Related to this discussion: "Theoretically endowing banal quotidian action with a ‘political’ status was prominent in much neo-anarchist theory before web 2.0 but it has, again, been even more problematically exacerbated in online activity. The ‘everything is political’ mantra is a dangerous one because, while true in itself, its discursive use can encourage a paradoxical depoliticization and retreat from politics into individual ethics, which actually plays into the hands of power and capital."
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/debate-is-idiot-distraction-accelerationism-and-the-politics-of-the-internet/ Jack On Aug 13, 2013, at 7:20 AM, James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Antye, > > Thanks for reply. I'm not necessarily wanting to unsubscribe. Signing a > petition is not a problem most of the time but sometimes it seems to be > put in simplistic black and white terms when we all know things are > never that simple. I don't feel comfortable signing against something > when I'm not at all well informed about it. > > Then there's this kind of thing: > > "We all knew that Ryanair is an unpleasant way to fly, with lousy > customer service and rip-off hidden charges. But, in a shocking survey, > Ryanair’s pilots are raising serious concerns about the safety of > Ryanair flights, potentially putting passengers lives at risk." > > Which comes across like something out the tabloids. It's the kind of > thing which causes me to treat them as if annoying advertisements. > > Oh well. Not everyone is like me however ;-) > > Of course as you point out they do do worthwhile activism and I should > probably look past these relatively minor criticisms. > > James. > > > > On 13/08/13 Antye Greie-Ripatti <[email protected]> wrote: >> great to look into this… quick for James: To unsubscribe from Avaaz >> emails, send a blank email to [email protected] or click here. >> >> Aavaz campaings i come across are important, seem correctly >> communicated, I didn't see the one you mention. I think these guys >> trying it one way… american way… not sure… ? I mean they just got >> really hurt re Aaron Schwartz (many peole of them are friends with, as >> I understand ? sumofus.org for instance) >> >> I would like to talk about avaaz.org >> >> I would be interested to hear if anybody has experince running an >> Avaaz campaign ? >> >> I am thinking to run one against the nuclear power plant plans up >> north Finland in the middle of nowhere. >> >> Any recommendations how to organize a signature campaign ? >> >> And yes all that graphic design and interfaces and cloud based >> services make look everything look like promotion, I just felt the >> same when we were making a blog with wordpress for our activist camp, >> all looked like promotion. Terrible. its an important question. >> >> (http://casepyhajoki.info/?lang=en) >> >> best >> antye >> >> On Aug 13, 2013, at 12:05 PM, James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Avaaz.org, SumOfUs.org, Change.org >>> >>> These organizations are increasingly annoying me. Avaaz for instance, >>> their latest and greatest call to action, is "Huge threat to Avaaz" >>> caused by gmail apparently not prioritizing their emails... oh no, >>> hang on, my appologies, gmail *could* de-prioritize their emails. So >>> say "experts". It's a conspiracy. Well maybe if you didn't send me >>> so many emails on such earth shattering crimes against humanity >>> (such as this one) I might actually be more bothered about your >>> emails. They're supposedly a "people powered community", but where >>> can I tell them to back off? I'm advised to "REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE" >>> to send a signal to gmail. How about I send a signal to you? By >>> ignoring you? What a signal that will be. If you act like >>> promotions, sound like promotions, and read like promotions... I'm >>> too impatient to wait for gmail to de-prioritize you, I've done it >>> myself. >>> >>> But now I look like a privileged ignorant shit because is this the >>> worst I have to moan about? Irritating emails as opposed to state >>> violence and abuse? >>> >>> Is it too much to wish they'd not use hysterical language, block >>> capitals, emotional appeals, and other tricks and tactics? I'm sure I >>> can't be the only one who gets irritated by this? >>> >>> Oh but is that the worst I can complain about, irritation while >>> splashing around in my irrigation? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > -- > http://jwm-art.net/ > image/audio/text/code/ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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