A lively discussion on the "Milk Tea Alliance" and the impact of this transnational youth protest movement in East Asia and beyond, featuring Darika Bamrungchok (Thailand), Brian Hioe (Taiwan), Anna Lawattanatrakul (Thailand), and Oiwan Lam (Hong Kong). Moderated by Mong Palatino (Philippines). Originally live-streamed on January 29, 2021.

Global Voices Insights: The Milk Tea Alliance And The Fight For Democracy

Who has the power to decide what should or shouldn't appear on the internet? As our public sphere becomes a privatized platform, who watches the watchmen? Watch this lively conversation between Global Voices’ executive director Ivan Sigal, and writer and activist Jillian C. York about topics related to Jillian’s upcoming book, “Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism” (out on March 23, 2021). The session was live-streamed on February 10, 2021.

Links to topics referenced in the conversation:
Pre-order “Silicon Values” (buying through this link helps support Global Voices’ work) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1788738802/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=globvoiconli-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=31d14ecab836a8ed0904651cadb0167e&creativeASIN=1788738802
Jillian’s blog: https://jilliancyork.com/
Jillian’s book recommendations: https://jilliancyork.com/2021/01/30/2021-a-tech-ish-reading-list/
Electronic Frontier Foundation - https://www.eff.org/
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace - https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence
The Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation: https://santaclaraprinciples.org/
The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative - https://en.immi.is/
Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory - https://globalvoices.org/special/observatory/
Dutch collective mentioned by Ivan - https://publicspaces.net/

Global Voices Insights: A Conversation With Jillian C. York about "Silicon Values"

Después de que Argentina legalizara el aborto en diciembre de 2020, una ola de debates sobre los derechos reproductivos se extendió por toda Latinoamérica. ¿Después de Argentina, se extenderá la marea verde por la región, llevando un cambio de leyes y de actitud en América latina en cuanto al aborto? 

Esta animada discusión con Giselle Carino, directora ejecutiva de la Federación Internacional de Planificación de la Familia, Región del Hemisferio Occidental; Gabriela Mesones Rojo, periodista venezolana especializada en género y derechos humanos, coordinadora editorial de Caracas Chronicles y Cinco8; Vienna Herrera, reportera multimedia de Contracorriente en Honduras, enfocada en género, derechos sexuales y reproductivos, extractivismo, medio ambiente y estructuras de poder; y Anette Elkund, periodista, profesora y activista por la democracia lingüística y los derechos humanos, fue moderada por Melissa Vida, editora regional para América Latina de Global Voices. 

La sesión se transmitió en vivo el 9 de marzo de 2020. Ver https://es.globalvoices.org/2021/03/03/en-directo-este-9-de-marzo-habra-una-marea-verde-en-america-latina/ para obtener mas detalles.

Global Voices Insights: Hubo Una Marea Verde En Argentina. Habrá Una En América Latina?

Last December, the world's eyes were riveted on Argentina as abortion was legalized in that country. But to what extent are girls and women being forced to become mothers in other parts of the world? 

In this edition of Global Voices Insights (originally live-streamed on April 7), our Latin America editor Melissa Vida is joined for an important conversation about reproductive rights with five specialists and activists: Debora Diniz (Brazil), Joy Asasira (Uganda), Émilie Palamy Pradichit (Thailand), R Umaima Ahmed (Pakistan) and Domnika Lasota (Poland). 

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Global Voices Insights: Breaking the Taboo on Abortion

As events continue to unfold in Myanmar and as part of our ongoing coverage of the situation, we devoted an episode of our Global Voices Insights series to exploring the events in Myanmar since the February 1 coup, featuring:

Mong Palatino Global Voices’ Southeast Asia editor, Mong has spearheaded our coverage of the events in Myanmar. In addition to hosting the session, he will provide an overview of the country’s transition to democracy over the past decade and of what has transpired since the military takeover.

Ben Crox a Hong Kong-based BarCamp curator and a trainer on new media communication technology and skills, Ben has experience doing business in Myanmar and will discuss how people there are dealing with the military crackdown, and how people from the outside can help.

Hsa Moo a member of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), Hsa will discuss the situation in Karen state and other parts of Myanmar.

The episode also features two video testimonials from people inside Myanmar.

Global Voices Insights: Myanmar—Coup & Civil Disobedience

For many fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, this week is “Eurovision week”—the final show of the annual singing extravaganza takes place on May 22. And even less ardent followers of the show might agree that Eurovision—and the events surrounding it—provides a compelling lens through which to regard contemporary Europe, its politics, its self-image, and its presumed values.

