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Is our planet screwed? Well, maybe not…
If worries about our impending social and environmental apocalypse threaten to ruin your holidays, below are some thoughts from my upcoming book that might provide some hope. Season’s Greetings! The...
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Erica Chenoweth’s Talk at TEDxBoulder: Civil Resistance and the “3.5% Rule”
Tom Liacas:Wondering what percentage of the public it takes to change the social order? Apparently it’s no more than 3.5%! Originally posted on rationalinsurgent: I gave a talk at TEDxBoulder on...
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Change makers, how can I help you with social media strategy?
Giving time to help groups working on progressive social change is top of my Resolutions list in 2015. Do you know a cause I could help with? Here are details on what I can offer and how I am offering...
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Social network strategy for social causes (French Slideshare)
For those who read French, you can view the recent presentation I delivered to Équiterre, an important ENGO that does good work here in Québec. The focus is on elements of social media strategy that...
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2015: Year of the Underdog?
We all know it. The planet’s problems are legion and there is no shortage of news about looming crises, conflicts and terror. If you’re looking for the bright side this year, I would argue that it...
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NYC’s networked change-makers
This past week I spent some time in New York hanging out with innovators in the networked social change space. Here’s a quick rundown of whom and what I came across. Movements.org Had time to get to...
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#Fightfor15 + #BlackLivesMatter + #OccupyWallStreet: A network-building...
I recently published an article in the Guardian Sustainable Business section that tracked the movement to raise the U.S. minimum wage (AKA the “Fight for 15“) and the pressure it puts on retail...
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#NoKXL and #Fightfor15: #OccupyWallStreet re-engineered for victory?
In this article recently published in Open Democracy, I examine new anti-corporate movements against the model established by Manuel Castells shortly after the Arab Spring uprisings and Occupy Wall...
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The tech sector: Friend or foe of changemakers worldwide?
In a recent Guardian piece, I covered some promising human rights initiatives helped along by tech sector companies, both large and small. This subject is a thorny one, for many good reasons. Activists...
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The climate movement’s explosive growth
For those deeply concerned by the current climate crisis, myself included, here’s some good news! While researching an article on the climate movement’s use of social networks, I was able to scan the...
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Distributed activism: Getting autonomy right
In social change circles, a lot of thought and innovation these days goes into ‘distributed organizing’ approaches. These are approaches which, to varying degrees, pass control and agency of a campaign...
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Dispatch 09/13: YouStink is what people-power smells like; Stay safe out...
In collaboration with Mobilisation Lab, here is a recent roundup of grassroots-powered movement news from around the world. To receive the Mobilisation Lab Dispatch directly each week, please sign up...
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Dispatch 09/18: Open Campaigns; #CampaignZero; Crowdfunding for Syrian refugees
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Dispatch 10/1: Open campaigns manifesto; Russian pothole shaming; #FreeKaren
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Dispatch 10/13: Government trolls, Crowdsourcing corporate cheats, Social...
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Dispatch 10/23: Activism in Northeast Asia, #Idlenomore crowdfunder and more
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Innovations in networked movement building: Distributed activism as practiced...
I recently had the pleasure of presenting my research on 350.org and Hollaback!’s innovations in distributed campaigning at the Goldsmiths, University of London Social Media Activism and Organisations...
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Dispatch 11/27: Data driven advocacy, Rickrolling ISIS and more
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Dispatch 18/12: Make pills not bombs, geotagged protest and more
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Dispatch 01/02: Gvts hacking activists, tech + activism = digital democracy
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