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On October 16, 1906, German shoemaker Wilhelm Voight, just released from prison for forgery, purchased parts of used captain's uniforms. In this masquerade of a Prussian military officer he arrested the mayor and the treasurer of Köpenick for suspicion of crooked bookkeeping and confiscated the municipal funds
On July 14, 1858, British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement Emmeline Pankhurst was born, who helped women win the right to vote. Emmeline Pankhurst was named one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century by the Time magazine.
On July 29, 1805, French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville was born. He is best known for his Democracy in America, where he analyzed the rising living standards and social conditions of individuals and their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.
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With today being Super Tuesday, two days after Super Sunday and the same day as Mardi Gras we thought it would be good to make some updates to politweets.
On July 6, 1907, Mexican painter Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón was born. She is probably best known for her impressive self-portrait and is still admired as a feminist icon.
Humans are tribal animals, and a recurring failure to grasp this truth has contributed to some of the worst debacles of U.S. foreign policy in the past 50 years.
Jan Schmidt hat uns mit “Wie ich blogge?!” die umfangreichste Studie zur Nutzung von Weblogs im deutschsprachigen Raum beschert. Er hat sich darüberhinaus auch genauer mit der Subspezies des “Politikbloggers” beschäftigt.
Blogger mit politischem Interesse sind männlich, gut gebildet und über 30 – kurz: alte Akademiker. Jan Schmidt hat sich die Spezies „Politblogger“ einmal näher angesehen und stellt die einschlägigen Ergebnisse der zweiten Umfragewelle von „Wie
“re:publica - Leben im Netz” greift als Konferenz das auf, was einige unter “Web 2.0″, andere unter “Open Source” oder “Social Media” verstehen:
Soziale Netzwerke, Blogs, Podcasts, Videocasts, Online- und Offline-Communities und -Services - all diese Aspekte werden bei der re:publica ebenso umfassend zur Sprache kommen wie Hintergründe, die Philosophie, die Prinzipien, die rechtlichen Grundlagen der sozialen (R)evolution im Netz.
Kurzum: Es geht um Kultur.
Neben den Diskussionen und Vorträgen wird es Workshops geben und auch kommerzielle Aspekte kommen zur Sprache: re:publica wird diskutieren, ob und wie man als Blogger oder Podcaster seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen kann und auf bisherige Erfahrungen zurückblicken.