-gay pro family and probably the eventual destruction of this country, but they have a message. | | | In the latest Democracy Corps poll, the public's esteem for Republicans, including the Republican Congress, moved even further above the Democrats, despite the crash of Bush's signature policy initiative and grave doubts about the wisdom of Iraq and Bush's economic policies. |
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http://liza.mydd.com/story/2005/3/2/181129/2118
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| | BrothersJudd.com - Review of Robert Kraynak's Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World |
| | The legislative and judicial bodies of the modern democratic state need to lower the wall separating church and state in order | | | This is the case because it is Christianity that provides the entire moral foundation upon which democracy is perilously perched. | | | He takes note of the triumphalism with which liberal democracy has been proclaimed the end form of human government, and of the fact that even conservatism and Christianity have more or less embraced this notion, despite a long tradition of skepticism towards democracy on the part of conservatives in general and the Church in particular. |
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http://www.brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/1002
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| | German 1125 |
| | The demonstrators shout "We are the people!" (Wir sind das Volk) and "Democracy Now!" (Demokratie jetzt!) Under the pressure of the protests of the people, Erich Honecker, the GDR head of the state, resigns as do the council of Ministers and the SED politburo. | | | Berlin Wall was built by East Germany to stem the tide of East Germans fleeing to the West. | | | When asked whether "short notice" meant "now," or "for any reason, "Schabowski responds in the affirmative without checking first with his superiors. |
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http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/German/German1125/Div-Unity.htm
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| | China: Nipped In The Bud - Background |
| | Democracy Wall was a nondescript stone structure in central Beijing on which people started putting up posters criticizing the Cultural Revolution. | | | Xu Wenli, one of the most prominent, had been sentenced to fifteen years in prison in 1981 for his defense of democracy, and other leading CDP members had been active in the 1989 democracy movement. | | | As a member of the United Nations, China is obliged to uphold the principles of the Universal Declaration. |
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http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/china/china009-01.htm
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| | Social democracy betrayed, by Ignacio Ramonet |
| | Social democracy won the intellectual battle after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. | | | Mr Solana is supported in this decision principally by the French, German, Italian and UK heads of government, Lionel Jospin, Gerhard Schröder, Massimo d’Alema and Tony Blair - all four of them eminent proponents of social democracy in Europe. | | | For social democracy, which holds undisputed sway in all the major countries of Europe, politics means economics, economics means finance, and finance means the markets. |
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http://mondediplo.com/1999/04/01leader
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| | Chinese Democracy |
| | Given this long and tortuous history of democracy in China, and the numerous connotations and layers of meaning associated with the term "minzhu", when the term appeared on wall posters again in 1989, it was sometimes used less for its intrinsic meaning than for its ability to link present concerns with those of the past. | | | This action sparked a pro-democracy movement that quickly moved beyond the limits of what Deng and other party officials felt was gradual, Party-led social re-education. | | | Out of the cacophony of cries for democracy and reform in 1978 and 1979, the loudest and most radical was that of Wei Jingsheng, a Beijing electrician and son of two high-ranking Party officials. |
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http://www.tsquare.tv/themes/essay.html
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| | Chinese Democracy |
| | Given this long and tortuous history of democracy in China, and the numerous connotations and layers of meaning associated with the term "minzhu", when the term appeared on wall posters again in 1989, it was sometimes used less for its intrinsic meaning than for its ability to link present concerns with those of the past. | | | This action sparked a pro-democracy movement that quickly moved beyond the limits of what Deng and other party officials felt was gradual, Party-led social re-education. | | | Out of the cacophony of cries for democracy and reform in 1978 and 1979, the loudest and most radical was that of Wei Jingsheng, a Beijing electrician and son of two high-ranking Party officials. |
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| | Scoop: 1 Million Withdraw From Chinese Communist Party |
