Egypt open thread
There might, or might not, be something happening in Egypt. ABC’s The Drum has a Twitter feed following developments. This is an open thread to discuss the events there.
Egypt, events and ideology
Like tigtog, I’m not inclined to offer too much substantive commentary on the revolutionary events in Egypt (and across several other countries) as I don’t think that the value of analysis by Australians who aren’t intimately familiar with Egyptian society [...]
Egypt unrest/revolt
There’s been some discussion of the demonstrations, civil resistance and deaths on the latest open thread. I don’t know enough about what’s happening to provide insightful commentary, but here’s a thread for discussion.
Twitter, blogging, social media and the Iranian election
There’s been a ton of discussion about the role of social media in the protests ensuing on the Iranian election. Two notable posts are those by Rosanna Ryan at ABC Online and my QUT colleague Terry Flew at his eponymous [...]




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