China continues to clamp down; anniversary of Tibetan protests is tomorrow morning. Worse, they shut down Oasis concert.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 9, 2009

Chinese suppression of all things Tibetan (except tourism) knows no end. They've started a widespread campaign to crackdown on Tibetans—those vicious evil Buddhist peace-loving nomads. Update re China's Tibet clamp down via NY Times: The…

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Robert Thurman on TED—& we thought we were his only live-to-video talk show.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 5, 2009

  vs.   TED's amazing: a sort of ongoing lecture series with all the people we wish we could get to. Well, when we have a huge talk show someday—whether on Planet Green or NBC ABC…

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Movie review: The Sacred Sites of the Dalai Lamas: A Pilgrimage to the Oracle Lake

By Todd Mayville on Aug 31, 2008

The Sacred Sites of the Dalai Lamas: A Pilgrimage to the Oracle Lake is a rather rare film when it comes to movies about Tibet. The vast majority of films address the current political and…

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Candle4Tibet, Phill Bartell & Olympic protests: China’s headache persists.

By Todd Mayville on Aug 8, 2008

In case you missed it, the Candle4Tibet light protest was last night at the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl St. The ceremony was one of hundreds worldwide, and the pace of the protests hasn’t…

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Nicholas D. Kristof’s Plan for a Freeish Tibet Actually Makes Sense.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 8, 2008

Read and cross your fingers—it's something that might make both sides happy, imagine! Excerpt: Tibet is one of the major shadows over the Olympics and over China’s rise as a great power, sullying its…

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tibet108@hotmail.com? Bill Gates says no dice.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 8, 2008

Here's the article. No, not there, here. Read the comments—they're almost better.…

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Red Olympics Torch Relay ends with a Final, Brave, Futile (?) Protest.

By elephantjournal.com on Aug 6, 2008

Bird’s Nest Banner Action - Aug. 6, 2008    BBC reports that four foreignershave been arrested in Beijing for scaling 120-foot light poles and unfurling 140 square foot pro-Tibet banners outside the Bird’s Nest stadium during…

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Bjork “breaks Chinese law.” Tibet, Tibet! Won’t be invited to sing @ Chinese Olympics.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 3, 2008

She starred at 2004's Olympics in Athens: …

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Web site of the wwweek: Robert Thurman’s Why The Dalai Lama Matters.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 3, 2008

You could focus on high-end dashboard kits for cars, but if you put elephant journal on your home page, you've got a good chance of being www of the wwweek. I'm just saying.  The other…

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It’s almost like China around here: Tibet has Vanished from the News.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 2, 2008

Long forgotten: the Goddess of LIberty at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. ~ Only a couple of months after the international protests of the torch relay and violence in Tibet, you gotta look long…

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Light a Candle 4 Tibet: August 7th.

By Todd Mayville on Jul 31, 2008

Light for Tibet in the 24 hours preceding the Olympic Games. THE SAD SMOKY MOUNTAINS & skyscrapers join Candle for Tibet campaign will ignite red smoke on hundreds of mountaintops, and on several skyscrapers…

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Robert Thurman: Why the Dalai Lama Matters @ Tibet House in NYC.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jul 4, 2008

The first few seconds aside (I actually know Ravenna, the American Buddhist songstress), this talk (from Bob's book tour launch event at Tibet House in New York City approx two weeks ago) offers a preview…

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World Tibet Day: July 5.

By Todd Mayville on Jul 4, 2008

World Tibet Day, a day set aside to celebrate Tibetan culture and to observe the birthday of the Dalai Lama, is this weekend. Boulder’s celebration is tomorrow in Central Park (Broadway & Canyon) from…

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Robert Thurman featured in NY Times Sunday Magazine.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jul 3, 2008

Readallaaboudit. (Professor Robert Thurman, father of Uma, will headline our upcomin' elevision at the Boulder Theater).…

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