Global Voices · Citizen media stories from November 2009

November, 2009

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Stories from November, 2009

21 November 2009

Taiwan: Science park expansion dispute

Recently, the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has passed a bill in favor of Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) fourth stage expansion. The construction plan has drawn the attention of ecologists...

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Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to National Emblem

Written by Sylwia Presley · Eastern & Central Europe

Sylwia Presley reviews the reactions of Polish bloggers to a recent proposal by a Polish Catholic group to include the symbol of the cross in the national coat of arms.

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20 November 2009

Poland: Online Campaigning for the Rights of Employees

Written by Sylwia Presley · Eastern & Central Europe

Sylwia Presley writes about the plight of and online campaigning by a group Polish citizens who work for IKEA via another, smaller, company called Solid Security: they claim to be earning amounts below the national minimal wage, being assigned to work up to 16 hours daily and lacking the basic benefits.

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Brazil: The loss of a pioneer digital activist

Written by Diego Casaes · Latin America

The Brazilian blogosphere is mourning today: the country has lost one of its pioneers digital activists.

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Russia: Local Authorities Slow Broadband Development

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

On November 10, activists held a rally calling for broadband Internet and protesting against Internet provider monopoly in the township of Kraskovo (Moscow region, 10 km from the Moscow beltroad). This is the first known case of a protest dedicated to the defense of the Internet rights in Russia. The event also raised the issue of the overregulatedness of the process of Internet providing in the country.

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Colombia: Tensions and ‘Winds of War' with Venezuela

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Latin America

As a result of several incidents along the border, tensions have been escalating in the last few weeks between Colombia and Venezuela, two neighboring countries which already have strained relations.

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Updates from November, 2009

26 November 2009

Pakistan

Teeth Maestro highlights the efforts of Sunshine Welfare Organization (SWO), a group of committed young activists from Karachi and Islamabad. They are trying to mobilize Pakistani youth against gender violence using ICT tools.

• Rezwan

India

Conversations with Dina criticizes the sensationalism of Indian media in the coverage of the anniversary of the Mumbai attacks: “Just because you have so much footage during the terror attacks, does it mean it is revamped and repackaged into more and more noise (don’t forget the background dhadam dhadam music!)?”

• Rezwan

India

Indian blogger Soumyadip at Cutting the Chai comments: “On this first anniversary of the 26/11 attacks, more than Kasab & Co. it is the home-bred terror, that people just refer to by other names, that pesters me.”

• Rezwan

Cuba

Cuba's Generation Y longs for “what seems to be a pipe dream for so many, when the city will not collapse because of a simple shower that falls in the tropics.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Dominica

Dominica Weekly suggests that the island's emphasis on cruise tourism may be a bit misplaced.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

The people have voted no to the proposed new constitution in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Abeni and Repeating Islands report.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

KnowTnT.com is unimpressed that tomorrow is being pegged as “a de facto holiday in Trinidad and Tobago due to CHOGM”, adding: “There's really no reason for everything to shut down for an entire day. Of course, it could simply be that the powers-that-be are dismissing the citizens of the nation more openly now.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco