Re: There is no third world, ergo no 3rd world city/cities

2006-05-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Hallo! But the bulk of the citizens of the Third World are still poor, dispossed, deprived of their share of resources. Much like the tiers etat in France, of another era (where the term comes from anyway). I think it's apologists of the First World who tend to get most upset about usage of the te

video-dnevnik in Kiev

2006-05-12 Thread Nils Claesson
Video-dnevnik.org - a Performing Pictures collaboration with support from Svenska Institutet - held a Participatory Media Workshop in Kiev, Ukraine May 4-5. The seminar was held in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Art in Ukraine and the Kino Club at NaUKMA (the University of Kiev).

Re: Latino political influence in the US?

2006-05-12 Thread coco fusco
As I mentioned in my last message, the US has a history of allowing non-citizens who are resident aliens to vote in certain elections since the late 19th century. At present resident aliens vote at the local level in school board elections, for example. Basically, when it has been advantageous t