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A journalist from the Wall Street Journal has posted a video story today, making a parallel between the Seattle protests 10 years ago and the demonstrations taking place these days in Geneva for the 7th Ministerial of the WTO.

On the same topic, the Yes magazine has compared pictures of the real demonstration that took place in the streets of Seattle, versus the fiction film that was directed recently by an Irish Hollywood actor (Stuart Townsend).

Actually, the violent part of the demonstration took part fortunately before the start of the summit, 2 days before, to be precise : some of the activists coming from all over the world were part of the demonstration that was invaded by a group of «Black blocks» who caused mayhem in the crowd : here is some early footage of the damage they caused, and the subsequent police repression that followed.

For all activists out there, the Climate Caravan will be travelling through Europe, from Geneva to Copenhagen, with many stops in-between…

SocialRadius is a full-service social media agency, with some interesting clients. They are sponsoring the next Future of Film Summit, held in Santa Monica on December 8th.

Download on your iPhone a special 24 hours long soundtrack designed by Philippe Starck, or listen to it online.

This project was developed by Soundwalk, who also developed applications for the Paris Nuit Blanche.

Victor Manuel de Seica Malhao a quitté son travail et n’a jamais été revu depuis lors.

En marge de ses activités d’enseignante, disciple de Danilo Dolci, Fiore Castiglione est une militante qui a réussi à faire appliquer à Genève la Convention internationale des droits de l’enfant, qui promulgue l’obligation de scolariser tout enfant.

Alberto Castiglione, jeune réalisateur italien qui serait en âge d’être son fils.

« L’art est constamment soumis à des considérations économiques, politiques, religieuses ou techniques : il sera alternativement décadent, constructif, révolutionnaire ou rêveur (10). »

in Manière de voir, Le Monde Diplomatique, octobre-novembre 2009.

The Ana Tzarev gallery in New York is hosting this fall the «Grace of Africa» exhibition, in support of a Permanent Memorial on Slavery, which will be built at the United Nations, in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

“ L’invention en 1828, de la presse hydraulique pour extraire le beurre de cacao ainsi que la mise au point du processus de fabrication du chocolat solide et au lait par les Suisses (aux alentours de 1879) sont considérées comme les principales avancées ayant influencé le développement du secteur chocolatier actuel. ” extrait d’un article publié par le UNCTAD.

Le chocolat suisse est un des plus beaux exemples de collaboration entre les «Least Developed Countries» et l’industrie high tech d’un petit pays comme la Suisse, qui n’avait a priori que des vaches et des cerveaux…

Tag Heuer, Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches, has recently teamed up with Pierre Morel, movie director and collaborator of Luc Besson, to make an online interactive film, promoting their new Meridiist phone.

This interactive film is somewhat similar to the anyfilms.net project that Samsung had launched in 2006, with the Barbarian Group agency, headquartered in Boston, MA.