“IDENTITY CORRECTION” – – a fun way to get a point across. To re-define. What is it? Andy Bichlbaum, Yes Men parodist: (From http://beautifultrouble.org/tactic/identity-correction/) Key Principle at work The real action is your target’s reaction Often the most revealing moment in a successful identity correction is the reaction of the target. When you identity-correct a […]
The covering letter from AVAAZ is very good – it’s at the bottom. Actions in support! http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.610687?v=66691173328C172D77ED27A198582751 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, in an exclusive article for Haaretz, calls for a global boycott of Israel and urges Israelis and Palestinians to look beyond their leaders for a sustainable solution to the crisis in the Holy Land. A […]
http://beautifultrouble.org/tactic/identity-correction/ Contributed by Andy Bichlbaum “Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.” Alan Moore Common Uses To embarrass your target; to correct the public record; to expose corporate malfeasance; to reframe an issue. When trying to understand how a […]
Rita writes: Maybe there is something to be learned from the Yes Men, who have somehow gotten away with impersonating corporations (as far as I know). It has something to do with the way they use these legal battles as ways to educate the public, by spinning the PR for all its worth. (or with […]
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Recommend: go to the URL and listen to the interview with Levison. I captured the text of the news story below, for backup purposes. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lavabit-founder-fought-9-month-legal-battle-with-fbi-1.2658374 After refusing hand encryption codes to federal agents, Ladar Levison had to shut down his company CBC News Posted: May 29, 2014 Last year Ladar Levison shut down Lavabit, the […]
With many organizations now putting out lengthy lists of “good news stories” I have the impression of a rapidly mobilizing, empowered citizenry. It’s like spring has arrived; there is new life shooting up everywhere around us! I selected just a few examples. Can’t celebrate if we don’t know about them! 1. 2014-04-17 Monsanto and Big Food […]
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/14-6 Guardian and Washington Post each honored with Pulitzer for Public Service Lauren McCauley, staff writer Ewen MacAskill, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong to meet NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on June 10, 2013. (Photo by Laura Poitras) The Washington Post and the Guardian/US were both awarded one of journalism’s top honors […]
From: Bennett Sent: March-24-14 To: Sandy Finley Subject: Snowden, et al I am a great admirer of Snowden amd will listen to his presentation, likely tomorrow if all goes well (and it may not go well at all) I have been harping on this privacy issue for a long time but people don;t seem […]
Robert F Kennedy Jr is a “warrior” in the public interest. We have followed some of his work. Now this: Lois writes: Robert Kennedy frames some of the problems we are facing here in Canada: The environment and democracy are interlinked You can’t have corporations running our country as they do not want the same things […]