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November 18, 2003
Let's Blog & Listen to Webcasts
So, I've decided that I'll actually use this page as a blog, rather than a sort of open publishing thing. What an idea!
I'm listening to FTAA protest coverage on an Indy Media link.
There's a few links to choose from at:
http://ftaaimc.org/en/static/radio_en.shtml
The translator who's talking on the broadcast sounds amazingly like Mike Boudreau from Compas de Nicaragua. He and his wife Ana are speaking at University of New Hampshire tomorrow night.
It's great to listen to a webcast like this. We are not going to hear what people from around the world have to say about the FTAA on U.S. mainstream media. Mainstream media will not provide a voice for most people. It's doubtful that they'll even give more than a passing mention to the fact that people are protesting, and they certainly won't give the general public a clear idea as to why one might be against the "free trade" of the FTAA.
The new video, shot in Nicaragua at the end of the summer, is moving along, though it's gone a bit slower than I'd hoped. "Attacking the Commons" (Part1), as it's being called, is now in the hands of editor Jan Muller. He'll put together the first hack that I've mapped out, and then the translations will happen for real. There will be all-Spanish and all-English versions. The video looks at the Nicaraguan people's stand against water privatization. World Bank & IMF are applying the pressure to the Nicaraguan government to privatize, but given the results of having their electrical service privatized by the Spanish company, Union Finosa, the Nicaraguan people are overwhelmingly against privatizing water (services, infrastructure or the resource itself).
The Joe Public blog will continue to be an open forum. I will, however, delete SPAM-- a charming blog phenominon that is new to me.
Posted by Joe Public at November 18, 2003 03:52 PM
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