Requesting funding for the Open Governance Body (#OGB) project, which is being developed by the Open Media Network (#OMN). OMN is a collective that builds and hosts #4opens standards-based socio-political software. Our mission is to provide communities with the tools they need to organize, communicate, and make decisions. The #OGB project is a grassroots initiative…
A look at the recent history of radical grassroots activism
#ClimateCamp was a radical grassroots direct action movement to directly challenge #climatechaos and raise awareness about climate change and advocate for solutions to mitigate its effects. The movement was made up of a loosely organized network of activists who used a diversity of tactics to achieve their goals. Climate Camps were established in many countries.…
Outline of 20 years ups and downs of grassroots activism in the UK
Published Date 11/30/15 3:38 PM In my expirence the flowering of the #indymedia networks followed by the first years of #climatecamp were the high points of activist culture. The end of climate camp was the low point of activist culture, after this the drift to #NGO and #fashionista was wide and dissipating. #Occupy was a…
A brief history of activism
Published Date 3/28/13 1:18 PM This is a DRAFT #Occupy has become bureaucratised and continues as e-mail lists and side projects, not very active. #ukuncut has become institutionalised. Still active – presser protests in conjunction with NGO’s #climatecamp The anarcho’ s left and most of the rest got jobs in NGO’s a few continue in…