Posted by JCM on June 1, 2011 · 1 Comment
Social media has opened a pathway to democracy. While I am gathering a group for a party over Facebook, other people more oppressed than I am are gathering for revolution and recording atrocities on their smartphones. Amnesty International’s 2011 report: The State of the World’s Human Rights opens with an introduction about this phenomenon and … Continue reading →
Filed under Activism, Discourse, Free Speech, Media, Non-profits · Tagged with activism, AmnestyInternational, democracy, humanrights, injustice, justice, socialmedia, technology, Wikileaks
Posted by JCM on March 18, 2011 · 2 Comments
A student from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC, formerly SOA) moves to secure a target during a joint field training exercise. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy — A few years ago I wrote and produced an audio piece on the School of the Americas, a rather controversial military training camp located at Ft. … Continue reading →
Filed under Activism, Discourse, Featured, History, Media, Politics, Protest, The Americas, War · Tagged with cable, Costa Rica, human rights, Oscar Arias, peace, Pentagon, protest, Quaker, SOA, WHINSEC, Wikileaks, writing
