mabisa's Bookmarks About "Activism"

The Forgiveness Project

The Forgiveness Project works at a local, national and international level to help build a future free of conflict and violence by healing the wounds of the past. By collecting and sharing people’s stories, and delivering outreach programmes, The Forgiv

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 forgiveness · peace · community · activism · conflict · healing

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Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) - Home Page

The Institute’s mission is to provide the conceptual framework, strategies and information to aid the creation of ecologically sound and economically equitable communities.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 community · sustainability · local · economics · environment · politics · localism · green · conservation · socialjustice · activism · advocacy

http://www.ilsr.org/ - cached - mail it - history

The Droplift Project

don't get caught! the drop continues!

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 music · art · activism · shopdropping · culturejamming

http://www.droplift.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Guerrilla Art. org Home Page

Uses junk mail and its prepaid postage envelopes to create and distribute anti-corporate mail art. Meh.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 consumerism · art · activism · culturejamming

http://guerrillaart.org/index.html - cached - mail it - history

The Ethymonics Free Music Home Page

A site dedicated to free music, including a section about reverse shoplifting CD's in to stores.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 music · activism · shopdropping · freeculture

http://www.ethymonics.co.uk/ - cached - mail it - history

Free Words

FREE WORDS is a book which belongs to whoever finds it. The books are placed on the shelves of bookstores and libraries creating an art situation that infiltrates public and commercial space.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 art · activism · culturejamming · books · literature · publicdomain

http://www.freewords.org/front.html - cached - mail it - history

SHOPDROPPING.NET

SHOPDROPPING is an ongoing project in which I alter the packaging of canned goods and then shopdrop the items back onto grocery store shelves

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 art · activism · culturejamming · consumerism

http://www.shopdropping.net/ - cached - mail it - history

Home - Osocio, Social Advertising and Non-profit Campaigns

Social advertising and non-profit campaigns from around the globe

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 advertising · blog · marketing · activism · culturejamming · media · politics

http://osocio.org/ - cached - mail it - history

The Point - People Solving Problems

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 community · activism · socialnetwork · campaigns · collaboration · web2.0

https://www.thepoint.com/ - cached - mail it - history

CCIA - Defend Fair Use

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 fairuse · IP · IntellectualProperty · petition · activism · copyright

http://www.defendfairuse.org/ - cached - mail it - history

pretending we rock

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 deanspade · activism · queer · trans · lgbtq · gender · interview · toread++

http://www.makezine.org/mimi4.html - cached - mail it - history

Sylvia Rivera Law Project

SRLP works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 trans · gender · genderidentity · law · activism · advocacy · queer · lgbtq

http://www.srlp.org/index.php?sec=00 - cached - mail it - history

Audre Lorde Project - Home

community organizing center

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 nyc · activism · advocay · queer · lgbtq · sexuality · gender · poc · qpoc

http://alp.org/ - cached - mail it - history

The Initiative on the Future of Journalism

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 journalism · citizenjournalism · newmedia · news · politics · religion · education · activism · interactive

http://newsinitiative.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Just Say 'No' to Police Searches | FlexYourRights.org

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 ACLU · rights · law · police · activism · privacy · educational · guide · liberty · state · video · legal

http://www.flexyourrights.org/ - cached - mail it - history

www.BrazilianArtists.net, the A-Z of Brazilian Arts, Entertainment & Cultural Events in the UK

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 flags · politics · art · activism · visualization · data · statistics · graphs · IcaroDoria · Doria

http://www.brazilianartists.net/home/flags/index.htm - cached - mail it - history

youthmediacouncil.org

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 media · politics · activism · youth · advocacy · nonprofit

http://www.youthmediacouncil.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Blogging Feminism: (Web)Sites of Resistance

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 feminism · blog · women · activism

http://bloggingfeminism.blogspot.com/ - cached - mail it - history

The Open Rights Group

To raise awareness in the media of digital rights abuses

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · advocacy · IP · freeculture · DigitalRights · DigitalCulture · IntellectualProperty · blog · news

