As I mentioned in the other thread, I am a proponent of a name including the internet. I do appreciate that there are people who don't use the internet often, or who think the internet is not srs bsns. But the latter are wrong, and the former unfortunate. I think it's quite useful to recognize that we are an internet phenomenon.
Through the internet, we can connect with people all over the world, share ideas, update knowledge real fast, and transcend the isolation of the individuals, which causes them to be unaware of alternatives. The isolation is more problematic in America, so I would hesitate to call it anything regional based. Although at the same time, it is true that their problems and outlook is different from the one in Europe, and Asia and Africa. But a lot of the hegemony is international now: the corporations are international; some policy making institutes are international. The IMF, for example, is doing to Greece what it has already done in South America and Africa: ruining the country through imposition of a free market brutality economy and privatization of public assets. Their neoliberal agenda is gutting countries all over the world.
But, in Greece, I saw some interesting banners by the protesters in front of their government building: "No Pasaran" [Spanish: This/you shall not pass): A reference to the Spanish Civil War, in which the socialist workers fought the privileged fascist elites. But also "Deutsche Arbeiter Entweckt!" [German: German workers wake up!]: A direct appeal to the German taxpayers who are made to guarantee gigantic loans used to enrich international banks operating in Greece, without their knowledge.
There's always been an international aspect to such protest/struggles. The International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War is still famous. Famous members of that battalion were George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway. But I think what is specific about this movement is that we have the internet as a tool. It is no coincidence that this was boosted at 4chan. And that the Anonymous/Wikileaks cells are now so popular. I think we should ride on that wave. For we are the internet. And we are legion!
That being said, some more ideas:
- Brave New Internet
- We Are Legion
