A Quick International Round-up
9.03.09 | Jon - Webmanager |
International
The atheist bus campaign is going international… Or to be more precise a whole bunch of different people all over the place have liked what we’ve done in the UK and are doing similar things in their own towns and cities. Here’s a round-up of the international developments!
- Bus Kampagne / Germany – the campaign to put buses on the streets in Germany (Köln, München, Berlin) is now online. Site visitors can choose their slogan and make online donations. Berlin and München transport authorities do not want the ads it seems, but the guys are determined to find alternatives.
- Uskomaton bussikampanja / Finland – the campaign for atheist buses on the streets of Helsinki. €3500 donated so far. News in English here.
- Atheïstische Reklamecampagne / Netherlands – a huge atheist advert on the side of the A4 motorway near Schipol airport.
- Atheist Bus (English) / Canada – buses in Toronto and Calgary, and even an atheist streetcar party (that means tram, folks), $46000 donated so far.
- Bus humaniste (français) / Canada – the Association Humaniste de Québec is running ads on buses in Montréal.
- Atheist Bus / Switzerland (DE | FR | IT) – local bus firms are resisting the advertisements, but this might also result in bans on religious advertising. Paypal donations are possible.
- Atheist trams / Croatia – ads appeared for 1 day on trams in Zagreb but were removed after complaints. Freedom of speech in a formerly communist country? News in Croatian here, Google translation from Slovenian here.
- Campagna Bus / Italy – despite some legal issues with the bus company the campaign continues in Italy, with €30000 raised so far.
- Bus ateo / Spain – buses in Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga with slogans in Spanish and Catalan.
- Atheist Foundation / Australia – a one-off bus after other ads were not permitted. Latest news here.
- Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign / USA – new campaign for buses in Bloomington, Indiana
- Freedom From Religion Foundation / USA – bus campaign in Madison, Wisconsin
- NYC Atheist Bus Campaign / USA – no website yet, but join the Facebook Group
- Why Believe in a God / USA – bus campaign in Washington, and also a new campaign in Seattle.
If there are other atheist buses anywhere else please do let us know in the comments!
We were invited to make a presentation at Re:publica ‘09 in Berlin about the campaign. Here is the video of the presentation – click Jon’s face to start the video! Then fast forward 5 minutes into the video.
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:50
http://www.ffrf.org is planning a nation wide bus campaign across the entire United States. They already had one in Madison, Wisconsin: http://www.ffrf.org/news/2009/madison_busdebut.php and plan to have more in other cities like in NYC.
April 15th, 2009 at 0:02
Freethought Association of Canada
PRESS RELEASE
Atheist bus campaign
rolls into Ottawa
http://atheistbus.ca/2009/04/14/atheist-bus-campaign-rolls-into-ottawa-media-release/
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April 15th, 2009 at 14:56
Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign
officially launches
The Campaign has formed in Bloomington to
spread the word: “You can be good without God.”
http://inatheistbus.org/2009/04/14/campaign-officially-launched/
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April 15th, 2009 at 20:46
Atheist Bus Campaign
shortlisted for
prestigious award
ePolitix
http://tinyurl.com/d4n5v9
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April 17th, 2009 at 12:56
Atheist Bus ads in Ottawa
Julie Breeze, Director
Humanist Association of Ottawa
http://atheistbus.ca/2009/04/16/recap-of-atheist-ads-in-ottawa/
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April 17th, 2009 at 13:30
Official body explains
why bus ad complaints
were knocked back
http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2009/04/official-body-explains-why-bus-ad.html
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April 17th, 2009 at 13:48
Friday Project plans atheist Christmas
Anna-Marie Julyan |The Bookseller
The Friday Project is to publish a charity
Christmas book edited by Ariane Sherine.
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/82977-fourth-estate-plans-atheist-christmas.html
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April 17th, 2009 at 15:56
Atheists Should Distribute
Freethought, Atheist Tracts
Austin Cline |About.com
Religious organizations and churches are not the only ones who
can benefit from short pamphlets focusing on particular issues.
http://atheism.about.com/od/ideasforatheistactivism/a/AtheistTracts.htm
- and there’s one to download from Atheist Eye
Atheist Tract [pdf]
Why Do You Believe in God?
Good to have around for the next
Jesus Freak who knocks at your door.
