Category: REGION
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“Live Working Or Die Fighting” – Paul Mason’s new book on the global labour movement
BBC Newsnight‘s indefatigable Paul Mason has a book out soon. [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFDpQ634fmw] I’m waiting for an advance copy of this (hint, hint), but in the meantime, read more here, listen to an extract here, and order it here.
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Leggy Couple in New Brazilian Beach-Shame Video
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OHVMVhuZQ] [Thanks, Jose!]
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Saddam execution video re-ignites death penalty debates worldwide [via GV/WITNESS]
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] Over the past four months, we’ve tried to feature and contextualise videos we felt should be seen and debated by a wider audience. Today’s featured human rights video is something completely new. You may be one of the millions who have sought it…
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Egypt: Bloggers open the door to police brutality debate [via GV/WITNESS]
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] ‘Extraordinary rendition’ has passed into common parlance over the last year as human rights organisations have accused the US government of exporting suspects to be tortured in regimes like Egypt, Morocco and Syria. But while cases involving international suspects get the headlines, these…
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China: Videos emerge of clashes between police and students in Jiangxi [via GV/WITNESS]
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] Hot on the heels of the Chinese government’s claim of a 22.1% reduction in “mass incidents” (read “protests”), here’s some more video of “mass incidents” from China, in case you missed this portion of John Kennedy’s latest Beijing bulletin: Backing up to China…
Sameer Padania 