http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org A global blog by Students for a Free Tibet Sat, 17 May 2008 11:35:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following documentary was produced by the Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement. It was released on May 14, 2008 in Dharamsala. http://tibetanuprising.org/2008/05/17/march-to-tibet-documentary/ By Jaideep Sarin Almora (Uttarakhand), May 15 (IANS) - Tibetan activists in India are readying themselves for another showdown with China before the Beijing Olympics. They are now just 200 km from India’s border with the Tibet Autonomous Region where they plan to “sacrifice lives” in a desperate bid to get ... http://tibetanuprising.org/2008/05/17/protestors-on-%e2%80%98march-to-tibet%e2%80%99-close-to-india-china-border/ http://studentsforafreetibetdelhi.blogspot.com/2008/05/tell-coke-no-torch-in-tibet.html Naomi Klein, author of the great book The Shock Doctrine, has an in-depth look at the Chinese security state in Rolling Stone. In the article, Klein looks at how China's infamous Golden Shield surveillance system has been deployed and implemented as a tool in crackdowns in Tibet. This is how this ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2008/05/16/chinas-security-state/ Here are some amazing submissions from SFT's "Is this the 'Coke Side of Life'" Youtube Contest. Its not too late to participate the deadline is May 19th 2008. For more details on what the contest is about and how to win a Team Tibet Jacket go to: www.studentsforafreetibet.org/cokecontest http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2008/05/16/is-this-the-coke-side-of-life/ We would like to extend a warm thu je che to two Tibetans from New York, Mr. Gyatso and Mr. Tenzin Kalden (Ex-Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of New York and New Jersey), who have decided to sponsor the March for the next two days. Each donated US$1,300 to cover a ... http://tibetanuprising.org/2008/05/16/a-warm-thank-you/ Gordon Brown's now almost legendary indecision has risen its wavering head again. Back in March he promised to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama in London. We assumed that meant in Downing Street, just like John Major and Tony Blair before him. Looks like we were wrong! The ... http://freetibet.blog.co.uk/2008/05/15/gordon-brown-must-meet-the-dalai-lama-at-4178549 http://sftcanada.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sft-will-not-protest-paralympic-torch-event/ On the evening of May 14, the Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement held an informational session about the March to Tibet in Dharamsala. The Presidents briefed the audience on the current location of the March and how much further was left to the border. The multimedia presentation included two documentaries on ... http://tibetanuprising.org/2008/05/15/two-events-in-dharamsala/ Many of us who have traveled to Tibet throughout the years have passed through Chengdu along the way, often staying at the famous Sam's Guesthouse or one of the other well-known pit stops before flying to Lhasa. While definitely sharing some of the less than favourable aesthetic traits of rapidly ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2008/05/14/a-moment-for-the-earthquake/