Open Source Internet is vital to any hoped for Re-Democratizing...

... effect that "new media" and blogging and Internet activism in general might have on the many debilitating consequences that mainstream business, politics, and media have on our lives, culture, carreers (or lack thereof), health care (or lack thereof), or quality public education system (Ibid.), or civil society with reasonably egalitarian opportunity structure (and again: Ibid.)

This truly is a cornerstone issue for any kind of Progressive Democracy Solidarity movement in the U.S. and the rest of the "Western Market Democracies" to be truly vocal and uncompromising about and is going to be my main area of investication and linking as I get started on my own efforts to take what I'm doing to that proverbial "next level". Anyway, for now check out and link around: http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/the-top-80-charities-for-open-source-and-open-access-advocates/