In this episode of Global Voices Insights, Global Voices’ managing editor Filip Noubel sat down with Eastern Europe editor Tanya Lokot and Central Europe editor Filip Stojanovski for a conversation about Eurovision as a cultural phenomenon. The webinar also features special guest interviews with two Eurovision 2021 contestants: Benny Cristo from the Czech Republic, and Vasil from North Macedonia.

Global Voices Insights: What Eurovision Tells Us About Europe

vIn her new book, “Beyond the Protest Square: Digital Media and Augmented Dissent,” media scholar Tanya Lokot argues that “the augmented reality of protest goes beyond the bodies, the tents, and the cobblestones in the protest square, incorporating live streams, different time zones, encrypted conversations, and simultaneous translation of protest updates into different languages.”

On June 17 Global Voices’ executive director Ivan Sigal sat down with Tanya for a conversation about the book, which is based on interviews with protest participants and ethnographic analysis of online content from Ukraine and Russia.

Tanya is an Associate Professor in Digital Media and Society in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, as well as Global Voices’ Eastern Europe Editor.

A conversation w/ media scholar Tanya Lokot About Her Book "Beyond The Protest Square"

Audio from GV Face, our Weekly Hangout Series, where we discuss trending topics from citizen and social media around the world. This program was recorded on October 11, 2013.

Do you care about free speech on the Internet? What about your privacy online? What if your government created a law that could protect these rights, rather than threatening them?

Brazilian digital rights advocates have been working for years to pass the Marco Civil da Internet, a one-of-a-kind law that would protect key rights and freedoms on the Internet.

US government surveillance programs have brought new momentum to the issue, galvanizing support from civil society and even Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff.

This week on GV Face, our Advocacy Editor Ellery Biddle (@ellerybiddle) talks with leading experts on the issue, including GV author Raphael Tsavkko @Tsavkko, Carolina Rossini (@carolinarossini) and Joana Varon (@joana_varon) an original author of the bill.

GV Face: Fighting for an Open Internet in Brazil

Say hello to our new podcast! Episode 1: We discuss the Gay Girl in Damascus hoax; listen to sounds from Guinea Bissau; and talk to Firuzeh Shokooh Valle about her work as Spanish Language Editor.

Global Voices Podcast 1: Who do we believe online?

In this edition we talk all about language and the internet. The way we speak, write, gesture, code and communicate... We discuss Hebrew online, Portuguese in East Timor, folktales in Mali, and the language of computer code in the Global Voices universe.

Global Voices Podcast 2: Speaking Our Language

In this edition of the Global Voices Podcast you can hear about the ripple effect of the Arab uprisings, find out what it is to be a digital mentor, and talk through some of the ideas that make up a good code of ethics.

Global Voices Podcast 3: Ripple Effects of the Arab Uprisings

In this edition you’ll hear from blind Greek bloggers of our Rising Voices community, how Guatemalan citizen journalists are honing their skills for elections, and a preview of what's planned for the Arab Bloggers Summit co-hosted by Global Voices on October 3-6, 2011 in Tunisia.

Global Voices Podcast 4: Together We Rise

In an addition to our usual monthly podcast, we have some special audio for you from the newly concluded 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Tunisia. Interviews with: Lilian Wagdy, Yazan Badran, Nasser Weddady, Marek Tuszynski, Jillian York, Saed Karzoun, Malek Khadraoui, Zeynep Tufekci, Alexandra Sandels, Hayder Hamzoz, and Roger Dingeldine.

Global Voices Podcast: 3rd Arab Bloggers Summit (Part 2)

Global Voices Podcast: 3rd Arab Bloggers Summit (Part 1)

The Week That Was podcast takes a look at some of the stories that we’ve published recently on Global Voices.

This week, we take you to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Japan and Myanmar. We also speak with Global Voices Brazil editor Taisa Sganzerla about a heinous rape case that has Brazil and other parts of the world in uproar and with Global Voices contributor Leila Nachawati Rego about her new novel that pays homage to the anonymous people who are living, loving and resisting for Syria.

Many thanks to all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this possible. This episode features stories by Filip Stojanovski, Nevin Thompson, Mong Palatino, Fernanda Canofre and Taisa Sganzerla, and Firuzeh Shokooh Valle.

We also feature Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzaar (CC BY-SA 4.0, http://bit.ly/2n97fFC); Machine Elves by Alan Singley (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2o2sxtt); Looking For That Moment When Time Stands Still by Will Bangs (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2nsQDvz); All My Light by Cory Gray (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2nnHuD3); Shamon’s Roar by Sergey Cheremisinov (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2n9etcI); and A Storm At Eilean Mor by Jon Luc Hefferman (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2mITWAe).

The Week That Was podcast is hosted by Global Voices managing editor Sahar Habib Ghazi and news editor Lauren Finch. Expect to hear our voices again in two weeks. Happy listening!

