Picking the strongest internet meme is impossible – but if there was such a list the Hitler bunker scene remix must be one of the most recurring. Check out this short list of examples from YouTube. Unfortunately TechCrunch reports that Constantin Film, the German film company, who made the movie has begun removing the parodies. [...]

From Human Rights Watch comes this fascinating report on the monks resistance in Burma and its aftermath. This 99-page report written by longtime Burma watcher Bertil Lintner, describes the repression Burma’s monks experienced after they led demonstrations against the government in September 2007. The report tells the stories of individual monks who were arrested, beaten [...]

In case anyone missed it President Sarkozy recently decided to attack the Burka In our country we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity,” Mr Sarkozy said to applause in the parliament’s ceremonial Versailles home. The burka is not a religious sign. It [...]

The terrible acts and the incredible bravery. China 20 years ago today troops were ordered in to clear the democracy movement protests in Beijing. The incredible image of Jeff Widener captures the bravery of the individual 5 June 1989.

Bit late but what a great idea! A woman in Paris holds condoms with a picture of Pope Benedict XVI. This condoms were released to mock the pope after he rejected condoms as a weapon against AIDS during his African trip. From the Guardian.

Providing cameras and video cameras to different groups is not an uncommon method which allows the subjects to bring their own lives into focus without the direct mediation of the “outsider” camera/filmmaker. Naturally all uses of technology contain risks of bias and slanted views – nobody still believes that the camera never lies? Even if [...]

In Sweden politicians often complain that the young are not politically active – this is just wrong and reflects the way in which acceptable political action is defined. Bu this is not really the purpose of this post. A 15-year-old was taking part in a peaceful protest against Scientology when a policewoman told him to [...]

The higher philosophy behind billboard liberation is the re-appropriation of public space. It is a reaction against the commercialization of the world in which we live where there is a virtual monopoly on the right to broadcast messages into the public sphere. Individuals and organizations (for example the Billboard Liberation Front) carry out acts of [...]

Tommie Smith was the winner of the 200-meter dash at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. His teammate John Carlos came third. “The two American athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty…” Both the americans and the silver medalist wore Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) badges. “Carlos had [...]

On Thursday next week (14/2) I will be holding a seminar on technology and resistance. The goal of this seminar is to develop my material which will be included as a book chapter in an upcoming work. Here is an abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to look at the ways in which technology [...]

It is easy to recognize the potential social benefits of web2.0 networking sites. This may be why when they are flooded with pointless, time-consuming trivia the frustration of some is quick to rise to the surface. This is why, despite (or maybe because of) widespread popularity people tend to question (I have written here) the [...]