In about a couple of hours, my office will be turning off all of the lights in response to the "Five Minutes for the Planet" effort launched by the Alliance for the Planet. Here’s the announcement, briefly translated: The Alliance for the Planet [a group of environmental associations] is calling on all citizens to create…
Category: Politics
Ah Hell, Molly Ivins is dead
I was having such a good day until now. I just heard the news that Molly Ivins just lost her long battle with breast cancer and passed away at the age of 62. Ms Ivins was a unique and inspiring voice for the progressive movement, writing with a humorous, plain-speaking style about issues of social…
Griefing is sexier than peaceful protest
I just got word that BBC Radio did an interview with SL NetRoots organizer Ruby Glitter about the in-world peace demonstration that occurred on Monday. Or at least, that’s what the interview SHOULD have been about. Instead the interviewer kept shifting the focus to the in-world griefing of the Front National headquarters. Ruby handled herself…
Video of “Avatars against the War” Peace Demo in Second Life
I did a rush job pulling together some video of the "Avatars Against the War" peace demonstration that took place on Monday at the Capitol Hill sim. Thanks to In Kenzo for sharing her footage of the event, which was much clearer than most of mine. And of course to the NetRoots folks who made…
Avatars stand up for peace in virtual Capitol Hill
Today more than one hundred avatars gathered for a dramatic protest for peace at the virtual Capitol Hill sim in Second Life. I have a lot of footage of the event that I will try and get edited and posted as soon as I can. (I stupidly had my video capture set up wrong somehow,…
SL protest against war in Iraq TODAY at 2PM!
Today at 2pm PST is the culmination of a weekend of peace activities, organized by the nice folks at SL Netroots. Take a few minutes out of your day and come out at 2pm if you oppose the war in Iraq, or just want to stand up for peace in general. We’ll be convening at…
Reminder: Virtual peace protest on Monday at SL Capitol Hill!
Just got back from errcheck Hick’s excellent sign and shirt making workshop, in preparation for Monday’s peace demonstration going on at SL Capitol Hill at 2PM PST. I got my love beads, birkenstocks, peace symbol medallion and protest sign all ready. The weekend of peace activities are being organized by the SL Netroots group, led…
Avatars Against the War! Actions for peace in the Metaverse Jan 27-29
Ruby Glitter and her crew at RootscampSL are organizing three days of action against the war in Iraq, to coincide with the national March for Peace in Washington DC on Saturday. The action will include: Sat Jan 27, noon: a T-shirt and protest sign design workshop (teleport SLURL) Sun Jan 28, 1pm: A lecture on…
Davos in Second Life: public engagement, Flavor of the Week or damage control?
Coming out of the first of many in-world interviews with some of the major personages attending this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, I am left with the question, What’s the point? The WEF is an annual gathering of 2,000 of the most influential business and political leaders in the world to discuss important…
Davos in Second Life: Arianna Huffington today
Reuters is organizing a series of in-world interviews over the next few days with major personalities attending this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, including today’s interview with prominent political blogger and journalist Arianna Huffington. This is part of the elite forum’s efforts to broaden the reach of the high-powered gathering in Switerland every year. …