Toronto If there was ever a more dramatic case study of the political impact of protest on or off the grid of internet, telecommunications, and social networking, the world saw it on the streets of Egypt yesterday. It was as if there were a perfect laboratory experiment on what would happen if the only avenues …
Category: International
Big Price Tag for Elites at Davos Forum
New Orleans The World Economic Forum is a non-profit (supposedly) gathering ground in Davos, Switzerland in late for the big whoops to network and presumably plan for our future and their profits. For years the alternative Forum, the World Social Forum met first in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and then in different countries to try and …
LeadNow in Canada
New Orleans I had a fascinating and encouraging conversation recently with Jamie Biggar, the Vancouver-based executive director of what could be an exciting new political force for progressive issues and change in Canada: LeadNow or probably more accurately www.leadnow.ca since the internet is going to be the main membership access to this weapon d’ jour. …