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Spain: Arts Also Blossom in the Global Spring

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Netizens from Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana wonder…Is “Miss Black France” acceptable?

Netizens from Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana wonder…

Is “Miss Black France” acceptable?

Preparations are in full swing for the presidential elections in Egypt, set for May 23 and 24, 2012, with candidates’ election posters already up on the streets.

Preparations are in full swing for the presidential elections in Egypt, set for May 23 and 24, 2012, with candidates’ election posters already up on the streets.

Grace Brown, a student at New York’s School of Visual Arts, was so moved by the horrific descriptions of sexual abuse from a victim that last October she started photography project called Project Unbreakable.

Grace’s idea is using photography to help heal sexual abuse survivors by asking them to write a quote from their attacker on a poster and photographing them holding the poster. The victims can submit the images themselves or can ask the project to photograph them. 

A poster in the middle of the anti-ACTA rally in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Photo by Ruslan Trad (CC-by-SA 3.0)

A poster in the middle of the anti-ACTA rally in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Photo by Ruslan Trad (CC-by-SA 3.0)

For water and life! “Water is a treasure, that is worth more than gold”
As part of the protests against the Conga mining project in Cajamarca, which could affect headwaters and lakes, a national movement of protest and awareness-raising named “The Great Water March” has been established. The promoters explain on their Facebook page.

For water and life! “Water is a treasure, that is worth more than gold”

As part of the protests against the Conga mining project in Cajamarca, which could affect headwaters and lakes, a national movement of protest and awareness-raising named “The Great Water March” has been established. The promoters explain on their Facebook page.

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance Students Organisation recently released a controversial poster as part of their anti-racism campaign, which shows a naked mixed-race couple embracing.
The caption reads: “In OUR future, you wouldn’t look twice”

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance Students Organisation recently released a controversial poster as part of their anti-racism campaign, which shows a naked mixed-race couple embracing.

The caption reads: “In OUR future, you wouldn’t look twice”

Looking for the Perfect Gift for a Citizen Media Aficionado?

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.

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Syrian blogger Razan Ghazzawi was arrested on the Syrian-Jordanian border on 4 December, 2011.

Syrian blogger Razan Ghazzawi was arrested on the Syrian-Jordanian border on 4 December, 2011.

Why did Occupy Singapore fail?