Key Question: What are different reasons and strategies nonviolent movements use when engaging with mainstream media vs. creating their own media?

Access video examples for each country below.

North America - “Idle No More” is a worldwide Indigenous movement started by the First Nation Tribes of Canada as a way to help protect the Constitutional Treaty Rights of the Indian Act. These rights are being threatened by the proposed C-45 Bill.
Sudan - This Girifna ad features the picture of the President of Sudan on a shirt. This disgusts the owner of the shirt so he proceeds to clean it with Girifna soap.
Vietnam - In 2009, the Vietnamese government blocked Facebook. In response to this attack on progress and basic rights, a coalition of digital activists launched a campaign to "Bring Facebook Back."
North America - A short film capturing the first day of 2-weeks of sit-ins at the White House to stop the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline.
Azerbaijan - Activist bloggers made this satirical video and distributed it on YouTube, mocking the government for wasting oil revenues after reports that state funds had been used to import two donkeys for $41,000 each. In a mock press conference, an activist in a donkey suit says that in Azerbaijan you have a better chance of success if you're a donkey.

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