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Jen Sorenson on the least effective forms of activism… including blog comments…
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Interview with Adil Nurmakov by Leila Tanayeva about implications of online protest in former Soviet Union: “Transferring the protest online is a big achievement of the current Kremlin regime. “
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Bev Clark suggests that the Australian cricket team visit Zimbabwe, but make a point of meeting with activists and drawing attention to the current political situation in Zim, rather than a boycott which, oddly, could benefit some wealthy Zimbabweans
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Guy Sorman’s analysis of the Chinese economic “miracle” – a sharply critical look at China’s silencing of dissent, failures to deal with rural poverty and incomplete embrace of market-based capitalism.
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Report Mainz story on age play and child pornography in Second Life. (in German)
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Is “age play” in Second Life – where adult users take on child avatars and engage in simulated sex – a form of pedophilia? German press investigates age play in SL and finds trade in RL child porn
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Impressive narrated slideshow about forced relocations in rural Tibet