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Africa's Poor Had The Best Week Ever

In their world, fighting AIDS somehow never seems to query how Europe and the US underdeveloped Africa and how the continent's abundant resources are still exploited by the world's wealthy.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · Africa · AIDS · article · ProductRED · TheNation · branding · capitalism · politics

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=130242 - cached - mail it - history

Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · news · media · journalism · activism · independent · commentary

http://www.truthdig.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Main Page - ZineWiki - the history and culture of zines, independent media and the small press.

zineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 wiki · zines · art · publishing · activism · writing

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VoteTrustUSA - Home

A national network of state-based organizations working for secure, accurate and transparent elections.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · voting · politics · elections · rights

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Black Box Voting - Welcome to www.BlackBoxVoting.org, Consumer protection for elections

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · voting · activism · elections · technology · security · evoting · rights · democracy

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Project Censored Media democracy in action

Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 socially significant news stories of social significance said to have been missed, underreported or self-censored by mainstream press in the US.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 news · politics · media · censorship · journalism · Activism · disinfo · disinformation · democracy

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MisFortune 500: a watchdog challenging the negative impact of corporate practices on women worldwide

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 economics · labor · womensrights · activism · business · corporations · companies

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Welcome to the Clean Clothes Campaign website

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · economics · justice · labor · sweatshops · clothing · garments · industry

http://www.cleanclothes.org/index.htm - cached - mail it - history

Knowmore.org

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 corporations · activism · politics · background · ratings · companies

http://www.knowmore.org/default.php - cached - mail it - history

New America Media

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 media · news · politics · activism · diversity

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/ - cached - mail it - history

Gay Rights Watch

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · queer · gay · news · rights · activism · lgbtq

http://www.gayrightswatch.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Annual Media That Matters Film Festival (liberal)

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 film · festival · media · video · activism · politics · justice · humanrights · rights

http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Join the Action Alert Network to stop DRM | DefectiveByDesign.org

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 DRM · opensource · activism · cc · copyright · DigitalRights · DigitalCulture

http://defectivebydesign.org/en/join/fsf - cached - mail it - history

Books Through Bars

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 philadelphia · books · prison · activism

http://www.booksthroughbars.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Independent Media Center of Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Independent Media Center (PhillyIMC) is a grassroots news organization serving Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. PhillyIMC is also the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · activism · philadelphia · media · news

http://phillyimc.org/en/ - cached - mail it - history

Untitled

After all, how much passive entertainment do you need?

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 CultureJamming · tv · activism · television · media · addiction · politics

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sniggle.net: The Culture Jammer’s Encyclopedia

Pranks and hoaxes and delusions and frauds remind us that we’re easily fooled and that we aren’t nearly as smart as we sometimes think we are. The trickster, by taking us down a notch, does us a valuable service.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 culturejamming · activism · art · politics · encyclopedia · StreetArt · GuerillaArt

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Whirl-Mart Information

It is a ritual during which a group gathers and silently pushes empty carts through the aisles of a superstore. Whirl-Mart utilizes tactics of occupation and reclamation of private consumer-dominated space for the purpose of creating a symbolic spectacle.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 culturejamming · consumerism · activism · walmart · protest · performanceart · consumption

http://www.breathingplanet.net/whirl/ - cached - mail it - history

NEPA Whirl

The action is comprised of a group of anti-shoppers ranging in size from 1 to 50 members.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 walmart · shopping · consumerism · culturejamming · activism · politics

http://www.watermelonpunch.com/whirl/ - cached - mail it - history

Untitled

Of all the types of media used to disseminate the Ad there is only one which is entirely inescapable to all but the bedridden shut-in or the Thoreauian misanthrope. We speak, of course of the Billboard.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 CultureJamming · GuerillaArt · activism · StreetArt · media · advertising · art · billboards

http://www.billboardliberation.com/ - cached - mail it - history

n o l o g o . o r g

On-line portal to the global justice movement for readers of the book who wanted to read further and get involved in the movements against corporate exploitation and neoliberal globalization.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · advocacy · consumerism · disinformation · humanrights · globalization · politics · capitalism · corporations · counterculture

http://www.nologo.org/ - cached - mail it - history

...SweatShop Watch ...Welcome to Sweatshop Watch!

