Alessio Lunghi, Seth Wheeler (eds.): Occupy Everything! Reflections on why it’s kicking off everywhere (2012)
Filed under book | Tags: · activism, capitalism, education, ideology, production, protest, revolution, social movements
Penned after the 2010 European student unrest and before what is now commonly referred to as the “Arab spring” began to escalate, BBC Newsnight economist Paul Mason’s “20 Reasons Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere” sought to establish an understanding of the motivations behind these globally disparate, yet somehow connected struggles.
What roles do the “graduate with no future,” the “digital native” or the “remainder of capital” play in the current wave of unrest? What are the ideas, ideologies, motivations or demands driving these movements? How is struggle organized and coordinated in the age of memetic politics and viral ad campaigns?
This collection of essays seeks to further explore Paul Mason’s original 20 Reasons in an attempt to better understand our turbulent present.
Contributors: 500 Hammers – Thomas Gillespie & Victoria Habermehl – The Free Association – Deterritorial Support Group – Ben Lear & Raph Schlembach – Camille Barbagallo & Nicholas Beuret – David Robertshaw, Rohan Orton & Will Barker – Antonis Vradis – Tabitha Bast & Hannah McClure – Andre Pusey & Bertie Russell – Federico Campagna – Emma Dowling
Publisher Minor Compositions, an imprint of Autonomedia, 2012
ISBN 978-1-57027-251-6
98 pages
Twenty reasons why it’s kicking off everywhere by Paul Mason (BBC Newsnight, February 2011)
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CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East, Vol. 5, Nr. 1 (2011)
Filed under journal | Tags: · activism, internet, islam, middle east, politics, public sphere, social media, technology
“The main purpose of this electronic journal is to provide a forum to explore cyberspace both as an imaginary forum in which only representation exists and as a technology that is fundamentally altering human interaction and communication. The next generation will take e-mail, websites and instant availability via cell-phones as basic human rights. Internet cafes may someday rival fast-food restaurants and no doubt will profitably merge together in due time. Yet, despite the advances in communication technology real people in the part of the world once called an “Orient” are still the victims of stereotypes and prejudicial reporting. Their world is getting more and more wired, so cyberspace becomes the latest battleground for the hearts and minds of people everywhere.”
Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco
Publisher: Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association and the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague
ISSN 1804-3194
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Comment (0)Reporters Without Borders: Internet Enemies (2011)
Filed under report | Tags: · activism, arab spring, blogging, censorship, democracy, facebook, free speech, internet, internet activism, journalism, netizens, revolution, social movements, twitter, web 2.0, wikileaks
The year 2010 firmly established the role of social networks and the Internet as mobilisation and news transmission tools, especially during the Arab spring. New and traditional media have proven to be increasingly complementary. Meanwhile, repressive regimes have intensified censorship, propaganda and repression, keeping 119 netizens in jail. Issues such as national security – linked to the WikiLeaks publications – and intellectual property – are challenging democratic countries’ support to online free speech.
Publisher Reporters Without Borders, March 2011
103 pages
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