Log onto Facebook and Twitter in the morning and one of the
first things you’ll usually see is a request to sign a petition. Amnesty, All Out, Avaaz ... Homophobia
in the Olympics, a venue threatening to close, ‘Margaret Thatcher Day’: the Internet wants your signature (well, your name and your fake address anyway...).
Some fear that internet activism is replacing the real thing. Just as likely is that it's facilitating nation-wide mobilisations too. Either way, this is the age of the
petition and it’s time to get seriously involved. So, from tomorrow onwards I'm
going to seriously consider every petition I come across (even more so than usual...) then I'll sign it if I agree
strongly enough and Tweet it with this hashtag:
#apetitionaday
Let’s see how it long lasts. Please sign and
share.
