European elections: Internet principles and the deafness of the parties

In the Spanish daily Público Juan Varela compares the rise of Internet movements like the Pirate Party with the 1980s formation of the Green movement, which called for more ecology, social justice, participative democracy and an end to violence: "Many of these [ideals] tally with the ideas of many Internet activists who call for a P2P [peer-to-peer] economy: more civil rights and resistance to the Net 2.0 being controlled by large companies and governments. A new policy for the 3.0 community with digital rights (access, private sphere, content) where cyberspace constitutes an interface for control of powers thanks to its tools for participation and where it is easy to join forces and fight for concrete political goals. The Net is a new space in which the principles of freedom, participation and shared resources create a new culture, a different economy and a new type of politics which is beginning to rebel against the deafness of the traditional parties."

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