Rugby Town Internet Activism
post a comment | posted Feb 21
A little town in South Central England has a big problem, a cement plant. The Cemex Cement Plant quarries and produces between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 pounds of cement a year. Rugby also has Lilian Pallikaropouls, Lilian has been waging a campaign to slow down or stop future developments at the cement plant. Lilian's second target of complaint is the Rugby Borough Council the government body that monitors emissions and grants permits to the Cemex Cement Plant.
Lilian's work is documented at her Blog, http://rugbytown.blogspot.com ; you can read her arguments and documentation there. A few day's ago a professional photographer, Christian Payne interviewed Lilian Pallikaropouls streaming live online at a video based social network Seesmic.Com. Many communities large and small face problems such as the cement plant in RugbyTown. Christian Payne has shown how with little investment individuals or groups can publicize and promote their cause online.
Here is the interview:
Lilian is a dedicate member of her community, I respect her tenacity and devotion to justice and community health. Thank you Christian for helping Lilian and others see the potential of these new tools for the community activist. See a another short interview with Lilian at Youtube.com
Video used with the permission of Christian Payne.