[Sigia-l] Activista - activist search engine

[Casey Krub]

Has anyone heard of Activista?  http://www.activista.org/
(I have included the Activista press release below)

Does anyone know if there are any comparable search engines for other
political/ideological/religious interests?  Or a "standard" search
engine the allows users to filter based on
political/ideological/religious interests?

This whole aspect of filtering is rather fascinating...it seems like
it would be quite difficult to do well.

Casey

May 5, 2005
== Announcing Activista ==

In cooperation with resist.ca and protest.net, riseup.net is proud to
announce the launch of Activista, a search engine focused on activist
resources and vegetarian/vegan recipes. Comprised exclusively of social
change websites, Activista helps people quickly find the activist
information they search for. As a added bonus, vegetarian recipe sites
are included. Why? Because recipes are yummy!

What can I do with Activista?

Well, just type in the words or topics you want to find information
about and then page through the results. No ads, no sponsored links,
just radical goodness! Try it out at http://activista.org. But wait,
there's more. A few of the many easy to use features include:

- Advanced search page makes it eas! y to create targeted searches
- Use our plugin to search directly from your browser
(http://activista.org/plugin/)
- A multi-language search interface.
- Add an Activista search box to your website (you can also use this to
search only your website).

Why an activist search service?

We believe there is a pressing need for a search engine with a focus on
liberatory social change. For example, if you search for 
"biotechnology" in a typical search engine, you get hundreds of entries
for biotech corporations. With Activista, the same search returns pages
of people working to expose the dangers of biotechnology.