Image in SoundCloud thumbnail is by Filip Stojanovski, CC BY. (https://globalvoices.org/2016/05/30/giant-david-bowie-mural-unveiled-in-sarajevo/)

The Week That Was at Global Voices: Unsung Heroes

This week we take you to Indian-administered Kashmir, Nepal and China. We also speak with Global Voices contributor Angel Carrion about recent about Puerto Rican opposition to a US fiscal control board, and we chat with Global Voices author Thant Sin about an outpouring of support for an official in Myanmar who dared to speak out against a radical Buddhist nationalist group.

Many thanks to all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this possible. This episode features stories by Kisholoy Mukherjee, Vishal Manve, Sanjib Choudhary, Oiwan Lam, Angel Carrion and Thant Sin. 

In this episode of the Week that Was at Global Voices, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0, bit.ly/2n97fFC); Rattle Your Cage by Krackatoa (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2qbRgvK); Time's Arrow by Alan Singley (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2oPXkpY); An Introduction to Beetles by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2p8bIMT); Roadtrip by Phil Reavis (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, http://bit.ly/2pDiNX1); and Call In Sick by Cory Gray (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2oN2LFj).

Image used in the SoundCloud thumbnail is by Andres Musta via Flickr. Taken on January 2, 2012 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://bit.ly/2pqfulb).

The Week That Was at Global Voices: Freedom, Not Control

The Week That Was at Global Voices podcast takes a look at some of the stories that have recently come out of the Global Voices newsroom. This week, we speak to our contributor Endalk about protests, identity politics and state violence in Ethiopia.

We’ll also tell you tales of tales of tragedy, discrimination, and language activism from Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago and Australia. And Salma Essam, narrates the anguish she’s feeling on the third anniversary of the Rabaa massacre in Egypt.

Many thanks to Sana Saleem, Eduardo Avila, Janine Mendes-Franco and all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this possible.

In this episode, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0, bit.ly/2n97fFC); Clover by Little Glass Men (CC BY 4.0, http://bit.ly/2qbTkDZ); Stay by Igor_Khabarov (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2pDlQP9); Modulation of the Spirit by Little Glass Men (CC BY 3.0 US, http://bit.ly/2p78MQy);  The Sink by Cory Gray (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2oAtXf2); Se recourber by Monplaisir (CC0 1.0, http://bit.ly/2oPQxfV); and Bongo Avenger by Eric & Ryan Kilkenny (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2qjctQW).

The feature image in this story is from a protest in Ethiopia. It's from Abdi Lemessa's Facebook page and is used with permission (http://bit.ly/2pmaGvk).

The Week That Was at Global Voices: The Status Quo Has Got to Go

The Week That Was at Global Voices podcast takes a look at some of the stories that have recently come out of the Global Voices newsroom. This week, we speak to former RuNet Echo co-editor Tanya Lokot and current RuNet Echo co-editor Isaac Webb about the recent flare-up of tensions between Ukraine and Russia and what Ukrainians think about the situation. 

We also tell you stories of ordinary people facing injustice in Singapore, India and Brazil. And, returning to Ukraine, we hear a dispatch from Global Voices executive director Ivan Sigal about the uncomfortable peace in one Ukrainian city not far from the front lines of war.

Many thanks to Raphael Tsavkko Garcia, Rezwan, Mong Palatino and all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this episode possible.

In this edition, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0, bit.ly/2n97fFC); In The Darkness (No Voices) by VYVCH (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2oPNZyn); Your Pulse by Little Glass Men (CC BY 4.0, http://bit.ly/2pmbb8k); Long White Cloud by krackatoa (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, http://bit.ly/2pDhWWi); Golden by Little Glass Men (CC BY 4.0, http://bit.ly/2qbZsfC); Waking Stars by Kai Engel (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, http://bit.ly/2pq7Qat); and Lovely, Lonely (Instrumental) by YEYEY (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2qbFDVS).

The feature photo in this story is by Alice V/Democratize (http://bit.ly/2oQ3B4U). Used with permission.

The Week That Was at Global Voices: Disturbing the Peace

This week, we start in the US where Omar Mohammed narrates his piece, "America I used to love you" and then we take you to Cuba, Syria, and Taiwan, for stories of love and free expression in times of adversity and even hate.

The Week That Was podcast takes a look at some of the stories that have recently come out of the Global Voices newsroom. Here we introduce you to people, places and events from around the world that aren’t getting the media coverage they deserve. 

Many thanks to Omar Mohammed, I-Fan Lin, Budour Hassan, Andrea Chong Bras and Sara Holmes and Firuzeh Shokooh Valle and all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this episode possible.

In this episode, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzaar (CC BY-SA 4.0, bit.ly/2n97fFC); I’m what you’d be without her by Doctor Turtle (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2ozR0qz); Solitude by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0, http://bit.ly/2plwas8); Crying Earth by Kai Engel (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2qioJBi); and I fell too much in love by Nick Jaina (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2plhmK3). 

