All Voices!
My friend Joel Schalit is involved in a new start-up website called AllVoices.com – they have an ambitious mission which includes: “The goal of Allvoices.com is to create a global community that shares news, videos, images and opinions tied to events and people that have impact. Unlike a traditional news portal, our style of presentation creates new contexts in which stories are tied together in order to provide multiple points of view,” and, “We strive to give people everywhere the tools necessary to tell their stories; to share what is going on where they are, to break news and events from ground zero; and to make it possible for people around the world to participate in events, as they unfold, thousands of miles away.”
Many of the contributors are NOT from the US – which is quite refreshing.
Anyway, Joel asked me to blog there, so I’ll be doing some posts the next couple of months on (no shock here) media and activism. You can read my first post here, on the National Lawyer’s Guild report, “Punishing Protest” – an excellent expose which confirms and expands upon what activists already know – that many different branches of the US Government target activist in the US in many complex and strategic ways.
Clamor Article as a Pamphlet, and Speaking events
So, my friend Ramsey has just launched PM Press – and encouraged me to revise and expand the article I wrote on Clamor Magazine. So, it will be coming out in a month or two as a pamphlet, and of course I will let you know when it is available. The new title is “Becoming The Media: A Critical History of Clamor Magazine.” Ramsey hopes that one day I will turn it into a book on organizational sustainability, power, finance, etc, but that’s a more long-term thing.
Anyway, in conjunction with the pamphlet release, I’ll be doing a couple speaking events in the Bay Area! Here are the details:
March 19, 2008
I know I will be posting more in the coming days about the upcoming 5th anniversary of the US War in Iraq, but just a few quick things:
Direct Action to Stop The War has reformed in the Bay Area, you can check out the activities so far and get involved at: www.actagainstwar.net. Hopefully you’re planning something where you live.
Also, check out this nice video:
