http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/gratis/Diamond-21-3.pdf
"It is important for the United States to have declared, as Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton did in a historic speech on January 21, that 'We stand
for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge
and ideas.' But the struggle for electronic access is really just the timeless
struggle for freedom by new means. It is not technology, but people,
organizations, and governments that will determine who prevails."
This is a nice look at how revolutions have used the Internet, and how governments have also used the Internet to thwart revolutions.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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