Products become services…
That is a profound thing to say in 1966
Purpose
The item from the Guardian on clicktivism I linked to in the last post has a potent prediction in its conclusion. I like the sentiment. It is not enough though. Jettisoning the methods of marketing is fine, but what then? How to truly embrace the power of the net & social networks in an emerging world, how that can be done in a radical revolutionary way is not yet evident. Do Wikipedia, Linux, Facebook have something that can be harnessed for a greater purpose? How?
Clicktivism is ruining leftist activism | Micah White | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:
In place of measurements and focus groups will be a return to the very thing that marketers most fear: the passionate, ideological and total critique of consumer society. Resuscitating the emancipatory project the left was once known for, these activists will attack the deadening commercialisation of life. And, uniting a global population against the megacorporations who unduly influence our democracies, they will jettison the consumerist ideology of marketing that has for too long constrained the possibility of social revolution.
Zeitgeist
I just watched the movie Zeitgeist: Addenda Here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912#
I got to it because I saw in Google news that the movie is showing in Christchurch tonight. What I like about the movie is that it shows the end is night. It shows the nature of the problem, essentially the crumbling of the US empire.
It does it quite well! It shows the power of the IMF and World bank, the corporations, and shows really well how the US conducts its empire. It is holistic in many ways, drawing on people from a lot of fields for their opinion.
Critique and and a link follow, and a pdf:
DIY Energy from hydrogen – forget dams
NZ should invest in this instead of damning the Mokihinui River. Imagine!
Item on Green Optimist Blog Clearly shows how a house might look using this system. Continue reading “DIY Energy from hydrogen – forget dams”
Movie: Fair Game
wikiriver.org
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My Parents Were Executed
From Democracy Now
As the U.S. Department of Justice considers charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917, we speak with Robert Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg—the only U.S. citizens to be executed under the Espionage Act, in what’s been described as the most controversial death sentence in U.S. history. This week, Meeropol released a widely read statement in support of WikiLeaks called, “My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act—Here’s Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange.” [includes rush transcript]
Mokihinui Plans
Ah, more recent news (October 2010) and it confirms that there is a plan, to build and to oppose the dam.
Meridian has the project on first base by obtaining the required resource consents from the West Coast Regional and Buller District councils. In March, commissioners decided, two to one, to grant the consents. The Department of Conservation (DOC), Forest & Bird and Whitewater NZ are appealing and the Environment Court is expected to hear the case in 2012.
DoC and the Mokihinui
This is a good little article – May 2010 – is there later news?
DOC holds fire on Coast dam appeal | Stuff.co.nz:
“What have Meridian got up their sleeve? Are they going to change the scheme? Are they going to find a lot more land to offer or pay out, which has been done before? We don’t know.”
Save the Mokihinui River
I am appalled at the prospect that one of the last unspoilt rivers in New Zealand has been given government blessing to be damned for hydro power. ( A report by Mike McGavin detailing the April 2010 decision. Decision) . We just saw Craig Potton Rivers DVD episode that shows the river and exposes the threat.
The Mokihinui is in the heart of country where I have tramped and camped, just south of the Whangapeka. I love this land. Google Map. I can’t bear it’s destruction, the country should not loose this land, the animals including endangered native snails and fresh water eels and fish will loose their habitat, trees will die, the permanent loss of trees and the building and concrete will add to carbon to the atmosphere.
Damming this river rides rough-shot over New Zealand culture and Maori traditions as the Craig Potton video makes clear. Meridian (the NZ state and who else?) are a power to reckoned with and will spare no efforts as what went on here with money to Iwi might indicate: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10637348 Sounds like a case of divide and rule.
This dam will happen to our shame, we can stop this dam! Stop the Mokihinui dam, save the Mokihinui river. What to do? This is what I have in mind.
A list of action ideas and links follows, at the end a link to the Lake Pedder tragedy.