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Alex Schlotzer

http://alexschlotzer.wordpress.com

Alex Schlotzer's blog is typically about different local, state, national and international political issues. And he provides commentary on Australian online activism and electronic civil disobedience as a current practitioner with a 15 year history in online activism.

Added on: Apr 21st, 2009
Country: Australia
Language: English

Author: Alex S
Listed in: Politics Online Activism
Tags: technology Opinion rants australia elections campaigns

Recent Posts

Why NZ is a better regional peace keeper

Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 17:56 in politics, thoughts, indonesia, australia, pacific, international, new zealand, international relations, region, diplomacy, oceanic, international affairs

New Zealand is much better placed to be a stronger regional partner, or "peace keeper" or "sheriff" than Australia. Some will decry me as being "un-Australian" or worse but in my humble opinion our neighbours from across the ditch are better placed f...
Human Rights Day 2009

Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 06:02 in politics, thoughts, australia, human rights, international, democracy, accountability, United Nations, bloggers unite, international affairs, transparency, human rights day

Today marks Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day marks the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted on December 10, 1948 that set down the basic principles at the very heart of the human rights movement. The UDHR has e...
BeDH: A final commentary

Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 04:23 in politics, climate change, series, events, melbourne, australia, human rights, elections, democracy, campaigns, accountability, voting

I have chosen until now to publish my final commentary on "The By-election Double Header" so as to see how much rubbish could be written and talked about by Australia's official political commentariat. And without fail, Australia's mainstream media h...
Metro nearly derailed from the start

Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 01:46 in melbourne, australia, commentary, Public Policy, democracy, accountability, political parties, Liberals, victoria, voters, metro, public transport

Some may say that this post is a little premature given the new Melbourne metropolitan rail operator, Metro, has only been in control for little over a week; but this is the best time to make commentary about the new rail operator. As they keep telli...
BeDH: Blog Now Live

Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 01:55 in politics, climate change, series, events, melbourne, australia, human rights, elections, democracy, campaigns, accountability, voting

The By-election Double Header Live Blog NOW LIVE...
BeDH: The Greens win Higgins

Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 16:00 in politics, climate change, series, events, melbourne, australia, human rights, elections, democracy, campaigns, accountability, voting

The Greens win Higgins! Okay that might be a bit presumptuous given that polls have not yet closed but that was certainly the major news surrounding the close of campaigning in the seat of Higgins. With Malcolm Mackerras predicting that voters wo...