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Bike to Work, Get a Free Theme Song

By On May 3, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Famous local musician and fellow blogger Billy Sugarfix informs me that Friday, May 18 is National Bike to Work Day. He says:

I will do a free theme song for the blog/podcast/ webpage (yes myspace included) of anyone who in fact does give up their car for the day and kicks it pedal [...]

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Friends for Peace Photos

By On April 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment


The American Friends Service Committee has a really fun tool called Friends for Peace. You can upload an image of yourself holding a sign that has the words you choose before… for Peace.

Friends for Peace is a project of the American Friends Service Committee’s Wage Peace Campaign. [...]

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One Million Blogs for Peace

By On March 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment

On the right side bar of my blog I’ve put up a badge that links to a really interesting campaign. Its called One Million Blogs for Peace. Here’s some more explanation from their site. You can sign up here. Their blog is here.

The Concept
Between 20 March 2007 and 20 [...]

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Check out Change.org

By On February 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Non-profit techies have been dreaming of ways to use new web 2.0 stuff to help good causes. We’re always suggesting people use Digg, Facebook, De.licio.us, Flickr, and YouTube for positive social change work. Problem is they are all separate services with communities that aren’t focused on non-profit missions. What would happen if we mashed all [...]

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The General Assembly belongs to the people, not the powerful

By On February 9, 2007 · Leave a Comment

HKonJ: Big March in Raleigh Tomorrow
Historic Thousands on Jones Street, aka HKonJ, is tomorrow. Check out this video of Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President of the North Carolina State NAACP.

From the HKonJ website:

HKonJ: The People’s General Assembly

In order to make substantial and progressive change [...]

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Change.org

By On February 9, 2007 · Leave a Comment

A new social networking site for non-profits and causes called Change.org has launched. It uses Web 2.0 stuff (tag clouds, groups, blogs, etc.) to help people organize around issues and create… Change. (I hope)

Its a beautiful idea that lots of smart people have been thinking about and working on. Nice to see [...]

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Ruby Interviewed by BBC about Second Life Protest

By On January 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Listen to Ruby’s interview on BBC radio about the very successful Second Life Ant-War protest she organized. Radical stuff in more ways than one! Congrats Ruby!

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Stop Right Wing Democrats

By On January 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Stan Goff has a article over at the Huffington Post called Unmasking the DLC. Its about the Democratic Leadership Council and pegs just what liberals need to do in America right now.

A strategic imperative for the antiwar movement must be to push for the defeat of any and all DLC [...]

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Historic K(thousands) on Jones Street

By On January 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Saturday February 10, 2007 a large coalition of people from all over the state will gather at General Assembly Memorial Auditorium in Downtown Raleigh, NC for H K on J. Arrive at 11:00 am. The Program will be at 12:00 p.m. Thousands will march to Legislative Building on Jones Street. Bellow the fold you can [...]

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Criticize Congress go to jail?

By On January 18, 2007 · 1 Comment

All the presidential campaigns better look into this ASAP.
Update: Read Was I duped by Astroturf?.

Congress to Send Critics to Jail, Says Richard Viguerie

MANASSAS, Va., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com,
regarding legislation currently being considered by Congress to regulate [...]

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