NationStates Jolt Archive


Resistance and Cybercommunities:

Gogogol
24-10-2005, 11:21
the net has been a gift, by accident of duel-use technologies,
for those who want to work for a better world. most everybody
i presume.
Find out how some of the first "cyber-activists" used
the technology to quickly form and spread the word back
in 1995.

Has the net helped you promote freedom, peace, and justice?
If so how?



The Internet and the Free Burma Movement

Within a relatively short period of time, Burmese dissidents in exile and their supporters around the world have transformed ...


http://www.freeburmacoalition.org/

10 page article here:
http://www.freeburmacoalition.org/Docs/Resistance%20and%20Cybercommunities%20PDF.pdf
Alinania
24-10-2005, 12:47
So... what exactly are you trying to say? I seem to be missing the point of this thread.
Call to power
24-10-2005, 12:52
I personally don't think the internet has done anything more than spread information across the globe sure this helps charity's and such but knowledge is the greatest weapon and in the wrong hands the internet has caused a lot of trouble

I personally have not done anything to spread freedom and personally I don’t want to impose my beliefs on some other nation