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Also check out <http://www.netpolitique.net/>. Steven Clift Democracies Online From: "Phil Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We at PoliticsOnline.com did a little Special Report on the web in the French elections http://www.politicsonline.com/pol2000/specialreports/frenchelections20 02 [SLC - Includes lots of news story links at the bottom of the page on the role of the Internet in their elections.] If anyone has seen any recent stuff, pls pass it along and we will put it up. Thanks, Phil ________________________ Phil Noble PoliticsOnline/Phil Noble and Associates ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Sandor Vegh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Thu, 2 May 2002 12:23:35 -0400 FORCE THAT UNITES PROTESTERS In the wake of Jean-Marie Le Pen's unexpected success at the French polls, new Internet sites carrying responses ranging from hoaxes to online petitions have popped up. "The social movement we have in France is relayed on the Internet, but it was born in the street," says Olivier Blondeau, a sociologist who studies online social affairs. "The Internet enables people to organize demonstrations, saying what happens where and when....While political parties and trade unions want to unite people for Labor Day, most of the other sites promote continuous social agitation." On political party and candidate sites, discussion forums have exploded. One such site, the Lionel Jospin website, recorded more than 30,000 contributions in only 10 days. On other sites, political parties and trade unions are offering downloadable kits with posters and stickers in an attempt to motivate voters. The web is working for all sides of the political argument. Le Pen has even spoken of how the Internet offers him a way around what he considers a media conspiracy to force the country to vote against him in the upcoming second-round polls. [SOURCE: The Guardian; AUTHOR: Stephanie Stoll] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,708230,00.html) ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
