luther blisset
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Rick Falkvinge on creating a new political party using the web"
#Spain’s @Partido_X: a new political party steeped in digital culture http://t.co/6l7K1Cxr @danmcquillan @hrheingold
Everything is connected: Can internet activism turn into a real political movement? in @TheEconomist http://t.co/m4h8GNJn
Just in case you missed it on Jan 5 | Everything is connected: Can Net activism turn into a real political movement? http://t.co/ljd1XDW9
What these new political models hope to achieve is not just decentralization, but self-organization, and this is something categorically distinct from the libertarian individualist ideal.
These are the "better tools" that will legitimately help traffic flow improve, and they are all predicated on the assumption that the system will effectively self-organize when provided these tools.
luther blisset
The protesters around the world that Fein used in his examples function like an offline, rapidly prototyping, open source community. In Tahrir Square, not only did they get people out to protest, but they set up a medical tent and a barber shop. They set up a stage where for the first time in 50 years, people could stand up and say what they thought. In Spain, people occupying the square in Barcelona have started gardens at the protest site.
must read post by @danmcquillan on #anonymous http://t.co/nriJyiyA (very provocative stuff)
Carlos is glued to his smartphone and every now and again updates us on the progress of the protests in Madrid and other major cities. The reports are encouraging, although the mainstream media still refuse to cover the event.
After a couple of hours we reach our destination. Carlos tells me that the protest hashtag is now Twitter’s second most popular topic worldwide.