Global Voices · Citizen media stories from November 2011

November, 2011

Monthly archive · 197 posts

Stories from November, 2011

12 November 2011

Italy/Tunisia: Migrants' Opinions of the Arab Spring

Written by Davide Galati · Translated by Ciara Nugent · Tunisia, Egypt

A documentary film, #Revolution, featuring the voices of some African immigrants living in Italy will be part of "Immaginafrica", a festival dedicated to African film-making organised by the University of Padua, Italy.

· 1

· read »

Egypt: Feminist Publishes Nude Photograph to “Express her Freedom”

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

An Egyptian feminist posted her nude photograph on the internet to express her freedom. Netizens react to the move in this post by Tarek Amr.

· 12

· read »

Tunisia: Police Violently Disperse Anti-Capitalism Protesters

Written by Afef Abrougui · Middle East & North Africa

On November 11, anti-capitalism protesters took to the streets of Tunisia, as part of a global movement called ''Occupy the World on 11.11.11.'' Police used baton, and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the capital Tunis, causing an outcry among netizens.

· read »

11 November 2011

Mexico: Netizens React to Death of Interior Secretary

Written by Andrea Arzaba · Latin America

Fernando Blake Mora, Mexico’s Interior Minister, died today -November 11- in a helicopter crash. Twitter users immediately began discussing the accident, and in a few hours #BlakeMora and 'Secretario de Gobernación' became worldwide trending topics.

· 2

· read »

Yemen: Taiz is Bleeding while the UN Envoy is in Sanaa

Written by Noon Arabia · Middle East & North Africa

Yesterday's arrival of the UN envoy Bin Omar to Sanaa didn't seem to deter president Ali Abdullah Saleh or his forces from defiantly committing more violence and atrocities in Taiz. The continuous and random shelling by Saleh forces on Taiz's residential areas has caused many deaths and injuries to civilians and destruction of many homes. Noon Arabia takes us to the heart of the suffering of Yemenis in this post.

· read »

Peru: Farmers' Strike in Andahuaylas

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

Tuesday, November 8, marked six days of a farmers' strike protesting mining activity in the area in Andahuaylas, in the Apurímac region of Peru. Netizens are reporting through Twitter as the strike continues.

· read »

Updates from November, 2011

22 November 2011

Ghana

Christine M. Rose, an actor and visual artist from upstate New York, writes about her trip to a Ghanaian village: “They were literally the nicest people on earth…They literally fed, clothed, and sheltered me with no expectation of recompense.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

U.S.A.

The 1 of 7 Billion Short Film Competition is open to submissions for videos exploring one of the seven issues targeted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 7 Billion Actions initiative. Global Voices Online has been writing about the different actions that individuals and small organizations have been taking to improve the lives of their communities.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Mexico

Richard Boren in the blog Border Wars shows that there's a lot more to Ciudad Juárez than the violence portrayed in the media. “The city is becoming increasingly more isolated from the world. […] The collateral damage from Juarez's one-sided portrait in the media is enormous, and one of the saddest aspects are those who become too afraid to visit their neighbor,” he writes.

• Silvia Viñas

Guatemala

“According to official statistics, seven hundred women have been murdered so far this year in Guatemala (see here and here). According to CONAPREVI, 838 women were murdered in 2010. Therefore, if women continue to be killed at the same rate in November and December as they have been all year (an average of 70 per month), the number of victims this year will be nearly identically to last year's numbers (840).” Mike reports in Central American Politics.

• Silvia Viñas

Colombia

After participating in the ‘Bogotá Graffiti Tour‘, blogger Vicki Kellaway from the Banna Skin Flip Flops writes about the “other” street art in Bogotá, “the kind that’s moulding and rusting away as we speak. Yes, I’m talking about sculpture and, for that matter, statues. When was the last time you noticed any?”

• Silvia Viñas

China

He Bing posted a set of photos comparing China with other countries. Archer Wang from Ministry of Tofu explained the context of the comparison.

• Oiwan Lam

21 November 2011

Iran

Iranian judiciary officials raided, government's official newspapers' building and tired to arrest Ali Akbar Javanfekr,top aide to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Monday.Here is a film showing this attack in You Tube.

• Fred Petrossian

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...