Listed among the various goodies in column 1.
http://www.atheisteye.com/
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April 19th, 2009 at 18:25
Come on! kiwis – your country needs you!
The official website of the
New Zealand Atheist Bus Campaign
are currently seeking expressions
of interest.
http://www.nogod.org.nz/
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April 27th, 2009 at 13:42
There is a God: and He’s angry!
William Wilkes |London Student
… and taking it out on the buses.
http://www.london-student.net/2009/04/27/there-is-a-god-and-hes-angry/
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April 28th, 2009 at 16:18
40 Million Nonbelievers in America?
The Secret Is Almost Out
Ronald Aronson |Religion Dispatches
Buried in the results of a recent survey is the fact that
secularists may now be one of America’s largest minorities
— larger than gays or African Americans. Will nonbelievers,
traditionally one of the most loathed demographics, begin
to feel their oats and demand greater recognition in the
public square?
http://tinyurl.com/c8cad4
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April 29th, 2009 at 2:02
Summertime camps boom: The ‘Godless
alternative’ for non-believers
Jerome Taylor |The Independent [UK]
Even atheists are joining the rush to take
the American way and pack off the kids for
fresh air holidays.
http://tinyurl.com/cbutzn
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May 4th, 2009 at 19:35
Come vote against ‘In god we trust’ on the US currency.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/
May 8th, 2009 at 11:06
Bloomington Rejects
‘You Can Be Good Without God’;
Lawsuit Underway
Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign
http://tinyurl.com/c9ndnf
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May 8th, 2009 at 22:10
The Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign Launches
Lawsuit against Bloomington Bus Company
American Humanist Association
http://tinyurl.com/ryfnbj
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May 12th, 2009 at 4:11
You Can Be Good Without God
Indiana campaign launches in South Bend
http://inatheistbus.org/2009/05/11/campaign-launches-first-ads-in-south-bend/
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May 14th, 2009 at 12:38
Blag Hag: More Indiana Atheist Bus drama
First, I apologize if you’re getting sick of hearing about the Indiana Atheist bus campaign…but as an atheist in Indiana, it is important to me, so I’m going to keep blogging about it!
http://blaghag.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-indiana-atheist-bus-drama.html
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May 14th, 2009 at 16:29
@167
No need to apologize Adam. Its good to hear what’s going on. Keep it up and good luck.
“constant dripping weareth away stone”
May 14th, 2009 at 18:08
@168
I’ll second that!
May 14th, 2009 at 21:09
That was Jennifer (the Blag Hag) talking, not me.
[Kicks self] Knew I should have used big \\call-out quotes//!
Anyway, thanks for your expressions of appreciation.
Adam
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May 15th, 2009 at 17:51
Bloomington won’t defend
bus system in lawsuit
Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign
http://inatheistbus.org/2009/05/15/bloomington-wont-defend-bus-system-in-lawsuit/
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May 15th, 2009 at 18:08
Blag Hag: An uncontroversial atheist ad?
http://blaghag.blogspot.com/2009/05/uncontroversial-atheist-ad.html
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May 19th, 2009 at 1:08
South Bend buses will carry atheist ads
Friendly Atheist
http://tinyurl.com/rcjoac
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May 22nd, 2009 at 2:41
Next stop – Chicago!
Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign
http://inatheistbus.org/2009/05/21/next-stop-for-the-atheist-bus-chicago/
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May 23rd, 2009 at 13:41
Atheists roll out ad campaign
In the Beginning, Man Created God.
This provocative twist on the Bible’s opening
line was plastered on the side of 25 Chicago
buses this week as part of an advertising
crusade by the Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign.
Chicago Tribune
http://tinyurl.com/pmquhx
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May 28th, 2009 at 13:30
Is God Dead? Or Has He Just Stopped
Riding the Bus? |Steven Gray |Time
Similar ads are being planned for about 20 cities,
including Minneapolis, New York and Los Angeles.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901301,00.html
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June 5th, 2009 at 15:24
Theres now (today) a campaign in Vienna, Austria on the busses of the lines 13A and 14A.
Link: http://www.buskampagne.at
June 7th, 2009 at 11:53
The atheist campaign has now launched in Sweden with the slogan “God probably doesn’t exist”. There is a web-site here: http://www.gudfinnsnoginte.se (in Swedish) and a book: http://www.bokengudfinnsnoginte.se/ (in Swedish)
http://www.godprobablydoesntexist.com/ (in English).
