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Occupy Jerusalem with the People’s Front of Judea
OK, via rhizome.coop (Facilitating occupation Posted on October 30, 2011) I found this video, which is a celebration of the “process” of “consensus” at Occupy Wall Street. Erm, grumpy old man here, but the bit (1;20ish) where one guy says “there … Continue reading
Youtube: The Propaganda Model
More or less. Herman and Chomsky, with knob gags…
Posted in activism, media
Tagged churnalism, Ed Herman, fearless ferret, Flat Earth News, Marc Roberts, Noam Chomsky, Propaganda Model
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Youtube: Commodity Fetishism for Beginners
You’d think with the word fetish in the title this would go gang-busters on the youtube. But no…
Posted in a little self-knowledge, death, fear, framing
Tagged commodity fetishism, consumerism, Donna Haraway
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Youtubes to be made in 2012
Hell, I enjoy making them, and they get a few views (more if I did the boring grunt work of publicising them…) So, if you’ve seen any of my videos, please throw comments my way, re: style and subject matter. … Continue reading
Timing is everything…
Oh boy. Six months on a chain gang for riding on a bus. Obviously, civil disobedience is no panacea. The timing must be right, the tactic, apt. Originality counts. One size does not fit all. The first Freedom Rides were … Continue reading
Posted in activism
Tagged I fought the law and the law won, racism, repertoires, state power
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Youtube: Wicked Problems and Climate Change
Two bits of good news – climate change is not a wicked problem Helena Christensen cavorting on a beach
Posted in climate, competence, death
Tagged Chris Isaac, climate change, superwicked problems, Wicked Game, wicked problems
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Activists and Militants and Social Entrepreneurs…
From Todd Gitlin’s “Letters to a young activist” – when he’s not taking gratuitous and inaccurate pot shots (is there another kind) at Noam Chomsky, he’s actually worth reading… By contrast, in this mainly antipolitical era, the label of choice … Continue reading
Posted in activism, framing
Tagged activist theory, activist versus organiser, movement-building, social movements, Todd Gitlin
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Youtube: Hitler learns his Leonard Cohen tickets are fakes
Standard disclaimers about Constantin Films owning copyright, satire, fair use, Article 17 etc etc
Posted in humour, internet culture
Tagged Downfall, jumping on bandwagon, jumping the shark, Leonard Cohen
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“Many people go from infancy to senility without ever achieving maturity.”
Attributed to some chap* called IAR Wylie (by Willard and Marguerite Beecher on page 89 of their 1966 book Beyond Success and Failure Simon and Schuster Books. Reminds me of that Clemenceau line about the United States – “America is … Continue reading
Am I bovvered? And if so, why?
When we complain about what someone is doing that annoys us, we are really not complaining about him at all. We are complaining about our own character. We make a fuss about what he is doing, but that is useless … Continue reading
