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I’m! In! Wonkette!!!
Ruby’s excited about being in Wonkette; a link to a video about the recent SL protest.
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The Politico: Politics 2.0
Micah Sifry and Andrew Rasiej on the rise of bottom-up political action.
(tags: personaldemocracy politics)

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New World Notes: FIGHTING THE FRONT
Fighting Fascism in Second Life. Completely insane.
(tags: secondlife fascism war)

Slashdot | Political Strife Erupts in Second Life
Interesting commentary on Slashdot about protests of the Front National’s presence on Second Life
(tags: secondlife)

Get a First Life: A One Page Satire of Second Life
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Candidates Face New Test: Winning Netroots Primary [...]

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ABC News: A Second Life in Politics
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Silver Bells and Golden Spurs
A western filmed in Second Life
(tags: secondlife film)

Do Tank and the Democracy Design Workshop
Democracy Island overcomes some of the difficulties associated with civic participation and engagement in real space.
(tags: secondlife democracy community)

Larry Lessig visits ‘Second Life’ | CNET News.com
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IPDI » Blog Archive » Avatar Politics: The Applications of Second Life
Nancy Scola’s piece about the social applications of Second Life.

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Ted Kennedy has put up a petition on his website calling for Bush to obey the will of the American people before sending a “surge” of new troops into Iraq:

George Bush plans to announce his intention to escalate the war in Iraq by sending tens of thousands of more troops to pursue his flawed strategy. [...]

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Are we really bombing targets in Somalia? What’s next, a increase in troops in Iraq? Oh, wait a minute…

David Weinberger points to a couple of illuminating articles from Ethan Zuckerman to explain that the Somalia strikes aren’t isolated incidents, but the opening shots in a struggle to control the horn of Africa, which [...]

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