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Comment on Tripoli – Four Days, Four Videos. by Mikel Maron

Mikel Maron — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:44:53 +0000

great insights, thanks Brian

Comment on Clarity through Data by A New Tool to Map the Best Digital Resources for Advocates | The Meta-Activism Project

Mon, 07 May 2012 21:48:35 +0000

[...] takes 5 minutes. *** By Susannah Vila, also posted on engine room’s blog as well as by WITNESS, Small World News, Digital Democracy and other engine room partners Susannah used to run outreach and training [...]

Comment on Clarity through Data by Digital Democracy | Take the Social Tech Census — Support Global Digital Advocacy

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:23:31 +0000

[...] 5 minutes. *** By Susannah Vila, also posted on engine room’s blog as well as by WITNESS, Small World News and other engine room partners Susannah used to run outreach and training content for [...]

Comment on Clarity through Data by Mapping the Best Resources for Digital Advocates | the engine room

Mapping the Best Resources for Digital Advocates | the engine room — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:57:05 +0000

[...] version of this post also appeared at WITNESS and Small World News blogs engine [...]

Comment on Clarity through Data by Mapping the Best Resources for Digital Advocates - Global Voices Advocacy

Mapping the Best Resources for Digital Advocates - Global Voices Advocacy — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:30:49 +0000

[...] version of this post also appeared at WITNESS, Small World News and other engine room partners Written by Susannah Vila Posted 25 April 2012 22:30 GMT [...]

Comment on Small World News Projects by Guías para el periodismo ciudadano en situaciones de riesgo – Periodismo Ciudadano

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:15:08 +0000

[...] reside en la propia Small World News, una organización que desde 2005, con Alive in Baghdad, ha venido cubriendo diferentes conflictos en países musulmanes y latinos y trabajando de cerca con los ciudadanos que en esas zonas querían participar en las labores de [...]

Comment on Training Guides by Guías para el periodismo ciudadano en situaciones de riesgo – Periodismo Ciudadano

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:13:40 +0000

[...] comprometidos y con el fin de minimizar el peligro que corren, Small World News ha publicado dos guías para informar de forma segura en situaciones de riesgo: Safely and Securely Producing Media y Safely using [...]

Comment on Coverage of Alive in Afghanistan by Alive in Afganistán: Periodismo híbrido geolocalizado – Periodismo Ciudadano

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:11:04 +0000

[...] in Afghanistan, logró llamar la atención por la combinación de los informes de los ciudadanos, “afganos ordinarios”, junto a [...]

Comment on Bootstrapping Alive in Libya by Small World News capacita a sus periodistas ciudadanos en #Libia – Periodismo Ciudadano

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:10:35 +0000

[...] relacionada con situaciones de conflicto y post-conflicto, actualmente están en Benghazi capacitando a la población Libia para que puedan informar de lo que allí sucede utilizando el vídeo. Su equipo de periodistas [...]

Comment on Training Guides by Citizen Journalism in High-Risk Nations- A Guide | Social Media Chimps

Citizen Journalism in High-Risk Nations- A Guide | Social Media Chimps — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:06:44 +0000

[...] Small World News, an organization that has been covering events in the Muslim and Latin worlds since its 2005 campaign, Alive in Baghdad, is known for working closely with citizens who would like to take part in telling their nation’s story. From their website: “Small World News has (…) been supporting, equipping, and training community members and under-served populations to become journalists, storytellers, and documentarians in order to broaden the geopolitical perspectives available to the international community. “ [...]

