At a rally for independence in Nagaland at a notorious checkpoint, an incident sparked the women to a simple dilemma demonstration when soldiers broke up the march with live gunfire. The women at the march were mostly elders in the community and were indignant. They marched back to their villages and called the other women outside. "It's time," they announced.
Dilemma Demonstrations
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Citizen's Search and Seizure
Activists were trying to stop another so-called “free trade” agreement that supported big businesses. This time it was the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). This was in 2001 and the text of the draft treaty, the FTAA, was secret. Aside from some top government officials and 500 accredited business representatives, nobody knew what exactly was in the text – not even US senators or Canadian members of parliament.