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| Blog Action Day: Blog About the Environment on October 15 |
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I'm not sure how effective it is, but October 15 is Blog Action Day. This year is dedicated to the environment. I plan on participating and encouraging Gilbert Authors Network bloggers to participate as well, if only to track the spread of ideas in a coordinated action like this.
Posted: 9/25/07; 10:08:23 PM # |
| ‘Giving’ and Taking: Christ Hedges Reviews Bill Clinton's New Book |
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Chris Hedges has written a scathing review of Bill Clinton's book Giving. It's a well thought out critique of a certain kind of annoyingly popular charity screed. Early in the review he writes: "It is filled with a lot of vapid, feel-good stories about ordinary and wealthy Americans setting out to make the world a better place." I don't recommend the book, but if you're interested in exploring some classic tensions between charity and justice, I highly recommend the review.
Posted: 9/25/07; 9:54:54 PM # |
| MySpace Censors Anti-War Websites |
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It amazes me how many people use a corporate social networking profile as their personal home page. There are so many good arguments against this already, but Myspace just added a new one of particular relevance to social change organizations and their supporters. It looks rather likely that MySpace is censoring outbound links in people's profiles and blogs. The evidence so far is that they are redirecting links to certain anti-war sites back to a page owned by MySpace, meaning if you or a supporter of yours tells other people on MySpace about an organization with a blocked site, they will prevent that link from working.
Posted: 9/25/07; 9:05:54 PM # |
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