Okay, This is really cool. Here's an amazing rap about Tibet written and performed by Chino of Tibetan Youth UK. Check out more of his stuff and find out about TYUK at their myspace http://www.myspace.com/tyuk

WhatAboutTibet.com has just published a report on the aftermath of the Nangpa-La shootings. Read it here at: http://www.whatabouttibet.com/nangpa.html

The report contains interviews with the survivors and details of those still missing.

See what you can do to help at SFT's action page: http://studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?list=type&type=96

Yesterday we had the SFT UK bi-annual board meeting in London. Board members from Swansea, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford and the capital came prepared for a one day trail blaze through our outsized agenda in only seven hours. Amazingly we did it, and celebrated with momos, drinks and a late night on Saturday!

SFT UK is on a tight budjet: everyone's a volunteer, everyone pays for their travel, and we held the meeting on the floor of a bedroom in a shared house. Not too glamourous but it saves money for Tibet.

As we promised at the conference we now have elections comming up. That means any SFT/long term Tibet activist can stand to be elected to the SFT UK board. More details will be released soon so start thinking - it could be you!

Tibet will be free,
The SFT UK Board

My eye was caught on Monday by the font of the G2 Guardian suppliment. Crowds of cartoon people waving the flags of the People's Republic of China adorned the cover. It was lunchtime, and when nobody was looking I knicked the pages and made off. Safely on the bus home I pulled out my booty, read the pages and missed my stop. Karma anyone?

I thought I'd share the article, in a more moral way, with you. It's here (you'll have to copy and paste the whole link into your browser's address bar) http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,,1984961,00.html

I hope I'm not grabbing at any positive essay I can find but here's some light in that dark shadow any Tibet supporter experiences when confronting the sizable economy of China. We're not talking about finacial ruin for the people of China, but a positive transition from totalitarian policies to a sustainable economy where the people's choices are informed and free.

Enjoy.

Iain