5.01.09 technology evaluations and how to

The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

Summary:

It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

From

How to Wage Peace & Justice - Tools for Activists

How to Wage Peace & Justice - Tools for Activists

How to Wage Peace & Justice - Tools for Activists:
Peacework
Magazine's Annotated Guide to Organizing Resources

First compiled especially to accompany the How to Wage Peace and Justice Peacework Issue, March, 2008.

Sections in this How-to-Organize Resource Include:

Liberating the Tools We Need to Write

Liberating the Tools We Need to Write

Summary:

Open source software can prevent monopolistic companies from controlling how we communicate.

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

Could Biotech Cotton Seeds Feed the Planet?

p24cottonUzbeklittleboyHIGH.jpg
Authors: Rebecca Recant

Summary:

By supressing the action of a gene, cottonseeds could become a safe and nutritious protein source for 500 million people.

From

Open-Source Biotech: Science as a Tool for Social Justice

p21BioOpenSourceRichardJeff.jpg

Summary:

A shared biotech commons could enable us to analyze the options for social, environmental, and economic interventions independent of corporate control.

From

Unleashing the Freedom To Share: An Interview with Free Software Innovator Richard Stallman

060513.jpg
Authors: Dave Taber

Summary:

Copyright is designed to subjugate people. Copyleft is my way of using copyright law to establish the freedom to cooperate.

From
Syndicate content