Global Voices · Citizen media stories from December 2010

December, 2010

Monthly archive · 158 posts

Stories from December, 2010

15 December 2010

Russia: Studying Online Mobilization of the Manezh Riots

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Recent riots on Manezhnaya Square next to the Kremlin showed that Russian soccer fans have become a powerful community who can mobilize thousands very quickly around an event. Last week,...

· 4

· read »

Demotix and Global Voices join forces

Written by Solana Larsen · United Kingdom

This week we're announcing a new partnership between Global Voices and Demotix - the award-winning citizen photojournalism platform. Wherever it makes sense, we will use their images, and they will use our text.

· 1

· read »

Brazil: Key player at COP 16 but bad example at home?

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

In Cancún, there is great deal of expectation towards the Brazilian delegation. Meanwhile, back in Brazil, the new Forestry Code proposal suddenly made its way back to the National Congress end of year voting agenda.

· 2

· read »

Bahrain: Much Ado About An Ad That Says Nothing!

Written by Dareen Al Saad · Middle East & North Africa

The short film, INFINITY, that had almost half a million viewers in two weeks and was supposed to be an advertisement for a telecommunication company in Bahrain says nothing about them! Beyond the wonderful illusion of play and adventure, lies turbulence where services and products are undermined, and a lack of credibility prevails, say netizens.

· read »

Israel: The Land of Fire and Ice

Written by Nicole Hyman · Middle East & North Africa

Severe winter storms hit most of Israel this week with strong winds, rain and snowstorms causing country-wide havoc. In the North, the Hermon Mountain was blanketed with more snow than the country has seen in 20 years. This happened days after the Carmel region was devastated by forest fires which left 43 dead and caused damage estimated at between 100-120 million Shekels.

· read »

Azerbaijan: Hijab ban introduced in schools

Written by Aygun Janmammadova · Central Asia & Caucasus

Last week hundreds of protesters staged a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education in Baku, Azerbaijan, expressing their outrage against new regulations banning the wearing of hijabs in schools. Bloggers react.

· 3

· read »

Updates from December, 2010

27 December 2010

South Africa

Meeting the needs of ordinary people is key to success in tech industry in Africa: “In fact, you can take this one step further. Almost any meaningful success in Africa’s mobile or web space has been from companies focused on meeting the needs of ordinary people.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

Solomon posts a documentary looking at Nigeria's history and particularly its' colonial history. The footage belongs to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Sri Lanka

D.B.S. Jeyaraj highlights J.L. Devananda's take on political Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Devananda opines: “due to the influence of the Mahavamsa (scripture), a Buddhist Bikkhu (monk) is at liberty to engage in racist politics and promote Sinhala-Buddhist chauvinism and hatred.

• Rezwan

Nigeria

An update on the proposed sale of stolen masks from Nigeria: “Many thanks to all MyWeku readers and the 3000+ Members of the Connoisseurs of Contemporary African Art group who signed the online petition, tweeted and shared the planned sale of the “Queen of Idia” mask on various social media sites. Victory is yours!”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Pakistan

Jehan Ara at In The Line Of War informs that this year the “Take Back the Tech” Pakistan team participated in a street protest to speak up against domestic violence.

• Rezwan

Bolivia

Greg Weeks from Two Weeks Notice writes: “The Bolivian government drastically increased taxes on fuel, by over 70%. It did so for rational capitalist reasons, namely that higher prices in neighboring countries had fostered a thriving black market. However, the official reasoning leaves something to be desired”

• Silvia Viñas

China: Tibet Burns, But Where Are the Chinese Public Intellectuals?

I think the reason it stuck with me is that I was fired from my first real job--teaching at a...

According to the detailed description I would have every blood type... o_Ô

Hi Christa, Thank you for sharing the good news. I am glad that at least one battle has been won by...
Help us bring international visibility to this issue. Please read and share the following link regarding Vila Autódromo's recent win...