Publication: Net Activism: How Citizens Use the Internet

• Schwartz, Ed

LCCN: 96-228771

NetActivism's author, Ed Schwartz, has been a leader in
citizen movements for more than 30 years and a major figure
in Philadelphia politics for 20 years. He maintains a Web
site that serves community activists across the country, a
mailing list that discusses civic values, and ties to a
community network that organizes citizens across the city.
Schwartz was among the first political activists to see and
understand the potential of the Internet to return political
power to the grassroots. In this book Schwartz shows how
political and social activists can marshal their forces,
broadcast their views, and build alliances on the Internet.
NetActivism is the first book to explain how citizens can
use the Internet to level the playing field with the
political power brokers. Those already active in politics
and community issues will find NetActivism to be an
instruction manual for Internet activism. Those who still
feel powerless will be energized by the prospect of once
again having a meaningful voice in the political debate.