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Occupy Wall Street User Manual--Part 1

Knowledge is power.

(Calgary, Alberta) - In the 19th century, history was largely explained by The Great Man Theory , the paradigm that history was made and driven by extraordinary individuals who, through either charisma, intelligence, wisdom, or Machiavellian skills, expressed their power in a way that had a decisive impact on the flow of history.

Herbert Spencer, the 19th century Father of Sociology, rejected this idea, saying that such “great” men are really the products of their social milieu, and that their actions would be impossible outside their social environment.

INDIA: Police Torture and Retaliation

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - An Indian citizen named Abdul Karim Molla, son of Mr. Yunus Molla, made the 'criminal' mistake of bribing a soldier so he could smuggle two pieces of leather across the Pakistan border.

An officer unexpectedly arrived when the soldier was preparing to let Karim cross the border. Unaware of what he should do, the soldier began beating Karim.

MYANMAR: Demand Open Trial, Retrial and Dropping of Contempt Proceedings Against Phyo Wai Aung

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - Myanmar police falsely accuse a young man named Phyo Wai Aung of conducting a bombing at the traditional New Year festival during 2010.

The case has seen multitudinous miscarriages of justice throughout the investigation and trial proceedings.

PAKISTAN: Young Woman Released After a Year of Assault, Abuse and Rape

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - After moving to Karachi to earn money and support her ailing father, a 19-year old woman was abducted by a perpetrator and raped by 10-15 men every week, for a year, and then she was then sold off to a pimp.

The most appalling aspect is a witness report, that 11-12 woman are currently being held against their will by the same, named perpetrator...

Morocco: Rescind ban on Le Nouvel Observateur and Le Pèlerin

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - The banning of the French weeklies violates the right of Moroccans to read – or not to read — publications of their choosing...

Our goal with Eye on the World is to illustrate and highlight politically oriented problems and tragedies that traditional media channels don't have time or interest in covering.

CHINA: Public Frustration Over Denial of Basic Rights and Freedoms, Magnified by a Lack of Rule of Law

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(SAYDABAD, Bangladesh) - Public frustration in China over the government’s denial of basic rights and freedoms, magnified by a lack of rule of law....

Our goal with Eye on the World is to illustrate and highlight politically oriented problems and tragedies that traditional media channels don't have time or interest in covering.

Indonesia: Young Man Dies Suspiciously in Custody

Salem-News.com Eye on the World Report.

(JAKARTA) - A young man dies in police custody, in Indonesia; his brutalized body is recovered by his family with clear signs of torture and abuse...

Our goal with Eye on the World is to illustrate and highlight politically oriented problems and tragedies that traditional media channels don't have time or interest in covering.

There`s nothing wrong with America that a new Constitution won`t fix

A visitor to earth, watching the 192 UN member states march into the future, might well say: "Look! Everyone is out of step, but the United States."

(Calgary, Alberta) - To the end of his life, Albert Einstein's best friend at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton was the mathematician and logician Kurt Godel.

In 1947, when Godel was about to go through his citizenship hearing, he revealed to Einstein and economist Oskar Morgenstern, that he had discovered flaws in the Constitution that would make it possible for the U.S. to become a dictatorship.

The Abu Salim Massacre: Cables on Libya`s Continued Impunity for 1996 Killings

Wondering how this all came about? The Libyan people are done with corruption.

(LOS ANGELES) - Two days ahead of calls to protest the Gaddafi regime in a “Day of Rage” on February 17, members of the Committee of the Families of the Victims of the Abu Salim Massacre came out to protest.

Libyan attorney and human rights activist Fathi Terbil, who represents families that had family members massacred in mass prison killings that took place at the Abu Salim prison in 1996, was arrested. Terbil’s arrest led to an eruption of protests ahead of the planned “Day of Rage”.

Tens of Thousands Protest in Egypt Against Tyranny

Egyptian cries for freedom reverberated around the world

(SALEM, Ore.) - This was a historical day for Egypt. Officially a national holiday, "Police Day" was redubbed Egypt's "Day of Revolution", celebrated with the first anti-government protests of this magnitude in decades.

Partially inspired by Tunisia's uprising, thousands showed their strength by marching against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, facing down police and enduring predictable clashes.