links for 2008-11-14
by Brian Reich | 14 Nov 2008, 3:02pm
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Despite the grandiose plans brands have for themselves and their desire to create culture, brands can never and will never single-handedly have the power to incite true social movements.
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In the last 10 days, gays and their supporters, stunned and angry over the passage of Proposition 8, have hardly left California streets, where their protests of the same-sex marriage ban have led to sometimes ugly confrontations with those they blame for their loss. The revolt is being led by young people — gay and straight — using cellphones, text messaging and Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace to quickly assemble armies of foot soldiers.
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