Digital Activism

"The nonvoter party is global. Given that we don't vote, we do not need to be sanctioned by current political jurisdictions. We can be active all over the world, without concern for national boundaries and rules. Imagine." -Jim Moore

Tas writes:

So, I have been paying as much attention to the news as I usually do lately. I just don't want to right now. My head's been buried in administrating the challenge because it's something positive, I've been having metablogging/organization of the left conversations with other people, and basically ignoring the news. I know the blog is suffering because of this behavior, and I apologize for that. But that's the reason for it.

Found at: A Glinting Glimps FROM ABOVE THE WALL. (Weblog An Iranian Women)

Leila, a 19 year old woman, faces imminent execution in Iran. What childhood she has had has been marred with physical and sexual abuse from the age of 8, giving birth to her first child at the age of 9. Having become a concubine to an Afghan man at the age of 12, Leila was forced into prostitution by him until the age of 14 when she gave birth to twin daughters. Leila was then given to a 55 year old married man who continued her history of abuse until her arrest at the age of 18, when she was found guilty of prostitution. Prostitution carries the death penalty under the Islamic laws of Iran.

Help stop this impending murder here!

In the process of setting up WorldSTAT, I made an error and actually entered the symoblic links "WorldSTAT" (as it would turnout, case matters). I decided that my attempts to fix it might break the internet, so instead I simply changed the name. I feel that One World is the end goal of all of these thinkers, builders, shamans, and chiefs. Besides, it will be nice not having to explain the name to everyone. The site is up, and can be found here: One World.

I've decided to launch another project today: Its called WorldSTAT. The name was suggested by Taran Rampersad, who explains:

STAT being used for 'immediate' in the medical sense, and subsequently being used in Disaster terminology.

I've just create a new site called the Emergency Action Blog. It's intended to be a site that can be launched at a moments notice in the event of a major disaster, such as the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Next time there is such a tragedy, we aim to have a ready made collection of powerful and adaptable tools for volunteers and aid-workers. The bloggers at Harvard's Global Voices and WorldChanging have already taken notice, and begun offering their support.