Five Future Tunisias

Foreign Policy magazine has an interesting snapshot of an article looking at five Arab regimes that they feel may be destined for revolution.

Definitely worth a read for those of you who follow these things.

China’s Other Tibetans: The Uyghurs

After years and years living under Communist rule that looks down upon their Islamic heritage and after having been forced to work in inhumane sweatshops making Nikes and children’s toys China’s ethnic Uyghurs (pro-nounced Wee-ger) have said no más.

As is to be expect Amy Goodman (LDRFJ*) and the team at Democracy Now! have done an amazing job covering the riots in Western China. Today’s show features an interview with Nury Turkel, a Uyghur-American attorney and co-founder of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

The segment with Turkel gives an excellent over view of what has happened in Western China along with some (gasp) historical context.

LDRFJ = Long Distance Runner for Justice

(hat tip NEF for bringing the story to my attention)