======== ACTIVISM ======== WE SHALL ALL LOG-ON: DIGITAL DEMONSTRATORS UNITE ON THE WEB Issue: Activism Marching on the Washington Mall is now as easy as going to Internet sites. Web-savvy organizations are using "virtual marches." Daniel Zingale says, "The e-march takes most of the headaches out of traditional marching." (Yeah, like these's not so much wear-and-tear on your shoes) Zingale, executive director of the AIDS Action Council, used their Web site <www.aidsaction.org> to send e-mails directly to the White House and Congress. Eric Sawyer of Act-Up says use of the Web is effective to reach government officials while a real march is effective to attract media coverage. Richard Thau of Third Millennium <www.march.org> is concerned that most e-mail is lost on Congress. That is why his group is collecting e-mail to push for Social Security reform and plans to bombard Congress with all of it at one time. [SOURCE: Wall Street Journal (B1), AUTHOR: Rachel Emma Silverman] <http://www.wsj.com/> (c)Benton Foundation, 1998. Redistribution of this email publication -- both internally and externally -- is encouraged if it includes this message. --------------------- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List As vilified, slandered and attacked by One Nation mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
