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Douglas Rushkoff: Keeping Corporate Hands Off Our Media
March 23, 2011"It seems that when you flip the switch too late you actually promote the revolutions in your country. What would've happened if Egypt hadn't flipped the switch? If people are home blogging their discontent they're a lot more controllable, a lot less dangerous," says Doug Rushkoff of the role of the Internet in the recent revolutions.Douglas Rushkoff, US Uncut, and Fighting for Bradley Manning
March 22, 2011"It seems that when you flip the switch too late you actually promote the revolutions in your country. What would've happened if Egypt hadn't flipped the switch? If people are home blogging their discontent they're a lot more controllable, a lot less dangerous," says Doug Rushkoff, author of Program or Be Programmed, of the role of the Internet in the recent revolutions.Dean Baker, Noor Elashi & Medea Benjamin, and Flooding in Pakistan
August 11, 2010The favorite bogeyman of the Right, Social Security insolvency, is rearing its ugly head once again. Obama's deficit commission has been told that no solution is off the table, and Dean Baker notes it wouldn't be the first time that a Democratic administration went forward with plans that a Republican couldn't sell to the American people.The F Word: Evil Inequality In the Works for the Web
August 11, 2010Google's corporate motto, it's been noted, is “Don't Be Evil.” They're going to be sorry they ever said it. By siding with Verizon vs. those fighting for a free and equal Internet -- that may be exactly what they're doing.Tactical Technology Collective: Use Collective Intelligence
March 12, 2010Twitter and other social media have made it easier to reach groups of people at a time, a tactic that our friends at Tactical Technology Collective note allows activists to use collective intelligence in their work.
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