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 [...]

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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 in the [...]

From Avaaz.org: In the wake of a massive cyclone, at least 22,000 Burmese are dead. More than 40,000 are missing. A million are homeless. But what’s happening in Burma is not just a natural disaster–it’s also a catastrophe of bad leadership. Burma’s brutal and corrupt military junta failed to warn the people, failed to evacuate [...]

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 Watch the Video Have you noticed food costing more when you shop? Here’s why — we’re plunging headlong into a world food crisis. Rocketing prices [...]

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 was worth sharing. [...]