Sweatshop Watch serves low-wage workers nationally and globally, with a focus on eliminating sweatshop exploitation in California's garment industry

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · labor · sweatshops · clothing · ethics · humanrights · unions · politics

http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Fighting for Net Neutrality and Internet Freedom

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 DigitalRights · netneutrality · web · internet · DigitalCulture · activism

http://wearetheweb.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Congress.org

Identify and contact elected leaders in Congress, the White House, and state legislatures

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · government · congress · activism · reference · voting · advocacy · senate

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/ - cached - mail it - history

VOTE.COM | Active Votes

Vote.com is a fully interactive web site designed to give Internet users a voice on important public issues and other topics.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 voting · politics · congress · senate · activism

http://www.vote.com/category/4075633/activeVotes.html - cached - mail it - history

C.I.C.L.E. :: - Bicycle News, Advocacy, Culture

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 cycling · biking · culture · advocacy · activism · cyclists · bikers

http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/index.php - cached - mail it - history

Genderberg.com: Activist Resource for Prostitution, Porn, and Sex Exploitation

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 feminism · sexism · gender · politics · activism · exploitation

http://www.genderberg.com/ - cached - mail it - history

The End of Poverty

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 book · economics · poverty · activism · humanrights · justice · development

http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/endofpoverty/ - cached - mail it - history

American Atheists

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 atheism · activism · religion · philosophy · politics · skepticism · organization · freethinking · criticalthinking

http://www.atheists.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Behind the Label - You Can Make a Difference

BehindTheLabel.org is a multimedia news website covering the stories of people fighting for fundamental human and labor rights against the goliath global clothing industry.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · politics · culturejamming · corporations · companies · ethics · action · labor · rights · humanrights

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BuyBlue.org | Vote With Your Wallet!

Stop supporting companies that don't support your values. Reward companies that have a triple bottom line: People, Planet and Profit.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 consumerism · corporations · companies · shopping · activism · accountability · commerce · socialchange · sustainability · environmentalism · economics · ratings

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Science Addiction » 95 Theses of Geek Activism

With the gamers recognizing the need for a louder voice, EFF gaining momentum and Linux taking on the mainstream on the one hand and recent severe losses in privacy, freedom of speech and intellectual property rights on the other, now seems to be the best

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 geek · activism · counterculture · BlogEntry · DigitalRights · DigitalCulture · hacking · rights · politics

http://www.scienceaddiction.com/2006/07/23/95-theses-of-geek-activism/ - cached - mail it - history

ScatterChat

ScatterChat is a HACKTIVIST WEAPON designed to allow non-technical human rights activists and political dissidents to communicate securely and anonymously while operating in hostile territory.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 security · chat · IM · privacy · encryption · software · activism · anonymonity

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VHEMT

Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth's biosphere to return to good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 environment · activism · extinction · sustainability · conservation · earth · people · humanity · Politics · philosophy

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Anxiety Culture: Intro

A web magazine with a wealth of ideas and gimmicks fo navigating the crazy, paranoid, work-obsessed, media-crapulent times we live in.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 culture · counterculture · ezine · zine · philosophy · lifehacks · magazine · consumerism · media · society · activism · diy

http://www.anxietyculture.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Guerrilla News Network

Our mission is to expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · censorship · anarchism · alternative · culture · counterculture · ParticipatoryMedia · politics · media · news · newspaper · disinfo · indymedia · media2.0 · democracy · progressive · protest · economics

http://www.gnn.tv/ - cached - mail it - history

Anxiety Culture: Contents

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 capitalism · activism · alternative · culture · conspiracy · culturejamming · economics · society · politics

http://www.anxietyculture.com/contents.htm - cached - mail it - history

Vintage Vinyl:Steal This Book

Did I just tag "Steal This Book" with "lifehacks"?

