Cybersolidarity: Internet-based campaigning and trade union internationalism

Abstract

E-mail campaigns are one form of cyber solidarity - action at a distance mediated by use of the Internet in support of trade unions or groups of workers. This paper, taking the example of a campaign in support of imprisoned Eritrean trade unionists, examines the social organization and information flows underlying such campaigns. These are discussed in the light of the effectiveness of such actions, their capacity to overcome the global digital divide, current debates on the role of the Internet in the remaking of trade unionism, and labor's capacity to remake the spatial relations of capitalism. © 2006 International Federation for Information Processing.