Blogging the democratic revolution
Aussiegirl has posted a very moving post talking about her family’s trials with totalitarianism in Russie and Germany, and her feelings with the Orange Revolution. It’s a really good read. So when I heard and watched these events unfold in Ukraine, and I realized that Ukrainians had finally gotten up off their knees and reclaimed…
I find myself agreeing with all of this. Hat tip: Pejmanesque.
Veneconomy????????s editorial notes a scary new law that passed under the radar this week in Chavez????????s Venezuela. El Supremo has given Fidel Castro an open field for his agents to arrest anyone in Venezuela with no legal due process.
Gustavo Coronel, a retired Venezuelan oil executive weighs in with a superb essay on Dutch Disease, the impact of oil on an economy and how it is fueling Venezuela????????s dangerous swing into backward communism.
Andy from Siberian Light is discussing the recent legal proposals in Russia to outlaw Jewish groups as “extremist.”
Nathan from The Argus has got some great commentary regarding the Bush inauguration speech. I don????????t know how to say it other than to once again say that democratization isn????????t new. Talking about it is. Doing it is bipartisan. Publicly supporting it seems to be something the right is much more concerned about. And why…
Mora has a great article over at Babalu Blog. It’s about how while most all countries have the internet, that luxury does not exist in Cuba, so it’s almost impossible to communicate to the inside. Also, very interestingly, she has found a publishing house that produces the works of Cuban writers who would otherwise not…
I think this has literally been the most mind-blowing article I’ve read today. Not because it is anything I didn’t know already, but because it’s being reported as the front story on CNN’s website. Although most say they don’t know who the candidates are or where to go to vote, they say they will vote…
Miguel Octavio notes some interesting graffiti in Caracas today. A Chavez no le gusto el Rice de Condoleezza (Chavez didn????????t like Condoleezza????????s Rice) . I laughed, so I had to post it. But for something more worthwhile to read, check out this post on how ths Venezuelan Supreme Court is smashing democracy there.
Check this out. It’s an interview with ZUBR, and can give you a basic overview of what it’s all sbout.
I like to get the updates from the blogs in Ukraine so that we can see their commentary. But with the inauguration, there has been so much that I simply can’t keep up. So I’ll be putting it all here. Discoshama has a lot: –01/26 update along with 01/25 update. –More nonsense from the Euro…
The new NGO “Friends of Democracy” website has been setup, and they collect news from locals in Iraq. Very cool stuff. But what I like even more is that they have photos!
Chrenkoff did some statistics analysis of negative media coverage in Iraq. And just like he thought, the bad is oft more told than the good.
Scott Clark has several articles up at the moment about how Russia’s hostile business environment is further crippling the country. Judging from the articles, I don’t think Putin cares. He just wants to hit the big companies for as much as he can in taxes. The government taking and redistributing a la communism, however, is…
Hossein Derakhshan is reporting that Orkut and Yahoo! Messenger will possibly be banned in Iran. This, coupled with all of the other internet shutdowns, shows a real fear among the regime there of the communicative power of the web. They can close their borders, but ideas like liberty transcend any kind of oppression; it’s practically…
The blogger from Democracy In Iraq (Is Coming) has posted his thoughts on the recent Zarqawi “declaration of war.” He says that democracy is evil, and that it goes against Islam. Of course, in his version of Islam everyone you disagree with must be killed, he doesn’t really follow Islam, but facism, the problem is…
John at Crossroads Arabia strongly recommends an article that relates many facts about the temporary city of two million, Haj. I haven’t been able to read it yet, but anything he recommends tends to be good stuff.
Blog de Connard has a rather… strange picture of some Russian pension protesters dancing in the metrograd.
Abdymok has some great photos from Yushchenko’s inauguration. And comparatively, there are quite a few of Yulia Tymoshenko. Hey ladies! (Who is that on the left? Anyone?) Beautiful. That’s just a sampling. Check it out.
David McDuff has more news about the pension protests going on in Russia. But what I found even more interesting was his reflective thoughts on his Russian studies and his own thoughts on totalitarianism while the Soviets were in power. Since for someone from a Western democracy it’s almost impossible to understand cognitively the reality…
More on the the Washington election fraud and how the blogosphere uncovered it.
Dan McMinn over at Orange Ukraine has got his inauguration photos up in two different galleries. The first gallery, obviously, are the inauguration photos! But with this an era does come to an end. Even though the work of the Orange Revolution will go on, here are pictures of the tent city before it eventually…
Over at Powerline, they are reporting on the latest from the Washington debacle, in which up to 3,000 felons, dead people, and those not eligible voted. Even though the Republican candidate won two recounts, the Democratic won the last hand-recount. And honestly, not only do I find that fishy, but the fact that they are…
Miguel Octavio has a terrific translation of Venezuela????????s leading dissident editor Teodoro Petkoff today, regarding President Hugo Chavez????????s filthy, sexist, racist comments delivered on national television about Condoleezza Rice.
Before a nationally televised audience Sunday, President Chavez of Venezuela made a full pig of himself, hurling racist, sexist insults at the sort of person he’s never quite gotten used to: an intelligent, beautiful woman who happens to be very powerful, Dr. Condoleezza Rice