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Art & Activism
Brush with Border Patrol inspires APP on Immigration Rights
January 28, 2013
Having the right information can combat illegal detention by over zealous ICE.
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app, cell phones, David Morales, detention, ICE, immigration
Video & Television
Media Tools in the Hands of the Public
January 25, 2013
A video workshop at the Center for Civil Society at UKZN
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anti-economy, cell phones, Center for Civil Society, Collective, Coltan, Durban, hyperconsumption, Mining, obsolete, planned obsolescence, South Africa, UKZN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, video
Internet
The Amazing Life and Work of Aaron Swartz
January 20, 2013
Several pieces about the recently deceased Aaron Swartz.
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aaron swartz, CIA, copyright, Internet, MIT, Patrice Lumumba, roy singham
High Tech / Low Life: Overcoming Internet Censorship
January 10, 2013
Stephen Maing has made a film that looks at how Chinese citizen journalists go "over the wall" to defeat censorship.
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activism, bloggers, censorship, China, citizen journalists, documentary films, IFC, independent film, Internet, internet law, Liza Bear, Stephen Maing, workaround
Art & Activism
Idle No More: Native Movement Spreads
December 30, 2012
The ongoing protest movement among the First Nations spreading across the globe has created a map.
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Aboriginal, Bill C-45, Canada, First Nations, Harper government, Indigenous Peoples, Inuit, Metis, native movement, political action, Theresa Spence
Silent March in Chiapas
December 24, 2012
Zapatistas gather in silent protest.
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Chiapas, DEMONSTRATION, EZLN, Mayas, Ocosingo, protest, silent march, Zapatistas
Art & Activism
Group in UK brings together academics, researchers and practicioners of media activism
December 17, 2012
A collective of doctoral students and academics bring together research and current practice.
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academics, activist media, communication, graduate students, Leshu Torchin, RE.Framing Activism, research, social change, Sussex, University
Art & Activism
Group in UK brings together academics, researchers and practicioners of media activism
December 17, 2012
A collective of doctoral students and academics bring together research and current practice.
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academics, activist media, communication, graduate students, Leshu Torchin, RE.Framing Activism, research, social change, Sussex, University
Cantastoria
Hurricane Manifesto
December 8, 2012
Clare Dolan presents a cantastoria (banner story) at the Ecosocialist Convergence
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Bread and Puppet, Cantastoria, Clare Dolan, climate change, Ecosocialism, Hurricane, Northampton, painting
Street Artist Charged with 56 Counts for Punking NYPD with Drone Poster
December 5, 2012
Essan Attia is charged for posters pointing to police use of drones.
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Animal New York, arrest, culture, drones, Essan Attia, jail, libertarian, NYPD, Police, posters, resistance