UnionBook Still in Beta, But Getting Great Reviews

http://blog.comfia.net/webmaster/esindicato/2009/01/17/unionbook-la-red-social-internacional-para-sindicalistas.-no-es-facebook

http://www.pcsshropshire.selfip.org/newspage/?p=596

Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your Life!

Heard about the global campaign for atheist bus adverts to counter advertising by organized religions?

"There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life" is appearing on buses across Europe, Australia and now Toronto.

Personally I'd rather Cobourg than Toronto, but perhaps it's best to start small and work up.

To contribute money towards the Toronto campaign go to:

http://atheistbus.ca/donate/

You can also use the site the suggest that the campaign be extended to include Cobourg...or your own home town for that matter.

Naomi Klein on the BDS Campaign

The sanest, plainest case for the BDS campaign I have seen. Read it here.

UnionBook is Here!

It won't replace Facebook for keeping in touch with the grandkids (nor is it intended to), but UnionBook is LabourStart's social networking site for the union-friendly worldwide.

Give it a spin.

Pretty Much All I Want to Post About Gaza

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-why-do-they-hate-the-west-so-much-we-will-ask-1230046.html

They Do It Too

I think we're sometimes surprised when an employer or some other anti-union type uses the not-so-new-anymore media to organize against us. Something about still being stuck with the idea of the internet as an insurgent medium I think; somehow more ours than theirs.

Silly. A good way to get caught with our pants down.

This week CBC and SRC are reporting on OCTranspo's use of YouTube in trying to get their final offer through a forced vote.

http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2009/01/07/008-oc-transpo-youtube_n.shtml
and
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/01/07/ot-090107-transit.html

Meanwhile, back at the York U. strike, anti-union students are doing all kinds of interesting, if wrong-headed, things with Facebook, blogs and such.

UK Stop The War is in Facebook's Bad Book

The following was sent to folks on the Stop The War listserve in the UK:

Dear friends,

Facebook today deleted an event set up by the Stop the War Coalition publicising the 2nd national demonstration against Israel's attacks on Gaza, with no explanation. Around 20,000 people had been sent invites to this event.

Stop the War urges all supporters to do everything they can to build for this weekends demonstration, including inviting your contacts to this event again to ensure the biggest turn out on Saturday.

In solidarity,

Stop the War Coalition
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/