Hi
Look at this post on the same issue but with different  perspective (Sure you know, but anyway....)
http://technosociology.org/?p=366
 
Pedro
----- Original Message -----
From: Michel Bauwens
To: Michael Gurstein
Cc: p2p-foundation ; Dougald Hine
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [P2P-F] FW: Blogpost: Applying the ICT Lessons of Revolt to the Institutional Challenges of Reconstruction: They overthrew Hosni Mubarek, Now Can They Overthrow Robert Michels?

This is really brilliant Michael and I warmly recommend it to our listmembers,

Michel

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:11 AM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein@gmail.com> wrote:
Michel,

I think this is one that you will find interesting...

M

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http://wp.me/pJQl5-5Z

"In this, I think that the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have access to
skills and resources which were unavailable to earlier movements that is-the
Internet, social networking, mobile telephony and perhaps most important,
the experience and knowledge of how to use these in support of collective
social ends."




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