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The UK's biggest tent protest outside London has attracted a mixture of those at the sharp end of economic inequality and those with one foot in the city's mainstream. John Harris visits Occupy Bristol to find out whether protesters are winning over a public who are increasingly feeling the pinchFollow link
Occupy London Website
This is the official Occupy London website. It is a good example of how quickly and effectively a website can be created in order to be a hub for all the different types of information - videos/photos/blogs/statements.Follow link
Left foot forward: Mail and telegraph pull anti tax dodging adds
An article reporting on newspapers refusing to print a campaigning add from the 38 degrees group. Interesting reflection on the freedom of the press and an innovative way to publicise an issue.Follow link
Independent Blog Piece: Jody McIntyre: Who’s apathetic now?
Campaigner Jody McIntyre talks about equality, his experience of campaigning, police tactics at protests and the treatment of himself by the media.Follow link
Kay Burley from Sky News interviewing David Babbs, the campaign group director of 38 degrees.
A video showing Kay Burley from Sky News interviewing David Babbs, the campaign group director of 38 degrees. This video demonstrates how to keep your cool in an aggressive media situation. The broadcast received a record number of complaints to Offcom.View video
Ben Brown interviews Jodie McIntyre about the student protests and police tactics
A video showing the BBC’s Ben Brown interviewing Jodie McIntyre about the student protests and police tactics. There were many complaints made to the BBC regarding Brown’s interviewing technique, as well as praise for how well McIntyre handled the situation.View video
Independent Article: New media gives popular protest a fresh voice
An article about the poster campaign launched by campaigner group 28 degrees, aimed to tackle tax avoidance in the UK. The article examines how campaign tactics are changing radically with the use of new media and how the nature of political protesting itself is evolving.Follow link
BBC Magazine article: How social media changed protest
This article parallels protests from the past with modern day examples in order to track the changes to protest and examine the effect social media has had on our ability to protest.Follow link
Downloadable Guide: Seeds for change: Dealing with the media
A concise guide to dealing with the media as a campaigner. Seeds for change also have an in depth guide available on their website.View document
SCHNEWS
Newspaper and media site for activists – a free direct action newssheet published in Brighton since 1994. It keeps up to date with the latest protest and campaigning news, as well as DIY guides and contact lists for over 800 grassroots organisations.Follow link
Film: Good Night and Good Luck
Film about Edward R. Murrow, a journalist who campaigns against Senator Joseph McCarthy for exploitng the fear created by Communism in the 1950's. It focuses on the theme of media responsibility, and also addresses what occurs when the media offer a voice of dissent against the government.Follow link
Film: Bowling for Columbine
Renowned campaigner Michael Moore and the film that cemented his reputation as a campaigning film maker. Moore uses a signature style of persuasive, some might say manipulative, film making in order to draw attention to a cause - in this case the prolific amount of gun crime in the USA.Follow link
Film: All the President's Men
Reporters Woodward and Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Nixon's resignation. An example the power of the media and an account of the processes involved behind investigating and publishing a huge expose.Follow link
Taxi To The Darkside
Oscar winning documentary about human rights violations made in US detention centres during the Iraq war. The film had a powerful impact on public opinion during the campaign to make torture an illegal form of interrogation.Follow link
BBC blog: Mobile phones are the focus of HIV and AIDS campaign
Creative use of technology to communicate a message - mobile phone ringtones have been used to promote the use of condoms and raise awareness of AIDS in India, as part of a successful international campaign.Follow link
Guardian Article: 'Clickivism is ruining leftist activism'
This article argues that by reducing online activism to 'one-click-petitions' marketers are damaging political movements.Follow link
Daily Mail article: Sky News presenter Kay Burley under fire after 'aggressive' interview with political campaigner
Kay Burley's hostile interview with campaigner David Babbs should serve as a good case study for any campaigner considering doing media interviews. David Babbs acquits himself very well under very challenging circumstances.Follow link
Trafigura: A few tweets and freedom of speech is restored
A gag order preventing the Guardian from reporting on a Parliamentary question is lifted and Twitter plays an interesting role in spreading the word.Follow link
Iraqi shoe-thrower Muntazer al-Zaidi freed from jail
The Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at George W Bush was finally released from jail today and insisted that he had acted to defend his country's honour.Follow link
Guardian article: Undermining human rights
Bianca jagger writes about an Indian settlement built on mineral deposits is at risk from a mining company. As consumers, it is up to us to protect it.Follow link
Wikipedia entry: Astroturfing
Astroturfing is a form of propaganda, sometimes employed by corporate interests, who try to create the impression of being spontaneous "grassroots" behavior. It is a method that is used by many companies as a way of countering climate-change campaigning.Follow link
Guardian article: Climate denial 'astroturfers' should stop hiding behind pseudonyms online
Environmental journalist George Monbiot talks about 'astroturfing', a tactic used by undisclosed corporate interests (often with a vested interest in denying climate change) who undertake political, advertising, or PR campaigns to create the impression of being spontaneous "grassroots" behaviour.Follow link
Twitter delays maintenance to support Iranian protests
Micro-blogging service Twitter has delayed downtime because of the role it is playing in post-election protests in IranFollow link
Film: The China Syndrome
A film about a reporter who witnesses what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant and investigates further eventually exposing the issue.Follow link
Guardian article: One picture does not a charity campaign make
Julian Henry ponders the use of stunts as one of the ways of raising a campaign profile, arguing that they have become less innovative in recent years and more gimmicky.Follow link
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