On our visit to "The People's Republic of Austin" we took an opportunity to interview activist blogger "OZ" from the Earth Family Alpha blog, one of Austin's many portals dealing with global political issues.

In today's 2-minute video, filmed at The Bread Factory, OZ talks about "cybercoops" as one of the new organizational motifs made possible through social networking technology.

OZ is the author of several books, but he wanted to talk about the blog, not the books, because that's the main vehicle for his writing today. At Earth Family Alpha, you'll find a lot of posts dealing with large issues such as energy, climate change, and global health.

Where else but Austin -- an oasis of enlightened thinking -- can you find people determined to fuse politics and technology into a superior republic?