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 Hoffman · AbbieHoffman · activism · culture · freeculture · anarchism · anarchy · economics · ebook · book · crime · education · lifehacks · political · politics · StealThisBook

http://www.tenant.net/Community/steal/steal.html - cached - mail it - history

Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 CognitiveScience · cogsci · Princeton · department · laboratory · experiments · activities · university

http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/ - cached - mail it - history

Amnesty International Ads Show What's Happening :: AdLand ad-rag commercial archive :: by the adgrunts for the adgrunts advertising blog commercial archive

The campaign uses the tagline "It's not happening here but it's happening now", in various languages, from French to German. Using the transparent billboards, the campaign aims to show people what is going on in the world, even if it's not happening in fr

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 advertising · ads · politics · AmnestyInternational · humanrights · awareness · activism · posters · marketing · guerillaart

http://commercial-archive.com/129885.php - cached - mail it - history

American Humanist Association

The mission of the American Humanist Association is to be a clear, democratic voice for Humanism in the United States, to increase public awareness and acceptance of Humanism, to establish, protect and promote the position of Humanists in our society, and

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 humanism · morality · politics · activism · progressive

http://americanhumanist.org/index.html - cached - mail it - history

UNAMERICAN 2.1.4: vast.active.living.info.system

Unamerican is about free speech. We believe that by beaming progressive ideas to people through this site, we will light up a network that resonates with our ideas.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · stickers · shopping · pins · shirts · activism

http://www.unamerican.com/catalog/ - cached - mail it - history

EFF: Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry

The RIAA and MPAA trot out their spokespeople at conferences and public events, repeating their misleading talking points. Innovators are pirates, fair use is theft...Their rhetoric shouldn't be given a free pass. To that end, EFF has prepared a sample li

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 RIAA · EFF · p2p · rights · DigitalRights · copyright · IntellectualProperty · MPAA · advocacy · activism · IP · questions · DMCA · law

http://www.eff.org/IP/faq/ - cached - mail it - history

Untitled Document

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 art · culture · politics · humor · artist · illustration · satire · guerillaart · cartoons · comics · activism · society

http://centennialsociety.com/durham.html - cached - mail it - history

Campaigns Wikia - Central Campaign Wikia

It's time for politics to become more intelligent, and for democracy to really involve the people.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · activism · campaigns · rights · democracy · government · economics

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8by1: Wishlist for Your World

8by1 is wishlist for your world. 8by1 helps you evangelize your wishes for the world, and connects you with similar-minded people who also want these wishes to come true.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 1@m3 · web2.0 · wishlist · community · social · socialsoftware · tags · tagging · activism · wishlists · wishes

http://www.8by1.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Internet Archive: Details: The New York Institute for the Humanities presents The Comedies of Fair U$e

The New York Institute for the Humanities presents The Comedies of Fair U$e

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 audio · cc · conference · symposium · copyright · opensource · p2p · piracy · DigitalRights · fairuse · art · law · media · culture · activism · NYU · freeculture

http://www.archive.org/details/NYIH_Comedies_of_Fair_Use - cached - mail it - history

table of contents - steal this wiki

The full text of Abbie Hoffman's seminal Steal This Book posted to a wiki so that it can be collaboratively updated for today's world.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 wiki · hoffman · AbbieHoffman · lifehacks · diy · culture · politics · howto · activism · StealThisBook · book · ebook

http://stealthiswiki.nine9pages.com/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents - cached - mail it - history

civilrights.org -- LCCR

civilrights.org is a collaboration of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. Its mission: to serve as the site of record for relevant and up-to-the minute civil rights news and information.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 CivilRights · rights · liberal · activism · politics · progressive · society · news · resources

