Samizdat

In Russia and other eastern bloc countries, subversive writers used to circulate their publications quietly in self-published and subsequently self-copied editions among sympathetic readers. The term Samizdat (literally self-published) came to refer to any such contraband.

There's not really any formal censoring pressure (for anything but extremely distasteful content) in the U.S. today, but Matt wondered whether the form of Samizdat in some ways might be resonant with the blog form. Both spread according to social networks, both are probably unusually aware of their audience, both may lack some of the polish of more economically-motivated literary productions, but make up for it in immediacy.