A Call To Arms

This is not a subscription request, nor a demand for violence, but rather a shout out to all caring people who want to do something but don't know how. Around the world, Earth's citizens are fighting tyranny, fighting natural disaster, fighting cold and starvation. Local governments are either causing the problem, or helpless to resolve it. The United Nations is spread thin as it is and typically powerless to stop unjust military regimes anyway. The international Red Cross is only able to help if they have the money and resources and protection to do their job.

There is a new world order that has been quietly building in the networks and connected devices around the planet. This new power is not driven by any one government, or corporation, It has no borders and it has no leader, only a hive collective mind share of followers. Us.

You and I are the new world order. In the world of interconnected devices that constitutes the Internet, we are free to transcend borders and politics, we can voice our opinions and watch true democracy flourish. Highly popular things rise to the top and things less important fall in popularity based on your opinions, clicks, views, shares, tweets, hits, posts, and likes. We are the new People of Earth. We are the new power that all old style governments need to come to terms with. We have the power. We ARE the power.

Now you have an opportunity to turn those clicks into a real world effect. We can rise up as an army of people and share our voice and our dollars and our efforts to help our other fellow humans through their struggles regardless of the government walls you are trapped behind.

The recent series of earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand, Haiti, Chile, Pakistan and Argentina have left a wake of destruction. Most recently (still) Japan is weathering a storm of violent earth quakes, dealing with Tsunami aftermath and the threat of a nuclear melt down. You can help the relief effort there by donating to the Red Cross simply by texting ASIA to 30333. This will bill your phone account $5 and donate it to the International Red Cross for efforts to help in Japan [ http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=38380&tid=001 ]. If you cant do it by text, click on the link and do it on-line. These are the people on the ground with their hands in the mud helping people survive. You can help with a single text or click, or just share this blog post with someone you think can help.

If you are one of the 10.8 Million people who like Zynga's Frontierville, for every Kobe Cow you purchase in the game, Zynga will donate the full value, approximately $5USD, to support relief efforts in Japan. If everyone who "liked" Frontierville bought a Kobe Cow for the game, Zynga could donate nearly $56 Million! You can read more on Zynga's efforts here http://tinyurl.com/6zgprpn but Zynga is not the only internet property helping the world cause. RockYou, Facebook, and PopCap are only a small sample of responsible Netizens who understand the power behind this army of good we have created. If you read blogs, play games, or communicate on the Web, look for placed that will help you donate or help in some other way.

The political upheaval in the middle east is also something you can be involved in. You don't have to be any particular religion or political view to know that what is happening in the middle east / North Africa is just wrong. From a human rights point of view, the oppressive tyranny of the old world must end, and it is happening rapidly at the hands of desperate people fighting for what they know is right. In the end, the truth will win out, in large part due to the fact that this medium, the Internet / SMS / global network will no longer allow the truth to be hidden or clouded. In the process, many of these freedom fighters will be killed or severely injured. The UN and western governments are virtually powerless to help because of politics, but we can. We have no borders, we have no limits and we have friends on the ground. Again, the International Red Cross is able to take donations for their efforts to heal, and protect the innocent. Click through here to help [ http://tinyurl.com/6j23rg3 ].

The bottom line is that you do not have to sit there and wonder "what can I do?" Now you can just do it and the interconnected global systems of communication devices we have make it possible for you to help people "on the ground" get the job done regardless of the political borders we have built around ourselves.

If you really want to be one of those people in the heart of the action, on the ground, helping with your own two hands, then you can get connected to those efforts on the we too. Check these out:
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=021912&tid=001
http://worldrelief.org/Page.aspx?pid=1725
http://ochaonline.un.org/
http://www.comfec-cefcom.forces.gc.ca/pa-ap/ops/fs-fr/dart-eicc-eng.asp

We are the new world order. We are the power. We are the people of Earth and we need to help, protect and serve each other regardless of the political boundaries and physical walls that separate us.

Be awesome. Change the world.