On Thursday, November 6, 2014, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > \quote > SchNEWS was one of many significant projects which arose in the > nineties (in Britain), coming out of the then-strong direct action > movements, which sought to put in place 'infrastructure' which was by > us for us - and part of a more-or-less common project to build or > consolidate another world or society, which we believed was necessary > if we were to get beyond social/environmental/financial collapse. > Do-it-yourself - DIY - don't wait for the government or the > never-arriving revolution to make the changes, do it yourself - was > the attitude which drove a lot of the nineties activity, and > definitely kick-started SchNEWS. Constantly being mis-represented by > the media? Let's make our own. Jello Biafra's quote 'don't hate the > media, become the media' was a catchphrase heavily used by Indymedia, > with SchNEWS, Squall and others on the same path. There were many > others types of 'infrastructure' which either came from these > movements or were strengthened by them - from the housing co-op > movement to many other social and environmental protest and research > groups. Individual campaigns may come and go as issues arise, but for > some of us, it was always about a longer haul than ephemeral temporary > autonomous zones or short-term efforts. > > But while many of the 'infrastructure' efforts I'm talking about are > happily thriving (some not), the radical media side of things has > taken a battering. My point is, I don't object to newer generations > abandoning what we built - referring here to SchNEWS and Indymedia - > but it's a long-term social transformation we're talking about, and > independent, unbiased and counter-hegemonic media is part of the > future we need; yet this seems to be lost in an ocean of chatter, > where political commitment is reduced to pressing 'like' buttons and > signing online petitions. Meanwhile the corporate media is in control > as ever, pumping out mis-information and celebrity gossip. > > \unquote > > http://www.corporatewatch.org/news/2014/oct/28/facebook-killed-internet-star-reflections-radical-media >
True. I don’t think we have anything more serious going on here, though, and little sense that people are worried about it. Any suggestions? Clearly the old portal type approach used by indymedia (I don't know Schnews) is not going to be suitable gong forward, but is there a vision for a ‘better’ information service? > > > > Best > > A. Mani > > > > A. Mani > [Last_Name. First_Name Format] > CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS > HomePage: http://www.logicamani.in > Blog: http://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > sip:[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > -- Vickram Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com> " *He's still watching me watching you watching the trains go by. And the way he stares --- feel like locking my door and pulling my phone from the wall. His eyes, like lights from a laser, burn making my hair stand --- making the goose-bumps crawl.*" Jethro Tull: Watching Me Watching You (1982)
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