Published Date 2/22/14 10:04 PM We need to get activist to actually use alternative net infrastructure. FAQ Q. Its to complex to use this geek software. A. So was Facebook when it started, almost nobody understood what twitter was for for ages – all new experiences are hard. Its actually ONLY a question of motivation…
Quality Refurbished laptops Thinkpad
Published Date 2/14/14 1:35 PM I recommend buying a Refurbished Thinkpad laptop to activists. T series – are good soled general use laptops X series are small and very low power for protest camps and solar power setups Used ThinkPads are cheap because after businesses are done with them, which is 3-4 years after they’ve been…
WordPress friend or foe for activism
Published Date 2/5/14 12:18 PM In tech the successful part of the corporate internet is building peer-to-peer(ish) web projects. This is after the wholesale failure of the top-down hierarchical internet that went bankrupt in the dotcom boom. facebook and twitter, 4square and instagram, youtube etc are all built on horizontal(ish) peer production. Activism is still…
PR firm Bell Pottinger clients include the Cuadrilla fracking company and members of the family of Bashar al Assad
Published Date 2/5/14 12:05 PM The “Sticky 6” were acquitted of all charges related to them superglueing themselves to the doors of Bell Pottinger, a PR company working for the likes of Cuadrilla, who explore potential fracking sites in the UK, and a host of other unsavoury clients. http://www.redpepper.org.uk/damage-limitation/ http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk/ http://grassroots.visionon.tv [embedded content][embedded content] 6…