Interactive Activism

Al Jazeera recently put up this interactive page showing death estimates per province, videos of recent events in Syria and a timeline with links, photos, and videos. Definitely a great source to get another overall gist of what's going on, and the interactivity makes it pretty powerful in my opinion. When i was clicking the different provinces and finding out the death tolls it made me realize how much death is going on over there. And to think that these are estimates, there is no real way to know for certain how many people have died. There could be hundreds that are unaccounted for, as the situation in Syria deteriorates. It is also morbidly interesting to see this deterioration in the timeline, as you start with protests and then work your way to violence, crackdowns, and armed opposition. It's a harrowing thing to witness, but a truly terrifying thing to be involved in I'm certain. Check it out, it only takes a few minutes to sort through and you'll definitely be affected by it in some way.