McChris + activism   25

Six Anti-Theses on WikiLeaks
Geert Lovink & Patrice Riemens describe some of the macrosocial implications of Wikileaks
activism  internet  wikileaks 
january 2011 by McChris
Threat Level: S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters
Updating techniques used in the N30 protests in Seattle, activists are using newer tools like Twitter and microbroadasting to coordinate protester movements in anti-war actions.
protest  activism  Twitter  microradio  anti-war 
march 2008 by McChris
Project Steev: Why Bail Out Those Using Stupid Tactics?
After protesters were arrested blocking a Florida energy plant, Steev notes, "The bond, to bail out 27 white gringos from jail, was $13,500. That could feed about 22 Bolivian families for a year"
activism  stupid  protest  whiteness 
february 2008 by McChris
An Introduction to Information Design
John Emerson has created a pamphlet introducing information design concepts for activists and advocacy groups.
design  information_design  activism  CreativeCommons 
february 2008 by McChris
Texas Community Media Summit
"The Texas Community Media Summit will bring together Texas community media makers, stakeholders, activists, and advocates on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Union."
activism  citizensmedia  publicaccess  conference  texas 
january 2008 by McChris
we make money not art: Interview with Cat Mazza (microRevolt)
Cat Mazza discusses her activist projects which use craft techniques like knitting to contest the role of branding and sweated labor in contemporary society.
craft  activism  labor  branding  DIY  interview 
january 2008 by McChris
send.a.message
For thirty euro, this service will spray-paint your message on a wall separating Palestinians from Israeli settlers.
streetart  israel  activism 
january 2008 by McChris
Radical Math
This site lists resources for integrating social justice issues into the mathematics curriculum.
activism  education  math 
january 2008 by McChris
My heart’s in Accra: The connection between cute cats and web censorship
Ethan Zuckerman discusses how Web 2.0 services like Flickr could be used as a Trojan Horse for delivering activist information.
Web2.0  activism  Twitter  Flickr  YouTube 
july 2007 by McChris
freEtech 2007, an (un)Conference, san diego
This unconference is a technology-sharing project that protests the high prices of O'Reilly conferences.
conference  activism  DIY  O'Reilly 
march 2007 by McChris
Open City: Tools for Public Action
Eyebeam's "glimpse into the current media and tactics of artists who take their practices into the street" looks awesome, although it seems like it could benefit from a grounding in historical street-level praxis.
art  activism  streetart  NYC 
february 2007 by McChris
The Radical Apple: Opposition in New York City
This cool CSS design shows historical sites in Manhattan related to radical social movements.
map  activism  anarchism  CSS  NYC  labor 
february 2007 by McChris
Eyeteeth: A "progressive brand" reclaims its roots--and name
Paul Schmelzer discusses the changes in ownership and format of the once-and-present Utne Reader. I imagine most digest publications like Utne have struggled in the age of blogs and news aggregators.
magazine  activism 
january 2007 by McChris
Chronicle of Higher Education: An Educational Prank
McKembrew McLeod satirized the corporate university by claiming McDonald's sponsored his class at the University of Iowa.
prank  education  satire  activism 
january 2007 by McChris
A Greener Apple
Nice Greenpeace parody lobbying Apple to produce more environmentally friendly products.
Apple  activism  design  environmentalism  parody 
september 2006 by McChris
Austin Bike Culture
The Yellow BIke Project is hosting a wiki for information about cycling events and history in Austin.
wiki  bicycle  austin  activism  transportation 
august 2006 by McChris
A pacifist version of the GPL?
The developers of a distributed computing software system want to amend the GNU General Public License to ensure that participants aren't volunteering their machines for military research. The Free Software Foundation is blocking their efforts.
activism  anti-war  GPL  opensource  distributedcomputing  FSF 
august 2006 by McChris
ihumpedyourhummer: Manifesto
This site is designed for sharing images and videos of direct action against Hummer trucks.
environmentalism  transportation  energy  humor  activism 
august 2006 by McChris
How About Shaming Telcos Into Remaining Neutral?
A new technology enables users to test the relative neutrality of an ISP, opening the possibility of shaming telcos into operating neutral networks.
networkneutrality  hack  telecom  activism 
august 2006 by McChris
OpenWiki
This is a wiki devoted to documenting issues related to anarchism and direct action activism. I'm not sure why they don't just start an anarchy WikiProject on Wikipedia, but the adminstrative structure there is increasingly hierarchical.
anarchism  wiki  activism  citizensmedia  politics 
july 2006 by McChris
AdBusters is Calling All Writers!
I lost my enthusiasm for Adbusters almost as soon as I subscribed, but this might be an interesting opportunity for a reader or two.
magazine  anarchism  globalization  activism 
july 2006 by McChris
Pirate Radio USA Premieres
A documentary about the microradio movement in the United States. I've done a fair amount of research on microradio, so I would love to see this film.
microradio  documentary  activism  publicpolicy  radio 
june 2006 by McChris

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