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The Risk of Facebook Activism in the New Arab Public Sphere
Over at The Arabist, Issandr El Amrani ruminates on Facebook’s role in Middle Eastern politics, a subject I’ve had my eye on for quite some time. Drawing on the recent example of Egyptian reformer El...
View ArticleThe False Poles of Digital and Traditional Activism
Digital activism has been construed as its own movement, a new wave of organizing unique to the 21st century digital world. In fact, digital tools are complementary to “traditional” activism, for a...
View ArticleSyrian Digital Activism in the NYTimes
This morning, in the New York Times of all places, is a good article highlighting Syria’s pervasive Internet censorship. The premise is this: a disturbing (though not particularly graphic, as the...
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IFEX 2011 Liveblog: Ramsey George of Tactical Tech Discusses Info-Activism
Ramsey George of the Tactical Technology Collective conducted a session (several times, and in English and Arabic) on new media and advocacy strategies. Basing his talk partly on Tactical Tech’s...
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