All of this may change, especially if there is a protracted war on the ground. For now, at least, the best place to find evidence of the stirrings of antiwar sentiment may be the Internet. Together with ZNet, Protest. Opposition to this war is already making for some strange bedfellows. The Committee Against U.S. Intervention seems to be of the latter persuasion.
Net come together on the same street corner.
Perhaps April 17 should be viewed as a test of the Web's potential for promoting real-world political action. As many an entrepreneur would no doubt tell you, just exactly why any of this should prove easier online and than offline is not readily apparent. More on Technology and Digital Culture in Atlantic Unbound and The Atlantic Monthly. Wen Stephenson is the editorial director of Atlantic Unbound. All rights reserved.