Civic Disobedience and the Arab Spring
I spent the past two days in Cambridge, primarily around MIT, and almost exclusively talking about the “Arab Spring” and what we’ve learned about social… Read More »Civic Disobedience and the Arab Spring
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Watching Bahrain through a friend’s eyes, heartbroken
Like anyone else trying to keep track of the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, the protests in Libya, Bahrain, Iran, Yemen and elsewhere, a pivotal… Read More »Watching Bahrain through a friend’s eyes, heartbroken
What if Tunisia had a revolution, but nobody watched?
On December 17, a 26 year old Tunisian man named Mohamed Bouazizi reached the end of his rope. An unemployed university graduate, Bouazizi had become… Read More »What if Tunisia had a revolution, but nobody watched?
“Kenya Matters”
I posted a tweet yesterday afternoon: “The good news: I’ve found the co-working space I’d been searching for. The bad news: it’s in Nairobi.” Beth… Read More »“Kenya Matters”
Could Canada help release Hossein Derakhshan?
My friend, Canadian/Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan has been imprisoned in Iran since November 2008. A few days ago, we got the disturbing news that Tehran’s… Read More »Could Canada help release Hossein Derakhshan?
Learning the Lessons of Bell, CA
I was trying to figure out what “civic media” is the other day. My friend Henry Jenkins helped coin the term – as well as… Read More »Learning the Lessons of Bell, CA