Link Loving 30.01.12

• Subtle activism meets street activism. David Nicol.
• How to be a connector. Alina Tugend.
• Encoding your message with story. Sharon Ede.
• Mixtape of the revolution: rap is at the heart of political protests in Africa and the Arab world. Sujatha Fernandes.
• Philanthropy: the enemy of justice. Robert Newman.
• Listen to this on headphones (and don’t watch it).

Community Organising In The UK

Awesome.

Solar Schools

School children = totally adorable social change strategy.

Link Loving 29.01.12

• How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the ‘1 percent’. George Lakey.
• The billionaire bankrolling Newt Gingrich. Molly Ball.
• International Development NGOs – retire at 60? Michael Edwards.
• Doll ‘protesters’ present small problem for Russian police. Miriam Elder.
• Raymond Aubrac: How I tricked the Gestapo. A story of leadership in the French Resistance.
• The smart politician’s guide to avoiding scandal. Alan Greenblatt.

Get Ready To Be Amazed

I won’t ruin the surprise – but this is insanely cool. Imagine this as a campaign – just, WOW.

http://wemissyou.de

Link Loving 28.01.12

• Is anyone benefiting from the wealth of the super rich? BBC News.
• The New Decembrists”- the yuppie revolutionaries of Russia. Michael Idov.
• John Elkington shares the top ten lessons he has learnt from being on the inside of sustainability for 25 years.
• The more you means-test, the less poverty alleviation you achieve. Andrew Harrop.
• Predicting the future of computing – by crowdsource. New York Times.
• The Bad Luck Generation. Youth unemployment is only getting worse.
• A London temple for Atheists. Amen. Robert Booth.

Written Out Of The History Books No Longer

Bayard Rustin.

Below a trailer for the biopic “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin.” Five years in the making and the winner of more than 20 awards, “Brother Outsider” illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin, a visionary activist and strategist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil rights movement. A tireless crusader for justice, a disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the legendary March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. “Brother Outsider” reveals the price that Rustin paid for this openness, chronicling both the triumphs and setbacks of his remarkable 60-year career.

Link Loving 27.01.12

• Girl time – all the time. Luluvise is a social network for women only.
• The Metta Center for Non-Violence hosts a webinar on building the world we want.
• Is the next Karl Marx a management consultant? Justin Fox.
• Taking the revolution inward. Aydin Yassemi.
• Occupy your soul. The Christian Left gets active. Symon Hill.
• A fantastic, reasoned interview with Olympic commissioner Meredith Alexander as she resigns on air over the involvement of Dow Chemicals – who are still claiming to have no responsibility for the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

Chris Hedges Talks For Three Hours And I Want To Listen

h/t Jules Evans

Link Loving 26.01.12

• What makes a policy success? Lessons from inside government. Tom Baker.
• What does mobilisation mean now, in the midst of Occupy, the Arab Spring and other current events? Michael Silbermann and Greenpeace International’s Digital Mobilisation Lab.
• On Occupy – the violent silence of a new beginning. Slavoj Žižek. h/t Hanna Thomas
• I love it when a corporate green/farmwashing ad goes horribly wrong. Gus Lubin.
• Great way to capture campaign meetings – Christine Ottery uses Storify.
• The making of the State of the Union. Ryan Lizza.
• Why libraries are more important than ever. h/t Rich Hawkins