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Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Dec 5, 2007

  The Economist: missing the point, once again…

The Economist reviews this week Forces for Good , a new book about exceptional NGOs, which according to the weekly are too few and rare to be worthy of the illustrious paper’s attention. The authors, Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant, surveyed thousands of (US) nonprofits,...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Oct 22, 2007

  My heart’s with Ethan

  Ethan Zuckerman remains my No. 1 favourite blogger of all times, and given how much I struggle to update GlobaLab at least 2-3 times a week, while trying to work and retain a decent social life, I am in awe at his amazing prolificacy. A quick browse at his last few entries would be...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Oct 18, 2007

  How many bricks to build a World Digital Library?

The Washington Post showcases an amazingly visionary project, the World Digital Library , which plans to digitize the accumulated wisdom of humankind, catalogue it, and offer it for free on the Internet in seven languages: The World Digital Library will make available on the...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Sep 19, 2007

  JR: Photography as Social Activism

On Africa Visual Media - itself a really interesting blog on African and Africa-related cultural artifacts in film, photography, television, and print - I came across a post about a visit that photographer/street artist JR made to the banlieues or ghettos that ring Paris after the...... [view]

Posted By:  isnaypmedia
Posted On:  Sep 10, 2007

  Opensiba

Discipline, courage, and correct analysis: important principles that the people's army adhere to. These are just some of the principles that the revolutionary forces are loved for by the people. These factors, hand in hand with the warm and overflowing support of the community, ensures the...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Jul 26, 2007

  N2Y2: Web 2.0 projects for social change

  Last post of the day and of the month, since I am going back home tomorrow and won’t have Internet access ( gasp! horror!) from our Tuscan retreat … In May 2007, over 300 participants gathered to discuss the 21 Projects that had been selected by the NetSquared...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Jul 23, 2007

  What to do with icanhasprotest.com?

  Ethan Zuckerman, in his infinite creativity, has just purchased the site http://icanhasprotest.com/ . The idea came from an exchange with commenters on an excellent blog-post about the connection between cute cats and web censorship  - i.e. how Web 2.0 online tools have been used...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Jul 20, 2007

  Open Source, Web 2.0 tools for social change

  Partially via the excellent blog of Dan McQuillan, Internet.Artizans , partially just hopping from other sources I had, I keep on unearthing what appears to be a never-ending thread of discussion , blogs , networks , events  and activities that are sizzling beneath the surface...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Jul 19, 2007

  Bullet - The Execution

This video, posted on YouTube a few months ago, earned Amnesty International the Silver Lion at the Cannes Film Festival 2007. It is absolutely amazing: [ via Lentatiblog , on which I will probably write a post soon ] ... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Jul 19, 2007

  YouTube for international development

Here I will try to list different ways in which YouTube has been used by international NGOs to showcase their work, promote their campaigns and get more people involved in international development and social justice issues. CAFOD TV has a very interesting page, with - amongst others -...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz
Posted On:  Jun 26, 2007

  Italy’s buffoon

To the outside observers, Italy is a country of majestic artworks, stunning landscapes, beautiful cities and delicious food. But to the insiders, all these appear trivial amenities compared to the ever-present decay of the country’s public and private sectors. Corruption is still...... [view]

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