Thursday, September 17, 2009

Political Possiblities Questions


This week's tasks:

What opportunities can you find for political participation via the internet. How many of the following can you achieve while sticking to your political beliefs?

  • Sign an e-petition.
  • Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site.
  • What is Barak Obama up to today?
  • Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are.
  • Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.
  • Let your local member know what you think about their last speech.
  • Read the lecture and the readings, pursue a couple of the topics that you find most interesting and then post your blog with your well-considered thoughts about the theory and practice of politics.
Adam asks:

What do you think of the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")???

What place does censorship have in a democracy?

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