Activism | david sasaki

Revolutions and What Follows: Egypt, Ukraine, and Cuba

by David Sasaki | Feb 12, 2011 | English

I am thrilled for Egypt, and more specifically my Egyptian friends. I have been following political developments in the country ever since Mostafa began covering Egypt on Global Voices back in October of 2005. (If you were watching CNN’s coverage of the protests...

Cafe Complaints and Dissident Urban Planning

by David Sasaki | Jan 14, 2011 | English

I’m just back from my favorite neighborhood cafe, where poets, artists, and whining leftists all come together for that special feeling of community. All along the back wall are stacks of La Jornada and posters supporting El Peje. At the bar sipping on...

[Video] Shifting into Second

by David Sasaki | Dec 22, 2009 | English

I’ve been back in the United States for four days now, but I still feel like I’m stuck in first gear, always ready to take a nap but never able to fall asleep. The end of December is, in many ways, both exciting and challenging. I need to wrap up all the...

Getting to Know the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Azerbaijan

by David Sasaki | Nov 29, 2009 | English

This year’s peregrinations are rapidly coming to an end. I’m in Turkey this week, Lebanon next, and then will soon be “going back to Cali, Cali, Cali.” Yet already – the curse of an addict – it’s difficult to not think about...

Ballot Fraud, the Blogosphere, and Fame-Seeking Intellectuals in Russia

by David Sasaki | Oct 26, 2009 | English

Despite the fact that I only agree with about 10% of what he has to say, Evgeny Morozov is still one of my favorite Twitterers. Dude cracks me up. If you need a 15-minute introduction to what will soon become Evgeny’s first book, his TED talk is a good place to...

Summary of Cloud Intelligence Symposium

by David Sasaki | Oct 19, 2009 | English

This week I’m trying to put some ending punctuation on all the fragments of projects I’ve left scattered over the past couple months before setting my sights toward new projects for November and December. I received a lot of kind and charitable feedback...

Growing Up

by David Sasaki | Jul 24, 2009 | English

I woke up this morning feeling like a jerk. Looking back over the past six months, I’ve spent far too much time arguing over small details with people I respect and largely agree with, and not nearly enough time collaborating with them toward the common...

Mobile Active 08: 6.5 Billion Text Messages Don't Make World Peace

by David Sasaki | Oct 18, 2008 | English

After the twenty-hour three-leg flight from Monrovia to Accra to Nairobi to Johannesburg, I arrived smelling like an aborted hippo fetus and with a healthy serving of skepticism about the conference format for Mobile Active 08, the third annual international gathering...

[Inspiration] Diana + Baby Kamba

by David Sasaki | Jul 21, 2008 | English

Have I mentioned how ridiculously honored I am to be able to work with people like Diana and the Foko team? I am looking forward to meeting Pati [podcast] at the Global Interdependence Youth Summit in Brussels in September and meeting the rest of the Foko family in...