ANNOTATIONS: 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 ma...
http://johnpostill.com/2011/11/02/democracy-in-the-age-of-viral-reality-2/
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 ac...
#Spain’s @Partido_X: a new political party steeped in digital culture http://t.co/6l7K1Cxr @danmcquillan @hrheingold TAGS: twitterfave Spain indignados partidoX johnpostill
http://johnpostill.com/2013/01/09/spains-partido-x-a-new-political-party-steeped-in-digital-culture/
must read post by @danmcquillan on #anonymous http://t.co/nriJyiyA (very provocative stuff) TAGS: twitterfave anonymous antinomian danmcquillan johnpostill
http://mediasocialchange.net/2012/01/21/anonymous-and-the-digital-antinomians/
TAGS: pirateparty liquiddemocracy liquidfeedback evgenymorozov
ANNOTATIONS: If PiratePad is about collaboration and discussion, Liquid Feedback is about competition and decision-making. Any of the 6,000 members that use it can propose a policy. If the pro...
http://techpresident.com/news/wegov/22154/how-german-pirate-partys-liquid-democracy-works
TAGS: spain cyber activism spanishrevolution digital copyright tweets johnpostill
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TAGS: owni.eu biellacoleman anonymous anarchy
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,...
ANNOTATIONS: commentators struggled to describe its ethics, sociology, and history using traditional analytical categories. Anonymous functions as what Marco Deseriis defines as an improper...
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/pieces/anonymous-lulz-collective-action
TAGS: hacktivism alexandrasamuel
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 a...
http://digitalinterface.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/social-media-is-fact-of-life-for-social.html
TAGS: socialmedia occupy critique evgenymorozov
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112189/social-media-doesnt-always-help-social-movements
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http://imgace.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/spot-the-pirate-party-member-berlin.jpg
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https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-enters-berlin-parliament-after-historical-election-win-110918/
" Rick Falkvinge on creating a new political party using the web" TAGS: pirateparty guardian smcamp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/video/2012/jul/24/rick-falkvinge-web-politics