Paul Hilder is campaign director of the global online advocacy network Avaaz.org. Based in London, England and previously a co-founder of current affairs website openDemocracy.net, he has worked on conflicts, democracy and civil society in the UK and around the world, in particular in Europe and the Middle East. He is the author most recently of Contentious Citizens (2007).

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Blog Entries by Paul Hilder

Why Israelis Trust Obama More Than Bibi Netanyahu

4 Comments | Posted May 18, 2009 | 02:14 PM (EST)


The Washington face-off between President Obama and Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, prime minister of the new right-wing Israeli government, represents the first chapter in a new era. It could yet go either way.

On the surface, smiles and handshakes are de rigeur. Meanwhile, everyone is asking what's going on behind...

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Public Pressure Made A Difference At The G20 - Here's Why

Posted April 7, 2009 | 11:34 AM (EST)


The circus has left London town. Obama, Hu, Lula and Sarkozy have moved on to their next diary dates. So what to make of the G20?

We had thousands of people in green hard hats out on the massive, peaceful march before the Summit -- Avaaz.org, the global counterpart...

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Foreign Secretary, Meet Global Public Opinion

Posted July 20, 2007 | 01:27 AM (EST)


What's going on with the new British government? Here's a positive smoke signal: Tonight, the global online advocacy network Avaaz.org was invited to co-host new Foreign Secretary David Miliband's first speech, "The New Diplomacy," at Chatham House in London. I don't think Britain's new foreign policy supremo was...

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