| | Just fifteen years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a massive movement for democracy and freedom has emerged in China and its momentum is shocking the world. | | | This will indeed be a milestone in our history that can be compared with the fall of the Berlin Wall. | | | Maori Party - Turia: What is Rongoa Practice? |
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00274.htm
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| | Teaching Political Science: American Political Science Association (APSA) |
| | "Big Business: Aside From Being a Movement, the PLO is a Financial Giant." The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 1986. | | | Political Dissent: An International Guide to Extra-Parliamentary Guerrilla and Illegal Political Movements. | | | Friedlander, Robert A. "Terrorism and National Lineration Movements: Can Rights Derive From Wrongs?" Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. |
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| | BrainStream: Mr. Kerry, Tear Down this Wall! |
| | Kerry, during the convention have the ones responsible for erecting this contraption tear it down, this wall, this slap in the face of our Constitutional Rights, to Free Speech, to Gather, to Raise our Voices, in OUR own land. | | | Ironically, the United States considered the Berlin Wall as the centerpiece of the Soviet oppression present in East Germany during the Cold War. | | | These series of walls came to be known as the "Berlin Wall", and became a black mark in history, noting the Berlin Wall as a structure of oppression. |
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http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/000309.html
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| | KENYA'S UNFINISHED DEMOCRACY: |
| | It was not until the end of the 1980s and the collapse of the Berlin Wall that foreign donors began to take a greater interest in democracy in Kenya and started funding local human rights and pro-democracy groups. | | | Shortly before the 1992 election, numerous opposition parties emerged, the largest and best organized of which was the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD). | | | In addition, the president's tenure was limited to two terms, meaning that even if Moi won the next two elections, he would be required by law to step down in 2002. |
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http://www.humanrightswatch.net/reports/2002/kenya2/Kenya1202-01.htm
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| | Yale College Students for Democracy |
| | Yale College Students for Democracy held a “Support the Troops” rally in Yale’s Hewitt Quadrangle (121 Wall Street) on March 26. | | | Yale College Students for Democracy hosted Zainab Al-Suwaij, former Iraqi Dissident and current president of the American Islamic Congress, on April 1st. | | | Woolsey spoke about the need to defend democracy and democratic values in the face of terrorist threats. |
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| | Democracy in China - 1989 Tiananmen Demonstration Timeline - tian22.htm |
| | April 15: the death of disgraced secretary general of the Communist Party (CCP) Hu Yaobang, who was toppled from power two years earlier for failing to curb small-scale democracy protests. | | | Upon his death, wall posters began appearing immediately on university campuses. | | | May 5: CCP party secretary Zhao Ziyang indicates a willingness to hold a dialogue with the students. |
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http://www.geocities.com/dredeyedick/tian22.htm
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| | Grassroots: Democracy Wall |
| | Selected contributions will be periodically updated on the Democracy Wall below. | | | Last September, George Bush launched the war on terrorism with the warning: "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists." This stifling of public dissent threatens the very democracy we are trying to protect. | | | The U.S. is at a crossroads: open debate that encourages diverse and opposing points of view is of critical importance at this time. |
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http://www.grassrootsonline.org/rethink/yrwall.html
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| | Reporters sans frontières - China |
| | He took part in the democracy wall movement in 1979 and founded the magazine Beijing Youth, which was subsequently banned. | | | He helped found the China Democracy Party, also outlawed, and was detained several times for his political activities. | | | He lost his job with the Social Sciences Academy after standing as a candidate in local elections in 1990. |
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http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8244
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| | Democracy |
| | Democracy Wall Movement Democracy Wall was a communist party system were being criticized along with past mistakes and l... | | | Anticipatory democracy Anticipatory democracy is a theory of technocracy. | | | Democracy for America Democracy for America is a Democratic Party by encouraging members of the public to involve themse... |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/democracy.html
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| | List of walls: Encyclopedia topic |
