Yesterday, I attended a forum on democracy, politics and participation online hosted by OneWebDay at NYU Law School. The forum was part of Internet Week in New York. I have uploaded the entire panel discussion as a podcast for you to experience yourselves.
The Panelists:
Baratunde Thurston - Comedian, Pundit; Web Editor, The Onion
Andrew Rasiej [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Activism'
Forum on Participation and Politics Online
June 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Community Activism: Battling the 88 Greenwich Board & Management Company
May 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Ok, so here’s the deal. Residents in my building, Greenwich Club Residences, have been trying to get our management company to removed plastic lock boxes from the Sirius Radio control units in the common areas of our building. When I first moved in, we had access to control the radios, as these radios [...]
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[AVAAZ] Food Crisis
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Dear friends,
Rocketing prices threaten to starve millions and make us all less secure — sign the emergency petition for action to stop the world food crisis
Sign the Petition
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Have you noticed food costing more when you shop? Here’s why — we’re plunging headlong into a world food crisis. Rocketing prices are squeezing billions [...]
Tags: Activism · Avaaz · Campaign · Food · Human Rights · Media · Video · YouTube
Boycotting the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments
The following letter ended up in my inbox today from Huang Jinming of the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party of China. Their website is under construction and there wasn’t much I could find out about them online. However, their letter lays out some principled, well-reasoned arguments, so I thought it [...]
Tags: Activism · Campaign · China · Culture · Democracy · Human Rights · Links · News · Taiwan · Tibet
Stop the Clash Wins Again
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
We won! Avaaz.org’s Stop The Clash has won the YouTube Best of 2007 Awards for best political video with 27.5% of the votes.
This is our 3rd award to date. We also won the 2007 DoGooderTV Non-Profit Video Award and a Progressive Source Award.
Thanks for the love everyone!
Peace.
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