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Dissent Defined
A judge's disagreement with the majority opinion of a court. Appellate court cases are heard by a panel of judges, which can vary in number depending on the jurisdiction. A judge who disagrees with a majority’s ruling will often write a dissenting opinion explaining his or her reason for disagreement.
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Sun Jul 5
- Dissent Magazine
- Clashes as Zelaya attempts return: A child has been killed and several people injured at the airport in the Honduran capital as security forces clashed with supporters anticipating the return of Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president. Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez, reporting from the airport in Tegucigalpa, said a child around 10-12-years-ol d had been killed and several people injured as troops used what appeared to be live bullets against protesters. Honduran emergency services confirmed on Sunday that a child had been killed and a Red Cross spokesman said it was treating about 30 people for injuries.
Fri Jul 3
Thu Jul 2
- Tomgram: Dahr Jamail, A Secret History of Dissent in the All-Volunteer Military: The All-Volunteer Force (AVF) exists for a reason captured in a study by Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., author of the "definiti ve history of the Marine Corps," published in Armed Forces Journal in 1971. The U.S. military in Vietnam was at that moment at the edge of chaos. As Colonel Heinl put it, it was experiencing "widespre ad conditions... that have only been exceeded in this century by the French Army's Nivelle mutinies of 1917 and the collapse of the Tsarist armies [of Russia] in 1916 and 1917."
Mon Jun 29
- Activists Use U.S. Tech to Poke Holes in Iran Firewall (Updated) | Danger Room | Wired.com: Tehran's demonstrators rose up by themselves. But the technology that helped them organize -- and helped them connect with the rest of the planet -- was funded
- Op-Ed Columnist - Betraying the Planet - NYTimes.com: Denying global warming a form of treason.
- The Technology Keeping Information Flowing in Iran
- Dissident Voice : Who?s A Low Level Terrorist? Are You?
Sun Jun 28
- Honduras under curfew after coup: Roberto Micheletti, the parliamentary speaker until Sunday when he was sworn in as Zelaya's replacement, told a news conference that the curfew would run from 9pm (03:00 GMT) to 6am on Sunday and Monday...The protesters were calling for the reinstatement of Zelaya, who was taken by soldiers from his home while still in his pyjamas on Sunday, and sent to Costa Rica after he tried to carry out a referendum to extend his term in office.
- Ahmadinejad?s Backers Appear to Be Prevailing in Iran - NYTimes.com
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