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Parliamentary Affairs Advance Access originally published online on March 8, 2006
Parliamentary Affairs 2006 59(2):266-282; doi:10.1093/pa/gsl008
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Radical Politics on the Net

Jenny Pickerill

Jenny Pickerill is a Lecturer in Geography in the Department of Geography, University of Leicester

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INFORMATION communication technologies (ICTs) have been employed for radical politics since their inception. Radical politics in the context of this article refers to use of ICTs by activists engaged in collective action campaigns often aligned to specific social movements (such as peace, social justice, environmental and anti-capitalist). Such activists believe they are involved in progressive activities, which contribute to a broader reinvigoration of democracy and as such are concerned with social justice and environmental debates. Moreover, radical activists tend to populate the less formal grassroots style of campaigning (as opposed to the more established and largely hierarchical non governmental organisations), occupy the left, rather than the right, wing political landscape and reject the use of violence (which is of particular significance in this era of the ‘war on terror’).

The examples in this article are drawn from a range of empirical projects undertaken by the author into radical politics since . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   The last decade: moments of experimentation and innovation
 

   Emerging themes
 
DEMOCRATIC TENDENCIES.
REPRESENTATION AND IMAGE CONSTRUCTION.
SUBVERSION, SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL.
TRANSNATIONALISM AND NETWORKS OF SOLIDARITY.
THE POLITICS OF DISSENSUS.

   Conclusions—where to now?
 

   Acknowledgements
 

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