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The Rough Guide to a Better World

The Rough Guide to a Better World (112 page PDF) is a lay person's overview of global poverty and development work. It's not a radical book, by any means, but for a general audience interested in knowing more than just that periodically they hear about people starving in Africa, I think it's spot on. Plus, it has all the production values of the Rough Guide travel books, which makes it a pleasant ebook to read. Given the subject, that's a smart idea. Posted: 8/11/05; 5:33:40 PM #

Martus Human Rights Bulletin System

I have been following (and admiring) the evolution of the Martus Human Rights Bulletin System since before its first public release. In brief, Martus is a tool that allows people to document human rights abuses, transmit it in an encrypted form (to avoid the prying eyes of the institutions of abuse), and store the information in redundant servers around the world (to avoid the destruction of evidence through seizure of computers). It's evolved into quite the powerful communication platform. Posted: 8/11/05; 5:14:50 PM #

Bringing Evaluation to the Grassroots

Margo Menconi's paper on Bringing Evaluation to the Grassroots is an important case study of the Mobilization for Global Justice, a coalition that organized a week of actions in Washington DC in response to actions of the IMF and the World Bank. The conclusions are supportive of the application of evaluation methods, even in the most anarchic of strategies and movements. Posted: 8/11/05; 4:03:31 PM #

The Emergence of the Progressive Blogosphere
	One of the most interesting things about the New Politics Institute's recent report on The Emergence of the Progressive Blogosphere is the simple recognition that, with 80,000 new weblogs being launched every single day, there is no single cluster of blogs and voices. Just like any other network, there are many different interconnected communities of interest. Posted: 8/11/05; 3:50:05 PM #