Debate
A debate on e-activism held in Oxford in March 2011. This section includes presentations by Naomi McAuliffe of Amnesty and Tom Steinberg of MySociety.org
Organised by http://fairsay.com
Livestreaming by http://oneworldgroup.org/
Continue to Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 & Part 5.
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Articles
- Today's networked activists can achieve real change (Guardian)
- Gladwell: Why the revolution will not be tweeted (FairSay)
- Gladwell on Social Media and Activism (The Atlantic)
- Why Malcolm Gladwell is interesting, but wrong (Mark Pack)
- Clicktivism: will we acknowledge its impact? (Fair Say)
- Can Avaaz change the world in a click? (The Times)
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Organisations
- Avaaz - Avaaz is a global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.
- 38 Degrees - 38 Degrees brings you together with other people to take action on the issues that matter to you and bring about real change.
- FairSay - Advice, support and training for campaigning (advocacy) organisations on best practice e-campaigning.
- Oxfam - Oxfam is a global movement of people working with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
- LabourStart - Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
- MySociety - MySociety runs most of the best-known democracy and transparency websites in the UK, sites like TheyWorkForYou and WriteToThem. MySociety is a not-for-profit company that builds websites of a democratic bent for other people, such as the No 10 Downing Street Petitions Website, for the Prime Minister’s Office. MySociety is a community of volunteers and (paid) open source coders.
- HeyNeighboor - Hey, Neighbor! is an easy-to-use website and mobile application that can help you connect with your neighbors—those you know and those you have yet to meet.
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