International Blogging
Tonight (or last night, depending on when you are reading this) is opening day for the European Tribune (it is 6 hours or more later in Europe than it is in Massachussetts.) European Tribune is an international, interactive blog site, written primarily from European perspectives.
European Tribune is a project of the U.S.-based blog community, BooMan Tribune, although it will be editorially independent. For those who like progressive politics and culture, and have an internationalist perspective, BooMan Tribune in only a few months, has become a remarkable place to read, write and dicuss. Now, the European Tribune will provide an English speaking venue for European perspectives.
"The introductory letter by Jerome a Paris reads in part: "The European Tribune is founded by active contributors to the US progressive blogosphere, aiming to emulate its energy, wealth of information, and community spirit with a focus on European and international issues."
"The European Tribune is a forum for thoughtful political dialogue between European countries on their national and European affairs and also with Americans (and Canadians and others!) on world affairs."
"In the context of the Bush administration's "War on Terror", official transatlantic dialogue has become bitter and rancorous and we must make sure that citizens on both sides of the ocean have a chance to better understand each other's problems, internal debates and ideas. Information on the domestic politics of both sides of the ocean -- and how it is perceived from elsewhere -- are a core staple of the European Tribune. Global issues like peak oil, the emergence of China, the future of the European Union, immigration, pollution will be discussed from various perspectives."
"...The site is currently in English, but we hope that we will soon have a large enough and sufficiently diverse crowd to start having diaries and stories written in other languages, and lively discussions taking place within and between citizens of different language areas."
Among the first "front page diaries" is one about supporters of gay rights marching in Warsaw in defiance of a ban imposed by the mayor; and another is a discussion of the Vatican's influence in today's national elections in Italy.
Check it out.
European Tribune is a project of the U.S.-based blog community, BooMan Tribune, although it will be editorially independent. For those who like progressive politics and culture, and have an internationalist perspective, BooMan Tribune in only a few months, has become a remarkable place to read, write and dicuss. Now, the European Tribune will provide an English speaking venue for European perspectives.
"The introductory letter by Jerome a Paris reads in part: "The European Tribune is founded by active contributors to the US progressive blogosphere, aiming to emulate its energy, wealth of information, and community spirit with a focus on European and international issues."
"The European Tribune is a forum for thoughtful political dialogue between European countries on their national and European affairs and also with Americans (and Canadians and others!) on world affairs."
"In the context of the Bush administration's "War on Terror", official transatlantic dialogue has become bitter and rancorous and we must make sure that citizens on both sides of the ocean have a chance to better understand each other's problems, internal debates and ideas. Information on the domestic politics of both sides of the ocean -- and how it is perceived from elsewhere -- are a core staple of the European Tribune. Global issues like peak oil, the emergence of China, the future of the European Union, immigration, pollution will be discussed from various perspectives."
"...The site is currently in English, but we hope that we will soon have a large enough and sufficiently diverse crowd to start having diaries and stories written in other languages, and lively discussions taking place within and between citizens of different language areas."
Among the first "front page diaries" is one about supporters of gay rights marching in Warsaw in defiance of a ban imposed by the mayor; and another is a discussion of the Vatican's influence in today's national elections in Italy.
Check it out.
posted by Frederick Clarkson at 1:39 AM
1 Comments:
When the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is gutted, we can still search for sources of info like this one. Thanks for the link!
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