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Sunday, January 27, 2008
  Digital despair
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Says Geert:

"At the moment I am in Novi Sad for the fifth edition of the Dictionary of War. The material will be online within a week. The concept (Begriff) that I will be talking about is ‘digital despair’, using material from the Streamtime Iraqi Blogs Support Campaign. Together with Cecile Landman, who runs the aggregator metablog, I prepared a presentation about the faith or demise, if you like, of the Iraqi blogosphere, five years after Salam Pax started his blog, still writing under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein."

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Thursday, January 03, 2008
  What!?! Kenya?!?


KenyanPundit


- For those who are asking about other blogs that are covering the situation in Kenya.
Hash has a comprehensive list.

- For those who are looking for the Redcross link, here it is. I’m really just stunned by the fact that the government is not even attempting to avert the humanitarian crisis - there’s no talk of shelters, no talk of relief supplies, zero. They can sit and blame ODM all they want (though it seems to me both sides are willing to sacrifice innocent lives), but at minimum they have the resources to alleviate the suffering of those who have been displaced and they’ve done nothing. Have heard reports that Kikuyus in Eldoret are being offered GSU escort out of the area to Central Province - nothing about what happens when they get there and nothing about those people who’ve grown up in Eldoret and know no one in Central. I think there’s an opportunity for those who want to help to find a way to channel resources to charitable organizations and religious organizations that have been struggling to cope on the ground. Will think about this on the plane and I’m open to suggestions (leave a comment or send an email: kenyanpundit-at-gmail-dot-com) -

 
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