Micah L. Sifry

Looks at the rise in prominence of Wikileaks, and the broader ongoing trend away from closed systems and toward transparency and openness in government and corporations.

Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency

Micah L. Sifry, a longtime analyst of democracy and its role on the net, examines what he calls "The Big Disconnect." In his usual pithy, to-the-point style, he explores why data-driven politics and our digital overlords have failed or misled us, and how they can be made to serve us instead, in a real balance between citizens and state, independent of corporations.

Why the Internet Hasn't Transformed Politics (yet)

The Big Disconnect

Jessica McKenzie

How Civic Tech Can Move the World

A Lever and a Place to Stand

Questo libro non è un trattato su WikiLeaks, né va inteso come intervento sul futuro della segretezza o della privacy, e nemmeno come un'esplorazione sulle modalità tramite cui Internet sta trasformando la politica, la governance e la società. Deve tuttavia la sua ragion d'essere a WikLeaks e all'urgente dibattito innescato dall'operato del suo fondatore Julian Assange, che l'autore conosce di persona. Per capire WikiLeaks occorre in realtà andare oltre WikiLeaks che non è l'intera storia, ma un sintomo, l'indicatore di una battaglia generazionale e filosofica fra i più vecchi e chiusi sistemi e la nuova cultura di Internet. L'autore discute in modo approfondito le potenzialità e i limiti della libertà su Internet. L'idea è quella di fornire un rapporto da quella trincea in cui una nutrita schiera di attivisti a sostegno della democrazia è impegnata a rendere più aperte e responsabili le principali istituzioni governative, ricorrendo a strumenti e metodi inediti.

Il futuro del movimento per la trasparenza

Oltre Wikileaks

Tiago Carneiro Peixoto

Civic Tech in the Global South

More Americans now identify as political independents than as either Democrats or Republicans. Tired of the two-party gridlock, the pandering, and the lack of vision, they've turned in increasing numbers to independent and third-party candidates. In 1998, for the first time in decades, a third-party candidate who was not a refugee from one of the two major parties, Jesse Ventura, won election to state-wide office, as the governor of Minnesota. In 2000, the public was riveted by the Reform Party's implosion over Patrick Buchanan's presidential candidacy and by Ralph Nader's Green Party run, which infuriated many Democrats but energized hundreds of thousands of disaffected voters in stadium-sized super-rallies.What are the prospects for new third-party efforts? Combining the close-in, personal reporting and learned analysis one can only get by covering this beat for years, Micah L. Sifry's. Spoiling for a Fight exposes both the unfair obstacles and the viable opportunities facing today's leading independent parties. Third-party candidates continue be denied a fighting chance by discriminatory ballot access, unequal campaign financing, winner-take-all races, and derisive media coverage. Yet, after years of grassroots organizing, third parties are making major inroads. At the local level, efforts like Chicago's New Party and New York's Working Families Party have upset urban political machines while gaining positions on county councils and school boards. Third-party activists are true believers in democracy, and if America's closed two-party system is ever to be reformed, it will be thanks to their efforts

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