THE ROLE THAT THE INTERNET HAS PLAYED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MORE TRADITIONAL MEDIAS IN THE RESURGENCE OF DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL PHENOMENON TO DEVELOP IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY. FROM THE RELEASE BY WIKILEAKS OF US GOVERNMENT DIPLOMATIC CABLES, TO THE PALESTINE PAPERS REVELATIONS, TO THE SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZING WITHIN VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKS, TO AMATEUR VIDEOS OF POPULAR UPHEAVALS RECORDED ON CELL PHONE CAMERAS BECOMING "VIRAL", THE WORLD WIDE WEB HAS BECOME THE PREFERRED AND UNOFFICIAL MEANS TO PUBLICIZE ANTI IMPERIALIST MASS PROTEST AND LINK LIBERATION MOVEMENTS. YESTERDAY, OVER 300 ATTENDED A PANEL DISCUSSION ON "RESISTANCE TO U.S. FOREIGN POLICY", SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION AT BARNARD COLLEGE IN MANHATTAN. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND FILED THIS REPORT:
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