Bombs Falling in Gaza
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
Views: 808Better Sanitation Demanded in Rio de Janeiro
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
Views: 726Major Protests in Kuwait Led by Anonymous Twitter Account
Region: KuwaitBy 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
Views: 795Mexico: Central American Mothers in Search of Abducted and Missing Migrants
Region: MexicoBy 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: 729Brazil: Violence Sparked By Privatization of Public Space
Region: BrazilBy 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
Views: 907The Struggle for Undocumented Youth
Region: United StatesBy 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
Views: 841Dominican Republic: Proposal to Raise Maximum Penalties for Minors
Region: Dominican RepublicBy 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
Views: 745Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
Region: United StatesBy 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
Views: 1351Maoists A Spectacle in Anti-Japanese Protests
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
Views: 1112Italy: More Than 100 Workers Occupy Sardinian Coal Mine
Region: ItalyBy 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
Views: 910
