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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-18-09 12:49 AM
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"This revolution will be tweeted..."
Guatemala: Largest Protests Yet in Assassination and Corruption Scandal, Web-televised and Twittered from Streets

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/17/guatemala-largest-pr.html


* "¡Esta revolución será tuiteada!," they're saying -- "This revolution will be tweeted." Massive demonstrations are taking place in Guatemala today, organized, amplified, and documented by social media networks -- namely, Ustream, Twitter, and Facebook.


Interesting to see how the new internet-based media are being taken up by activists and organizers. I have been enjoying watching this grow over the last few years, and look forward to what it might become.

Some Guatemalan twitterers were saying last night they planned to print out "V for Vendetta" masks and wear them en masse to the demonstrations today.


:D
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-18-09 12:56 AM
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1. Sadly these tools are not used in the US
:-(
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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-18-09 01:44 AM
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3. I think they will be


In fact already are by outfits such as chanology/anonymous.

But it does make one wonder exactly just what DOES it take to get US citizens off their butts. AT this point, I'm not sure I want to know.
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-18-09 03:21 AM
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4. are you sure? my impression is that there have been and are
very large protests in the US; they're just not covered by the corp. media.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-18-09 01:01 AM
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2. Liveblogging, public health, and other similar things are perfect for twitter.
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