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Alex Callinicos, Cory Doctorow, Evgeny Morozov.

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Revolution is back on the agenda and many have claimed the internet has played a crucial role.  Are we seeing a means to convert grass-roots protest into powerful political movements or is the internet itself at the mercy of authoritarian intervention?

Cory Doctorow, editor of the world’s most popular blog, Evgeny Morozov, author of The Net Delusion, May '68 leader and Marxist philosopher and revolutionary Alex Callinicos ask whether technology has the power to set the world on fire.

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Peter Bellerby on 27/02/2012 9:16pm

I don't think the complacency argument really holds up - if you engage online, it means that you are also mentally engaged, and probably willing to take your thought further. I also don't think that there is an argument in the internet being ineffective at worst. Just look at its part in the Arab spring and london riots. It's quite obviously a catalyst for real, physical protest, as well as a sphere for protest in its own right.

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Alan Kolik on 27/02/2012 8:43pm

Too many people think that they are changing things by updating their facebook status. It's a really teenage attitude that the internet helps people hang on to long past the point that they should. Perhaps the internet has a part to play, and I know it has played a part. But I wonder if it has done more harm than good, by making people complacent.

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Alex Callinicos, Cory Doctorow, Evgeny Morozov, Paul Moss

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