activism | Waves of Change

Aaron Swartz and the Fight for Information Freedom

March 2, 2013

Internet

A look back at the sad loss of Aaron Swarz & the threats to internet freedom

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.

ALAIC Meets in Montevideo: XI Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación

June 2, 2012

Conference

Los investigadores de la comunicación de América Latina dice que el congreso fue más grande que los anteriores.

This Congress is the eleventh meeting of Latin American community media researchers. Many of the papers are on line at the congress site. The following report is from Bitácora memoriosa the exquisite blog which is posted by community media pioneer, Alfonso Gumucio Dagron:

Campaign to Stop Rubber Bullets

April 12, 2012

Creative response to the many who have been injured in recent clashes in Barcelona

Felip Puig pierde la visión de ojo a causa de una pelota de goma.

Fotos from the Como Acabar con el Malo Talleres

April 10, 2012

Conference

How to Defeat Evil-- Workshops in Barcelona

Como Acabar Con El Mal: How to End Evil

March 23, 2012

Festivals

How to End Evil is a self-organized international gathering of creative activism, organized in Barcelona.

For a kit to fight evil:

http://comoacabarconelmal.net/kit-para-acabar-con-el-mal/

Social Movement Media, Democracy, and the Question of Time-Frame

December 23, 2011

John Downing, vice-president of IAMCR and editor of the newsletter is introducing a new feature to the newsletter – a series of brief reflections by IAMCR members on intellectual issues relevant to the Association’s work. In this issue John looks at 'Social Movement Media, Democracy, and the Question of Time-Frame'. IAMCR members are invited to send their ideas for future newsletters to John at news[AT]iamcr.org.