For twenty years the culture jammer movement has been building momentum for a cultural revolution that will topple consumerism and spark a new way of living. Now Adbusters and our worldwide network of activists (86,000+ and growing) is calling for a Carnivalesque Rebellion this November. Our aim is to create a sudden, unexpected moment of truth – a mass reversal of perspective; a global mindshift – from which the corporate/consumerist forces never fully recover.
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Tactical Briefing:
In the weeks leading up to rebellion, we will release a MANIFESTO, tentatively called THE METAMEME MANIFESTO, that will go pandemic and spread from email to website and zine to word-of-mouth. What do you think should be the gist of this manifesto? What are our demands? What are the big ideas, the radical transformations – the metamemes – without which a viable future is unthinkable? Shoot from the hip to: [email protected].
Inspiration:
Tony Judt passed away August 6. He was a bold meme warrior who inspired generations of social activists with the way he lived, the fearless way he fought for his beliefs and then for the courageous way he died. Check out his work at NYBooks.com, Guardian.co.uk and NYTimes.com and be inspired one more time.
Action:
For the next two weeks, take these two visual memes and circulate them widely. Post them on Twitter, Facebook and blogs or print out the PDFs and paste them to bulletin boards and street corners.
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Anonymous
Also, I agree that we do identify our lives with money because life is money. Money represents energy and matter in the form of goods and services. I don't believe that it is the key to happiness, but I believe that it is necessary to live a comfortable life in a modern industrial society.
If, on the other hand, we realized that money was nothing less than a representation of real wealth (natural resources) and used this idea to create wealth autonomously through self-sufficiency or communal self-sufficiency, we could cut down our working hours and possibly have more free time. My ideal situation is where I have a plot of land that produces food for me and my family through automation and the energy to support these robots would come from a sustainable energy (the sun). If I can produce my own food and my own energy, I can reduce a substantial part of my bill and free up time for myself. The problem is that most of our costs are not from food, water, and energy but in the form of parasitic programs like insurance and property taxes. If we can somehow get rid of those road blocks, I could actually be free. Until the sun explodes or stops shining. But as long as the sun shines, I will be free.
Anonymous
Also, I agree that we do identify our lives with money because life is money. Money represents energy and matter in the form of goods and services. I don't believe that it is the key to happiness, but I believe that it is necessary to live a comfortable life in a modern industrial society.
If, on the other hand, we realized that money was nothing less than a representation of real wealth (natural resources) and used this idea to create wealth autonomously through self-sufficiency or communal self-sufficiency, we could cut down our working hours and possibly have more free time. My ideal situation is where I have a plot of land that produces food for me and my family through automation and the energy to support these robots would come from a sustainable energy (the sun). If I can produce my own food and my own energy, I can reduce a substantial part of my bill and free up time for myself. The problem is that most of our costs are not from food, water, and energy but in the form of parasitic programs like insurance and property taxes. If we can somehow get rid of those road blocks, I could actually be free. Until the sun explodes or stops shining. But as long as the sun shines, I will be free.
Anymonous
Cassius "Mohammed Ali" Clay rather went to prison then to war...
Freedom is in your mind brother, not your body.
Anymonous
Cassius "Mohammed Ali" Clay rather went to prison then to war...
Freedom is in your mind brother, not your body.
Anonymous
http://www.realitysandwich.com/shamanism_anarchy_and_end_world
From the article:
...others have led me to conclude that we should not be attaching religious symbolism and meaning to shamanic experience, but instead should seek a practice which takes us to the awareness that preceded the alienating beginning of agriculture and religion.
Anonymous
http://www.realitysandwich.com/shamanism_anarchy_and_end_world
From the article:
...others have led me to conclude that we should not be attaching religious symbolism and meaning to shamanic experience, but instead should seek a practice which takes us to the awareness that preceded the alienating beginning of agriculture and religion.
Anonymous
I agree with this article. I believe that we should embrace an "older culture" model that pays respect to the land and respects its elders and does not seek to dominate women. I also believe that technological progress can continue with this sustainable way of life. The modern world should try to achieve a "trans-neolithic" lifestyle. We should have communities again and "wise elders", but we should also be rationalists and use science not to destroy the land and hoard resources for the few but to enrich the human experience.
Anonymous
I agree with this article. I believe that we should embrace an "older culture" model that pays respect to the land and respects its elders and does not seek to dominate women. I also believe that technological progress can continue with this sustainable way of life. The modern world should try to achieve a "trans-neolithic" lifestyle. We should have communities again and "wise elders", but we should also be rationalists and use science not to destroy the land and hoard resources for the few but to enrich the human experience.
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