[From Google Reader] THIS WEEKEND’S PROTESTS IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND WHY THEY DON’T MATTER
Posted by bg on January 28, 2007
WASHINGTON D.C.–With over 60% of the public against the war, it doesn’t accomplish anything tangible except making people feel better. Protests used to have a more important function before the days of the internet: they were a means of sharing and trading-information amongst activists. This is still possible, but with the ease of submitting petitions, the informative-role of the blogosphere, the economy and speed of emailing, text-message devices and cell phones, this function has been usurped in a profound way by the new technologies. The personal has become political in a profound new way. Individual action has fused with collective action in a new way that almost beggars description. This isn’t to say that strategically-planned and directed demonstrations (coordinated via-the-internet)…
Source: http://chickasawpicklesmell.blogspot.com/2007/01/this-weekends-protests-in-washinton-dc.html
