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7 May 2012

Russia: Violence Plunges Opposition into Debate About Tactics

Written by Kevin Rothrock · Eastern & Central Europe

Yesterday, the Russian opposition's mass protests against Vladimir Putin for the first time produced mass violence. Dozens of protesters and police officers alike reported injuries, with several on each side requiring hospitalization. Why did yesterday's rally at Bolotnaia Square, the site of two previous peaceful demonstrations, end with blood spilled and Muscovites brawling?

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2 May 2012

Global Voices Podcast: Food for Thought, Food to Eat

Written by Jamillah Knowles · North America, Latin America

In this edition we explore the latest work and events in the Global Voices community. We also speak with some friends about the cross cultural elements of our lives, with a special focus on food: both food for thought, and to eat!

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Lebanon: Demotivational Humour on Facebook

Written by Thalia Rahme · Middle East & North Africa

Recently a number of Facebook pages have been started about specifically Lebanese memes. In this post Global Voices interviews the creator of a page called “Demotivational Lebanon”.

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1 May 2012

Italy: Future of News at Perugia International Journalism Festival

Written by Kasia Odrozek · Western Europe

From April 25-29, Perugia, a charming city in the Italian region of Umbria became a vibrant meeting point for media enthousiasts and journalists from all over the world, with the 2012 International Journalism Festival. Global Voices was present of course, with members discussing participation and citizen journalism - the future of the news.

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30 April 2012

A Global Voices Guide to re:publica Berlin 2012

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Western Europe

This week (May 2-4, 2012) thousands of minds will join in Berlin, Germany at an annual gathering called re:publica. A number of Global Voices community members will participate in over 200 hours of scheduled program.

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26 April 2012

Kenya: Four Young African Men Stand Up to Hollywood Stereotypes

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Sub-Saharan Africa

After watching a video featuring a 9 year old boy retelling the movie Commando, 4 young men from Kenya approached MamaHope wanting to make their own retelling of Hollywood movies: in their case, the stereotypes around how movies portray African men.

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25 April 2012

Do Arab Men Hate Women? Mona Eltahawy Faces Firestorm

Written by Solana Larsen · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy has once again sparked controversy with an article in Foreign Policy magazine entitled “Why Do They Hate Us?”, in which she argues that Arab societies are fundamentally misogynistic.

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20 April 2012

Video: Better Aid and Development Discussions Through Islam Crash Course

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · South Asia

An ongoing discussion over at the Uncultured Project has been the relationship between the lack of knowledge on what Islam is about and how aid and development organizations relate to the Muslim community. Shawn Ahmed shares a simple and short video explaining what Islam is in an attempt to pave the road to better understanding of a large group of people who could be Aid recipients.

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18 April 2012

Brazil: Aquarium Project Sparks Transparency Debate

Written by Débora Medeiros · Translated by João Miguel D. de A. Lima · Latin America

In Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in Brazil, the recent start of construction on an aquarium has prompted discussions over public resources, state government priorities and the city's future, as well as some creative forms of protest.

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6 April 2012

Global Voices Podcast: The Good and Bad of Online Campaigns

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

In this edition we have company in the voice of co-host Yazan Badran, a Global Voices author from Syria based in Japan. The topic this month is global social media campaigns: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Updates about Ideas

26 April 2012

Bulgaria

Various blogs [bg] and mainstream media [bg] were telling [bg] about a student initiative held in the capital city of Sofia on April 24. Many students and members of diverse youth organizations planted trees in the badly-maintained Studentski Grad (”Students City”), a welcome citizen initiative where the leitmotiv was “Big change begins with small steps.” The trees were planted near an abandonned building that has been refurbished by student volunteers who'd like to transform it into a Student center.

• Rayna St.

17 April 2012

Saint Lucia

Caribbean Book Blog publishes a review of blogger Andre Bagoo's first book of poetry: “One [has] to have ample amounts of time and quiet to properly ponder and appreciate the complexity of ideals, both subtle and raw, that are presented within.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

10 April 2012

Trinidad & Tobago

West Indian Mother blogs about play as a path to productivity.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

9 April 2012

Greece

Following the serious injury of photojournalist Marios Lolos at Thursday evening's demonstrations in Athens, Greece, in memory of 77-year-old #Dimitris_Christoulas who committed suicide in Syntagma Square on April 4, Greek netizens have been posting the names of people who have suffered, been injured or killed by Greek police under the hashtag #police_victims.

• Veroniki Krikoni

China

Ali from Offbeat China discussed the impact of overseas Chinese students to China upon their return. The discussion in major overseas Chinese student web forums indicate that rather than the assumption that these students would be exposed to fundamental value changes and help China to develop political reform, many take advantage of the social capital stemmed from current system to better their lives.

• Oiwan Lam

7 April 2012

Spain

A religious community in Malaga, Spain have decided to forego the Easter Week processions and celebrations so they could donate the money destined for flowers and music to three families in need, saving two of them from homelessness as shown on this video by 20minutos.tv [es].

• Juliana Rincón Parra

6 April 2012

Laos

Through a workshop on Innovative Communication for Early Childhood Development, creative minds in Lao People’s Democratic Republic came together with UNICEF to generate quality media for children, as can be seen on video in Young People's Media Network's post.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

2 April 2012

Jamaica

“Yes, the crime rate and garrison communities are atrocious. Yes, the decline in public morality is a cause for concern. But there are bright spots that shine beyond Jamaica's geographical boundaries”: Diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp highlights one of them.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Guinea

Ma Guinée Plurielle wrote the following [fr] on the Salte Afrique blog : “I became downright pessimistic about the future of Guinea. When I was a little boy, I heard that yesterday was better than today but tomorrow will be alright eventually. Twenty-five years later, I am still hearing the same old song. I wonder when tomorrow will arrive and I would love to live in this inaccessible “yesterday”. Meanwhile, I gnaw on my brake living in this painful present.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

30 March 2012

Spain

Shared Vegetable Gardens (Huertos Compartidos) is a project in Spain that brings together people who wish to grow their own food but don't have the land, with landowners who may have the land but not the time to tend to them. This video [es] explains how this non-commercial system works, where food grown on these plots is not sold but only used for personal consumption.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

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