Protests Today

A group of people from the popular online networking site "Facebook" have organized a Worldwide "Day of International Action for a Free Burma" - scheduled for TODAY, Oct. 6th. The Facebook group, called "Support the Monks' protest in Burma," began with about 3,000 members on September 24, 2007. But with all the media attention Burma has received recently, the interest in this group has increased dramatically. The size of this online community is now over 332,000 members. The organization of this demonstration has also spurred a lot of talk about the new role of the internet in connecting people to causes. The web has the potential to be a very effective tool to connect people to what is going on around the world. If you're interested in joining their demonstrations today, check out their site to see if anyone will be in your area. Read more about this topic here. [Also- don't forget to watch the CNN program that will be highlighting Burma today at 4pm Pacific].