quick thought... May 26th, 2006 - 4:50PM
More perspective stemming from the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report:
Lex Alexander: …”In those pre-World Wide Web days, what options did poor and working-class people have besides marching to make their concerns known?”…
Me, last month: …”what if we didn’t have this relied upon, somewhat ubiquitous online, global system of commerce and information retrieval in ‘06? what if instead, we were forced to work within the systems of old, day in and day out, if we wanted to affect change on any level?”…
Tags: activism, community, digital divide, GTRC, internet, Lex Alexander, net neutrality, protest, Sean Coon.
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An excellent question, and you raise some good points over at my blog.
thanks, lex.
i can’t imagine living in a world where i can find and disseminate opinions without leaving my living room, prepping me for the face-to-face conversations i have every day in the real…
do you have an RSS feed on the N&R blog? i tried to add your feed yesterday, but i couldn’t find it…