Tag Archives: politics

Funny, but not.

June 12, 2009 – 11:13 am

My friend Dagmar sent me this link a couple of weeks ago. Below is what’s on the page. The top line is especially spot on I find.

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Grassroots politics coverage

July 13, 2008 – 8:47 am

The Huffington Post (if you don’t know it by now, check it out: it is an online newspaper almost entirely made up of guest bloggers) sent me a nice email asking me if I wanted to join OffTheBus. OffTheBus is an initiative, where bloggers all over the US collaborate to report about the elections in [...]

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Facebook politics

July 3, 2008 – 9:08 am

Everybody’s favourite Social Network (well, at least mine) is a useful channel if you want to spread the word during an election. US movement Rock the Vote (are you old enough to remember Madonna posing for Rock the Vote in the early 90ies?? I am… had that picture on my teenage bedroom wall) just built [...]

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Social Media for activists

March 6, 2008 – 5:18 am

I read this interesting post yesterday about the use of Social Media by activists. I have talked  about Social Media as a tool for organising protests (remember the “Free Burma” campaign?) before, and this is kinda related. Activists in countries where free access to the internet is limited use alternative means to get their messages [...]

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