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Transnationale.org
Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 09:43

If you want to find out what company owns a brand - transnationale.org is a prime place to check. It is an extensive database that not only tracks the brand ownership of multinationals but also connects them to environmental and labor violations.

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Interactive political map of the West Bank
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 23:00

This Guardian interactive map of the occupation of the West Bank is a beautiful exposition of the extent of the occupation. It leads the viewer through a series of clicks which turn on map elements revealing the dominance of the Israeli occupation one aspect at a time.

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175 data and information visualization examples
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 00:00

List of data 175 data visualizations.

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A video chronicle of some of the best talks on the Left
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - 00:00

There is a radical antiwar movement - and it speaks a lot of sense. Watch some of the best speeches on the the left today at Peace Journal

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Open Source Visualization Tools
Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 23:00

Prefuse is brilliant!!! Here is their blurb: Prefuse is a set of software tools for creating rich interactive data visualizations. The original prefuse toolkit provides a visualization framework for the Java programming language. The prefuse flare toolkit provides visualization and animation tools for ActionScript and the Adobe Flash Player.

Long live prefuse!

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A number that won't get any smaller
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - 23:00

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The War on Democracy
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - 23:00

Pilger's interviews with the ruling classes are priceless - he has a certain genius calmness and straight talking that illicit a brutal frankness in response. Watch them condemn themselves. Watch this all the way through - and pass it on.

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Corporate Collective Consciousness
Monday, August 13, 2007 - 23:00

Isn't it lovely that corpoations, basically people like the rest of us, can edit wikipedia. Use Wiki Scanner to see what your least favorite Fortune 500 company has been using their free speech for.

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If you try to save the life of one person today - make sure it is Kenneth Foster
Friday, July 27, 2007 - 23:00

The State of Texas plans to kill Kenneth Foster on August 30, 2007. Kenneth didn't rape, kill or maim anyone. He didn't reveal a CIA agent, or price gauge the state of California, he certainly didn't start a war for oil in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed.

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A blog of maps
Friday, June 22, 2007 - 23:00

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

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