#tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot There's a New World Superpower -- And 4 Other Things I Learned at Netroots Nation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ruairi-mckiernan/five-things-i-learned-at-netroots-nation_b_5619021.html I had barely touched down in California when it was time to take off again. This time, to Detroit, to attend Netroots Nation, billed as the United States' biggest annual gathering of progressive activists, organizers and online social justice innovators. My trip to the U.S from Ireland is thanks to a Fulbright fellowship that sees me based at the pioneering Citizen Engagement Lab in Berkeley. My research here looks at how we can collectively use the web to promote people power and build better democracies. I figured the trip to Netroots Nation was a must, something that could also help inform our work in establishing the Uplift campaigning organization in Ireland, which launches later this year...