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E Waste

By James | Published: July 22, 2008
The winning entry for the environment category in this year’s Media that Matters Film Festival was a short animated film about the dangers of electronic waste. And what consumers can do to help the problem. I’m not sure if I find it effective or annoying. You decide.
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Home Invasion as Art

By James | Published: June 26, 2008
For the past four years, Critical Art Ensemble’s Steve Kurtz has been a martyr in the world of activist art, the victim of overzealous FBI investigatory impropriety. The case against him was utterly absurd, Kafka-esque even. Thankfully,though, the judge saw reason this month and his case was finally dismissed. Now, he has an exhibit entitled [...]
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John Pilger – Freedom Next Time

By James | Published: June 19, 2008
This is great speech by journalist John Pilger on the powers and dangers of corporate media. I think what’s most interesting about it is that he breaks from the Left/Right dialectic that plagues social change movements and takes liberalism to task for some of its crimes. The liberal Clinton administration increased the size of the [...]
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Loss Aversion, Greenpeace, and Health

By SteveL | Published: April 29, 2008
Here’s a pattern of tactics I realized have something in common. They all work by presenting a threat. Loss aversion, as it can be called, can be more motivating – using the stick instead of the carrot. Example 1 From Greenpeace: The ranking criteria reflect the demands of the Toxic Tech campaign to the electronics [...]
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