The site includes virtual space to announce protests, solicit volunteers, inform the media, and arrange housing and transportation for activists. It's just one of many such sites that will be used by groups ranging from opponents of globalization and free trade to advocates for the poor and the homeless to proponents of national health care. They are also joining forces in Los Angeles, planning activities from the Web site at D2kla.org . Levy concedes that some of the people his groups want to reach don't have access to the Internet, especially in inner cities. Phone banks and leaflets can be used to carry the message beyond the Web, though at much greater expense.
Political work is nothing but communicating, constant communicating.
Other Web sites being used to organize protests include Silentmarch.org , Refuseandresist.org , and Redirect2000.org . The Silent March site is publicizing two days of protests against gun violence and in favor of stronger gun-control laws. The group will deposit 40,000 empty shoes at the Liberty Bell on Saturday in memory of the thousands killed each year by guns. Refuse and Resist opposes the death penalty and plans an all-day series of events in Philadelphia on Aug. 1. On the Redirect 2000 site, protesters can download leaflets and fliers in Microsoft Word format suitable for distributing or posting during the convention.