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The Blogging Revolution

Antony Loewenstein

Antony Loewenstein conducts a searching examination of the ways the internet is threatening the rule of some of the planet's most repressive governments.

Opinion

‘Antony Loewenstein introduces us to many members of the digital tribe, their hopes, dreams and daily lives in countries where the new battle for freedom of expression is being fought.’ Salam Pax, The Baghdad Blogger

‘A vivid and measured account of life in the Middle East . . . A must read.”’
Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deputy Director, National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies, The University of Melbourne

About this Title

The Blogging Revolution is a colourful and revelatory account of bloggers around the globe who live and write under repressive regimes-many of them risking their lives in doing so.

Antony Loewenstein's travels take him to private parties in Iran and Egypt, internet cafes in Saudi Arabia and Damascus, to the homes of Cuban dissidents and into newspaper offices in Beijing, where he discovers the ways in which the internet is threatening the rule of governments.

Through first-hand investigations, he reveals the complicity of Western multinationals in assisting the restriction of information in these countries and how bloggers are leading the charge for change.

The Blogging Revolution is a superb examination about the nature of repression in the twenty-first century and the power of brave individuals to overcome it.

VISIT www.bloggingrevolution.com FOR PODCASTS, EVENT INFO, VIDEOS AND ADDITIONAL MATERIAL.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Getting on the blogging bandwagon
Iran: Welcome to the Axis of Evil
Egypt: Challenging a ‘Moderate’ American dictatorship
Syria: Dissent behind the Assad Curtain
Saudi Arabia: Blooming online in a fundamentalist desert
Cuba: Blogging away the Castro Blues
China: Punching through the Great Firewall
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Websites
Notes

About the Author

Antony Loewenstein is a Sydney-based journalist, author and blogger. His 2006 bestseller, My Israel Question, was short-listed for the 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Award. He has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, the Age, Crikey, the Guardian, the Washington Post, Haaretz and The Nation, among others. His website is antonyloewenstein.com

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