http://www.diatribune.com/democratic-movements-terrorism Comments for "democratic movements as terrorism" en http://www.diatribune.com/democratic-movements-terrorism <p>The <a href="http://www.mdczw.org/">Movement for Democratic Change</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Democratic_Change">MDC</a>) is the Zimbabwean political party focused on promoting democracy in a country where it has become very dangerous to associate with politics. Formed as an opposition party to the Zimbabwean African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), which is led by current President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a>, the MDC brings together a number of civil society groups. The MDC is now labeled as a terrorist organization by Mugabe's government, political activists are regularly beaten and arrested, and known members of the MDC disappear. The MDC <a href="http://www.mdczw.org/">front webpage</a> tells of three recent deaths of people closely affiliated with the MDC. The site notes that this is becoming an all too common. </p> <p><a href="http://www.diatribune.com/democratic-movements-terrorism">read more</a></p> http://www.diatribune.com/democratic-movements-terrorism#comments Africa Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:59:42 -0700 scoutbanana 2795 at http://www.diatribune.com