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New Demographic - Keynotes, Training Seminars and Consulting on Biracial, Multiracial and Interracial Issues

New Demographic is a diversity training company with a fresh new spin.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · culture · interracial · multiracial · multi · race · racism · ethnicity · diversity · DiversityTraining

http://www.newdemographic.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Swirl

An anti-racist, grassroots organization that serves the mixed heritage community; aims to develop a national consciousness around mixed heritage issues to empower members to organize and take action towards progressive social change.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 multiracial · interracial · mixed · race · ethnicity · heritage · multi · activism · politics · SocialChange

http://www.swirlinc.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Chernus and Hilfiker on the Other Christian Activists

"I stumbled across a branch of the religious left quite by accident recently, in Texas of all places, though the folks I met would say I was guided to them by the Lord."

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 religion · america · US · politics · christianity · activism · left

http://www.tomdispatch.com/indexprint.mhtml?pid=64317 - cached - mail it - history

Castle Coalition: Interactive Map & State Overviews

This map plots instances of eminent domain abuse across the United States.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 eminentdomain · map · politics · government · mapping · property · rights · activism · development · googlemaps · mashup

http://maps.castlecoalition.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Citizens Against Homophobia Home Page

Citizens Against Homophobia is a group that uses mass media campaigns to reduce homophobia.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 homophobia · heteronormativity · campaign · activism · media · discrimination · prejudice · lgbtq · queer

http://www.actwin.com/cahp/ - cached - mail it - history

GLAAD: Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representation

Online resource for promoting fair, accurate, and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · gay · lgbtq · queer · sexuality · activism · rights · nonprofit · progressive · homosexuality · homophobia · discrimination

http://www.glaad.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Public Agenda Online

For over a quarter of a century, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to re

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · news · america · opinion · activism · advocacy · nonpartisan · nonprofit · policy · public · PublicOpinion

http://www.publicagenda.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Faith In America

A national organization dedicated to the emancipation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from bigotry disguised as religious truth.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 religion · discrimination · bigotry · homophobia · homosexuality · gay · queer · lgbtq · christianity · activism

http://www.faithinamerica.info/newSite/ - cached - mail it - history

.: New Internationalist magazine on-line :.

Exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary if the basic material

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 economics · development · globalization · poverty · inequality · justice · humanrights · politics · magazine · activism

http://www.newint.org/ - cached - mail it - history

CorpWatch : Index

CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · corporations · business · economics · globalization · politics · corruption · environment · socialresponsibility · humanrights · sustainability · advocacy · democracy · rights

http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php - cached - mail it - history

Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party

What is unique is that the radical religious right has succeeded in taking over one of America's political parties. The country is not yet a theocracy but the Republican Party is, using God as a a battering ram on crime, punishment, foreign policy, health

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 theocracy · republicans · religion · politics · christianity · america · us · democracy · activism

http://www.theocracywatch.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Papers, Articles and Books by Harry Cleaver

includes various papers on internet activism

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · internet · activism · DigitalRights · CLeaver · HarryCleaver · EZLN · Mexico

http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/hmchtmlpapers.html - cached - mail it - history

PrisonSucks.com: Research on the prison industrial complex

Prisonsucks.com is a clearinghouse for useful, verifiable statistics about the crime control industry.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 racism · sexism · activism · prisons · PIComplex · prison · jail · incarceration · US · america · research · statistics

http://www.prisonsucks.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Prison Policy Initiative

Our criminal justice system — with the highest incarceration rate in the world — has a profound and negative impact on democracy itself.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · government · politics · prison · jail · prisons · incarceration · PIComplex · democracy · law

http://www.prisonpolicy.org/ - cached - mail it - history

The Yes Men

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · politics · art · media · protest · projects · parody · satire · culture · film · identity · theatre · TheYesMen

http://www.theyesmen.org/ - cached - mail it - history

DefectiveByDesign.org

There is no more important cause for electronic freedoms and privacy than the call for action to stop DRM from crippling our digital future.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 drm · activism · copyright · riaa · DigitalRights · mpaa

http://defectivebydesign.org/ - cached - mail it - history

UNV Online Volunteering

The Online Volunteering service connects development organizations and volunteers over the Internet and supports their effective online collaboration.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 volunteering · volunteer · activism · community · charity · UN · socialchange · international

http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Welcome to VolunteerMatch

