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MoveOn moves on from transnational politics?

Posted on Mon, May 22, 2006 at 7:25 PM by Andrew Chadwick

Looking at how MoveOn is developing, attempts to seamlessly integrate the transnational appear to have given way to a much more traditional focus on national politics. The MoveOn peace campaign founded in the aftermath of 9/11 has been gradually downplayed in the organization's public profile. This presents us with some interesting questions around the necessity of establishing transnational 'credentials' as part of constructing successful online networks. Claiming three quarters of a million overseas supporters adds symbolic weight to the campaign, but how many of these supporters were or are truly essential to the predominantly national campaigns MoveOn now organizes?

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