A couple of days ago I wrote a post asking whether the prevalence of “bad” activism (destructive, hateful, anti-rights) was overblown.  I suggested that we reference the destructive potential of digital technology more than this destructive activism actually occurs. This is not to “bad” activism never happens.  Today I found one strong example that it [...]

Our congratulations to Strategy Group member Dave Karpf, who is quoted in an article in this weeks’ Economist magazine on the international digital activism organization Avaaz. Avaaz’s other demands range from the simple—close Guantánamo, because it plays into the hands of Osama bin Laden—to the very broad: fight climate change, avoid a clash of civilisations. [...]

My recent post on apps for activists, which focuses on the tool CrowdVoice, is one of the most-read on the site, so I’m following up with another post on another piece of activist technology called SwiftRiver, which just launched its beta version last week.  SwiftRiver is an open source platform that helps users analyze large [...]

As I’ve written before, the Meta-Activism Project is putting together a data set of digital activism cases called the Global Digital Activism Data Set (GDADS).  Today we’re on track to hit 800.  The vast majority of cases are what one might call “liberal” or “progressive” – supportive of human rights, freedom of expression, and accountability.  [...]

Capoeira is a dance style developed by Brazil’s enslaved Africans in the 17th century. Its graceful flips, spins, and sweeping kicks (video) mask its true purpose as a means for the enslaved to practice their fighting skills: capoeria is a war dance.  While capoeria  was eventually illegalized, the dance style served to fool the slave [...]