Viral Sprial: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own

Join Demos and the Building Movement Project for a forum with scholar and activist David Bollier about his new book, Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own. Bollier argues that during a period when the Bush Administration promoted privatization and brought digital policy innovation to a standstill, the web was one of the few spaces where idealism and innovation could run free. Increased use of the internet, and particularly web 2.0, Bollier asserts, has led to the creation of an alternative democratic polity – a parallel digital universe that honors such radical ideas as participation, transparency, and accountability.