An #openweb organic intellectual,technologist and part of the #OMN
From its very minority creation, the spreading internet and World Wide Web has been shaped by two competing, often overlapping visions: The collaborative, #openweb: Rooted in #DNA of post apocalyptical internet code and culture, this vision is of a network for collaboration, sharing, and free exchange of information. Built for use in a world of … Continue reading Tension, Open and Closed Web
There is a #mainstreaming story that progressives are incapable of enjoying anything and are easily offended, wildly over-analytical, snobby, pretentious, and injecting politics into everything. There is some truth to this, many left-leaning people would admit, reluctantly, that we can be pretty crap and insufferable at times. But it’s important to see the difference between … Continue reading Why We Can’t Enjoy life
The conflict between Israel and Palestine is messy and complex. Let’s look at this from a radical perspective, where it is seen as a struggle against settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, with ongoing systemic injustice. The Radical View of the Palestine Story Key Points of Advocacy Conclusion The radical view of the Palestine story emphasizes the … Continue reading A radical view of the Palestine
Common sense “fake” news and #mainstreaming propaganda fuel division, confusion, and empower reactionary forces, this rise of fascism isn’t a random phenomenon, it’s a direct result of the failures of our crap #mainstreaming politics. Corrupt elitists, indifferent politicians, and sell-out parties abandoned people, creating a vacuum that far-right forces are all too eager to fill. … Continue reading Why Mainstreaming Politics is Crap
Changing the European Union (#EU) to be more competent and progressive on social and tech issues requires concerted effort and engagement from all the stakeholders, including activists, citizens, civil society organizations (#NGO), policymakers, and Eurocrats. I outline some #fluffy strategies for driving change within the EU: Overall, changing the EU to be more competent and … Continue reading A European Future
I moved my boat to Oxford a year ago, it’s an interesting city with strong academic roots, I have taken part in a few hundred university seminars since arriving. This is a few notes from an activist prospective on the university path. The common issue with these Oxford seminars, is outlined in my notes, this … Continue reading The problem with academic “thinking” in activism
“Irregular” #migrants moving along the Western #Balkan Migration Route aspire to competing visions of Europe, and Europeanness, and along their journeys they encounter multiple competing, overlapping, or intersecting political projects. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in #Slovenia since 2021, this presentation will explore how various imaginaries of Europe are instantiated in the wake of Yugoslav socialism, … Continue reading Contrasting Balkan utopias: Navigating migration and futurity in the physical remnants of Yugoslavia
Economic Diversification and Climate Change in the Middle East St Antony’s College, Dr Sarah Bush (University of Pennslyvania) The right-wing and the #NGO crew have both coopted the idea of activism with some of its traditions and without any use of its purpose and path. This academic aproch looks at gender and the shift to … Continue reading Academics at Oxford
10:30 am-11:30 am: Alex Colas (Birkbeck): Marx, Capitalism and Maritime Temporalities 11:30 am-12:30 pm: Gareth Dale (Brunel): Marx, Growth Ideology, and Degrowth 12:30-14:00: lunch break 14:00-15:00: Nick Stevenson (Nottingham): Democratic Socialism, Degrowth and the Commons: Raymond Williams, Marxism, and the Anthropocene 15:00-16:00: Martin Crook (UWE Bristol): Marx and the Ecocide – Genocide Nexus 16:00-16:30: coffee … Continue reading Marx on Nature Conference
Banners, Useful and Beautiful. From their base in West Wales, activists, artists and lecturers Thalia and lan Campbell not only make banners for a wide range of organisations, but also run workshops where they help people to make their own banners. The Campbells have been making banners since 1978 and helped to promote the revival … Continue reading I am working on our families archive
In the coming era of #climatechaos the problem of #mainstreaming thinking and people will become a MUCH bigger issue that we need to mediate. The “common sense” they often bring is the #deathcult a strong problem we do need to do something with, the #NGO crew and “activists” who worship this cult. There is also … Continue reading People in activism
It’s disheartening to see a community platform like #Trustroots https://trustroots.org facing challenges with governance, with issues and tensions among its contributors https://github.com/trustroots-community/trustrots/issues?q= and here https://trustroots.community/ This situation is messy and underscores the importance of establishing healthy governance practices within community-driven projects to ensure their long-term sustainability and effectiveness. The case of Trustroots alongside the earlier … Continue reading The mess we keep making of #FOSS governance