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Egypt open thread

By Robert Merkel on February 11, 2011

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.

Posted in International, Middle East | Tagged Egypt, roundtable | 54 Responses

Egypt, events and ideology

By Mark Bahnisch on February 5, 2011

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 [...]

Posted in Culture, Imperialism, International, Media, Middle East, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Sociology | Tagged Egypt, roundtable | 71 Responses

Egypt unrest/revolt

By tigtog on January 31, 2011

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.

Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, International | Tagged democracy, Egypt, roundtable, social justice | 162 Responses

Twitter, blogging, social media and the Iranian election

By Mark Bahnisch on June 16, 2009

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 [...]

Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Blogging, Elections, International, Media, Middle East, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Activism, Ahmadinejad, Antony Lowenstein, blogosphere, cultural sociology, David Burchell, Egypt, election, Iran, Iranian election, Israel, Media, media studies, Netanyahu, Politics, protest, Rosanna Ryan, social media, Terry Flew, The Blogging Revolution, twitter, twittersphere | 25 Responses

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