We’ve tried express our voices even while drowned out by social media. Sometimes our actions speak for ourselves. Sometimes we can articulate why we do what we do. Here are a few websites over the years that have inspired me. I hope you are inspired too. Write something yourself; a poem, a song, an op-ed, a short story, a play. Don’t let the whirl and disorientation of ever-increasing technological power stop you from sharing your ideas and ideals.
Angry Teacher: The website of special education teacher, activist, and storyteller Annie Tan.
Chicago Mental Health Advocates: Health policy website of Chicago patient advocates holding the Chicago Department of Health accountable to its patients and Chicago residents.
Advocacy is My Therapy: Chicago Mental health organizer Kathy Powers’ web blog.
Honduras Resists: A bilingual website of La Voz de Los De Abajo, a transnational organization documenting human rights violations in Honduras.
War is a Crime is a peace activist blog maintained by David Swanson in Charlottesville, Virginia that has been active since 2005.
“To the Left with Sameena and Shana” is a program on WCPT 820 am Chicago.
Southside Together Organizing for Power is a community organization that builds the power of residents on the Southside of Chicago to impact the forces and decisions that affect our lives.
Lucy Parsons Labs is a charitable Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues.
Rework Radio: Re:Work is a radio show that challenges the ways we see — and don’t see — labor. It airs every Wednesday from 2:30 – 3pm on KPFK 90.7FM and KPFK.org.
Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time.
Tech Workers Coalition: Tech workers have been for better wages, benefits, and working conditions, including organizing to end the tech bro culture of sexual assault at work, for their employers to invest in a Green future rather than natural resource extraction, prisons, surveillance, and military weaponry.
The Strike Wave: A labor news collective that publishing articles on a regular basis of workers fighting for peace and equitable working conditions.
Union Steward’s Resource Center A great user friendly guide for union shop stewards.
and many more to come…