7. “Sometimes it feels that in the 80’s there was this evil malefic master mind that was responsible for all the kinds of incredibly adictive but at the same time dangerous toys that we grow up with.” Nuno Markl, at his daily radio show “Caderneta de Cromos”
8. Its master piece! a Flamable materials Toxic materials Poisoning materials Cutting materials Exploding materials a a a a Chemistry Kit
15. Still in 1989... “… the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.” Francis Fukuyama Author of “The End of History” Economist and Philosopher
17. But in 1993... Samuel Huntington Author of “The Clash of Civilization” America Political Scientist
18. In 2001... You saw it on TV. Youtube, Twitter, Facebook were not there... Cell phone network halted in parts of NY. ... But Internet and Blackberrys kept working!
19. In 11/04/2004, for the first time non-mass media, but P2P was crucial towards the shift of power.
24. Dictator’ed in Zin El Abidine Ben Ali President of Tunisia 1987-2011 reject Status: Recommendations: “Zin is all abour elegance and style!” Sarkozy, President of France “A true champion of democracy.” Socrates, PM of Portugal In Saudi Arabia @undisclosed location.
26. The chaos theory and butterfly effect “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” Does the isolated activism of one man in the in the middle of Tunisia set off a revolution in all Arab countries?
27. Niall Ferguson Author of Virtual History Historian For Ferguson, great forces don't make history; individuals do and nothing is predetermined. Only the actions of individuals will determine whether we live in a better or worse world.
28. In December 17th, 2010, in the town of Ben Arous, a “butterfly” flaped its wings! When 26 year old Mohamed Bouazizi decided for a desesperat act, by imolating himself in front of the municipality of Sidi Bouzid and by doing so, started a revolution.
30. مسافر يا أمي، سامحيني، ما يفيد ملام، ضايع في طريق ماهو بإيديا، سامحيني إن كان عصيت كلام لأمي، لومي على الزمان ما تلومي عليّ، رايح من غير رجوع, يزي ما بكيت و ما سالت من عيني دموع، ما عاد يفيد ملام على زمان غدّار في بلاد الناس، أنا عييت و مشى من بالي كل اللي راح، مسافر و نسأل زعمة السفر باش ينسّي محمد بو عزيزي-Bouazizi final message on Facebook
36. Tunisia - Elections in June 2011 Newcomers to democracy (more than 50 new political parties)! Egypt - Elections in October/ November 2011 The danger of the rise islamic political parties. Lybia, Iemen, Baharain, Syria, Jordan... ? ! ! Tunisia Lybia Egypt
Aznar lost the elections after the Atocha March terrorist atacks.People suspected the government was tricking them and they started exchaning SMS that not ETA but AlQaeda was behind the bombing.
1) As redes sociais diminuem as barreiras para a acção colectiva através de canais de organização que estão entrelaçados com a interacção social mundana e, portanto, são mais difíceis de censurar. 2) As redes sociais podem ajudar a criar uma esfera pública em regimes autoritários, diminuindo assim o problema do dilema da sociedade-prisioneiro em que todos sabem que muitas pessoas estão descontentes, porém este facto permanece oculto através da censura dos media.3) As redes sociais ajudam a fortalecer as comunidades, funcionando como antídoto às tecnologias isoladoras (e.g. a televisão) e a força da comunidade é fundamental para a acção política.4) As redes sociais parecem ter sido a chave (na Tunísia) para permitir que o expatriado e o exilado da comunidade se mobilizem e ajam como elo fundamental entre o resto do mundo árabe, bem como as comunidades presentes na Europa francófona e finalmente no resto do mundo. 5) As redes sociais podem ser um instrumento fundamental para a divulgação de informações durante uma crise. Como vimos no caso do Irão, da Birmânia, da Moldávia, da Tunísia, e outros, o mundo tinha um forte sensação do que estava a acontecer, não porque havia muitos repórteres no terreno a cobrir os acontecimentos, mas porque milhares de cidadãos munidos de telemóveis podiam registar e transmitir em tempo real a situação no terreno.”