Some Say It's Too Bad The Internet Wasn't Around For The Protests Of The 60's And 70's... Well...

[WillyT]

it appears the UK is leading the way, today!

Go here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x217428

Check out post #4 while you are there.

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[drm604]

1. K&R

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[WillyT]

2. They Are Calling Them "Clicktivists"

The Clicktivists - a new breed of protesters
Ben Bryant
17 Jan 2011


Faces of protest: clockwise from top left, False Economy’s
Clifford Singer, Sunny Hundal of Liberal Conspiracy, Milena
Popova of Yes to Fairer Votes, Ellie Mae O’Hagan of UK Uncut,
blogger Laurie Penny, Sean O’Halloran and Jessica Riches of
UCL Occupation and David Babbs of 38 Degrees

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As protests go, a lunchtime dance outside the Bank of England wouldn't even register as an act of civil disobedience. And yet, for the dozens of people who attended last Friday's Dance Against The Deficit to bump and grind to the bewilderment of City workers, it makes perfect sense.

It would be glib to describe this kind of playful protest as the new face of activism but the dance, which was organised by a group of bloggers and activists, posted on Facebook and publicised by interested people on Twitter, shows how campaigning has evolved. The way in which activists are exchanging ideas and mobilising has changed, thanks to social media, and it's this, along with a surge in public dismay over Coalition cuts and broken promises, that is fuelling a resurgence in popular protest.

Activists haven't always embraced the internet so readily. Critics of acts like signing up to an online petition or “liking” a cause on Facebook argue that they dissuade users from getting off their computers and on to the streets to protest.

This kind of flirtation with a cause even has a name — “clicktivism”, the sort of activism that's perfectly suited to the process of skittering across the web from the Save Darfur Facebook page to a video of sneezing pandas on YouTube.

Organisations such as UK Uncut, however, are bucking this trend, successfully translating online campaigns into offline action. The latest clicktivists are smart, media-savvy, highly engaged with social media, accessible, usually only loosely organised, and well aware of the pitfalls of clicktivism. They use social media to enable a public sceptical of traditional party political routes to engage with the issues on their own terms.

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More: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23914725-the-clicktivists---a-new-breed-of-protesters.do

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[WillyT]

3. Kick !!!

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[William769]

4. I'm glad we did not have the internet then like we do today.

Back then the protests, marches, concerts were more robust. To actually see people out in the streets than arm chair critics behind a computer that we have today, I would take the latter.

[DailyGrind51]

5. Thank you!

Today, "laptop Progressives" have convinced themselves that sitting on their sorry asses and blogging accomplishes the same thing as protest marches and demonstrations. They forgot what the teabaggers remember, that public demonstrations attract cameras and disrupts routine operations.

[WillyT]

6. I Gotta Ask...

Did you go to the other links ???

Because that's what is happening in the UK. They are using the internet to take it to the streets, and it's having a good effect.

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