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Online media and creating 121 contact with new members.

One of the biggest issues I as an organiser have is using new media such as facebook and twitter to reach new young staff or at the very le…

Started by Adam O'Maolagáin

2 Nov 3, 2011
Reply by Adam O'Maolagáin

Canada Post Workers Blog

Canada Post workers are on strike, but they are reaching out to public in new ways - http://recompositionblog.wordpress.com/  

Started by lana fargis

0 Jun 15, 2011

Facebook Placed Egyptian Protest Page Under "Special Protection"

  Social Networking is undoubtedly becoming a prominent tool of political organizing, but whether or not Facebook is actually a tool suitab…

Started by lana fargis

0 Feb 25, 2011

Social Media Activism in Middle East: Spreading Democracy or Public Menace

  From WikiLeaks to bloggers in Iran, many are opting to criticize the media of internet as a threat to political institutions rather than…

Started by lana fargis

0 Jan 2, 2011

Social Media + Organizing + Fundraising

TOOLS & METHODS   Thus far we've discussed whether and how social media impacts labour activism, but one of the aspects I've underrepr…

Started by lana fargis

0 Dec 20, 2010

Student Political Upheaval in UK

  First of all, loving the following quote that you'll encounter in this article: "most of the protesters were not anarchists or socialist…

Started by lana fargis

9 Dec 14, 2010
Reply by lana fargis

Chinese Worker's Movement Relies on Social Media

Interesting article published in Bloomberg Businesweek on Chinese labour movement places a great emphasis on Social Media as a prevalent me…

Started by lana fargis

0 Dec 3, 2010

Meet Moira Mockup: Politics and Social Media

Many of you, I am certain, are unaware of recent events in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Let me try to summarize: in the fe…

Started by lana fargis

2 Dec 1, 2010
Reply by lana fargis

Democracy: Public Participation & Social Media

Original Post: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/the-public-square-goes-mobile/ In the article "The Public Square Goes Mobile…

Started by lana fargis

0 Nov 27, 2010

Useful Apps: MobStac

  On my list of applications to watch out for is Mobstac.com - it offers an easy method of transforming your blog or website to a mobile v…

Started by lana fargis

0 Nov 23, 2010

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