| | Democracy Wall (Democracy Wall: democracy wall was a wall in the xidan district in beijing.... | | | Byker Wall (Byker Wall: the byker wall is the name given to a long unbroken block of 620 maisonettes in the byker... | | | Hadrian's Wall (Hadrian's Wall: hadrians wall (in latin: valens hadriani) was a stone and turf fortification,... |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/list_of_walls
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| | WEI JINGSHENG |
| | This was "The Fifth Modernization-Democracy," signed with the pen-name Wei Jingsheng was to use throughout the Democracy Wall movement, Jin Sheng (golden voice). | | | But as Democracy Wall activists began to go beyond the limited role he had envisaged for them and to criticize China's whole political system, Deng began to reconsider this alliance of convenience. | | | His first visit filled him with inspiration: in a single night he wrote his celebrated essay, "The Fifth Modernization-Democracy." With virtually no revisions, it was posted on Democracy Wall by a friend at 2 o'clock in the morning of December 5, 1978. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/democracy.html
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| | XVth EACS-Conference - Abstracts - Section D: Modern History and Society |
| | The findings indicate that the public image of the individual participants used in the justification of the Democracy Wall Movement was closely connected to the modes of self-perception and its public display that had been dominant during the Cultural Revolution and belonged to the longer Chinese communist folklore of revolutionary heroism. | | | Thus far, most Western research made on the Movement has concentrated on the nature of democratic reforms the Movement’s activists were proposing and emphasised the influence liberal democratic ideas had in the Democracy Wall Movement. | | | The Democracy Wall Movement in Beijing 1978-1980 is generally regarded as the starting point of the contemporary mainland Chinese democracy movement. |
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| | The Epoch Times High Level Internal Tension: Hu Jintao Introduces "Message Board Democracy" |
| | In 1979, Deng Xiaoping successfully used the Xidan Wall of Democracy as a medium for the fight for democracy and human rights, and to bring down Huang Guofeng, then Chinese premier, who was also the president of the Central Military Committee and the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. | | | Today, Internet message boards and other internet websites, which are frequently used by Chinese democracy advocates and intellectuals to display opinions and criticisms against the existing government, may play a role in influencing change in today's Chinese government. | | | ( Editors note: The Xidan Wall of Democracy was a wall in the Xidan District in Beijing where activists were encouraged to post criticism of the existing government. |
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| | The Democracy Wall movement activists were silenced, and the rights to publish, speak, associate, and assemble freely guaranteed in the constitution were treated as criminal acts. | | | Although the Democracy Wall activists employed the same methods of wall posters, pamphlets, open debates and establishing their own networks, that they had used when Mao summoned them to rebel against authority in the Cultural Revolution, their goals were different. | | | Several of the participants in the Democracy Wall movement joined the 1986 movement for political rights, which started at the University of Science and Technology in Anhui and moved up the coast until it was suppressed when it sought to enter Tiananmen Square, the symbolic center of political authority in China. |
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http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~asiactr/haq/199903/9903a007.htm
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| | WEI JINGSHENG |
| | This was "The Fifth Modernization-Democracy," signed with the pen-name Wei Jingsheng was to use throughout the Democracy Wall movement, Jin Sheng (golden voice). | | | His first visit filled him with inspiration: in a single night he wrote his celebrated essay, "The Fifth Modernization-Democracy." With virtually no revisions, it was posted on Democracy Wall by a friend at 2 o'clock in the morning of December 5, 1978. | | | In the spirit of China's first unorchestrated, large-scale protests since 1949, the April Fifth Movement, the Democracy Wall movement let loose a flood of new and previously taboo ideas, creating the only sustained, spontaneous, critical political discussion the People's Republic had known. |
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| | Israel / Palestine Photos : Separation Wall Security wall photo Security Fence Barrier Photo Photo Gallery by Eyal Dor-Ofer at pbase.com |
| | The german democratic republic build this wall as "Antifaschistischer Schutzwall" to protect itself and the its people gainst the democracy, free trade and capitalisme,... | | | The wall is ugly and evoke negative emotions when people look at it and its consequences but let us not forget why the people of Israel demanded that their government will put a barrier: to prevent suicide bombers from killing Israeli civilians. | | | This "wall" cuts the Palestinians off from their paltry jobs at slaves to the Israelis, their land for food, and medical service. |
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