http://truth-out.org/news/item/9366-growing-mexican-student-protests-target-televisa-tv-azteca-over-coverage-of-presidential-campaign
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Student protesters rallied last Friday at the headquarters of
Televisa and took to the streets Wednesday evening, with some 10,000
gathering at the Stele of Light, a recently completed giant monument,
before marching down the capital’s Paseo del la Reforma boulevard to the
landmark Angel of Independence monument.
'It’s really something that students would start from scratch to
organize this,' said Alejandro Mora Ruiz, an 18-year-old high school
student.
'We’re fed up with media that hide real information,' echoed Berenice
Marin, who was nearly drowned out by chants among students from at
least 15 private and public universities in the capital. She said the
movement was nonpartisan."
Organized online, no hierarchy. Thousands take to the streets and wind up changing things. YEAH!
On the other hand, people are pushing back. So, as usual, it's a struggle.
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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