public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags politics & Activism

December 2006

Black Film Research Online

good discussion of Black film in Chicago; also a large section on how to do Black film research on the Internet

November 2006

Joel Kovel

many of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator

ZoneZero: from analog to digital photography

a large socially committed ejournal, edited by Pedro Meyer, one of the pioneers in digital photographic art; galleries, essays, investigations into image circulation and production within digital communication, especially the Internet

Why Work?

CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery. Since I am retired and a webmistress for a media site, ejumpcut.org, I love the idea of this site for personal reasons. But most people do have to work, so this maintains an utopian sensibility for al

"We"--with the words of Arundhati Roy

a 64-minute Internet documentary made anonymously in New Zealand, using Roy's speech and a montage of politically inflected imagery; new style of essayistic documentary; DVD at hi-res available

howstuffismade.org

visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty

"Rhetorical and Political Agency in the Habitus"

essay attempting to analyze potential agency of teachers and students

Radical Graphics

large collection organized by thematic and political categories; useful for office door poster, flyer, or demonstration

October 2006

one small project

learning from those who "claim leftover spaces in cities and live in unauthorized dwellings made of scavenged, leftover materials"; solicits contributions

howstuffismadeblog

manufacturing processes, labor conditions, and environmental issues involved in the production of contemporary goods

multilingual web journal

check out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"

translations of essays on activist art

On republicart, click on the words listed to the left under Discourse to see essays on topics such as: alternative economics, public sphere, precariousness, represenations, space of empire, art sabotage.

TDR: "'You are here': the DNA of Performance"

essay by Diana Taylor about how traumatic events may be represented and possibly transmitted to those who did not experience them

The Google YouTube Tango

essay about the political consequences of marketing based on Internet-use data

About radical reference | Radical Reference

a service provided by volunteer library workers from all over the United States to assist demonstrators and activists

Sam Brody: American Filmmaker and Photographer

co-founder of 1930's Film and Photo League, a memorial web site gathering his writings

September 2006

Think Progress

by 6 others
left news and reports, well written, has newsletter to send via email daily

Lens On Lebanon

"documentary material, photo narratives, and video diaries of daily life conceived, produced, and contributed by residents of Lebanon"

August 2006