BUSH 2004: Worlds collide on the web

[emad]

From The Guardian
Thursday April 22, 2004

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The seven young organisers who run the Counter Convention website are the kind of people you would happily take home to mother.

But behind the designer specs and sideburns lurks a passion to subvert a party gathering they say is nothing more than a cynical attempt to exploit the city's tragedy, and provoke violence for political ends.

Along with the direct-action advocates of rncnotwelcome.org, they are the main site of choice for diverse protest groups seeking some form of coordinated opposition.

"We are not an umbrella group. We're just trying to be facilitators in the name of social and economic justice," says Will Etundi, 25, the web designer who registered the Counter Convention domain last year.
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More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1200606,00.html

[Flubadubya]

1. It's good to have a meaningful reference:

"The first skirmishes in the battle to stop the Republican party coming to Manhattan are being fought in cyberpsace, says Matthew Wells."

I had no idea what this article was about from reading the original post. The above snip is at the beginning of the article. Hope this helps.

[emad]

2. Oooops...Cut'n'paste a bit wobbly today! Blame it on the excitement

of reaching my 2000 post....
Apologies
x

[Flubadubya]

3. Congrats on 2000...

Interesting article too by the way.