digital polemics: Egypt’s Wael at the IMF meeting, WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange vs NY Timesat Logan Symposium. A cyberculture roundup

  Wael the Plumber: Egypt’s Google revolutionary mixes it up at the IMF from FP Passport by Joshua Keating Along with cherry blossoms, spring means IMF annual meetings here in Washington along with some always intriguing panel discussions. The most highly anticipated talk at this year’s confab was this morning’s roundtable on “Youth, Jobs, and … Read more

Middle East still simmering. Roundup I

Bahrain: Police Quash Today’s Protests (Videos) by Solana Larsen Written by Solana Larsen A series of ?illegal’ protests took place in Bahrain today, February 14, as demonstrators marked a ?Day of Wrath’ inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Several videos from the protests have been shared on YouTube showing how demonstrations were quashed by force. … Read more

In the mean time, Socialist International finally kicks out Mubarak

Oh Socialist International sucks anyway. They still accept our CHP as a member. What has CHP anything to do with socialism? Socialist International finally kicks out Mubarak from FP Passport by Joshua Keating The Socialist International — the global federation of center-left parties that includes Britain’s Labour Party and the French Socialist Party — finally … Read more