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Restore the Fourth: Grassroots civil liberties activism is back and better than ever!

Jul 4, 2013

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jon

in political, privacy, Tales from the Net

Itâ€™s the Fourth of July, and weâ€™re fighting for our civil liberties. — me, in 2008, to the Senator Obama â€“ Please, No Telecom Immunity and Get FISA Right mailing list Five years later, grassroots civil liberties activism on social networks is back and better then ever.Â Back in 2008, we were organizing online, trying…
PATRIOT Act Update: After a successful call-in day, the focus shifts to Congress

Apr 11, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Thousands of patriots fought their way through jammed White House phone lines on April 5 to call on President Obama to keep his campaign promises by vetoing any PATRIOT Act extension unless it includes substantial new protections. The timing was perfect, just a day after he launched his re-election campaign. Now, the focus shifts to…
PATRIOT Act reform: phone the White House on April 5

Apr 4, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

On April 5, 1792, President George Washington vetoed a bill — the first time in U.S. history that the presidential veto was exercised. On the anniversary of this day, we’re calling on Barack Obama to exercise his presidential powers to veto any PATRIOT Act renewal bill that does not include powerful reforms to safeguard civil…
What’s the best technology base for an activism Q&A website?

Mar 18, 2011

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jon

in political, social computing

An activism group I know is thinking about setting up a Q&A (question-and-answer) site.Â What technology base should they use? Here’s the functionality wishlist: users can ask and answer questions, vote on others’ answers, and leave comments multilingual and accessible a pleasant and attractive user experience good moderation tools easy to attach tags (or categories)…
Demand JUSTICE, not the PATRIOT Act!

Feb 11, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

It’s time to go on the offensive! Here’s the action alert Bill of Rights Defense Committee just sent out. Please help by using POPVOX to support the reintroduction of the JUSTICE Act, and getting the word out widely in email, via Facebook, and on Twitter. The House is expected to vote again early next week…
Patriot house alert breaks heads: found art from Twitter

Feb 10, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Images from Twazzup’s Patriot Act page as the House prepares to vote again on the Patriot Act extension.Â The refrigerator magnets on the top are the most common words and hashtags. You can weigh in on the head-breaking yourself via POPVOX, Demand Progress, ACLU, EFF, Downsize DC or the phone. Julian Sanchez’ Now what? and…
Patriot Act renewal: Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!

Feb 6, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Key provisions of the Patriot Act will sunset unless Congress renews them by the end of February. Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!
An open letter to President Obama on the Patriot Act (DRAFT)

Nov 22, 2009

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jon

in Uncategorized

Draft! Work in progress!Â Feedback welcome! The open letter will be published Monday evening, and this will be one of many posts announcing it. Final version intended for Pam’s House Blend
Social network activism and the future of civil liberties

Oct 29, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Also posted on The Seminal and Pam’s House Blend The most recent skirmish on the Patriot Act reauthorization battle ended badly for civil liberties.Â Â Despite passionate speeches all around in the Senate Judiciary Committee public hearings and classified briefings, in the end, only Senators Feingold, Durbin, and Specter stood up for the Constitution. As Marcy…
Social network activism and the Patriot Act (DRAFT)

Oct 24, 2009

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jon

in Uncategorized

DRAFT Work in progress! Feedback welcome! Final version intended for The Seminal and Pam’s House Blend
Feingold preparing to act on FISA (a Get FISA Right scoop)!

Mar 5, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Senator Feingold’s going to give the Administration â€œa few more weeksâ€ to come up with a bill to roll back the FISA amendments, and introduce his own bill if they donâ€™t. Please help get the word out — and let’s start getting ready for activism once it happens.
Get FISA Right to meet with Sen. Feingold! (maybe) Help wanted.

Feb 11, 2009

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

One of our topics Saturday’s conference call (notes here) was how to make contact with our allies in congress.Â Jean from Green Bay mentioned that she and a couple of other people were going to go to one of Senator Russ Feingold’s upcoming Listening Meeting in Wisconsin. The first opportunity is this Saturday on Valentine’s…
“Dailyish updates” (draft post for The Seminal)

Feb 3, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Draft.Â Work in progress — feedback welcome! The revised version will (hopefully) be posted on The Seminal
w00t, w00t! Get FISA Right finishes #5 in Ideas for Change! Congratulations and great job all!

Jan 15, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

With a late rush, Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties squeaked into the #5 position in the change.org’s Ideas for Change in America competition with 12285 votes! Alas, even though our other endorsement Bob Fertikâ€™s Appoint a Special Prosecutor for the Crimes of the Bush Administration picked up over…
Neocons’ worst nightmare: net movements intersecting in Ideas for Change in America

Jan 13, 2009

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jon

in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

DREAM Activists and undocumented youth, the Stonewall 2.0 LGBTQ movement, Get FISA Right and civil libertarians, peace activists — together again for the first time, along with a demand for accountability for the last 8 years. Â Scary stuff.Â 🙂 Read on for more … and please digg it! It’s been surprising to me how…
Get FISA Right: should we endorse the special prosecutor idea?

Jan 13, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

There’s a voting thread up on the Get FISA Right blog. Current results: 18 yes, 1 no, 1 present (me, since I voted first, to avoid biasing people). Please weigh in!
Get FISA Right on Ideas for Change: only 72 hours left, five ways to help

Jan 12, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Voting in change.orgâ€™s Ideas for Change in America competition closes Thursday at 2 p.m. Pacific time. Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties has just fallen to #8, and a couple of the ideas close behind us like Pass the DREAM Act – Support Higher Education for All Students have…
Vote early, promote often: Ideas for Change and Get FISA Right

Jan 5, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

The second round of voting in change.org’s Ideas for Change in America competition kicked off today.Â Please vote for Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties — and help promote it! To vote, just click on the Vote here button on the widget on the right.Â (If your vote doesn’t…
Mutual guest-blogging 2.0: an idea for “Ideas for Change”?

Jan 3, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Last year I proposed an experiment on OpenLeft that involved “mutual guest-blogging“: four great bloggers who didn’t usually hang out there making front-page posts, and in return the OpenLeft front-pagers posting on the other blogs.Â The idea was to expose bloggers, readers, and commenters to new perspectives, and hopefully build some connections that could lead…
On to the second round of “Ideas for Change in America”!

Jan 2, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Also posted on the new Get FISA Right blog Happy new year! My idea Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties finished #2 in the Criminal Justice category of change.org/MySpace’s Ideas for Change in America competition, and so has advanced to the second round. We can revise the idea over…