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Year: 2009
Fiji Falls On the Press Freedom Index
The latest press freedom index rankings released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has Fiji plunging 73 places to 152 after a crackdown on the media by Fijian dictator Frank Bainimarama. No criticism whatsoever is allowed of Commodore Bainimarama or the Read More …
9500 Liberty: 9-11 Not the Same as 7-11
9500 Liberty, a documentary film by Annabel Park and Eric Byler, premiered in San Francisco this past Thursday. Hosted by Citizen Hope, NDN and Netroots Nation, and attended by several city officials, it promised to pack a punch. After a Read More …
A Fijian Miss Idaho Teen USA 2010
“Fiji is my home. I love Idaho but my heart will always be home in Ca’audrove.” –Hosanna Kabakoro This story about a 16-year old Fijian-American teenager winning a beauty contest in the USA was a much-needed break from the quick-scanning Read More …
My Name is Gloria and I am an Undocumented American
[This week’s DREAM Act guest post comes from Gloria, a DREAM-eligible future entrepreneur in Texas. Visit Dreamactivist.org to find out how you can help pass the DREAM Act]. I was brought to the United States by my aunt when I Read More …
Paper: The Construction of Indian-Hindu nationalism and Implications of India’s Future as a Postcolonial State
This paper is a critique of International Relations and an approach to the question of India using an alternative nationalism model. Specifically, this is a Subaltern Studies approach to doing International Relations, which serves the purpose of discarding the notion Read More …