Undergrowth Featured Blogs
Zalim, Ganas & Keras (Cruel, Fierce & Violent)
A documentary about police brutality and abuse in Malaysia.
Plight of Migrant Workers
The exploitation and abuse of more than 400 migrant workers in Singapore by its employer, Gates Offshore Pte. Ltd.
Kyle Hailey in San Francisco Fashion Awards
Kyle Hailey has been nominated among the finalists for Best Photographer in SF fashion awards. Kyle is very skilled at producing portraits from west coast dance scenes and post post apocalyptic Burner talent. Vote for Kyle
Here's the fashion shots
Here's the voting
Voting ends July 26th
Categories: Global Voices, Undergrowth Featured Blogs
Di Antara Dua Dunia (Between the Two Worlds)
PEKKA members off to the US to tell their stories.
Making a Commitment
As part of the U60 celebrations of the recent 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, MARUAH (Singapore Working Group on ASEAN HRM) held an event to emphasize the importance of Articles 23-25 of the UDHR, which deals with fair and just conditions for workers.
The five stars of our flag
A video made for Singapore's National Day in 2008 for The Online Citizen. What do those Five Stars stand for?
Transport Unions Federation (T.U.F) Protest Rally
Unionist, activists and members of the community rallied together at Central Station in Sydney to voice their opposition to the New South Wales (NSW) Government's relentless push to reduce public services throughout the New South Wales transport network. Speakers from the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTB) and Transport Workers Union (TWU) were proud to announce their ongoing commitment to raise the standards of public services in the transport sector. The Maritime Union Association, Rail Tram Bus Union and Transport Worker's Union have come together to form the alliance T.U.F (Transport Unions Federation) to combat the State Governments plans of slashing public services.
Prisoners of a White God
A Czech researcher Tomáš Ryška spent nearly two years in Thai and Laosen mountains in order to search for causes of wrong doing and violence that is done to the Akhas and their children. This dramatic documentary about a small mountain ethnic tribe is based on reality.
history images (the second book of breathing)
In the second book of breathing, we learn how to die. And no one knew how to die better than the Egyptians, how to carry the word of their body through time, so intact, that 5000 years later, a tongue still seems capable of speech. And yet nothing proves death so emphatically as these mummified bodies. The openings of his mouth, eyes and ears, closed against his journey into the dust.
Categories: Undergrowth Featured Blogs
In Unity For Her Liberty
A peace vigil for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
My Singapore, My Home
A reflection into Singapore's forgotten in the wake of its rapid modernisation and economic progress.
Merchant Mariners Memorial
Merchant Mariners Memorial Service held at Newcastle.
gestures
'Seven People were injuried yesterday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Following the Christmas celebrations, Greek orthodox priests set up ladders to clean the walls and ceilings of their part of the church, which is built over the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born, But the ladders encroached on space controlled by Armenian priests, according to photographers who said that angry words ensued and blows quickly follwed.'
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'Thousands of Chinese villagers have clashed with police over access to irrigation water, leading to at least one death and five injuries, the local media reported yesterday.
Amid a rise in violent rural unrest, the authorities used water cannon and tear gas to break up an angry protest in the village of Bomei the southern province of Quangdong. '
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' According to local media reports, the former king fu champion took a set of wooden clubs with him to fend off potential attackers and shouted to construction site guards: "If you dare to come up, I will beat you down."
Water and electricity have been cut off, but supporters give him food and drink, which he pulls up by rope. '
'"It is obviously something we don't wont to encourage," she added
Bono was unavailable for comment. '
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Categories: Undergrowth Featured Blogs
Back to Love
Valeriya's new single "Back to Love" from her UK debut album "Out of Control" dedicated to the modern slavery / counter-trafficking issues.
Waiting for Freedom
Comic is a tool to express my feelings (Komik, tempat curahan perasaanku).
Open Video Conference: The Future of Online Video
The WITNESS Hub attended the first ever Open Video Conference on June 19th, 2009 in New York City. The goal of the conference was to bring energy, excitement, and enthusiasm to the important conversation over the future of online video. We interviewed panelists and participants and asked: What is open video?
and Why is it important?
Remember Our Heros
Kiky and Novi are worried about children in Aceh who are more familiarised with Superman and Spiderman rather than their own national heroes. (Kekhawatiran Kiky dan Novi tentang anak-anak Aceh sekarang yang lebih mengenal Superman dan Spiderman daripada pahlawan nasional mereka sendiri).
No Reply
Mr. President, I have been waiting for your reply letter since a long time ago. What is your address actually?
(Pak Presiden, sudah lama aku menunggu balasan suratmu. Sebenarnya alamatmu dimana?)
For Kampung Chubadak (2007)
A forced demolition of houses by the Kuala Lumpur City Council on an urban poor village in Kampung Chubadak Tambahan, Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 5th, 2006.
Habis Berapa Bos (The cost of local elections)
Behind the festive of elections, there are bills that piled up.
