Pulsepolitics // How social media is changing politics

// 07.28.2008 at 9:54 pm // 7 Comments »

Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement.

The Protests against the FARC in Colombia on February 4, 2008 drew millions of Colombians in over 27 cities in the country and in over 104 worldwide.
The protest in Colombia turned out to be the biggest in the country’s history “The national police operations commander, General José Riano, said an estimated 4.8 million people turned […]

// Tagged terrorism, protest, social movement, Featured

// 04.09.2008 at 4:54 pm // Have your say »

Olympic Torch - as it happens on web 2.0

As the torch-run reaches its end, it’s interesting to see that as CNN reports the events from helicopters far away, protesters are using twitter to update events minute by minute, giving orders as where to go and organize, within minutes they are alerted of changes.Photostream for the olympic torch. These pictures show both protesters and […]

// Tagged protest, social movement, mobile, Featured

// 04.08.2008 at 5:02 pm // Have your say »

Mobilization 2.0: The Olympic Torch Protests

Protesters in San Francisco are already mobilizing for the olympic torch tomorrow, and they are using web 2.0 to its fullest extent. Tomorrow the Olympic torch will be heading towards San Francisco, its only stop in the U.S.
Already there have been protests as the torch passed through london and paris. In london, the torch […]

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