Tuesday, October 02, 2012

When a 1000 people protest against Putin in Russia, it is front page story in the Times. This one is buried in passing and hasn't been covered by any US newpspaper

"However, both Washington and Tokyo are facing an unusually strong pushback from many of the 1.4 million residents on Okinawa, including a large demonstration and acts of civil disobedience of a sort not seen here in decades. A rally last month drew as many as 100,000 people, the largest anti-base demonstration on the island since a similar-size one that followed the rape of an Okinawan schoolgirl by three American servicemen in 1995."