Thursday, May 11, 2017

Occupy, Indignados and more

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1) What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of horizontal organization?

2) What methods of media activism were used?

4) Do you agree with Naomi Klein when she says (something like) the goal of changing discourse a bull shit sedative?


3) What key issues are central to OWS (for example predatory lending that led to mass foreclosures is one and there are a host of others). 

Some examples of related projects





John Oliver on Net Neutrality 




Aaron Swartz on SOPA/PIPA


Please Watch Citizenfour for next class.  This link works!
Here are some questions to consider while watching it:

The extraction of private information about Americans without our consent troubled Snowden, but what were some of the other things that went on at the NSA that he felt were not right?

What did he defect and leak all of those documents?

Why did he go public and announce that he was behind the leaks?

Who were some of the other whistleblowers profiled in the film and what did they do to pave the way for Snowden?

How is journalism portrayed in the film?

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