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Democracy In Action: Coalition Launches ImpeachCheney.org

 Among the coalition launching ImpeachCheney.org today are several DIA users including Brave New Films, whose video this is. H/t A Tiny Revolution, who asks, "In all of American history, has there ever been a government official who deserved impeachment more than Dick Cheney?"  

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10:55 AM Jul 06, 2007 - 1 comments permalink

A week at home in the Sweet and Dirty South.

 I'm in the Atlanta airport, leaving the US Social Forum to head back home to San Francisco. My heart is heavy, inspired and hopeful. I'm a Tennessee boy born and raised. I've been in California for a year now, but I lived the previous 24 years in Knoxville. This was a sweet homecoming to the Dirty South, joining with grassroots activists from across the country (and beyond) to share stories and empower each other to continue working to transform this world to the one we want to live in. Last Monday, I was on a red-eye flight to Atlanta for the Social Forum. When I arrived, I offered my time and extremely meager skills to assist the Tech Committee to set up the computer networks and Internet that would be used for conference registration and the Media Justice Center. I made friends with the brilliant crew from the May 1st Coalition and spent a lovely first night back in the South sleeping in a hammock on a screened-in back porch. Charming.  

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01:28 PM Jul 03, 2007 - 1 comments permalink

The Quality of Mercy

 The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. -William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice  

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12:22 PM Jul 03, 2007 - 3 comments permalink

E-xemplar: Customizing a DIA Dashboard

 A great example of using Salsa's flexibility to customize a campaign headquarters' look and feel comes courtesy of Evolve Strategies. The setup in this case is by a consulting shop giving its client a one-screen overview of how its action is proceeding. You'll have to click the screenshot below to get the full effect: How'd they build it?  

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05:44 PM Jul 02, 2007 - 579 comments permalink

U.S. Social Forum: Day Two

 From my posting yesterday until today so much has been going on! I almost don't know where to begin. More people are around, so the hallways of the civic center, and the streets of downtown Atlanta are quite full. The plenary sessions that begin and end each day have more people, although that's more true for the 6:30 pm sessions than the 8:30 am sessions. Could it be that folks are tired after a long night of carousing? Kip has been connecting with his communities and friends – the radical queer community, Indyvoter folk, his old friends from the Southeast, and friends (like Dave at Radical Designs) from the Bay Area. I was able to attend a session on the Israel/Palestine issue, but missed another one that sounded really good. A lot of my time is spent distributing the newsletter with information about online organizing that the tech folks put out. One strategy is to stand facing the crowd and pass it out. Unfortunately, this is the technique pioneered by political parties of the communist variety, and many folks instinctively recoiled from me. Could it be my breath?  

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08:43 PM Jun 29, 2007 - 0 comments permalink

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