Tag Archives: politics

13/07/2013 Girls like Malala | Pakistan Human Rights | Pakistan Swara | Pakistan Women | politics | society | South Asia Girls Feitosa-Santana

Malala’s Forgotten Sisters – by Adriana Carranca

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, Pakistan — At only 12, Nazia lives in expectation of the worst. As I step through the doorway of the humble compound her parents share with two other families in the Pashtun lands of northwest Pakistan, her small, fragile body trembles unwittingly. She knew I was coming, but learned too young to trust no […]

12/07/2013 Bradley Manning Defense | Bradley Manning Trial | current-events | human-rights | politics | Whistleblower Future | Yochai Benkler Feitosa-Santana

Bradley Manning’s Defense

Star Witness Yochai Benkler at Bradley Manning’s Defense: “On the final day of Bradley Manning’s defense’s case, Harvard Law Professor and renowned scholar Yochai Benkler testified about how the Internet has transformed journalism’s function in a democracy and why WikiLeaks should be considered a legitimate news organization that is devoted to exposing corruption. He testified that […]

02/07/2013 edward snowden | Edward Snowden Brazil | Edward Snowden Democracy | Edward Snowden Exile | Edward Snowden Freedom | Edward Snowden Hero | Edward Snowden NSA | Edward Snowden Wikileaks | moscow airport | political exile | politics | Snowden Evo Morales | Snowden Manning Assange | symbols of democracy Feitosa-Santana

About Snowden: I speak as an American Resident and as a Brazilian Citizen.

Today, I feel an orphan. Today, I am ashamed to be an American resident as well as a Brazilian citizen. Today, Brazil does not represent me. Today, my nation has decided to ignore the fact that Edward Snowden is asking for political exile. Today, my nation is ignoring that Snowden is one of the most […]

13/05/2013 colored man | human-rights | politics | society | white brother | Who is the Colored Man Feitosa-Santana

Who is the Colored Man? By Léopold Sédar Senghor

Dear white brother, When I was born, I was black, When I grew up, I was black, When I am in the sun, I am black, When I am sick, I am black, When I die, I will be black. While you, white man, When you were born, you were pink, When you grew up, […]