*Jozzua » Book Blockade http://www.jozzua.com Find A Better Way, Question The Status Quo, Grow. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:23:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Taxes on books removed! Hurray! Article… http://www.jozzua.com/2009/05/25/taxes-on-books-removed-hurray-article/ http://www.jozzua.com/2009/05/25/taxes-on-books-removed-hurray-article/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 01:20:53 +0000 Jozzua http://www.jozzua.com/2009/05/25/taxes-on-books-removed-hurray-article/ Taxes on books removed! Hurray!

Article from PhilStar:

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=471074&publicationSubCategoryId=63

Perhaps that online twitter movement worked.

]]> http://www.jozzua.com/2009/05/25/taxes-on-books-removed-hurray-article/feed/ 0 IMPORTANT: #bookblockade How To Help 1…. http://www.jozzua.com/2009/05/14/important-bookblockade-how-to-help-1/ http://www.jozzua.com/2009/05/14/important-bookblockade-how-to-help-1/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 10:45:04 +0000 Jozzua http://www.jozzua.com/2009/05/14/important-bookblockade-how-to-help-1/ bookblockadeIMPORTANT: #bookblockade How To Help

1. Be informed. http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/04/the-long-view-the-great-book-blockade-of-2009/
2. Spread the word. ReTweet, Replurk.

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The Great Book Blockade of 2009 is an article on how Philippine customs decided to tax imported books. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/manila/1dispatch6.html

Today, as Filipinos watched the trends in twitter, someone came up with a great idea. If EAT BULAGA could trend in twitter, why not a socially relevant issue? Like this Book Blockade.

So, Pinoy twitterers heard the call. Tweets of all kinds hammered out #bookblockade.

Here we see people at work. Mass movement online in action.

Will it work? Will this attempt force a change in policy? Will it even be noticed by the big boys in media?

No harm in trying. Better we did something that just sit around in front of our computers.

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