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<P>Dear Editors of the Re-public:</P>
<P>Thank you for this great new journal.</P>
<P>I sent an e-mail via your contact page, but here are the pertinent articles again . . .</P>
<P><A href="http://robjking.blogspot.com/2007/05/use-of-pleasure.html">http://robjking.blogspot.com/2007/05/use-of-pleasure.html</A></P>
<P>OR</P>
<P><A href="http://robjking.blogspot.com/2007/05/bi-polar-zation-of-american-politics.html">http://robjking.blogspot.com/2007/05/bi-polar-zation-of-american-politics.html</A></P>
<P>Thank you for pursuing INTELLIGENCE and COMPASSION in your writing, two virtues sorely needed in our New American Republic.</P>
<P>St. Petersburg Florida Native, Rob J King, at <A href="http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Rob_J_King">http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Rob_J_King</A></P>
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<DIV> </DIV>CH Rob J. King, M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D. (ABD*) <BR>Faculty<BR>Grand Canyon University<BR>rking40536@my.gcu.edu<BR>www.abidinglifephoenix.com <BR>kuriosiesuschristos@abidinglifephoenix.com <BR>VERITAS et IUSTITIA<BR> </DIV>
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<DIV>Original E-mail</DIV>
<DIV>From: p.hatzopoulos-alumni@lse.ac.uk</DIV>
<DIV>Date: 05/11/2007 06:33 AM </DIV>
<DIV>To: campaigns-l@wikia.com</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: [Campaigns-l] Wiki politics 2</DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>New online journal Re-public < www.republic.gr/en <HTTP: en www.republic.gr>> has just published the second part of its special issue "Wiki politics". The issue explores how the use of new collaborative tools (wikis, blogs, forums, mailing lists, podcasting, and videos) can transform the ways politics are practiced . Articles include: </DIV>
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<DIV>Ward Cunningham - Wiki and the rise of gift economies < http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=141 <HTTP: en ?p="141" www.re-public.gr>> </DIV>
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<DIV>Creator of wiki software, Ward Cunningham, argues that the proliferation of wikis has proved that the for-pay economy is not the only way to create value. </DIV>
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<DIV>Pete Ashdown -Open source politics < http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=145 <HTTP: en ?p="145" www.re-public.gr>> </DIV>
<DIV>Being the first politician to to use a wiki to develop his campaign platform for the 2006 US Senate election in Utah, Pete Ashdown makes the case for open source politics. </DIV>
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<DIV>Paul Hartzog - Panarchy and the wiki-fication of politics < http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=148 <HTTP: en ?p="148" www.re-public.gr>> </DIV>
<DIV>Hartzog introduces the concept of panarchy, a sociopolitical field that emerges when connective technologies enable cooperative peer-to-peer production – of knowledge, of tools, of power. </DIV>
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<DIV>Australian bill of rights initiative: Collaborating on public policy < http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=142 <HTTP: en ?p="142" www.re-public.gr>> </DIV>
<DIV>Wiki politics are put into practice. This article focuses on the development and the rationale behind ARBI <HTTP: abri.org.au />, an online project aimed at promoting awareness and discussion of human rights through the collaborative development of a bill of rights for Australia. </DIV>
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<DIV>All articles of Re-public are published with a Creative Commons license and can be re-printed freely, by acknowledging their source. </DIV>
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<DIV>Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm </DIV>
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