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Showing videos filed under: tactical technology collective
Tactical Technology Collective: Use Collective Intelligence
March 12, 2010Twitter and other social media have made it easier to reach groups of people at a time, a tactic that our friends at Tactical Technology Collective note allows activists to use collective intelligence in their work.Tactical Technology Collective: Amplify Personal Stories
March 10, 2010In this latest clip from our friends at the Tactical Technology Collective, we see how personal stories can be used to reach people about issues they may not have been concerned about before.Youth Unemployment, Carrie Brunk, and Student Protests
March 9, 2010The focus during the unemployment crisis has been largely on those who have lost their jobs, but students and first-time job seekers have been hit hard as well. Viany Orozco of Demos points out that for those who enter the workforce for the first time during a recession, the wage hit can last for many years down the road.Tactical Technology Collective: Provoke a Smile
March 9, 2010Humor can be a powerful tool for justice and can help spread your message. So say our friends at the Tactical Technology Collective, who have seen tools from karaoke to comedy aid in organizing.International Women's Day, Vanishing Bees, and From Grass to Cheese
March 8, 2010Monday, March 8 is International Women's Day, a holiday (in some countries--but not the U.S.) honoring the contributions of women around the world. While we pause to celebrate achievements, we also have to talk about how far we have yet to go to achieve true equality.Tactical Technology Collective: Visualize Your Message
March 2, 2010From our friends at Tactical Technology Collective, this third video in the series explains how visual representations of information and data can broaden the reach of information activism across language barriers.Mapping Torture, Renee Feltz, and Hebron
March 1, 2010In Trevor Paglen's new book, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World, he investigates the "off the map" locations of covert government activity: including the "salt pit" in Kabul where Khaled El-Masri was held.Tactical Technology Collective: Witness and Record
February 23, 2010From our friends at Tactical Technology Collective, this second video in the series shows how ordinary citizens from around the world used basic video technology to record events and corrupt actions and effect change.Food Stamps, Imran Malik and CPAC
February 22, 2010In a recent article for ColorLines, Seth Wessler reported on one woman's struggle to support her family when cash benefits from the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program--the one that replaced welfare under Bill Clinton's 1996 welfare reform--run out. "Selling Food Stamps For Kids' Shoes" was the title of the article, and it creates a stark picture of the impossible choices more and more families are forced to make in the continuing recession.
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