Special thanks to Global Voices contributor Andrea Arzaba for helping us with the music.

The feature photo is from a Trump protest in New York on November 12, 2016. Photo by B.C. Lorio (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://bit.ly/2pCH6ok).

Love Trumps Hate: The Week That Was at Global Voices Podcast

The scale of the crisis and destruction in Syria is mind-numbing. The country is “a slaughterhouse, a complete meltdown of humanity, the apex of horror, “ according to one United Nation’s official. The war has killed close to half a million people; half of the country’s 22 million population has been forced from their homes. The Syrian Centre for Policy Research says a total of 11.5% of the entire Syrian population has either been wounded or killed. Recently, Amnesty International released a report saying 13,000 Syrians had been hanged in a military prison between 2011-2015. They were doctors, lawyers, activists, fathers, husbands and sons.

In this edition of Into the Deep, the Global Voices podcast where we dig deep into one topic that isn’t getting the media coverage it deserves, we are digging deep into the resistance in Syria.

The Syrian civil war, now in its sixth year, may be the most documented war in history. But to people outside the country, it may also be the most confusing.

We see heart-breaking tweets from a 7-year old Syrian girl named Bana in besieged Eastern Aleppo, and then we see our friends sharing a news article telling us that Bana doesn’t exist and is a propaganda tool created by the West.

Bana does exist. Her videos were verified by comparing them to satellite imagery. And trusted activists and doctors working in eastern Aleppo also confirmed to the Guardian and the New York Times via Skype and WhatsApp, that Bana and her mother are who they say they are. Millions of images, videos, blogs, tweets and audio files about the war have been shared on social media. Some have been contextualized by news organizations and some have been de-contextualized by propaganda machines. 

So how do we wade through all the news and propaganda? When we want to truly understand what’s going on in Syria, we at Global Voices always turn to Marcell Shehwaro. She’s a 32-year-old blogger and activist from Aleppo, Syria. Marcell has been writing an evocative series for Global Voices since 2014, called “Dispatches From Syria”, where she describes her life in Aleppo and her eventual exile outside of Syria. In 2015, the series won a 2015 Online Journalism Award. The judges praised her “intensely personal writing” for finding “the gray areas in a war usually told from polar extremes.” 

In this episode, Marcell is joined by Joey Ayoub, the Global Voices Middle East and North Africa editor.

The inspiring work of all our Global Voices authors, translators and editors made this episode possible. So, a big thank you to all of you out there. If you like what you heard here, please share this episode with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. 

In this episode, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including The Telling (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2qb7TYy) and Parissi (CC BY-NC 4.0, http://bit.ly/2oMeNPr), both by Blue Dot Sessions.

Her Syrian Resistance: Into the Deep Podcast

In this edition of the podcast we take a look back over the year 2011, consider the similarities and differences between mainstream and new media journalism, learn about an inspiring Rising Voices meeting in Bolivia to support a diverse blogosphere. We also set off on a two-wheeled journey around the internet!

Global Voices Podcast: Brave New Year 2012

The podcast Are You Listening? takes a look at some of the stories that have recently come out of the Global Voices newsroom. In this episode, we’ll hear about the tragic ways in which Venezuela is changing; the injustice that residents of Indian-administered Kashmir face; the fierce pride Nigerians have for their jollof rice recipe; the apparent criminalization of certain Facebook friendships in Thailand; and the institutionalized racism that exists within Brazil's justice system.

Many thanks to Kat Batuigas for editing this episode together and Laura Vidal, Mariana Parra, and Raphael Tsavkko Garcia for helping us with narration. Also, a shout-out to Global Voices contributors Luis Carlos Diaz, Nwachukwu Egbunike, Mong Palatino, Mariana Parra, and Raphael Tsavkko Garcia and our partner VideoVolunteers for the stories we featured in this podcast.

In this episode, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Let's Start at the Beginning by Lee Rosevere (CC BY 4.0, http://bit.ly/2qJKWru); The Sun Is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow by Chris Zabriskie (CC BY 4.0, http://bit.ly/2roduc5); Oldie Song by David Szesztay (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2rIq4G7); Aurora Borealis by Lee Rosevere (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2rIAGVI); Backed Vibes Clean by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 3.0, http://bit.ly/2qEHzTG); Skeptic by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0, http://bit.ly/2qJFsgB); and Resiste! by el zombi flash (CC BY 4.0, http://bit.ly/2rXxCoo).

The image featured in the SoundCloud thumbnail is a cartoon by Eduardo Sanabria (Edo Ilustrado). Used with permission (http://bit.ly/2qJVGpX).

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