News headlines for “Racism”, page 109
POLITICS-CHINA: Coming Soon: A Stage-Managed 60th Anniversary Bash
- Inter Press Service
When it comes to pageantry, China’s communist leaders leave little to chance. This October, which marks 60 decades of their rule over the Middle Kingdom, mass events and grand spectacles would have needed little choreography to elicit a joyous mood.
ARGENTINA: New Voice for Sexual Minorities
- Inter Press Service
A monthly magazine published by an Argentine umbrella group of some thirty organisations of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans (LGBTs) seeks to become a major communications channel for the community and an instrument for disseminating the actions that sexual minorities undertake to defend their rights.
LATIN AMERICA: Ensuring Democratisation of Digital Broadcasting
- Inter Press Service
Just as they did with analogue television, the countries of Latin America have opted for different digital broadcasting standards. But more than this technological diversity, what concerns social organisations is the absence of policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure a true democratisation of this means of communication.
POLITICS-BURMA: Two Years After, Monks Remain Closely Watched
- Inter Press Service
'I'm being watched all the time. I am considered an organiser. Between noon and 2 p.m., I am allowed to go out of the monastery. But then I'm followed,' Buddhist monk U Manita said. 'I'm prepared to march again when the opportunity arises. We don't want this junta. And that's what everyone at my monastery thinks as well.'
Q&A: Plants Know No Frontiers, They Grow Everywhere
- Inter Press Service
Mauritian woman scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was awarded the African Union Women Scientist Regional Award 2009 this month for her scientific achievement and contribution through science to the socio-economic development of Africa.
CUBA: Peace Concert Bridges Borders and Differences
- Inter Press Service
Although it was the target of threats from radical Cuban exiles and the focus of controversy and opinion polls from the moment it was announced, Colombian musician Juanes' idea of staging his 'Peace without Borders' concert in Cuba proved a success at promoting understanding, in spite of differences.
MUSIC: Afro-Brazilians Priced Out of Back2Black Concert
- Inter Press Service
On stage, singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil highlighted Brazil's 'genetic and cultural' connection to 'Mother Africa,' to applause from a predominantly light-skinned audience at a concert that black people generally could not afford - symbolic of the country's 'veiled racism' at an international festival organised to combat it.
RUSSIA: The Language of Influence Weakens
- Inter Press Service
Nearly all of the former Soviet republics have adopted native languages that were suppressed during the communist era at the expense of Russian. This is affecting Russia's influence over the commonwealth of independent states.
JAPAN: New Ruling Party Poised to Lift Foreign Press Restrictions
- Inter Press Service
The newly elected Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) plans to open government organisations to the foreign press, party member Kuniko Tanioka revealed in an interview with IPS.
Q&A: Women Are Not Wallpaper
- Inter Press Service
Something new is appearing on the Italian screen. About time, some may say.
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