8.01 nonfiction writing

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.

Dallas Morning News AP Story Lies About US Inflicted Deaths in Afghanistan

In an AP story posted on the Dallas Morning News Site, "Soldier, civilian deaths from bombs soar in Afghanistan" posted on 12:00 am CDT on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, the paper (or the news-service) claimed that, "A recent U.N. report said at least 1,013 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year by insurgents bombs, compared with 818 for the same period in 2008 – a 24 percent increase."

Cultures of Peace: Reflections on the UN Declaration's First Decade

Authors: Michael True

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With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights

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May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future.

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Warlords at Home and Abroad: Learning from US Mistakes in Central Asia

Authors: Joseph Gerson

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"Everywhere I went after 9/11...I urged that warlords should not be empowered, that disarming the militias was a priority task for US forces, and that developing Afghan agriculture to ward off poppy cultivation should be a priority…."

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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

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

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Don't Let the Time Do You: A Survivors' Manual for Prisoners in Isolation Units

Robert King Wilkerson at podium
Authors: Bonnie Kerness

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No matter what name they are given, the purpose of these units is the same as it is in Abu Ghraib or Guantánamo -- the breaking of minds.

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Brick by Brick: Prisoners Use Writing to Find Freedom

Breaking Out Of Prison cover
Authors: Judith McDaniel

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"I must say that writing is a lot safer and much more productive than doing drugs."

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