December 2011
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Watch“Ever since the company Reñaca Concón S.A. (Reconsa) started its efforts to build a real-state complex on the delicate and unique ecosystem of the Concon Dunes neighbors began their struggle to prevent this development. On December 27, 2011, their worst nightmare became a reality: the construction company began erecting a fence around the protected area.”
Read English article:...
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12 Predictions for Africa’s Tech Scene in 2012 →
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A Radical Solution For Global Poverty: Open...
“Various experts postulate that extreme poverty isn’t inevitable. The most radical solution to drastically reducing global poverty would be, for many economic experts, opening the borders between countries and allowing workers to migrate where labor is most needed.”
Read original article
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Watch‘Titan Kids’ is a documentary about the kids of Titanzinho, a slum in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil.
The birthplace of professional surfers, surfing is perceived as hope in the face of “drugs, prostitution, and extreme violence”.
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The 'At Risk' Blogger's Contingency Plan
In 2011, we have witnessed the incredible power of bloggers and social media users capturing the world’s attention through their activism. At the same time, regimes appear to be quickening the pace of their cat-and-mouse game with netizens.
Aware of the threats to their safety, bloggers often devise contingency plans in the event they are detained.
EFF together with Global Voices Advocacy have...
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Watch2011 has been an extraordinary year for online content.
Global Voices has been there as revolutions happened, dictatorships fell, and network effects rippled through the cities and neighborhoods of our contributors reporting from around the world.
You can help our 530 authors do even more in 2012: globalvoicesonline.org/donate
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Pictures of China’s Abandoned Disneyland Copycat →
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Looking for the Perfect Gift for a Citizen Media...
Donate $25 USD or more, and we will send you our new poster that shows the “attentive clusters” between Global Voices and the most intriguing conversations of 2011. We are printing a very small number of posters only available through the link above.
This keepsake poster is an excellent gift for everyone who cares about the future of citizen media.
Thank you for supporting Global Voices!
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Watch“Hitch Hike” is a 53-min documentary by Palash Davé about the British writer Christopher Hitchens’ 1999 U.S. tour promoting his book about Bill Clinton (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).
Hitchens died yesterday.
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“North Korea has issued a warning to South Korea over lighting up of Christmas...”
– North Korea Warns South Over Lighting of Christmas Trees
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Online Piracy Laws Must Preserve Web Freedom
“One year ago, a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire, igniting a storm of protest that toppled his country’s oppressive government in less than a month. The anger swiftly spread, as activists and bloggers, organizing through social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, set off a season of revolution that is still shaking the Arab world. Yet as the first anniversary...
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WatchBloggingheads.tv talks to Global Voices RuNet Echo Editor Alexey Sidorenko about the Russia elections and subsequent demonstrations.
See Global Voices special coverage on Russia Elections 2011.
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“One day, your child will ask you, Papa, what were you doing when the crooks and...”
– Text from one anti-government flyer from the Russian protests (via Global Voices Advocacy)
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Activists Rescue 200 Dogs Destined for Consumption... →
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“Giving birth is not a privilege of the rich! We demand free childbirth, we...”
– Some public hospitals in Greece have refused treatment to women in labour, because they did not have the money to pay hospital advance fees of 950 euro.
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Rapa Nui People Protest as Legislation to Limit... →
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New Flattr buttons on Global Voices posts
We’ve just added a new button in our sharing pane that appears to the right of all posts on Global Voices (right underneath the Reddit button; we love you Redditors!)
The new green button is called a Flattr button, and it lets you give micro-donations to bloggers, developers, and creators of online content.
You can sign up for a Flattr account over here, and set a monthly amount you want...
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Thanks to Global Voices Volunteers on IVD 2011
It’s International Volunteer Day 2011 and Global Voices thanks its community all over the world.
Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world.
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Syria: Free Razan Ghazzawi
Syrian authorities have arrested blogger Razan Ghazzawi on the Syrian-Jordanian border today. Ghazzawi was on her way to Amman to attend a workshop on press freedom in the Arab world.
Her arrest has drawn criticism and anger from bloggers and activists around the world, who are calling for her immediate release.
- Free Razan Ghazzawi
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