Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world. Learn why »
Global Voices manages to share the human side of the story that other news outlets cannot muster.
In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
Buy your copy through this link and support Global Voices! »
The Chinese newspaper Southern Weekend has a detailed article explaining how the Chinese government goes about censoring and controlling internet speech. EastSouthWestNorth has a full translation.
(More background at Chinadigitaltimes.)
Aleksander Boyd does some investigative blogging into the vote software company Smartmatic and concludes, it is “worrying indeed that a company with connections to the Hugo Chavez regime has been selected to run elections in a county of Chicago.”
Taran Rampersad continues his discussion of crime in Trinidad and Tobago.
Boli-Nica covers the upcoming trial of Abimael Guzman. the former leader of the Shining Path.
Jorge Gobbi, from Buenos Aires, gives his thoughts on the inadequate media coverage of Afghanistan in Argentina and around the world.
Brazilian International Affairs professor, Arthur Ituassu discusses the political crisis that has stemmed the once enthusiastic support behind president Lula da Silva.
Publius Pundit has an insanely thorough update of what is going in Ecuador by dipping into the mainstream media, bloggers, and forums.
Nice to note year after year, Bangalore Pride Parade is improving a lot. Hope next year we see some recoreded...
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...
This site is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Please read our attribution policy to learn about freely redistributing our work.
Based on the Wikipedia list of countries, details.
Next time we will be there again :)