June 8th, 2009 at 16:04
Wiener Linien backs out of agreement
Atheist Bus Campaign Austria
http://www.buskampagne.at/
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June 9th, 2009 at 4:03
Austrian Atheist Bus Campaign Stopped
Very unusual to stop an ongoing campaign
that is under contractual agreement.
Richard Dawkins
http://richarddawkins.net/article,3933,n,n
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June 11th, 2009 at 15:30
Gud finns nog inte -
Atheist Bus Campaign in Sweden
Even though fewer than 20% of Swedes are
religious, the Swedish Humanist Association
has placed ads in subway stations and beyond.
Friendly Atheist
http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/06/11/atheist-bus-campaign-in-sweden/
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June 12th, 2009 at 12:07
So no Swedish Bus ads, then.
June 14th, 2009 at 16:01
Atheist bus campaign banned
in two Finnish cities
Heresy Generator
http://tinyurl.com/msvyam
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June 15th, 2009 at 15:11
It is fair to deny
atheists public ads
Indiana Daily Student
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=68580#comments
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June 19th, 2009 at 1:02
German “atheist bus” brings
tour of the country to a close
Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4406489,00.html
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June 19th, 2009 at 18:22
NYC Atheists Bus Campaign
New York City Atheists
http://www.nyc-atheists.org/drupal5/?q=node/57
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June 22nd, 2009 at 15:21
Muslim and Christian drivers drop plans
for boycott of buses with atheist ads
Helsingin Sanomat
http://tinyurl.com/me9em9
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June 22nd, 2009 at 16:16
Finnish atheist bus campaign
says stickers torn off
thisis
FINLAND
http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=22177&group=General
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June 23rd, 2009 at 18:02
Policy change – No more atheist
bus ads in South Bend |Trina Hoaks
The hubbub over the atheist bus ads apparently
made it clear that the previous policy was not
nearly stringent enough.
Atheism Examiner
http://tinyurl.com/kqlqdg
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June 24th, 2009 at 21:09
New York City Atheists now have a website you can donate to for their bus campaign: http://www.nyc-atheists.org/
June 25th, 2009 at 12:30
[...] Atheist Bus Campaign has arrived in New York. The ads, which say “You don’t have to believe in God to be a moral and [...]
June 25th, 2009 at 15:02
Ads for Atheism Appear
on Manhattan Buses
Daniel Slotnik
Jane Everhart, the director of communications
for New York City Atheists, said that one goal
of the campaign was to increase membership.
New York Times
http://tinyurl.com/m2c5r2
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June 26th, 2009 at 2:09
Atheist bus ad dispute
goes to tribunal
A dispute over Metro Tasmania’s refusal
to display anti-religious advertisements
on its buses has been set down for a
conciliation hearing.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/26/2609226.htm?site=idx-tas
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June 29th, 2009 at 20:26
Finnish Atheist Bus Campaign
Draws Official Complaint
Private citizen files complaint
with Council of Ethics in Advertising
YLE News
http://tinyurl.com/klsymq
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June 30th, 2009 at 12:03
[...] Atheist Bus Campaign has arrived in New York. The ads, which say “You don’t have to believe in God to be a moral and [...]
June 30th, 2009 at 14:40
Abba star backs atheist
bus adverts |Paolo Gallini
An atheist campaign employing adverts on the sides
of buses has angered Muslims and Christians in Sweden
where the adverts have appeared. However, the campaign
received a boost when the Abba composer Bjorn Ulvaeus
signaled his support.
Religious Intelligence
http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=4643
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July 7th, 2009 at 15:33
Great causes, wish you all success
July 10th, 2009 at 15:57
Supreme Court strikes down
British Columbia bus ad ban
Friday’s ruling was also being watched by several
cities across Canada including Vancouver, Victoria,
Halifax and London, Ont., that initially rejected
atheist bus ads proclaiming: “There’s probably no
God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/663948
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July 11th, 2009 at 21:12
Atheist Ads on the Horizon in Halifax
And keep up with news at Atheist Discussion -
the joint discussion board for the Canadian
and Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign.
Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign
http://atheistbus.ca/2009/07/10/atheist-ads-on-the-horizon-in-halifax/
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July 11th, 2009 at 23:57
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