I love that, despite Gen. Musharraf's suspension of free speech and TV broadcasts etc., that Pakistanis are using email, Facebook and text messaging to organize "flash" protests.
Clever use of new technology :
In Pakistan, protests against Musharraf spread
"A fairly leaderless corps of students, business professionals, middle-class housewives and others has been organizing a growing number of small-scale protests, using cell phones, text messages, YouTube and blogs to trade information and video in the absence of television news.
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Middle-class urbanites - gathered via e-mail lists, school alumni associations and even the social Web site Facebook - are holding "flash protests" to build the anti-Musharraf mood. Coordinated by cell phone, such groups suddenly assemble at a public place, pull out placards and shout slogans calling for his ouster. They disperse before police can arrive."
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