Brian Holmes on Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:04:02 +0200 (CEST)


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Re: <nettime> The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!!


On 07/27/2012 09:43 AM, Newmedia@aol.com wrote:

We obsess over the *figures* (i.e. the capitalists, 1%ers, police, church,
state, etc.), while we ignore the *ground* of our experiences (i.e.
television,  mass-media, advertising, etc.)

I've been hanging out with this crowd for 15 years now and it seems that
the RADICAL roots of what is actually going on are relentlessly "off  limits."

What am I missing?

Maybe the entire history and ongoing present of something called "tactical media"? Maybe an infinite discussion around a relatively slim book called "Society of the Spectacle"?

Eric Kluitenberg and friends have put together an interesting little website on the former:

http://www.tacticalmediafiles.net

best, Brian


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