The US has some of the most dangerous cities in the world: Detroit and New Orleans.
How did it get to this point? Is there anything we can do about it? What about the other cities? What are the common factors?
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Detroit+most+dangerous+cities+planet/2914738/story.html
Detroit one of the most dangerous cities on the planet: CNN
By Star StaffApril 16, 2010 12:04 PM
WINDSOR, Ont. — Detroit has been named one of the most dangerous cities on the planet in a survey cobbled together by CNN. Joining Detroit on the dubious list are such tourist hotspots as Bagdad, Karachi, Pakistan, Beirut and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The list was cobbled together as part of CNN's Urban Planet series and is based on data from Mercer's global report on personal safety and Foreign Policy magazine's most recent report on murder rates. The list is also based on data from Forbes and the Citizen's Council for Public Security.
The full list of cities includes Detroit; New Orleans; Juarez, Mexico; Karachi, Pakistan; Caracas, Venezuela; Cape Town, South Africa; Moscow, Russia and Kinshasa in the Democratic Repubic of Congo.
Friday, April 16, 2010
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
पेतितिओं फॉर इरान
Petition to stop the violent actions of the Iranian government against protesters.
http://iran-information-project.org/pages/search/1findnum.php?thenumber=139
http://iran-information-project.org/pages/search/1findnum.php?thenumber=139
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Freedom has suffered a decline
From freedomhouse.org
On January 12, Freedom House released its findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to the survey’s findings, 2009 marked the fourth consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline—the longest consecutive period of setbacks for freedom in the nearly 40-year history of the report. These declines were most pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa, although they also occurred in most other regions of the world. Furthermore, the erosion in freedom took place during a year marked by intensified repression against human rights defenders and democracy activists by many of the world’s most powerful authoritarian regimes, including Russia and China.
On January 12, Freedom House released its findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to the survey’s findings, 2009 marked the fourth consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline—the longest consecutive period of setbacks for freedom in the nearly 40-year history of the report. These declines were most pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa, although they also occurred in most other regions of the world. Furthermore, the erosion in freedom took place during a year marked by intensified repression against human rights defenders and democracy activists by many of the world’s most powerful authoritarian regimes, including Russia and China.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
I decided to begin this blog because last summer I was shocked into awareness by the violence in Iran. I was literally glued to Twitter for two days during the crisis after the June elections, devouring tweets on #Iranelection in English, watching videos taken from cell phones on the streets of Tehran, retweeting information that would (I hoped) help Iranians.
I am a political science major, but I consider myself to be more a writer than a political person. However, one reason I was attracted to political science is because I wanted to make a difference in the world. I am still rather vague about what that difference might be, but I have realized, partly through Iranians making themselves heard through one of the only channels still open to them, that the Internet provides an opportunity for communication and a potential catalyst for change.
This blog is about getting the word out about people who are living under oppressive regimes around the world. It is not endorsing any political party or any 'end' of the political spectrum;but it is dedicated to freedom as an ideal outlined in the Declaration of Independence which does not derive from governments but from God, governments themselves merely "deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed".
I will mainly post links to articles about people who are fighting for their freedom, such as those in Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, and other areas around the world that are lesser known, and about countries in which there is a substantial degree of freedom, but where freedoms are being eroded at an alarming rate, such as in Russia. I would also like to raise awareness about humanitarian crises, for a person needs food and shelter before they have the ability and desire to fight for freedom. Often it is the lack of freedom that contributes to dire economic and social conditions in the first place.
I would also like to include, when appropriate, parallels in history, and examples from fiction, movies, and television, since these are how we transmit values and ideas.
Dedicated to harnessing the power of the Internet for positive change for those who fight for freedom around the world.
I am a political science major, but I consider myself to be more a writer than a political person. However, one reason I was attracted to political science is because I wanted to make a difference in the world. I am still rather vague about what that difference might be, but I have realized, partly through Iranians making themselves heard through one of the only channels still open to them, that the Internet provides an opportunity for communication and a potential catalyst for change.
This blog is about getting the word out about people who are living under oppressive regimes around the world. It is not endorsing any political party or any 'end' of the political spectrum;but it is dedicated to freedom as an ideal outlined in the Declaration of Independence which does not derive from governments but from God, governments themselves merely "deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed".
I will mainly post links to articles about people who are fighting for their freedom, such as those in Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, and other areas around the world that are lesser known, and about countries in which there is a substantial degree of freedom, but where freedoms are being eroded at an alarming rate, such as in Russia. I would also like to raise awareness about humanitarian crises, for a person needs food and shelter before they have the ability and desire to fight for freedom. Often it is the lack of freedom that contributes to dire economic and social conditions in the first place.
I would also like to include, when appropriate, parallels in history, and examples from fiction, movies, and television, since these are how we transmit values and ideas.
Dedicated to harnessing the power of the Internet for positive change for those who fight for freedom around the world.
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