[sudo-discuss] Astra Taylor Talk on Taking Back power in the Age of Networks - (video)

[Romy Ilano]

Wow that's cool! I had no idea 

Could you do a feature and interview on the Sudoroom page?? I think people in our area would be super excited 

I've been at Sudoroom a while and o was only vaguely aware of this . Cool !!!!!!!

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> On Sep 29, 2015, at 5:13 PM, Karissa McKelvey <karissa.mckelvey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I'd be happy to give a quick talk or round table on this. I work
> with her & the rest of the group, and built the main website -- here's
> some background on our most recent tech project:
> http://civichall.org/civicist/what-the-dept-of-education-should-have-done-years-ago/.
> 
> We continue to build tools that help debtors band together and resist
> their debts and are always looking for people to help contribute to
> new projects.
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>> I thought you would all enjoy this talk from Astra Taylor
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdImE0iC2IQ
>> 
>> Listened to this on my way to work.
>> 
>> I think it'd be fun to play one of these videos on our SudoRoom television
>> Thursday or Friday evening during one of the Linux installfests.
>> We have a lot of really smart people here, it'd be cool if they gave a five
>> minute or ten minute talk on something like this - especially if it was
>> around stuff going on in the SudoRoom and collectives in Oakland. I'd
>> certainly forward this and tell people on the way to work to listen =D
>> 
>> 
>> Astra Taylor was also part of the group that collectively bought private
>> debt and forgave a lot of college loans.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The Internet is said to be a space of democratic expression and
>> transformation, both culturally and politically. But how true is that claim?
>> What are some of the economic, technical, and legal obstacles in place?
>> Drawing from her recent book, "The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and
>> Culture in the Digital Age," and her experience as an artist and an
>> activist, Astra Taylor -- filmmaker, writer, and political organizer --
>> addresses campaigns by musicians against streaming services and debtors
>> against creditors to reflect on the larger question of how to organize and
>> leverage change in an age of virtual networks -- be they networks of
>> cultural distribution or financial ones.
>> 
>> 
>> =============================
>> 
>> Romy Ilano
>> romy at snowyla.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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