Youths denied for protest in Nepal
Region: Nepal
Kathmandu June 7, 2011: The youths of Nepal were seen crowding with play cards and banners in front of the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) for welcoming the participants of the Peace conference held at Banglade... more
Views: 1276Facebook Activism Takes Another Step in Nepal
Region: Nepal
Kathmandu 21 May, 2011: Nepal is currently facing a political deadlock with no solution of escape. On one side with limitation of the time frame for declaration of constitution ending and on the other people trying to buil... more
Views: 2283In Pakistan, Bin Laden's Death Transforms Local Coffee House
Region: Pakistan
Written by Sasa Milosevic The death of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, has benefited not only the United States and its President Barack Obama, but also some of the city's local business owners. Coffity... more
Views: 1483In Russia, Who is Restricting the Russian Internet?
Region: Russian Federation
Written by Marina Litvinovich, Global Voices On 18 April, 2011, American non-profit organisation Freedom House issued a report on Internet freedom in the world. The report, “Freedom on the Net 201... more
Views: 1484Tweeting the Revolution: Twitter Didn’t Create the Revolution, But It Didn’t Hurt
Region: United Statesby Matthew L. Schafer Note: This article originally appearedat the media website LWR. It’s hard to miss the various articles lamenting many social media supporters’ claims that Twitter and Facebook helped s... more
Views: 2607Israel's Duty to Defend Its Citizens
Region: Israel
This opinion piece is a response to Dean Walker's piece, Is Israel a Terrorist State? I recently encountered the article "Is Israel a Terrorist State?" by Mr. Dean Walker, published by GroundReport, concerning the al... more
Views: 2252June 24th: Birthday Of An American Hero
Region: New York
June 24, 1963 was the birthdate of my late friend and political colleague John W. Perry. He died September 11th, 2001 at the World Trade Center, aged 38. Perry was both a lawyer and a police officer. When ... more
Views: 1395The Gulf Oil Spill: Ways to Help
Region: United States
It's been over 40 days since the BP/Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill began. In that time, we've watched the situation escalate from a simple collapsed oil rig to the worst environmental disaster in American histo... more
Views: 5063Zimbabwe Protest singer organisation in semi -finals for Echoing Green fellow competition
Region: Zimbabwe
Echoing Green foundation just announced that 350 incredible emerging social change organizations have been selected as semifinalists in their 2010 fellowship competition. That said, Echoing Green staff and experience... more
Views: 1418Iran's Student Day Demonstrations Hit YouTube
Region: Iran
Thousands of protesters defied the Islamic regime today by protesting during Student Day, chanting slogans against Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, and protesting the government's foreign policy. They also... more
Views: 2585
