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Editor-in-Chief, Jacob Serebrin blogs about the news and behind the scenes at the Concordian.
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January 2010
The failure of Facebook organizing
1/24/10 3:23 PM
Somewhere between 17,600 (according to Maclean’s) and 25,000 (Globe and Mail) Canadians protested the prorogation of Parliament yesterday. Organizers hailed it as a testament to the power of organizing through Facebook. Jesse Root, one of the protest organizers in Ottawa, where around 3,00 people came out, told the Citizen, “There have been a lot of questions about whether Facebook can be used to co-ordinate a political movement … Look around.” In today’s Globe and Mail, former NDP press secretary-turned freelance media relations, Ian Capstick, wrote, “Never before has Facebook filled Canada’s streets. It did today.” But considering the Facebook group “Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament,” has over...
