Described by The Guardian as “the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network,” Avaaz is a left-leaning online mobilisation website that specialises in causes such as internet freedoms, global poverty, homosexual equality, climate change and corporate malpractice. It has over 18 million members worldwide. Within the UK political scene the 38Degrees site is more powerful. It has over one million UK members. Both are a challenge to the Right - which has lost its early edge in online impact.
Adam Fleming presented this report on Avaaz for BBCTV's Daily Politics programme:
What would ConHome do if it got it's wish of a world without the BBC? At least 40% of the site's content is links to BBC produced and hosted videos.
Posted by: NotQuiteBrummie | February 01, 2013 at 02:52 PM
Avaaz is well known, though the BBC may have just caught up. It is not left leaning, it is extremely left wing. But I suppose it depends where your starting point is!
Posted by: Lindsay Jenkins | February 01, 2013 at 03:36 PM
Can't make it work - it says "Media selection request failed"
Posted by: christina Speight | February 01, 2013 at 04:10 PM
Some of us have known of Avaaz for a few years now; the BBC is a bit slow off the mark to say the least!. Quite a number of their campaigns have been reasonable, but not in past times; they've become knee-jerk reactions and highly emotional. A recent article of theirs professing utter and total support for the European Union----despite admitting that it was corrupt--- has caused me and many others to withdraw support for any more of their petitions.
Protecting the planet's bees and similar petitions is fine, but it's clear they're herding their supporters down the same socialist roads as the BBC. They are best avoided now.
Posted by: CDR | February 01, 2013 at 09:53 PM