Avaaz.org is a new global web movement with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want.

Across the world, most people want stronger protections for the environment, greater respect for human rights, and concerted efforts to end poverty, corruption and war. Yet globalization faces a huge democratic deficit as international decisions are shaped by

The rise of a new model of internet-driven, people-powered politics is changing countries from Australia to the Philippines to the United States.

Coming together in this way, Avaaz has become a wonderful community of people from all nations, backgrounds, and ages.

and a desire to do what we can to make it a better place.

The core of our model of organizing is our email list, operated in 13 languages. By signing up to receive our alerts, you are rapidly alerted to urgent global issues and opportunities to achieve change. Avaaz members respond by rapidly combining the small amounts of time or money they can give into a powerful collective force. In just hours we can send hundreds of thousands of messages to political leaders telling them to save a crucial summit on

, hold hundreds of rallies across the world calling for action to prevent a genocide, or donate hundreds of thousands of euros, dollars and yen to support nonviolent protest in

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to see a list of our campaigns and impact in 2007.

In less than three years, we’ve grown to over 3.5 million members, and have begun to make a real impact on global politics. The Economist writes that Avaaz is

the Indian Express welcomes “the biggest web campaigner across the world” and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore says “Avaaz is inspiring, and has already begun to make a difference.”