Category Archives: activism

Really good post on mental ability (and “disabled”) people… and activism

Posted on November 13, 2014 by dwighttowers

An impressive blog! But I have never seen any work being done with regard to recognition of the privilege of society’s most able (read here a call-out to anyone who does know of examples of this work – I will … Continue reading →

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“Plant or muppet” is the WRONG question for social movements

Posted on August 25, 2014 by dwighttowers

Say you’ve got someone who comes to you from another campaign which has imploded. Say he’s full of confidence, full of charisma. Say he’s good at making sure his needs and ambitions are talked about. Say he’s good at seeming … Continue reading →

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*Excellent* video on Big M and small m meetings by Johnnie Moore. Watch this!!!

Posted on July 13, 2014 by dwighttowers

http://johnniemoore.com/big-m-meetings/

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Not agnostic about agnatology – ignorance as a weapon in the never-ending class war

Posted on July 8, 2014 by dwighttowers

Don’t let your slaves learn to read. Not even the Bible, and the bits about the sons of Ham. Who knows what else they might do with that tool you have put in their hands. The field ones, definitely not. … Continue reading →

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Academic NVDA – not as exciting as it sounds…

Posted on July 7, 2014 by dwighttowers

It occurs to me that many academics (with honorable exceptions!) engage in their own form of NVDA. Sadly, those letters stand for “Nonsense Verbiage Destroying Attention”… Thanks, I’m here all week… In other news, Big and Good changes afoot. Happy … Continue reading →

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Who doesn’t like “resilience”? The rich and powerful. Duh.

Posted on May 24, 2014 by dwighttowers

“Even as the ACCCRN attempted to expand and perpetuate actor-networks, it came across a countervailing force in the form of ‘patron-client networks’ that were already in operation in these policy settings. This is a network within which a powerful actor … Continue reading →

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Dreadful “poem” #94

Posted on May 17, 2014 by dwighttowers

Dreadful “poem” #94 We are implicated, imbricated, consolidated and complicated We are encumbered incumbents, fearful in the comfortable forts of our manufactured needs and wants. We are in a river of oil, stepped so far that returning were as tedious … Continue reading →

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Consequences of failure of the #climate “movement” (the first/second/third time round)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by dwighttowers

There are plenty, but here are the three that are in the front of my mind right now, besides all the dead people and all the dead species from our (and I mean me too) idiocy and self-indulgence these last … Continue reading →

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Notes on competence, availability and reliability

Posted on May 12, 2014 by dwighttowers

Clearly if you’re going to embark on big (and unpaid) projects with people, it helps if they have Competence Remember – competence is a social phenomenon. It is hard for an eagle to soar when surrounded by turkeys. If your … Continue reading →

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The White Flag of Surrender

Posted on May 7, 2014 by dwighttowers

It’s over. And beneath the self-contempt for having quit, there’s the rueful reckoning that it is the right thing, for me at least. For the last 16 months I’ve tried, alongside two people whom I have a lot of respect … Continue reading →

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