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• Taking the Pledge
Brown University alumni report shows Brown University groups taking a pledge to not support sweatshops in various goods that relate to the university in anyway.
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• Talk About Barbie
John C. Dvorak writes about doing an innocent search for Barbie and discovering the Pink Anger boycott. [ZDNet]
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• Television Project
An educational organization that helps parents understand how television affects their families and community. Pamphlets, articles, and activities are among this site's resources.
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• Tell Wal-Mart Enough is Enough
An online petition demanding Wal-Mart to stop obstructing unionization activities, and closing stores when their workers decide to start a union there.
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• Texas Watch
Bi-partisan advocacy organization against wealthy special interest lobbyists. Includes activist center with information about writing your legislator, writing a letter to the editor, sharing your story with the media, preparing testimony for a hearing, and preparing for a legislative visit or phone call. Also includes information about insurance, family safety, courts, and consumer law.
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• The 'I amusingly altered a product's packaging' Page
Marker pens and paint are taken to various product names with humorous results.
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• The (tm)
Outdoing Leonardo Finance by trademarking the word "the".
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• The Albert Einstein Institution
Nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world. Downloadable manuals and pamphlets in English, Spanish and Farsi.
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• The Amazon of All Boycotts
Article about open-source proponent Richard Stallman's boycott of Amazon.com following the company's victory in a patent suit against rival Barnes and Noble.
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• The APC Betinho Communications Prize
$7,500 prize which will be awarded to an NGO, social movement, activist group or other which is using the Internet to make a real difference.
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• The Armchair Activist
Provides opportunities to make a difference from your own comfy chair. Get involved in politics, activism, environmental protection, fighting for equality right from your computer with the Armchair Activist.
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• The Armchair Agitator
For people who care about human rights, the environment, and other progressive issues but don't have time to be full-time activists. Regularly updated links to organizations with online resources that make it easy to get involved.
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• The Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Global Internet community for Environment, Human Rights, Development & Peace. An extensive network of Internet providers (spanning 25 countries) dedicated to serving non-governmental organisations and citizen activists.
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• The Boys Behind Etoy
If the Santa Monica-based executives of eToys never quite understood their opponents in the art group etoy, they are not alone. [Wired News].
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• The Center for Consensual Democracy
Provides a proven way to renew, revive and sustain a local community. Promotes a grassroots approach that empowers local citizens to build the communities they want.
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• The Change Agency
Two Brisbane-based activists offer workshops, curriculum development and campaign consulting services. Their site provides extensive resources, including activism training organizations around the world, academic research, and case studies.
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• The Christmas Coup at WBAI
Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's board carrying out a coup at WBAI by taking over the station, changing the locks, firing three people; then banning staff who disagreed with their actions.
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• The Chronicle: Created at MIT, a 'Bonsai Kitten' Web Site Stirs Animal Lovers' Passions
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York has determined that a Web site showing kittens being stuffed into glass containers is only a joke. But the only people who seem to be laughing are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who created it. By Jennifer Jacobson.
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• The Citizen's Handbook
Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group.
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• The Communitarian Network (TCN)
A George Washington University group which seeks to improve civil liberties by strengthening community and social institutions. Newsletter, platform, and communitarian links.
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• The Community Organizing Toolbox
A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources.
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• The Complacent Organization
Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media.
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• The Coup at KPFA
Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's attempted take over of KPFA and the activism in opposition.
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• The Crisis at Pacifica and Why it Matters
Information about the bannings, firings and the slide towards "NPR Lite', covering all stations in the Pacifica Radio Network.
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• The Culpeper (VA) Community Impact Committee
The Community Impact Committee (CIC) of Culpeper, Virginia has a mission to work together to positively impact Culpeper and nearby communities by strengthening families and churches. It functions like an arm of The Family Foundation and Focus on the Family.
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• The Daily Weekly - WBAI Coverage
Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from the Daily Weekly on-line magazine.
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• The Dilbert Front
"Pranks may be as old as flaming bags of dung, but this year, for the first time, mysterious organizations are publicly offering corporate saboteurs good money for their trouble. We have entered the age of subsidized mischief." By Ellen Barry. [Boston Phoenix]
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• The Domain Name Game
Reprint of Angela Gunn's Seattle Weekly Feature [LA Weekly].
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• The Earthville Network
A global community of organizations and individuals working toward systemic, sustainable solutions for the challenges of our local and global communities.
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• The Earthwatcher's Cryptodesk
Links to tools and resources for news gathering, research, homework, activism and the alternative cyber-underground.
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• The etoy Fund at RTMark
An online multi-user game to bring down eToys, with protest suggestions, information, and links. Also has updated timeline of the etoy/eToys conflict.
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• The etoy Strikes Back
eToys is (not surprisingly) continuing to pursue its trademark on "ETOYS", which etoy (not surprisingly) feels endangers its right to continue using its name. [Slashdot]
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• The Fairfield County Weekly - Democracy Sometime, Somehow
Explains how Democracy Now's host and crew found themselves broadcasting from outside WBAI's studios.
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• The Fairfield County Weekly - Pacifica Prepares to Reinvent Itself
The Pacifica Foundation has settled a collection of lawsuits from listeners and some foundation board members filed in a California state court.
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• The Fine Art of Compromise
EToys Seeks Peace in Trademark Battle With Artists' Web Site. By Richard Leiby [Washington Post].
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• The Forgiveness Project
Grassroots organisation working in conflict resolution, reconciliation and victim support. Features stories of forgiveness, news, and community involvement.
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• The Gneech's Micro$oft Boycott Page
Why and how to boycott Microsoft.
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• The Hacktivist
Examining hacktivism and electronic civil disobedience.
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• The Hawaiian Activist
Provides current issues and ideas on ways a person can improve society through his or her actions.
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• The Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials
Voluntary regional coordinating body maintained by ten municipalities in western Connecticut. Provides information on services, meetings, emergency plan, legislative agenda, transportation projects and regional growth.
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