Tag Archives: society

21/07/2013 1984 George Orwell | Aldous Huxley Admirable New World | Cinema | edward snowden | entertainment | House of Cards | human-rights | internet | Orange is the New Black | politics | society | technology Feitosa-Santana

Netflix: The Big Brother and the Entertainment Manipulation

by Kate Epstein The Snowden leaks and ensuing debates about our government, big data, and privacy have led to more Orwell allusions than I’ve heard in all of my (admittedly post-1984) life. It’s hard not to compare the constant surveillance of twenty-first-century America to the ubiquitous presence of Big Brother in the prescient 1949 novel. […]

17/07/2013 Bradley Manning Defense | Bradley Manning Trial | human-rights | middle-east | Occupy Wall Street | politics | pretrial confinement | society | technology | whistle blowers | Whistleblower Future Feitosa-Santana

Bradley Manning is My Hero

“I want people to see the truth, because without it you cannot make informed decisions as a public” – by  Bradley Manning. “On June 3rd, after more than 3 years of pretrial confinement, military whistle-blower and democracy advocate Bradley Manning will go to trial for “Aiding the Enemy,” a capital offense that could open future whistle-blowers to […]

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 […]

11/07/2013 Brazil Corruption | Brazil July 2013 | Brazil Protests | extreme brutality | human-rights | non lethal weapons | peaceful protesters | political dissent | sao paulo brazil | society | What is going on in Brazil | World Cup Brazil | world social forum Feitosa-Santana

What is going on in Brazil: From 20 cents to everything else.

From 20 cents to everything else — the struggle for the narrative in Brazil  – by Vanessa Zettler “One Brazil for all” to celebrate the reversal of a fare hike on public transportation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 20, 2013. (Flickr/Sebástian Freire) Although not isolated from the uprisings that have been taking place around the world, the […]