Author: Shahid Bolsen

Open Source Revolution, like open source software, is a collaborative, non-hierarchical strategy; as such, it is impossible for power to identify, eliminate, or manipulate key figures in the movement. The leaders in Open Source Revolution are actions, not actors. Every action creates a new fact on the ground, which becomes like a stair step for…

If revolutionaries in Egypt fail to reorient the movement to focus on the issues and policies that matter to the population, and instead fall into the diverting chaos of party conflicts and power grabs, and if those conflicts are fought violently; in many ways, the future of Egypt looks very much like Yemen’s present Yemen,…