Global Voices Digest for March 28th, 2007
Peru: Plagiarism at Every Level
As the internet does what it does best, finding links were previously none existed, will resourceful bloggers discover hitherto unknown instances of text theft by well-regarded journalists, columnists, and authors? That’s what has happened in several cases recently in Peru. Juan Arellano reports.
Nepal: Gaur Massacre
Who was responsible for the March 21 Guar Massacre which left 29 dead and more than 40 injured? Were the Maoists set up? Will the peace process go forward? Paramendra digs through Nepal’s blogosphere in search of the answers.
Russia: Variations of Dissent
Veronica Khokhlova keeps us abreast of continued reaction following this past weekend’s loosely defined “Dissenters’ March” in Nizhniy Novgorod.
France: Line Crossed in the Hunt for Immigrants
As French presidential elections come, undocumented immigrants are suddenly sent away. Lova Rakotomalala translates two posts about France’s anti-immigrant hysteria.
Bolivia: Bolivian Television’s Watchdog
Could a few independent-minded Bolivian bloggers help reform the sensationalistic coverage of evening news? What about the soap-opera scriptwriting of national films? Is it time for a new generation to take power behind the big screen?
The Israeli Blogs-Looking for an Advocate
Deborah Ann Dilley gives us a far-too-rare glimpse into the Israeli blogosphere, where pot is “not kosher” for Passover, 18-year-olds must head to the army … and then India, and several bloggers are posting for peace. Are you tired of reading the same dozen or so blogs? Why not find some “treppenwitz” and join new coversations?
Roundups
Cycles of a wartime blogosphere in Sri Lanka, on Putin’s article in The Times, picking cotton in Uzbekistan, and much more can be found in today’s Global Roundups.