[news] CKUT Radio: Lebanon - Elections, Direct Action & Democracy....

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By Stephan Christoff | CKUT Radio Listen to an interview with Lokman Sleem an activist based in Beirut Lebanon and co-founder of "Hayya Bina!". During Lebanon's recent Parliamentary elections, "Hayya Bina!", which translates from Arabic to "Let's Go!", organized a campaign of direct action, which called on people to vote with spoiled ballots in protest of Lebanon's sectarian political system. The spoiled ballots, which were cast simply read, 64 Muslim MP's plus 64 Christian MP's, equals zero Lebanese MP's.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/10/65758/3518