Global Activism on the Web
775 views · Published 2 May 2008 · 3:28 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · Nonprofits & Activism
The Internet has transformed virtually everything from shopping to social networking and now global politics. Three of the world's most successful mobilizers of e-protest -- Moveon.org and Res Publica in the United States -- and GetUp.org.au in Australia -- pooled their resources last year to create an organization whose name means "voice" in Hindi, Urdu and Turkish. Avaaz.org is a global campaigning organization that says it acts as the voice for its members. Nathan King reports from New York
