Welcome -what it's all about!

Welcome to Blog Liam!!!

This is the start of what I hope is going to grow into a pretty large blog and a decent resource for human rights campaigners and those who want to become human rights campaigners.

So what's it all about?? Basically I've been involved in lots of campaigns -for human rights, social justice, ethical consumerism, cooporate accountability and democracy. There are so many brilliant campaigns about; some I've become really involved in, some I've done a bit of fundraising for, some I just sign petitions when they come up and do my best to keep up to date with the issues. If I could I'd go to all the protests, talks, rallys and other events but we're all bound by time and money!

However there are things that everyone can do -you can sign a petition online in 10 seconds, send out an e-mail promoting a campaign website to your friends or just have a read and get to know a bit more about whats going on.

If you decide there is a campaign that really appeals to you there are lots of things you can do -protests, boycotts, fundraising, letter writing....

So I decided to create Blog Liam as a gateway to all these brilliant campaigns -campaigns that really can change the world and make life better for a lot of people. There are lots of really good websites out there with detailed information, links, news and all sorts. This is going to be an informal site with a brief introduction to loads of campaigns rather than loads of information on one or two.

Each few days or each week I'll post up an introduction to a campaign and a link to a website where you can find out more and get involved. Please take a minute to have a quick read and visit some of the links -you never know, you might find a cause you'll become really passionate about.

And if you read anything that interests you please leave a quick comment!

Remember -big changes to the world start at grassroots level; consumer boycotts, public protests, public letter writing.....it's leads to big things!

Liam