Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:05:24 -0300 http://www.bligoo.com/ es Is MoveOn Taking the Right Position on Iraq? http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/160335/Is_MoveOn_Taking_the_Right_Position_on_Iraq.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:41:36 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/160335/Is_MoveOn_Taking_the_Right_Position_on_Iraq.html Mary One of the reasons I am so excited about digital activism is that it gives a very public voice to people with few financial resources (start a free blog and you instantly have a potential audience of millions). In short, digital activism empowers ordinary citizens to have a significant impact on world affairs

But with this privilege comes responsibility. If the Internet allows ordinary citizens to influence world affairs we have to think very carefully about how we use that influence. Case in point: MoveOn's campaign to get American troops out of Iraq. Above is a video they

(Read more)]]> A Food Fight to End Them All http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/137528/A_Food_Fight_to_End_Them_All.html Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:04:14 -0300 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/137528/A_Food_Fight_to_End_Them_All.html Mary Watch this incredibly smart short film, called "Food Fight". It is the history of modern warfare from WWII to the present as re-enacted by food (Japanese are sushi, Americans are hamburgers, etc.). The director, Stefan Nadelman, describes it as a "smorgasbord of aggression" and you'll see why. (The end is particularly effective.) You might have to watch it more than once to successfully identify all the battles, but it's worth the effort.

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