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What is political participation:
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Collaborate for a common constructive objective
Practice and defend freedom of speech
Freely meet and engage with people and causes
Discuss in order to obtain census
Engage in non-economic initiatives
Consume with responsibility
Watch the watchers
[and much more..]
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Voting from time to time is also a form of political participation.
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What’s the political participation with [...]
Lawrence Lessig, founding father of Creative Commons, announced his new initiative – change-congress.org. It’s an idea to promote basic reform of United States Congress and fundamental principles that in reality steer it – corporate money. The campaign is using basic technological tools like Google Maps mash-up, together with Wiki’s and pledges to start building public [...]
One of the perks of living in such a big city as London are all the interesting events a Web developer/entrepreneur can easily visit. Even if you do not live there, it is still worth timing your visit so you can visit them.
MiniBar occurs monthly where a number of startups pitch their ideas to the visiting public, [...]
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