There are few subjects that spark the imagination of bloggers worldwide – and United States foreign policy is one of them. Today, Global Voices [1] is launching a new website with Reuters [2] that opens a window on the global conversation about the 2008 presidential election in the USA.
It's called Voices Without Votes [3].
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Global Voices challenges people to listen to people beyond their own borders. We translate back and forth [4] from blogospheres in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe in hopes that people may come to understand and care for one another across borders.
We also encourage international media to talk to and report on the concerns of ordinary citizens around the world. Hopefully, looking at US politics more closely through a kaleidoscope of world blogs will be a compelling and thought-provoking experience. Send us links [5] to blogs you would like us to link to, including your own.
Our Middle East and North Africa Editor, Amira Al Hussaini [6] is going to be editing the website with help from other Global Voices editors and volunteers. Check in regularly at Voices Without Votes [3] until Americans finally hit the polls and elect a president in November 2008.
Meanwhile, the world is still talking! Are you listening?