One Year of Syrian Uprising: Where is the Arab Spring?
By Anthony Zeitouni The Syrian uprising has just entered its second year with two big NO’s: NO political solution and NO military solution. The Military/Security option adopted by Assad’s regime a year ago failed to cool down the uprising, and failed to save the lives of civilians. It failed to achieve a complete victory over […]
Progressives Guide to Social Media 8: Other Sites
There are dozens of smaller social media sites that can also be used by the progressive internet activist. They are more intimate communities with fewer users, which can be a nice change of pace and give your experience a more personal feel to it.
Progressives Guide to Social Media 7: Google+
Google+ (G+) is the most recent addition to the social media world. G+ feels like a mix between Facebook and Twitter, but with a far better flow. Unlike previous projects such as Wave and Buzz, Google+ appears to have some lasting power, having grown to over 90 million users (sometimes called Plussers) in less than a year. There has been a genius level of rolling upgrades with new functionality appearing every few weeks. The community is still genuine and fun, and is relatively free from spammers and marketers.
SOPA: A Pox on Both Houses
By Ron Steinman The earlier fuss over SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act,” is now mostly quiet. Each side in this epic battle of who controls the Internet is rethinking its strategy. Lobbyists are garnering big fees as they freely give advice on what they believe will be a winning scheme. The story is off […]
An Open Letter to Non-Occupiers
by Dennis Trainor, Jr. While most debates about the next steps the Occupy movement should take naturally occur among those already engaged in the movement, one population that needs to be further engaged, if the May 1st national general strike (and other Occupy spring and summer related activities) are to succeed and this movement is to grow, is the population […]
