DigiActive News: Interview (in German)

Written by Simon on April 16, 2008 – 10:34 pm -

On Tuesday, DigiActive writer Simon Columbus was interviewed by Frédéric Valin of Spreeblick, which is one of Germany’s top three blogs, about digital activism.

If you understand German, you can read the whole interview on Spreeblick.

Topics included a review of last September’s “Free Burma” action lead by German bloggers and a look at the power of digital activism.


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DigiActive News: Radio Interview (in Australia!)

Written by Mary on April 12, 2008 – 11:08 pm -

Last week, DigiActive Co-Founder Mary Joyce was interviewed for the Australian community radio program The Fourth Estate with Daz Chandler. You can take a listen below by clicking the green arrow:

Topics discussed include the motivation for founding DigiActive, examples of how activists are using Facebook to organize international protests, whether digital activism is elitist, and why it’s a good idea to use online commercial tools for activism.


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Campaign: Blog4Burma

Written by Simon on April 6, 2008 – 12:51 am -

Description of Campaign: After the junta’s crackdown on the protesters of the saffron revolution, Burma faded from the public eye within a few days. Even the bloggers, who widely campaigned in support of the demonstrators, don’t write about the country any longer. An international group of bloggers has united as the Blog4Burma coalition to keep the topic in the focus of the blogosphere.

Digital Activism Tools: Blogs, Feed

How These Tools Are Being Used: The Blog4Burma coalition’s goal is to provide a wide range of information about the situation in Burma. A group of bloggers from currently four countries (Austria, France, Germany, Spain), writing in as many languages, the coalition does not have a common website. The members write articles about Burma-related topics on their own blogs, which are then collected in a common feed.

Blog4Burma

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Tool: GTalk

Written by Mary on January 23, 2008 – 4:23 am -

Tool Description: GTalk is Googles version of Internet telephony. I allows you to talk online for free with other people that use GTalk.
Activist Application: Burmese democracy activists used GTalk to tell people around the world what was happening in their country. According to Maung Maung, a Burmese activist and trade unionist, “There are about 50 Internet cafes all over Burma, and young people were able to log into GTalk and say to the rest of the world, ‘Here’s what is happening on this corner; here’s what is happening on that corner.’ Quite a lot of young activists have been trained in how to use Gmail. It is extremely helpful to the movement.” GTalk is available in Burmese (see below) and many other world languages.
Ease of Use: Easy. You can download it here or use it without downloading it by clicking here. You do need a Gmail account and a microphone to use GTalk.


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