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Protest On Wall Street Is Louder Online Than Off

A modest, recession-inspired demonstration grabs plenty of online attention. Is the future of activism more digital than physical? Fast Company goes inside the Sept. 17 OccupyWallStreet demonstration in New York (and follows reactions online) to find out.READ»

Civil Resistance Simulator Teaches Players To Topple Dictators

You say you want a revolution? Download the how-to video game for nonviolent change, now with a special Middle-Eastern edition to help continue the Arab Spring.READ»

Negative Creeps? Anonymous Introduces The Switzerland Of Social Nets

Shunned from new social networking hotness Google+, hacker collective Anonymous is trying to build its own social net, where political dissatisfaction can be voiced without censorship. In other words: an independent state of social networking.READ»

New App From Bono's ONE To Mobilize Activists

The U2 front man is a cofounder of the charity that is now putting every step of activism--from information to calls to politicians to actual protests--in your pocket.READ»

How Benetech Slays Monsters With Megabytes and Math

The company recycles everyday consumer tech to aid activists and imprison dictators. When a crisis map won't cut it, they're the A-Team to call.READ»

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Middle-East Activists Get James Bond-like Data Eraser Technology

Software erases incriminating evidence from an activist's cellphone in a pinch.READ»

Why True Grit Matters in the Face of Adversity

Dan Heath and Chip Heath explain why some of the biggest victories are won an inch at a time.READ»

State Dept. to Spend Part of $150 Million for Egyptian Transition on Digital Training

"The key for us is to help them understand what the tools are and then for them to adopt and adapt them for their own purposes," Alec Ross, Hillary Clinton’s senior advisor for innovation, tells us.READ»

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Hacks and the City

An exhibition opening this weekend in Chicago highlights 99 ways that urban activists have hacked crosswalks, medians, and overlooked urban nooks.READ»

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WeCommune: Social Networking for Communes

Thought communes died along with other hippie ideals decades ago? Wrong. WeCommune, a piece of networking software launching this week, is banking on the resurgence of grassroots organizing. The software will offer ...READ»

Raising HIV Awareness, One Young Person at a Time

A young activist's mission: To get young people tested for HIV. As she says, we're all human, so we're all at risk.READ»

Next-Gen Obamas: Apply Here

DMI Scholars: Supporting Young Activists for ChangeREAD»