everything old is new again
I've profited by the discussion about online petitions and "new" activism. But as a guy who got politically active in the late 1950s, I wryly offer the following. "New activism" is what "we" are doing now. "Old activism" is that "they" did a while ago. Speaking of which, whatever happened to "Move On" and "Meet Up"? They were highly touted organizing affordances of the Dean campaign in the US just 2-3 years ago. And Dean is chair of the Democratic party in the US. Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________
Speaking of which, whatever happened to "Move On" and "Meet Up"? They were highly touted organizing affordances of the Dean campaign in the US just 2-3 years ago. And Dean is chair of the Democratic party in the US.
i still get mail from them. often. profile seems to have lowered a bit, though... --e
My account lists 81 meetups scheduled for this week in and around Vancouver, Canada. I suspect similar numbers in other cities: http://www.meetup.com/cities/ca/bc/vancouver/events/ ...r On 11/21/06, elw@stderr.org <elw@stderr.org> wrote:
Speaking of which, whatever happened to "Move On" and "Meet Up"? They were highly touted organizing affordances of the Dean campaign in the US just 2-3 years ago. And Dean is chair of the Democratic party in the US.
i still get mail from them. often.
profile seems to have lowered a bit, though...
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