Published Date 12/11/16 8:50 PM The use of language and writing by activists has an impact. Possessiveness “us-them” is a root failing in open structures that cant be avoid, BUT, best not to feed it. “Bring your flyers, posters, leaflets, newsletters, news clippings, video footage, photographs, banners, artwork and disobedient objects, and display them in…
Activism and flaring egos go hand in hand
Working on what became known as the “resistance exhibition” Activism and flaring egos go hand in hand Well, that almost went well with editing the headboards for the activist project. Shame on us all for it degenerated into shit behaver for the last 45 min. It’s understandable X wanting a say on the project –…
The Roman Empire is old hat
Comparing the US global role to the Roman Empire is an old hat. Today we are seeing the “declining” face of this comparison. Trump is selling off “offices” to the highest bidders and drawing power around him self and his family. The White House will be filled with toads and hangers on, the “court” made…
The world is open for change
* Old paths have visibley vanished* People are up for doing things different* Funders are up for funding different* The new “commons” is infernat and as much as the #dotcons grab the is more.* Socerty is being #reboot ‘ed (trump, brixet etc.)* Our planet is likely to #reboot with out us (climate change) We don’t…
Draw a line in the sand
Published Date 10/11/16 4:44 PM None of the current alt/grassroots media projects link to each other. Message them and ask why and refuse to support them till they do #thecanary #Reelnews #RealMedia #Novaramedia is basic KISS of lefty/radical/progressive thinking. What’s the solution? The minimum outcome a prominent small sidebar box front screen linking to other…
Looking at the tech and organising of UK alt grassroots media
How meany sites link to another alt/grassroots media sits. From this list of 38 UK sites, only 2 link to another site. Many people find it hard to understand the underlining understandings that push projects based on flow and linking, such as #OMN and #openweb. Here is a short list of activism projects. Silo Is…
Rebooting the open web
Published Date 9/20/16 2:42 PM The OMN is based on a simple understanding that the last 10 years have been wasted on #dotcoms and #encryptionists delusions. In this NGO’s, activists and at-geeks have wasted the open webs potential to shift society to a more humain path. To move beyond this decaying circle we need…
Where next for grassroots alt media
Published Date 8/7/16 6:07 PM It’s common knowledge that grassroots media is well F**ed and that #failbook and #twitter are the problem not the solution. Where can we go from here? To reboot alt-media (and play a role in rebooting the open web) we need to create an affinity group to cross the geek/political divide…