Bethlehem, December 29
Yesterday was Day Two of the Celebrating Nonviolent Resistance conference in Bethlehem. Dr. Mubarak Awad (who spoke at SFT conference at Duke University in 2002) and other scholar-activists spoke to an international audience of about 300 people in a large, cold auditorium in the morning. The low temperature in the conference building and […]
It’s early morning in Bethlehem (7:30 am, quite an unusual hour for me to be up at) and the city is slowly but noisily waking up to the day. Both Han and I are typing away at our computers in the hotel lobby although it’s before coffee and barely after sunrise. Given the name of […]
The Restless Children of the Dalai Lama
Today’s New York Times Magazine has a long article on young Tibetan exile activists. The star of the article is poet, activist, and friend of SFT Tenzin Tsundue. I was glad to see such a long piece on the subject in such a high-profile venue. Pankaj Mishra’s article is […]
I’ve been doing some work on the site, and soon we will have ATOM feed of the site content as well as a newsletter that people can subscribe to for the news from around the Midwest. If I’ve done everything correctly then folks should be able to suscrib…
For all the discussion of China’s thriving economy and surging power in the international community there has been a major absence of discussion on China’s internal legal and political structure. Despite major economic development, China remains a communist, totalitarian state with a single party. In most multi-party systems of governance the public tries to correct […]
December 10, New York - Over 200 Tibetans, along with the usual supporters, commemorated the World Human Rights Day by marching across New York in a full-day rally organized by the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) of New York and New Jersey. The purpose of the rally was to raise concerns about the apalling human […]
I realize that it has been some time since our last post, and for that, I am sorry. However, holiday seasons are busy and everyone knows that the end of the semster is a trying time! Out last meeting was cancelled due to the schedules of myself and S…
Welcome to the official launch of the SFT Midwest Blog. This is a new forum where SFT members from across the Midwest can come together to share successes, discuss strategy, and build a stronger community in Midwest working for a Free Tibet.I encourage…
SFT BoDer Sam Chapin and his partner Laura are travelling in Nepal and India now. They’ve set up a blog with lots of great photos from their trip and details on their experiences.
Go check them out!
Contrary to what the saying says, it’s better to be seen AND heard. I promise you tonight the Chinese saw us and heard us outside of their Mission to the UN. Over sixty Tibetans and supports just finished braving sub-freezing temperatures outside of the Chinese Mission to let the Chinese know that the world will […]
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