Paulreid's Favorite Links on activism from Diigo

We Are Together

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:45:29 -0000

We Are Together is a film that tells the incredible story of Slindile Moya and the children of Agape choir. Filmed over three years, it follows the children's remarkable journey as they overcome hardship and loss to a life changing musical journey.

Tags: activism documentary film music africa

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PhilosopherSeed

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:38:53 -0000

PhilosopherSeed.org seeks to provide information which the Corporate media hasn't the time or inclination to provide.

Tags: activism video ipod philosophy

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Derrick Jensen: Endgame Part One

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:35:31 -0000

What if you live in the most destructive culture ever to exist? What if that culture refuses to change? What do you do about it?

Tags: philosophy video activism

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YouTomb - graveyard for removed YouTube videos

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:27:23 -0000

YouTomb is a site that scans YouTube for that metadata and shows you a list of recently removed videos. You can't actually watch any videos on YouTomb. But you can find out who asked for them to be removed.

Tags: activism aggregator analysis business censorship

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Once Upon A School

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:53:35 -0000

Look over the Ideas section of this website. This will get you thinking about possibilities. Read the Stories section if you’d like to learn about projects that have already been executed.

Tags: activism community css diy ideas

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This one is worth a thousand words

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:22:49 -0000

An indigenous woman holds her child while trying to resist the advance of Amazonas state policemen who were expelling the woman and some 200 other members of the Landless Movement from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus

Tags: activism culture environment indigenous media

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blogs.thewest.com.au » Did you support the strike?

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:55:37 -0000

"Teachers across WA were on strike this morning after the State School Teachers Union decided to defy an order not to take industrial action." As seen in this blog the issue hits a nerve. Teachers need pay but they need support and respect more.

Tags: western australia teaching activism

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Wikileaks

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:50:57 -0000

Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking and public analysis.

Tags: activism blog censorship ethics freedom

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A Swarm of Angels // Remixing cinema

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:03:46 -0000

A groundbreaking project to create a £1 million film and give it away to over 1 million people using the Internet and a global community of members

Tags: activism collaboration art community creativecommons

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Kids with Cameras

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:19:02 -0000

Kids with Cameras is a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities around the world.

Tags: art camera community charity culture

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50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:04:02 -0000

Certain parties don't want you to know certain facts.

Tags: activism consumerism facts history interesting

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One Laptop Per Child's Ivan Krstić - chief trouble maker

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:01:39 -0000

School-aged child in the lesser-developed parts of the world is able to engage effectively with their own personal laptop, networked to the world, so that they, their families and their communities can openly learn and learn about learning.

Tags: activism hardware interesting linux olpc

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First OLPC deployment: now it’s real.

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:59:28 -0000

This week, Uruguay became the first-ever real, non-pilot deployment site of OLPC XO laptops. And Ivan Krstić was there to hand out the first one.

Tags: activism computer olpc xo ultraportable

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Anarchy Unbound, or: Why Self-Governance Works Better than You Think

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:54:52 -0000

No sane person believes that anarchy generates order. The idea that anarchy could be superior to government in some cases seems even more absurd.[1]

Tags: academic article blog culture ideology

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Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | In this age of diamond saucepans, only a recession makes sense

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:14:57 -0000

Economic growth is a political sedative, snuffing out protest as it drives inequality. It is time we gave it up

Tags: economics environment society news wtf

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Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV' - Independent Online Edition > Americas

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:59:50 -0000

Among items provided by the Bush administration to news stations was one in which an Iraqi-American in Kansas City was seen saying "Thank you Bush. Thank you USA" in response to the 2003 fall of Baghdad.

Tags: activism advertising article ethics media

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The Guerrilla Gardening Homepage

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:19:21 -0000

Illicit cultivators in the community.

Tags: activism architecture art community cool

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ripple

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:06:57 -0000

ripple exists to harness the power of the internet advertising in the true spirit of the internet - providing a tool for people to help others.

Tags: activism advertising browser business community

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World Clock + stats

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:55:31 -0000

Nice aggreagtion of statistics here.

Tags: activism analysis art creativity culture

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Rethinking Schools Online - Teaching About the War

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:31:01 -0000

As U.S.and Australian involvement with Iraq continues, Rethinking Schools presents this special collection of articles and resources for classroom teachers.

Tags: war activism website learning

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