Bombs Falling in Gaza

Global Voices 6 months ago Region: Israel

 By  Amira Al Hussaini Gazans stayed up all night as Israel continued to pound the Palestinian enclave. The situation flared up when Israel and Gaza exchanged fire - which still continues now - after Israel ki... more

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Better Sanitation Demanded in Rio de Janeiro

Global Voices 6 months ago Region: Brazil

By Sara Moreira Sanitation is one of the central issues that will be addressed in the regional hackathon [1] [en] Developing Latin America [2] [en] on December 1 and 2, 2012. The work of one particular project in Brazil... more

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Major Protests in Kuwait Led by Anonymous Twitter Account

Global Voices 6 months ago Region: Kuwait

By Mona Kareem After witnessing its biggest protest [1], the anonymous organizers of the “Dignity March” called for another one. Tens of thousands showed up in the areas of Mishref and Sabah Al-Salem protes... more

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Mexico: Central American Mothers in Search of Abducted and Missing Migrants

Global Voices 7 months ago Region: Mexico

By Andrea Arzaba According to statistics by the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement [1] [es], in the last six years around 70,000 migrants [2] [es] have disappeared in Mexico. For several years, Central American mothers ... more

Views: 738

Brazil: Violence Sparked By Privatization of Public Space

Global Voices 7 months ago Region: Brazil

By Raphael Tsavkko Garcia On October 4, 2012 hundreds of students and activists met at the Montevideo Plaza and in the Glênio Peres Square in Porto Alegre, to protest against what they called the privatization of ... more

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The Struggle for Undocumented Youth

Global Voices 7 months ago Region: United States

By Robert Valencia Hundreds of thousand of young undocumented immigrants rejoiced at the news: President Barack Obama's Government authorized registration for the deferred action plan, which allows them to res... more

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Dominican Republic: Proposal to Raise Maximum Penalties for Minors

Global Voices 7 months ago Region: Dominican Republic

By Pamela Martínez Achecar [links in Spanish] On the 19th of September, the House of Representatives approved on second reading a controversial bill which amends seven articles of the Protection of the Rights ... more

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Occupy Wall Street Anniversary

Global Voices 8 months ago Region: United States

By Robert Valencia September 15-17, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street [2] movement. Many similar scenes that transpired at the start of the movement last year recurred this time around: hundre... more

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Maoists A Spectacle in Anti-Japanese Protests

Ground Report 8 months ago Region: China

By Oiwan Lam Maoist protesters became a major spectacle in the series of anti-Japanese protests [1] in China that took place between September 15 - 18, 2012, with Chairman Mao's portraits and nostalgic slogans prai... more

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Italy: More Than 100 Workers Occupy Sardinian Coal Mine

Global Voices 8 months ago Region: Italy

 By Fabio Brambilla Pisoni   Some 460 jobs at risk, 350 kilos of explosives and more than 100 miners about 373 metres below ground. These are the figures involved in the latest drama [2] to have erupted ... more

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