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

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

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Find the Country Game
Friday, December 1, 2006 - 00:00

I suck at this game - but am addicted.

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Invisible 5
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 23:00

Listen to the Invisible 5 Environmental Justice Audio Tour as you travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles or vice versa. Hear the stories of people who live near the I5 and deal with environmental racism - battling toxic waste dumps, incinerators and smog. You can download the mp3s and listen on your mp3 player - or save it for the trip.

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The Most Important Election of our Lifetime
Thursday, October 7, 2004 - 23:00

The Most Important Election of our Lifetime ~ Spot the Difference Quiz Game! ~

It is common knowledge that this is 'the most important election ever' - but can you tell the
difference between the two main candidates?

This quiz is intended to question just how significant the difference between Bush and Kerry really is. I hope that people find it provocative as well as thoughtful. Please follow the link at the end

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Exxon vs. the Environment
Monday, June 28, 2004 - 23:00

Amy Balkin and I, recently helped to make this website for Greenpeace. The information is detailed and condemning.

Exxon Secrets is the first chapter of a larger Greenpeace project provide a research database of information on the corporate funded anti-environmental movement.

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Socialist Worker
Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 00:00

Twice a week I stand outside on a street corner and try to engage strangers in conversations about politics. This would be much harder without a copy of Socialist Worker in my hand. Read it cover to cover every week - amaze your friends with your knowledge of class struggle and the possibilities for resistance to the profit system that creates wars, wrecks lives and destroys the planet we live on. Another world is possible!

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The Fix is In
Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 00:00

"We hear from Kurt Eichenwald, whose book The Informant is about the price fixing conspiracy at the food company ADM, Archer Daniels Midland, and the executive who co-operated with the FBI in recording over 250 hours of secret video and audio tapes, probably the most remarkable videotapes ever made of an American company in the middle of a criminal act." The Fix is In is one of the best episodes of the excellent radio series This American Life.

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