[Campaigns-l] blog efficiency in politics: the Finland case

[Attila Csordas]

Hi everybody,

An interesting story about the political power of a Wordpress blog focused
on one campaign: http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/10/19/blog-activism/

"We just got this note from Tina in Finland, who agreed to let us blog it
here. Regardless of how you may feel about the issue, it's a pretty powerful
story. Thanks to the fantastic flexibility of WordPress, I was able to make
a campaign site supporting the legalization of fertility treatments for
single women and lesbians in Finland that quite possibly was a major factor
in the law passing. (Treatments had been available before, but had not been
explicitly legal, and the conservative parties had introduced a motion to
make them illegal) The site shot up in popularity and we were sent
statements by all kinds of politicians, including EU reps, ministers, and
members of parliament. In the end, treatments were legalized by a 22 vote
margin (83-105) which was far more than anyone dared to predict." ....


It would be terrific, if there were more cooperations and intersections
between blogs and wikis concerning real participatory politics.
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Cheers, Attila Csordas,
http://pimm.wordpress.com/
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