Hi all, Attached is the latest issue of the Upstream Journal published by the Social Justice Committee, a Montreal-based NGO. The issue focuses on "communication for social change". Four articles are by members of the OURMedia Network. Voices of dissent - Amy Goodman and independent media The role of community radio as an alternative source of information By Elvira Truglia "Talking strongly" - Indigenous media in Australia Protecting culture and language through media technology By Michael Meadows Media poetics and cattle - Colombia community radio, language and power Challenging cultural assumptions in cowboy country By Clemencia Rodriguez Container tech - Jamaican community retrofits shipping container into creative computing centre Technology is made local and becomes a tool of empowerment By Francesca Da Rimini Enjoy! Elvira 2. The latest Upstream Journal is now available The latest Upstream Journal is now available, with a special focus on the role of communication for social change. Subscription only $5! 36 pages of "Canadian perspectives on global justice." Voices of dissent - Amy Goodman and independent media The role of community radio as an alternative source of information Grafitti as social protest Street art challenges social and political structures when other options are limited "Talking strongly" - Indigenous media in Australia Protecting culture and language through media technology Media poetics and cattle - Colombia community radio, language and power Challenging cultural assumptions in cowboy country Container tech - Jamaican community retrofits shipping container into creative computing centre Technology is made local and becomes a tool of empowerment Le grand saut technologique et la "nouvelle économie" - au secours des pays en développement? La expansion technologique - est-elle adaptée à la situation fragile dans ces pays? The World Bank doesn't have - and doesn't want - human rights standards in its projects Despite changing opinion on their importance in development, the world's largest development institution has no policy on human rights The financial crisis and the future for Canada's foreign aid Will cuts join high food prices, falling remittances and low export earnings in reversing development gains? For more information: http://www.upstreamjournal.org/ http://www.s-j-c.net