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...then, Chen had become an inspiration to a group of idealistic Chinese lawyers - themselves optimists about the power of law to transform Chinese society. These lawyers became legal activists for the legal activist. They publicized his case through essays circulated on the Internet. They filed complaints about his unlawful detention with officials at various levels of government. They kept the foreign media informed. They also tried, on a fairly regular basis, to meet with their client. They often failed - on at least one occasion, badly. In October when three of the lawyers - Xu Zhiyong, Li Subin and Li Fangping - tried...
...come out finally." GUNTER GRASS, Nobel-prizewinning German author and peace activist, after admitting that he had served in Hitler's élite Waffen SS; he told a German newspaper it had been weighing heavily on his mind...
...much-hyped Internet activists of the Howard Dean presidential campaign, liberal blogs like Daily Kos and activist groups like MoveOn.org had generated lots of buzz, but few results at the ballot box until now. But in Tuesday's Democratic primary, the bloggers didn?t just get a win, but a victory no one could have expected even four months ago. Joe Lieberman wasn't just a three-term Connecticut Senator, he was only a few thousand votes from being the vice-president in a Democratic administration six years ago. And despite almost the entire Democratic establishment supporting his run against...
Call them playstations with a higher purpose. Activist video games--which use whiz-bang formats to address real-world issues--are scoring high with both kids and teachers. Given the success of the U.N.'s aid-relief game Food Force (with more than 4 million downloads in 15 months) and the MTV-affiliated Darfur Is Dying (more than 800,000 players since April), techno do-gooders are proliferating, and gamers are saving the world...
...Prominent Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson recently spoke about how both individuals and groups have "layers of identity." In his own "biography of identity," he lists the variety of languages spoken by his indigenous forebears, as well as clan, religious and geographic affiliations. He told a Brisbane audience last month that Australians need to take into account those parts of our identity that are shared and those which are distinct. Pearson argued that without a better understanding of identity, "multiculturalism" - because it is based only on "culture" - won't endure as a unifying concept. What could emerge, as Nobel economics laureate...