Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of internet_rights_workshop

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Jul 13, 2008, 11:09:23 PM (17 years ago)

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alfredo

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 The Internet Rights Workshop is an organizing tool developed by May First/People Link to develop our skills in participatory democracy and build a consensus on the rights we should be fighting for on the Internet. The workshop is politically grounded in the [http://mayfirst.org/organicinternet Organic Internet].
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+== Introduction ==
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+The Internet is humanity's most explosive and effective form of collaboration, born in a period which humanity seeks to move into a new period of social organization and functioning. To make that happen, we need to be able to make decisions collaboratively. This workshop uses Internet technology as a collaborative  tool to write an Internet Declaration of Rights.
+Using the Internet itself, small groups (4 or 5 people) work to write, edit and endorse various rights in constant, dynamic collaboration with all other groups in the room. The result is a document that can be used for organizing and a unique and exciting experience in the chaos, creativity and power of collaborative democracy.
 
 == Workshop description ==