Respect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights! Free the Arrested Maoris!

The Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network released a signature campaign calling for the immediate release of Maoris who were illegally rounded up and arrested by the NZ police.
The Terrorism Suppression Act apparently has been used to crack down on activists and other progressives.
The Asian Students Association joins the APIYN in calling for the unconditional release [...]

Generation Q: The New Breed of Young Americans?

A friend sent this New York Times column by Thomas Friedman about the new generation of youth in the U.S. He calls them “Generation Q” or the Quiet Generation.
I found it to be an interesting read.

Calling for Participants!

The Asian Students Association will hold a Regional Youth Camp on Education and Employment in Kathmandu, Nepal this December 14-19, 2007.
We are calling on all student organizations and unions as well as young members of national trade unions to attend this youth camp/conference and discuss the current situation of education and employment in Asia Pacific.
Aside [...]

Bloggers Action for Burma: Democracy in Burma Now!

Updates: Organizations, institutions support ASA statement on Burma

While we have yet to hear from our fellow youth and student organizations abroad regarding our call for an internationally- or regionally-coordinated action for Burma, we are very happy to inform everyone that several organizations have expressed support to the statement that we have released. They are:
Youth and Student Organizations:  Front Mahasiswa Nasional (Indonesia), League [...]

Fired Up is BANNED in Turkey

This is probably one of the strangest way to prove that our blog is effective and has impact on people.
A friend organization of the ASA, the New Democratic Youth, has informed us through email that the Fired Up blog cannot be accessed in Turkey by court decision. When they try to open the site, this [...]

October 4 is International Bloggers’ Action for a Free Burma

Take part in this action for a Free Burma!
http://www.free-burma.org/
International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons. These Bloggers are planning to refrain from posting to their blogs [...]