A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views
How we create a better just world with the people that are currently in the world rather than some theoretical people or class
Published Date 4/18/13 1:32 PM Some NOTES It seems to me that after living through two explosions of protest DIY creativity, the CJB/anti roads movement and the climate camp are the examples am thinking about here. The are some lessons to learn. Both of these movements were “affinity group” driven at their core, that is a…
The Activists FUCKED UP USE of corporate social media
Published Date 4/17/13 4:56 PM It consistently amazed me how activists walked into the trap of corporate social networking. I can understand NGO groups narrowness of focus, its were the funding is. I can understand traditional media’s embracing of Facebook, Twitter and the closed ecosystem of app stores as its a perceived as a “safe”…
Who do we trust
Published Date 4/17/13 12:46 PM Those we see as trustworthy are Liars, cheats and swindlers. The bankers and bureaucrats at the moment. I think we have always had this backwards view of the world, is it a failure of the education system or a failure of our collective imagination – the needing to belong. The…
What is the Open media network 2 OMN
Published Date 4/12/13 11:46 AM Some more notes: Not an isolated individual website – many individual websites in a bigger commons. The open internet used to be a such a commons Q. why is this increasingly no longer so and why/what should/can we do about this. Subject sites linked by affinity sharing activity streams. An…
Is the value in stirring up the past
Published Date 4/2/13 3:29 PM DRAFT looking at the actavist groups I have been involved with. Its interesting to try and record your view of what happened and why it happened. Though as most people will have internalised a different view to yours this can be painful for thoughs who lived through this history. This rises…
Good activist media
Published Date 4/1/13 6:04 PM Lets get positive for a moment What has worked in Alt/radical media? DRAFT – looking at two contrasting successful activist media strategys. When indymedia started in 2000 in the UK undercurrents the radical news organisation I was working for had played a role in its founding running a ALPHA build…