January 2007
Shifting to New Paradigm, New Strategies, and New Livelihoods in Mexico
Written by Luis Lopezllera, originally posted in ARENA
“The 2006 juncture, a hard battle for the representative democracy is ending. Now it starts a middle term challenge, a hard battle for the participative democracy. Something new is emerging. The near future will bring new visions and new strategies. The institutional structure of power lost its legitimacy in front of millions of Mexicans. The people this time decided not to be deceived any more.”
MEXICO, AT STAKE
A worldwide war against people and its most basic rights deploys the power of mass media as the main weapon to erase consciousness. If people react to it with dignity, then the police and the military complete the task. A mega-machine opposes our efforts for a better society, for medular changes, for a sustainable world.
Star Ferry Pier: Reasons of Ours
1.
The news on the TV reports
Young people mounting a bulldozer
banners waving: Star Ferry Pie stays
Mixed feelings pull my head down
Preservation campaigns from Piers (in Hong Kong) to Guia Lighthouse (in Macau)
In Hong Kong, there is the anti-demolition of Star Ferry Pier and Queen's Pier; while in Macau, the campaign to protect Guia Lighthouse begins to emerge.
The Guia Complex, which includes a historical military fort, chapel and lighthouse, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The fort and chapel were constructed between 1622 and 1638. The lighthouse was constructed between 1864 and 1865, the first western style lighthouse in east Asia or on the China coast.
South Korea: 20 years of democracy
As one of the more progressive newspapers in South Korea, the Hankyoreh has organized a series of features on the so-called 386 generation that brought democracy to South Korea. 386 means a generation who were born in the ’60s, entered college in the ’80s, and were in their ’30s at the time the term was coined.
South Korea: teachers arrested for quoting from North Korean media
After reading Jamie's link in mediascapes, I looked through all the links and found the arrest out of my imagination. Eventhough South Korea has been democratized for 20 years, the Cold War / Witch-hunting rationality is so predominant.
According to Korean Teacher Union (KTU), the two teachers merely quoted remarks made by North Korean officials and media (which was cited in KTU's website), saying that "Why does North Korea want to produce nuclear weapons?" from a North Korean perspective: "North Korea claims that to possess self-defensive nuclear deterrence is its justifiable right."
Farewell to the Colonial Mindset; Reclaim Our Own City: Jan 21 People's Landing on the Queen's Pier
Last Sunday, we had around 100 people got into the boat and performing the ritual of landing at Queen's pier, this time by local people themselves, including of migrant workers, residents affected by urban renewal project, environmental group, professional architects, planners, teachers, activists, artists, grassroots democractic groups, youths, students, labour unions, writers, right of abode coalition, legislators, lawyers, etc.
The action was spontaneously organized by an ac hol citizen concern groups called "local-action".
告別殖民 土地歸人民 ：一二一人民登錄皇后
今天(2007年1月21日)，我們重演殖民時期登錄皇后碼頭的儀式，我們要去宣告，香港這遍土地，是屬於在這個空間生活的人民的，人民有權參與決定土地的規劃和使用，不能容許官僚與資本合謀，掠奪人民的公共空間和環境！
我們堅決捍衛人民的空間！保留皇后、復修天星！
皇后碼頭過去是英國殖民宗主國皇室及港督上岸的地方，他們一踏上來，便把這片土地佔為己有，原來在這裏生活的人民只能被踩在頭上，無權過問。
Understanding the Struggle and Aspirations of Nicaragua from An Asian Perspective
(Photo caption: Julie in front of her mural about the civil war in Nicaragua in the 80s)
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint.
When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist.
- Dom Helder Camera
Hong Kong and the Philippines: Foreign domestic workers demonstrating aganist forced training scheme
5,000 Filipino migrants workers marched through Central in Hong Kong on Sunday (Jan 28) to protest the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration's (POEA) new guidelines on the deployment of domestic helpers.
Under the new guideline, applying domestic helpers must pass through several weeks of training to obtain the National Certificate for Household Service Workers, as the country-specific Language and Culture Certificate.
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