May 2012
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“Their extraordinary education in business, economics, philosophy, and, of...”
– Camille Pestacaing on France’s new president and his finance minister.
French Socialism, Take Two | Foreign Affairs
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“We want to belie the government’s claim that the human rights situation in the...”
– Christina Guevarra, secretary general of the Philippines human rights group Hustiya
UN to tackle murder case of Aklan activist | Inquirer News
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Omnivoracious: Summer Reading Lists Are Here →
harperbooks:
The New York Times offers an eclectic list of books to read, ranging from an autobiographical pop culture read to a serious history of digital computers.
NPR did something interesting with their summer reading list. They had indie booksellers make the picks.
USA Today goes interactive with their picks.
The Wall Street Journal put out a well-chosen summer reading list.
USA Today...
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PEN American Center appears on Bill Moyers on America’s Torture Program
“On this weekend’s Moyers & Company, Siems, director of the Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center, and Liman, whose credits include The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fair Game, join Bill Moyers to talk about what we should be learning from and doing about U.S. torture...
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Banned websites in Sri Lanka receive no justice... →
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The arbitrary blocking of four websites by the Ministry of Media and Telecommunication Regulatory Commission stands contrary to the idea of freedom of expression. Last week the supreme court of Sri Lanka heard a case brought on behalf of the banned websites… a three judge bench chaired by the Chief Justice dismissed the case. The petitioners will now have to file a complaint with...
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PEN International and English PEN to host Free the... →
Free series of events and workshops exploring literature and freedom of expression to take place at the Southbank Centre on 27 June 2012. On Wednesday 27 June PEN International and English PEN will host a series of Free the Word! literary events at the Poetry Parnassus festival, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme. The events, taking place in the in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer,...
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Watchpenamerican:
In Doug Liman’s documentary film Reckoning With Torture, ordinary Americans stand side-by-side with actors, writers, and former military interrogators and intelligence officers in a reading of official documents that reveals the scope and cost of America’s post-9/11 torture program.
This Sunday on Moyers & Company, Liman joins Larry Siems, PEN American’s Director of Freedom to...
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“All the documents of “homesteaders” stealing land from Native Americans is...”
– We got a range of reactions to our recent series on the Homestead Act’s 150th anniversary - from angry to enthusiastic to, well, bummed out.
The Homestead Act is a difficult document. When we think of homesteaders, most of us probably think of “Little House on the Prairie” and not the Trail of...
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U.S. Department of State Renews Charter of... →
“The U.S. Department of State has renewed the Charter of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee for a two-year period, effective May 1, 2012. The Committee advises the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs on the protection of cultural heritage… Established by the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (Public Law 97-446), the Committee reviews requests from other...
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“WE WON! Thanks to your votes, Brooklyn Public Library will receive $250,000 from...”
– Brooklyn Central Library on winning the crowdsourced $250,000 preservation grant in NYC.
Vote to help us restore Central Library’s iconic front doors.
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“Poetry infiltrates all levels of Afghani society. When the mullahs want to make...”
– Reza Mohammedi, on the rich history of poetry in modern Afghanistan
Afghanistan has poetry in its soul | Reza Mohammadi | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
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“I always feel cold. Even in summer at the beach with the sun blazing down there...”
– Ludmila Ulitskaya, Daniel Stein, Interpreter (Overlook Duckworth, 2011). Translation by Arch Tait.
PEN.org » Blog Archive Ludmila Ulitskaya: Daniel Stein, Interpreter - PEN.org
(via penamerican)
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WatchThis video touches upon a number of free expression concerns implicated by Tumblr, such as dissidents and privacy protections.
futurejournalismproject:
Tumblr’s Vice President Andrew McLaughlin on making Tumblr Tumblr.
Via Slate.
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“Stories, more even than stars or spectacle, are still the currency of life, or...”
– Adam Gopnik, Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories? : The New Yorker (via housingworksbookstore)
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“The FAA itself estimates that there may be as many as 30,000 drones in the US by...”
– Trevor Timm, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Local Governments Have the Power to Restrict Drone Surveillance in the US | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Making Human Rights Advocacy in the U.S. Effective... →
Location:OSI-New York Event Date:May 31, 2012 Event Time:6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
“In honor of Open Society Foundations president Aryeh Neier’s legacy, a two-year fellowship program was created in 2003 to provide talented young activists the opportunity to work alongside program experts at the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch on projects aimed at strengthening respect...
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“Stories, more even than stars or spectacle, are still the currency of life, or...”
– Adam Gopnik, Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories? : The New Yorker (via housingworksbookstore)
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“We believe that the decision to resume arms shipments to the government of...”
– PEN American Center, in our letter to Secretary of State Clinton on the resumption of arms shipments to Bahrain (via penamerican)
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PEN American President Peter Godwin on holding...
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“Last week, the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital, handed down a historic judgment. It ordered South African authorities to investigate and prosecute members of Robert Mugabe’s government who had tortured their political opponents. Under South African law, the police are obliged to investigate evidence of a crime against humanity, wherever it occurs, if...
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