> We expected networks to deliver more protests against global
>capitalism, of the sort that have just taken place in Melbourne -
>Congratulations!
>
>But there are special reasons why networks have produced the cascade
>of positive feedback leading to the petrol tax revolt in Britain.
>
>The petrol blockade in Britain has developed as suddenly as the
>national mourning over Diana, promoted by 24 hour news services. It
>has also been lubricated by the new networking possiblilities of
>e-mail, fax, mobile phones. It has a contagious sense of populist
>power against the powers that be. Blair is now on the wrong side of
>that public perception...
Let me second Chris Burford: the reduction of taxes on oil is not a
step forward in the direction of utopia...
Brad DeLong
