It is a media war and we have no media

https://hamishcampbell.com/it-is-a-media-war-and-we-have-no-media/

A project like the #OMN does need to happen — and it’s harder than it should be.

We have already done this work.
#Undercurrents, #Indymedia, #Ruffcuts, #VisionOnTV weren’t theory projects - they were action media, built in lived struggle, with real risks, real trust, and real consequences.

#OMN isn’t a new idea, it’s a recomposition under worse conditions: more capture, more fear, more professionalisation, more #techshit in the way.

So the question isn’t “what’s the idea?”
It’s “how do we reboot a culture of action when trust has been eroded and replaced with fear driven safety theater?”

What do you mean by “mainstreaming”?

At its core, #mainstreaming is how we, often unconsciously, uphold and reproduce the values of the dominant system. In our time, that system is #neoliberalism, or what I metaphorically call the #deathcult. It’s the air we breathe: shaping our politics, our economics, even the food we eat and how we relate to each other.

In activist terms, #mainstreaming too often means pushing this dominant worldview into alternative spaces, building careers and institutions that play progressive on the […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/what-do-you-mean-by-mainstreaming-2/

#makinghistory an example workflow

https://hamishcampbell.com/makinghistory-an-example-workflow/

How the battle of Claremont Road changed the world: ‘The whole of alternative London turned up’

Thirty years ago, more than 500 activists united to save a street – and their actions marked a major turning-point in the environmental movement

Our #RainbowCentre in Nottingham closely supported the emerging #RoadAlert network, @EarthFirstUK & later #ReclaimTheStreets, #ClimateAction Camps and more

Read: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/26/how-the-battle-of-claremont-road-changed-the-world-the-whole-of-alternative-london-turned-up

Watch: https://youtu.be/49wKgtOo0qs?si=jZQreBcopJtkDzwG

#Spycops #SchNews #Undercurrents