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Dead Movement Walking?

The environmental movement is one of the most devastating examples of how the inherent fragmentation of the nonprofit sector has led to failure. In Dead Movement Walking, Katharine Mieszkowski reviews the current turmoil faced by environmentalists who have been fighting small defensive battles for decades, and therefore losing. I agree with the underlying lesson that environmentalism cannot stand alone as a cause. Posted: 1/14/05; 11:39:07 AM #

The Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival : Call for Entries
	The Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival has issued a Call for Entries. Their looking for "short films, videos, digital stories and new media that inspire people to speak out and take action for social change". The deadline is January 19. Posted: 1/14/05; 11:29:42 AM #

Vietnamese government clamps down on the online press

Despite massive encroachment on our liberties here in the U.S., it would be harder to be in Vietnam right now, where the government has clamped down on the online press for alerting readers to corruption in state associated businesses. Of course, in the U.S., mainstream TV "news" has been serving much the same purpose. It's like we're having these parallel conversations online that never, ever reach most citizens. Posted: 1/14/05; 11:28:19 AM #

New FBI Software May Be Unusable
	You think you have problems in the area of failed technology projects? In a story about how New FBI Software May Be Unusable, we learn that this is a half a billion dollar debacle. I wonder what their technology planning process was like. (Sep.2006 - updated with new article link.) Posted: 1/14/05; 11:23:29 AM #