Progressives Guide to Social Media 4: StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon (SU) is a social bookmarking site where it is challenging to get a large, loyal following and content traction. It is less ergonomic than the social news site Digg, less functional than Reddit, and less social than both, but since they are sites that cater to current news, SU eventually will be the place where content can get far more long term evergreen traffic. SU encourages exploration, has a superior interface design, and is a place where progressive activists should spend some time.
World War III in the Making: Can Russia and China Stop a Strike on Iran?
Regime Change in Syria as a Preliminary Stage for an Attack on Iran As the civil war in Syria intensifies, an intense diplomatic battle is on the way world wide between two blocks. On one hand are Israel, the United States and its European vassals, the UK, France and Germany and on the other hand […]
American Weapons: Destabilizing Middle East And Killing Syrians
The hypocrisy of US Foreign Policy is once again drawn into the spotlight as the worlds largest weapons exporter attempts to take the moral high-ground against brutal dictators armed with American weapons. News Junkie Post’s Editor-in-Chief, Gilbert Mercier, joins US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, as well as Chris Hedges and WarIsBusiness.com Editor Corey […]
Progressives Guide to Social Media 3: Digg
Originally a tech site, the concept of Digg http://digg.com/news is simple. Submitted webpages (news, videos, or images) can be voted up (digging) or down (burying) by each user, sort of a democracy in the internet model.
Oregon: Occupy, Libertarians and Tea Party Activists Unite Against the NDAA
On Monday 13, February 2012, at noon, in Medford Oregon, a demonstration will take place at Vogel Plaza against the passing of the NDAA. What is unusual about this action, and could be an indication of similar actions on other issues, is that it is uniting American citizens from across the political spectrum. The National […]
