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| By Ben Ballin
Ben talks about how communities really can make a change by campaigning against ther cuts, and that many small coordinated changes, coupled with ongoing pressure at a national level, could make a very big change.
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| By Brian Lamb
As with other technologies, how new ereaders (Kindles, iPads etc) are introduced, controlled and accessed makes all the difference to how far these are an empowering tool for citizens in the future.| 23rd Jan 12 | Filed in: Misc | |
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| By Brian Lamb
As reports suggest that the economic downturn is leading to a rise in discrimination against disabled people, Brian reflects on the success of a previous disability campaign, and how its lessons can be used to reduce discrimination in the current climate.
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| By jim coe
Some thoughts on what campaigners today can learn from Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement.
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| By Hugh Mouser
Hugh outlines some of the lessons that campaigners can draw from The News of The World phone hacking scandal.
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| By Brian Lamb
The Government’s new plans to regulate lobbying may heighten transparency about corporate lobbying, but it may also impact negatively on the voluntary sector’s ability to influence Government.
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| By Lyndall Stein
Lyndall discusses the renaissance of peaceful civil disobedience among the patchwork of Occupy London protestors. She salutes them for their careful planning and entrance into a crucial dialogue about the economy, while exploring its symbolic importance.
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| By Tim Gee
Ask anyone to list the most inspiring campaigns ever and some familiar movements will come up. But they are at risk of being sanitised and co-opted by establishment accounts of history, to the detriment of our understanding of how change happens.
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