Posted by
Hoa Quach
· 3:58 pm
· Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Education · Government & Politics · History · Human Rights · International Relations · Law & Justice
Just hours after Barack Obama was named President-Elect, bloggers across the Pacific began recording their thoughts on the historic victory. Hoa Quach reviews blogs from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Posted by
Janine Mendes Franco
· 5:21 am
· Breaking News · Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Diaspora · Economy & Trade · Globalization · Government & Politics · History · Human Rights · International Relations · Media & Internet
Years from now, people around the globe will remember where they were on November 4, 2008. Barack Obama is the President-elect of the United States - and Americans are not the only ones celebrating! Warm
Caribbean congratulations keep pouring in...
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Posted by
Janine Mendes Franco
· 2:29 am
· Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Diaspora · Economy & Trade · Government & Politics · History · Human Rights · International Relations · Media & Internet
The region (and indeed the world)
thinks it knows who has won the race to the White House, but the suspense is killing Caribbean bloggers. Seriously. The mood in the blogosphere is positively electric, with (almost) everyone catching Obamamania...
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Posted by
Hoa Quach
· 1:22 am
· Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Government & Politics · History · Human Rights
Election Day is almost over. However, the problems at the polls aren’t – as issues across the states have been reported with news of it traveling around the globe. Bloggers from around the world react.
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There is a post-modern American presidential virus (I call it ArmGenDen-itis) that infects US Congressmen and President-elects immediately after their election victories – the criminal denial of the attempted Genocide of the Armenians in 1915 by the Ottoman elite of the Young Turks.
When...
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Posted by
John Liebhardt
· 1:04 am
· Kenya
A record number of voters in the United States will attempt to cast ballots in Tuesday's election, leading many to worry about the potential for chaos at polling stations across the country. International bloggers look at the problems and some possible solutions.
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...or McCain for that matter. But given the tendency for formerly progressive or radical people to support Obama here are more reasons to vote for Ralph Nader or Cynthia McKinney. I have not been keeping track exactly, but over the course of the last year there are numerous examples I’ve given on ...
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Jamaican diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp wants the American electorate to remember “Esau Jenkins and all the civil rights leaders” who helped make it possible for them to vote tomorrow.
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Posted by
John Liebhardt
· 1:41 pm
· Israel · Palestine
John McCain's campaign tried to tie Barack Obama to Rashid Khalidi, whom it called a "neo-nazi," "radical professor" and a "former Palestine Liberation Organization spokesman." What do international bloggers think about these claims?
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FeudArt
With Nov 4 only a few steps around the corner, a victor is visibly in sight. Not Obama. Definitely not McCain. No, the victor is the electorate, particularly Latinos (2008-latino-voter-survey) and the youth (2008-youth-voter-trends). There is a chorus from conservatives and liberals alike of how mob...
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