The Maldives is in a deep political crisis as the police force and some military personnel mutinied against the government in a follow-up to three weeks of protest by civilians. Details are emerging and there are frequent updates on Twitter.

"Energetic electro punk protest tracks" Chris MacDonald, IndieFeed Electronica

Legend in our midst Ani DiFranco returns with her first set of new tracks in three years. Despite the title track and its long place in the history of protest music, ""Which Side Are You On?" focuses on inner turmoil and a longing to find ways to negotiate a world gone wrong. DiFranco's lyrics have always been personal and immediate, and nothing is different here. What is different is a still raw but more melancholy look at the things that confuse and outrage her. She seems less defiant and more aware of the limits of protest."Life Boat" and "If Yr Not' mix her fingerpicking with tasty feedback and distorted electric guitar

Unworry and Splinter have a lo-fi jazzy feel; likewise Amendment uses abrasive touches to her political admonition and defense of women's rights (compassion has many faces and many names"). It is a companion piece to her cover of the classic title track. The jaunty snarky pop of "Promiscuity" and the reggae-lite "J" feel like throwaways in comparison. The final two songs are perhaps the

Australia Day ceremonies are usually the dullest of events. But not when Australias political leaders are together just walking distance from a gathering at the contentious Aboriginal Tent Embassy. A spontaneous protest took place in a restaurant near the Embassy where Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was awarding medals

It has been an exceptionally busy week for copyright policy. We heard from all three branches of the US Federal Government in one way or another, while the citizens of the Internet flexed their muscles in response. The most covered story of the week was the battle over SOPA and PIPA -- the twin proposed bills that aimed to cut down on online piracy of copyrighted works by giving the government significant new authority to block access to allegedly infringing web sites. Other authors on this blog have pointed out how the bills show inconsistency in the copyright industry's position on regulating the internet, could threaten free speech in repressive regimes, and may ultimately be found by the courts to violate fundamental constitutional liberties. On Wednesday some of the most popular sites on the web "went dark" or otherwise heightened awareness of the issue, and the surge citizen pleas to Congress caused a surprising reversal of momentum in the House and Senate. [Update: Both PIPA and SOPA have now been s

In an era when Peter, Paul, and Mary aren't topping the charts with "Blowin' in the Wind," the protest song still seems to be finding a way to make itself heard.

Have you been paying attention to all the hubbub online about the proposed U.S. legislation (SOPA/PIPA) that threatens internet freedom? I wrote about it last week over on WordPress.org, but thegistis this: there’s a bill in the U.S. Senate that if passed would putpublishingfreedom severely at risk, and could shut down entire sites at the [...]

Anonymous has launched a pair of operations in response to the takedown of the Megaupload.com site earlier today by the FBI and other authorities and continued support for the Stop Online Piracy Act by members of Congress. So far, the sites of the Justice Department, Universal Music Group, and several congressional sites have been affected. The attacks began as Anonymous' Sabu called for people to boycot paid media in all forms and supporting torrent and file sharing sites. "This new, massive operation, will target on SOPA/PIPA in a way that the government was not expecting," he posted on Twitter. "We are going to starve the beast." In response to the arrest of Megaupload.com's founders, he said, "This is the governments way of saying: 'How nice of you protest SOPA/PIPA. But we still are in control.' Fuck this." At just before 4PM CT on January 19, both the websites of the Department of Justice and Universal Music were made unavailable by denial of service attacks. Anonymous' Barrett Brown told RT.com that

A number of high profile websites are going dark today to protest the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The bills are designed to protect intellectual property holders by toughening measures against copyright infringers. Opponents say that aspects of the bill pose grave threats to free speech and internet entrepreneurship, with some high profile webmasters claiming that the bill, if passed, would threaten the very existence of their sites despite not hosting copyright-infringing material directly. Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing are among the sites effectively shutting down today... Continue Reading Web goes dark in SOPA protest

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Wikipedia went down, denying access to the 85 million people who visit the site every day. Did it do any good?

Facebook, the possibility to calculate numbers of protest participants, slogans from the Internet, a wide variety of gadgets - these are four new important factors in the analysis of demonstrations in Russia. Marina Litvinovich reports.

Pedazos de la Isla posts a letter by dissident Ivonne Malleza who, along with her husband and another citizen, have been imprisoned for over a month, ever since being arrested during a protest. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon...

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