Palermo Big props to my brothers and sisters back in the hometown where Occupy New Orleans put 1000 on the street according to estimates from professional organizers I know and love! Yes, that was more than double the numbers in DC and many other cities, but, hey, we’re now that kind of town. We know …
Category: Protests
Occupy!
Palermo Continued questions from Cairo to Palermo and a constant stream of email messages received on the road, convince me that the Occupy movement is building momentum. It is certainly getting attention, increasingly from serious organizers, labor unions, and others. The news coverage on BBC, Russia Today, and the CCTV Chinese English language station is …
Cyber-Communication Crackdowns Continue
Lafayette The notion that whole governments including ostensibly liberal democracies like the United Kingdom would simply throw all pretense about freedom of speech out the window when it comes to social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, and various instant messaging services proves that all of the freedoms we take for granted are just that, taken …