Stories about Digital Activism from July, 2007
Blogging for social change: Interview with Jeff Msangi
Jeff Msangi is a columnist for a Tanzanian daily,Tanzania Daima. He has been a blogger since 2005. He blogs in Swahili at Harakati and in English at Proud African. His Swahili blog is mainly about development, politics and social activism. Jeff, a pragmatic optimist, strongly believes that blogging and other Internet tools can influence social change in the developing world. Jeff was interviewed recently by J. Nambiza Tungaraza.
Tunisia: Arab Youth Bloggers Network
Amin from Tunisia announces the launch of the Arab Youth Blogger portal here.
Oman Community Blog
Omani bloggers united in launching a new community blog.
Guyana: Healthy Eating
A book by Michael Pollan gets GuyaneseMark thinking about how lucky he is to be in Guyana, “where my only choice when buying produce and meat is to look at local, all-natural producers. It denies the capitalist consumer in me to search for the better price for food at the...
Russia: Tesak Arrested
Leader of a neo-Nazi group (a college student as well as a blogger) is arrested in Moscow, and Sean's Russia Blog “for once [stands] with the Interior Ministry.”
Egypt:Jailed Bogger Sends Letter, Another intimidated, Baha'is Continue Struggling and More
In this week's round-up from Egypt, jailed blogger Karim Amer sends a letter from prison, Wael Abbas gets intimidated by security forces over the phone, a new Baha'i rights website is launched, and a belly dancing festival concludes in Cairo and more.
Cuba: Environmental Issues
Both Babalu Blog and Child of the Revolution are unimpressed with the UN‘s take on Cuba's environmental issues.
Bahamas: Hurricanes and Global Warming
Larry Smith at Bahama Pundit refers to a book by science journalist Chris Mooney, which links hurricanes with the battle over global warming: “This has enormous implications – particularly for us in the Bahamas – because strong hurricanes cause dramatically more destruction than weak ones when they hit land.”
Anguilla: Labour Protests
As imported labourers protest for the second time in a week, Corruption-free Anguilla dissects the situation and identifies three separate issues.
Jordan: Internet Study Controversy
Zeid Nasser from Jordan says another study released on Internet users in Arab countries raises controversy.
Israel: Blogging Conference Links
Israelity links to blogs which covered a blogging conference in Israel here.
Iran:Remember Jailed Students
Khorshidkhanoum has published the photos of eight jailed student activists from Amir Kabir University.
Congratulations, Rising Voices Grantees
We are thrilled to announce the first five citizen media outreach projects to receive Rising Voices microgrants. In total we received 142 project proposals from over 40 different countries. What all of the project proposals have in common is a desire to enable their communities to tell their own stories, to write their own first draft of history, to document their traditions and culture before they are washed away by the tides of globalization.
Oman Community Blog Update
“The Oman Community Blog has been unleashed to the public as a ‘beta’ stage. You now have the opportunity to see what the blog looks like and what it aims to be and make any possible suggestions as a reader or perhaps still have that last chance for yourself to...
Cuba: Reflections on Freedom
“Americans do not deserve to be free because we are Americans, and Cubans do not deserve to be free because we are Cubans. All men and women deserve to be free because that is how we are born.” July 4th gives Uncommon Sense a chance to reflect on freedom.
Bahai Site Set Up
A new site aimed at fighting for Bahai faith rights has been set up by Muslim activists, writes Esraa from Bahrain.
Bahrain: 30th Bloggers Meet
Bahrain is holding its 30th bloggers meeting this Thursday, according to Mahmood Al Yousif.
Slovakia: “The Great Server Heist”
Last week, Slovak police seized web servers of an IT company that hosts websites of 3,500 clients – “or almost three percent of the Slovak internet” – leaving clients without internet connection and causing the country's bloggers to protest the police actions. Deleted by Tomorrow reports on “the first great...
Albania, Greece: Video of Police Brutality
In this post, Thessaloniki-based Teacher Dude posts a YouTube video of two Albanian men being beaten and ordered to slap each other by a Greek police officer, quotes the Independent Media Center's transcript, and translates from Greek comments “expressing satisfaction at what those arrested had suffered.” Some reactions from the...
Bermuda: March Against Corruption
IMHO.bm attended the March against Government Corruption and was more impressed with the protesters than with Bermuda's elected representatives.
