5.03 alternative political systems and movements

Tips for Effective Blogging about Conferences and More

This is a version of a handout I'll be sharing at my workshop at the US Social Forum in Detroit on Blogging for Nonviolent Social Change.

1) Blog about issues you know a lot about, share your expertise, critiques, and constructive feedback.
2) Blog about new information you're just learning - chances are, many others don't know, either. Blog about what you learned. Blog about creative innovations.

The Immigration System: Maybe Not So Broken

Los Angeles, California, May 1, 2005. On May Day, immigrants and their supporters filled the streets of Los Angeles twice in one day -- a huge march downtown, and another through the Wiltshire Districtís Miracle Mile. Marchers protested anti-immigrant bil
Authors: David L. Wilson

Summary:

Why do we so rarely hear the views of the people most directly affected -- the millions of undocumented immigrants themselves?

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Targeted Divestment: an Approach to Stopping Genocide in Sudan/Darfur

Summary:

Oil money fuels the genocide. Cut off the flow of money.

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Closer to a Death-Penalty-Free World: But in 2008: 2390 Known Executions

For the World Day Against the Death Penalty, an anti-death penalty message was projected against the Roman Collosseum, a former public mass execution site. Italy banned the death penalty in 1947. PHOTO: NOVEMBER 30, 2006, FABIO RENZETTI VIA FLICKR

Summary:

Capital punishment is a legalized process of physical and psychological terror.

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Despite the Violence, Peace Broke Out: Reflections on the Nonviolent Blockades of NATO in Strasbourg

The nonviolent blockade of the north access road, organized by NATO-ZU/Shudown NATO, Strasbourg France, April 4, 2009, PHOTO: POR CMI-SANTIAGO / MEDIACTIVISTA VIA FLICKR
Authors: Andreas Speck

Summary:

Creative nonviolent activists succeeded in blocking roads to the official summit.

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Ingredients for Failure: NATO, Violence, and the Demonstrations in Strasbourg

The Strasbourg police tried to ban peace flags, a ban that was upheld by a local French court. If you outlaw peace, will only outlaws have peace?   Strasbourg, France, April 4, 2009 Anti-NATO  demonstration.   PHOTO: JOS VAN ZETTEN VIA FLICKR
Authors: Diana Johnstone

Summary:

The violent factions: NATO and the members of the black block, stole the show.

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Sustainable Joy: Reclaiming our Energy for Environmentalism

Gardeners with squash

Summary:

Rather than getting bogged down in fear and grief about what is happening to the earth, these authors invite us into a joyful, proactive response.

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Eat Locally, Act Globally: Fair Trade, Food Sovereignty, and the Food Crisis

Coffee Cooperative Meeting

Summary:

It's time for Fair Traders to tone down the marketing rhetoric and return to the educational goals of our mission.

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