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...

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 our hotel...

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...

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 suscribe to daily, weekly, or monthly updates from the blog....

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...

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...

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 Sara, but we are continuing meetings after Winter...

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 all chapters to post any events or actions they...

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...