I agree, though it is still interesting to study. One of the activists told me that what they are doing is focusing on using the Internet to raise awareness of and get international support for their cause. If some transnational organizations step in to help them, you could easily imagine how they could have the kind of impact the Zapatistas once had, at a time when the Internet penetration in Mexico was also pretty low:
http://books.google.com/books?id=bfPvPjeBOpMC&dq=zapatista&source=gbs_navlinks_s On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Brian Conley <[email protected]> wrote: > As Bangladesh has something like <5% penetration that seems unlikely, or at > least not a very likely plan for success, no? > > On Feb 10, 2013 2:32 PM, "Yosem Companys" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There are quite a few Bangladesh youth activists on Twitter saying the >> protests were organized via social media but yet they are not getting much >> coverage of that in news outlets. (The protests are getting coverage >> though.) >> >> May be a good opportunity for researchers out there to get in on the >> action as it unfolds. >> >> Best, >> >> Yosem >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
