What was most interesting to me in today’s reading in Cory Doctorow’s novel, “For the Win”, was the organization of the gold farmer workers into a Union called the Webblies.  It was an interesting notion to contemplate because its one that I never actually thought of before.  Because the internet provides everyone with a means of interacting instantly, it would be the perfect medium for organizing a group of workers, like the way it is being employed in the novel.  Furthermore, it was fascinating that other unions were unable to see the potential in possibly utilizing such a network.  That being said, I understand that it would be hard to situate dye manufacturers with gold farmers in a union next to one another because of the preconceived notions about the two industries.  But I still think that Doctorow offers a very interesting take on the power of the internet as a means of organizing and bringing about social change.

Read “For the Win” here…