My following article appears in the US magazine The Nation on the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit and the issue of web repression: During the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008–sponsored by Harvard University and Google in Budapest, Hungary, in late June, and attended by over 200 bloggers, human rights activists, writers, journalists, hackers and…
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Rise of human rights consciousness
My following article appears in the Amnesty International Australia’s Uncensor campaign about human rights in China: We don’t need American, mainstream journalists telling us that something is wrong in China, writes Antony Loewenstein Chinese dissidents will continue to push for democratic change. This is certain in an Olympic year, but these voices are undoubtedly stronger…
Turning a blind eye
The noble, torturing Jewish state in all its squalor. (Of course, Zionists prefer to focus on the UN’s supposed anti-Semitism. Israeli human rights abuses? Perish the thought.)
Teaching the West a few lessons
Hamas are routinely described as terrorists, murderers and other tasty put-downs. Hardline Zionists must be so disappointed that the Islamist group appears to be holding the ceasefire in Gaza.
Animals and sex, a how-to guide
How to be an Australian journalist in Japan. (While keeping your head in the process.)
How to live life, part 34678
Street sparklers, expatriate bloggers, and foodseeking. (Aka known as finding connections between writing under repression, consuming beautiful food and celebrating the good things in life.)
Why their lives matter
The Global Lives Project is “a global initiative created to showcase the lives of 10 different people from all over the world by following them and recording 24 hours of their day in video. These 240 hours of material will be shown at the same time in an installation where a person will be able…
Israel’s human rights deficit
Akiva Eldar, Haaretz, July 7: After 40 years, the time has come for politicians to understand that destroying more Arab homes and building more houses for Jews will not transform Jerusalem into a more united city. In Jerusalem, like any locale situated between the sea and the Jordan River, a binational reality exists, in which…
