After the revolution, where next for online Egypt?
Egypt has show how the modern connected complex world has become more fragile, reports Ged Carroll.
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Egypt on the brink as Mubarak refuses to resign
Protesters have vowed to hold their biggest day of demonstrations yet as Egypt teeters on the brink following Hosni Mubarak’s failure to resign as president last night.
Egyptian protests show no sign of abating
The overthrow of President Ben Ali in Tunisia has started an unprecedented chain reaction in the Middle East and North Africa, writes ippr’s Alex Glennie.
The march for freedom is slowly replacing tyranny in the Middle East
Human rights are universal, writes Luke Bozier; Britain should have an activist foreign policy which stands up for all people, not just our own narrow self-interest.
Networks can be deliberative, accountable and consensual in decision making
Aaron Peters writes about open source consensus, and explains how networks can be deliberative, accountable and consensual in decision making and acting.
Disabled protester Jody McIntyre should be applauded, not criticised
If people like Richard Littlejohn think that disabled people don’t have opinions on politics and current issues, Jody McIntyre has proved them very wrong.
The student movement 2010: The rise of the dissent entrepreneur
Aaron Peters is currently at a student occupation at University College London where he will be staying for as long as is permitted; even within the confines of this one microcosm of the movement the possibilities for this nascent student movement within the context of Net 2.0 are being rendered increasingly tangible.
Daily Mail crowd estimate out by 2,000 per cent
The Daily Mail headline screamed, “A million march to US Capitol to protest against ‘Obama the socialist’.” But American bloggers at Left Foot Forward’s sister site, Think Progress, have revealed that the organisers inflated the attendance by over 2,000 percent.test