Comment on Training Guides by Citizen Journalism in High-Risk Nations- A Guide | Social Media Chimps

Citizen Journalism in High-Risk Nations- A Guide | Social Media Chimps — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:06:44 +0000

Comment on Training Guides by Citizen Journalism in High-Risk Nations -- A Guide | Social Media Chimps

Citizen Journalism in High-Risk Nations -- A Guide | Social Media Chimps — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:51:14 +0000

Comment on The Story of Alive in Libya by Sacha

Sacha — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:52:18 +0000

to be largest tribe icelmad as Gaddafi afiliated by western experts, centuries ago (i.e before Libya was a state) many moved East there are literally 100s of 1000s of people with Werfalla as last name in Derna, Benghazi, Bayda..etc + also in Misrata in the West. Werfalla last name infact disproportionatly represented among dead of 1996 prison massacre around 200 of 1200 my aunt is a biochemist and her colleague was one of those killed his family only found out in 2002 used to send prison money + food their children couldn’t afford to eat during harsh days of sanctions. Many of the student imprisoned and hanged in Tripoli and Benghazi Universities were also from Werfalla tribe though Libyans did not organise politicallly on tribal basis even in 1970s they were hanged for protesting against cancelled student union elections+ abolished parliament and constitution. One of Werfalla leaders anounced on TV tribe with revolution in the first week others on Gaddafi TV swearing loyalty but are people from every tibe East and West doing that, their credibility might be hurt by their other claims. e.g Benghazi man claiming to represent his city also claims 4 earthquakes hit US and unkown number hit France to punish coalition+ promising audience Qatar will soon be wiped of the map by God’s will. TNC has many from Werfalla e.g Mahmud Jibril (Alwerfalli is his full name) + many of the oppostion spokespeople on Arabic media. Yet to prove cities vs. tribes Werfalla hometown Bin Walid (not were majority live) is stil under Gaddafi control, a lot of its men in the military like cities of Tarhuna and Tajora have taken part in attacks against nearby Misrata (have also heard of men escaping Zliten and military cities of BIn Walid+Tajura to fight with Misrata+soldiers protecting families from mercs/soldiers+from names of Misrata fighters who died many are originally Werfalla tribe’ but Misrata residents city vs tribe again if Misrata was under G contol and a military vs trading city its men could be forced to fight Libyans). This does not mean even Bin Walid city is proG, in 1993 Bin Walid was severly punished for a coup attempt by military officers who came from the city, families were then forced to celebrate their hanging. In this revolution there were demonstrations video taped though like Tripoli as heavy military and security meant not even free for a few days. Now there are sabotage attacks on e.g fuel y revolutionaries frm Bin Walid.

Comment on A first dispatch from Alive in Tehran? by Laurimar

Laurimar — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:03:14 +0000

The path you sugadgest is to hope the Iranian peoadple wage and win a revadoadluadtion against their govadernadment, and atcatk them if they do not. If a coaliadtion of China, Russia, and some future-militarized EU demanded the American peoadple overadthrow our govadernadment lest they be “forced to act,” the American peoadple would (underadstandadably) refuse — and start buradryading guns and exploadsives in backadyards and foradest preserves.All govadernadments are essenadtially conadcrete dams, holdading back against the presadsures and demands of the peoadple within. Smart govadernadments find ways to aleadviadate the presadsures, dumb govadernadments try to add more conadcrete; either way, all govadernadments evenadtuadally crumble.What you are sugadgestading is applyading presadsure outadside the govadernadment as is applied inside, and hopading it cracks. The sugadgesadtion is based on the belief that the net force applied to the strucadture is the key to whether it breaks, while the realadity is that it is the difadferadenadtial force that deteradmines whether it breaks. If peoadple outadside the reach of a govadernadment want to break it, they need to stop pushading and start pulling. In the case of Iran it would be workading in the other direcadtion, priadmaradily by endading sanctions.So far as the rationality/irrationality of Iran’s curadrently leadaderadship, the onus on you is to prove they are irraadtional, since you’re the one advoadcatading war and revadoadluadtion because they area0not.

Comment on Syrian Voices Silenced? Not Quite by Meriam

Meriam — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:26:44 +0000

Option 4 Syria OKed the strikes and is birtseulng about it in public because it doesn\’t want to seem acquiescent to America but is getting worried about the strength of takfiri-types inside Syria (see also, recent carbomb assassination in Damascus of the Syrian national security adviser).