Under Chávez: Media Harassed with Online Hacking, Phone Tapping and Censorship
Chávez said many years ago: “The biggest stumbling block is the media revolution” and called on all journalists to be “an ethical revolution.” Later he reaffirmed: “If not for the media, I would have 80% popularity.”
Meena Kandasamy: Angry Young Women Are Labelled Hysterics
"Society will not let angry young women exist, we will be labelled hysterics. As women, we are indoctrinated merely to accept our situation and be grateful for all the things we have. As women, we are told that it is bad behavior to be angry, we are told that we have to change ourselves because we cannot change the system. Those of us who refuse to comply are the shrews whom everyone loves to hate."
Cybercensorship Wars
Isa Saharkhiz is one of many dissidents who have wound up on the wrong side of the lawful intercept technology, a popular venture for tech firms after the PATRIOT Act was passed in 2001.
Eduardo Halfon’s “To Die a Little”
"Sitting on her wooden stool, my friend kept taking pictures of the people walking in and out of the public cemetery, of the colored niches, of the guy selling slices of green mango and the guy selling sour oranges with salt and ground pumpkin seeds and the guy selling headstones."
The 10 Most Dangerous Places for Journalists
From Cairo’s Tahrir Square to Khuzdar in southwestern Pakistan, from Mogadishu to the cities of the Philippines, the risks of working as a journalist at times of political instability were highlighted more than ever in 2011.
Retelling the Ramayana: Poems from Meena Kandasamy
"My poetry is naked, my poetry is in tears, my poetry screams in anger, my poetry writhes in pain. My poetry smells of blood, my poetry salutes sacrifice. My poetry speaks like my people, my poetry speaks for my people." --Meena Kandasamy
Syrian Thinker: “Social Media is our main source of news about what is happening in Syria.”
"Many websites are blocked without any reasons—and I’m not talking about the websites that help the revolution like Facebook or YouTube—I’m talking about normal websites, like the Arabic wikipedia entry..."
Rayma: the Cartoonist of a Faceless President
"Totalitarian regimes disguised as democracies always have a way to create fear and to make others retract their opinions. Sometimes it is difficult to express things, but the cartoonist’s commitment is always with the readers and with the facts."
Journalists Killed in Syria: The Social Media Reaction
"I saw a baby die today" - one of last reports from veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, reportedly killed in #Syria
Aseem Trivedi: Indian Cartoonist Under Fire
"I love my country. I am reacting [to the corruption] in my own way. Someone is protesting. Somebody is a doing hunger strike in India. [As for me,] I am a cartoonist.”
Here you’ll find a selection of the most read articles on Sampsonia Way in March. From an article about an Indian cartoonist accused of treason to a letter from a journalist in Venezuela, March’s most read is an assortment of voices from all corners of the globe. Also featured: Social media users talk about the future of Twitter in Syria and China, an interview with Venezuelan cartoonist Rayma, selected poems from Indian poet Meena Kandasamy, and a report on the companies that make and distribute surveillance technology.