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 volunteer · community · nonprofit · volunteering · activism · charity · nonprofits

http://www.volunteermatch.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Building Blocks for Youth

The Building Blocks for Youth initiative is an alliance of children and youth advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals and community organizers that seeks to reduce overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice s

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 justice · youth · brownpeople · race · racism · ethnicity · law · jail · incarceration · prison · prisons · policy · activism

http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/ - cached - mail it - history

The Sentencing Project - promoting an end to incarcertion and use of more effective humane alternatives to deal with crime

The Sentencing Project promotes reduced reliance on incarceration and increased use of more effective and humane alternatives to deal with crime. It is a nationally recognized source of criminal justice policy analysis, data, and program information.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · government · prison · politics · justice · sentencing · law · prisons · jail · reference · nonprofit · crime · statistics · policy · incarceration · data

http://www.sentencingproject.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Just Cause Law Collective

Great resource detailing the rights of individuals in various interaction with the popo.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · jail · law · prison · rights · CivilRights · arrest · detention · police · cops · materials · ***** · MirandaRights

http://www.lawcollective.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=b5c0b06d029c934edf6a89c9eb71aafa&PHPSESSID=b5c0b06d029c934edf6a89c9eb71... - cached - mail it - history

McDonald's Interactive Division

When McDonald's Interactive recently gave a presentation at the International Serious Games 2006 conference, they made a startling announcement: "we can no longer stand by while McDonald's corporate policies help lead the planet to ruin. [...] So our team

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 politics · environment · activism · capitalism · consumerism · sustainability · McDonalds · game · simulation

http://www.mcdonaldsinteractive.com/announcement.html - cached - mail it - history

Unity08: Select & Elect a Unity Ticket in the 2008 Presidential Race |

In 2008, we’ll select and elect a Unity Ticket to the White House— one Democrat, one Republican, in whatever order, or independents committed to a Unity team.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 election · election08 · democrats · republicans · politics · activism · democracy · unity · us

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SaveROE.com

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 abortion · activism · feminism · women · health · womensrights · politics · reproductiverights · contraception

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Commercial Alert & Protecting communities

Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 commercialism · consumerism · activism · media · advertising · politics

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queers without borders

a network of queer activists of all sexualities to share information and to discuss future actions against border regimes and in support those experiencing oppression from state, church, or a lack of freedom of movement.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 queer · activism · lgbtq · politics · political

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homo a go go

Homo A Go Go is a biennial queer music, art, film, spoken word and radical activism festival.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 lgbtq · homosexuality · festival · artists · art · music · film · activism

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Climate Crisis--Al Gore film

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 environment · film · politics · activism · climate · movies · ecology · movie · films · government · green · sustainability · science · education

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welcome | irrepressible.info

Amnesty International, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 censorship · internet · politics · amnesty · freedom · campaign · web · democracy · activism · freespeech

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Co-op America's Responsible Shopper: Global Research & Action to Stop Corporate Abuse

Reports on global research and campaign information in order to alert the public about the social and environmental impact of major corporations, while providing opportunities for consumers and investors to vote with their dollars for change.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 activism · green · environment · sustainability · shopping

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Main Page - Wikocracy

This is a test to see what happens when everyone can write and revise the law. It may sound like a free-for-all. But that's exactly the point-- to make the process of law-making free for all.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 law · democracy · legislation · politics · activism · wiki · socialsoftware · wikocracy

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IUCN - The World Conservation Union

The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network.

by mabisa 2008-01-24 17:01 sustainability · animals · biodiversity · ecology · environment · biology · preservation · conservation · nature · politics · activism

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