geert on Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:20:01 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> Reflections on America after the election |
(this txt might be relevant for the nettime discussion. /geert) From: Culture Jammers Network <jammers@lists.adbusters.org> Jammers, It wasn't the media. It wasn't the youth. It wasn't the work of Karl Rove or the "ignorant" American heartland. Bush is back. And the reason lies in the crumbled remains of the political left. All our heroes -- Michael Moore, George Soros, Moveon.org -- promised we were building a movement, leading a rebirth of progressive thought. But on Nov 3rd, when the bubble of rage burst, there was nothing inside. Why? Because the left was missing what its been missing for years: ideas. Whether you like them or not, Bush has ideas. He has beliefs and values that inspire people. What does the left have? What do we stand for? Hard to tell. Here's a more direct question: what do you stand for? Over the next four years, let's get together and find out. Let's finally do what we should have done years ago: jump over the dead body of the old left. No more whining. No more fuzzy thinking. No more listless causes. If we believe in peace, clean air, accountable corporations, true-cost pricing and media democracy, then let's refine these ideas into memes -- soundbite sized mindbombs -- and start exploding them into mainstream consciousness. This is the perfect moment to catalyze a new kind of hard nosed, vision driven activism. Weigh in on the future of our movement here: <http://adbusters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2> And to shake us out of our post-election blues, let's have a bit of fun around one of the most potent memes in recent history: Buy Nothing Day. On Nov 26 (Nov 27 in the UK and some other countries), let's whoop it up, give the earth a rest and change some minds. Check out what BND jammers are doing around the world this year: <http://adbusters.org> -------------- BUY NOTHING DAY 2004 -------------- JAMMERGROUPS Want to connect up with other jammers on November 26? Then join your city's JammerGroup. It's a powerful new organizing tool that makes it easier than ever to meet-up and plan community actions. <http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/getlocal.html> BND TV JAM You voted. . . and the BND pig won hands down! Now, let's raise some money and buy a few time slots on CNN. With two weeks to go, we're already half way towards our $10,000 goal. View the spot and give what you can. <http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/mediajam.html> BUY NOTHING CHRISTMAS This year, gather your family and friends and decide to skip the spending binge. Join the movement to decommercialize Christmas and turn it again into something spiritual, spontaneous, real. <http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/bnd_xmas/> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net