German 'Open Letter" and 'Irregular Ukraine linklist'

2022-05-17 Thread Michael Benson
I'm not interested in hashing out (increasingly weirdly irrelevant) distinctions between left, right and center, though I'm allergic to interpretations of leftism as fundamentally pacifist, when the roots of 'the' left (because there were many, as Ted recently pointed out) lie at least in part in a

Re: irregular ukraine linklist

2022-05-14 Thread Ted Byfield
On 12 May 2022, at 6:05, podinski wrote: > "Why I Can't Wave a Ukrainian Flag – A Dissenting Teach-In on Russia's > > Invasion" by Daniel Herman > > [https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/183040](https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/183040) This is a wordy, milquetoast variation on self-styled

Re: irregular ukraine linklist

2022-05-12 Thread David Garcia
>PLEASE ADD some more *diverse* and irregular materials to expand the >perspectives, and also regarding the multiple aggressors and profiteers >of our disturbingly not-so-new gruesome little proxy WW3 simulations ! >We might actually need a little more light shed on the varieties o

irregular ukraine linklist

2022-05-10 Thread Geert Lovink
Please read Svitlana Matviyenko’s latest dairy entry on INC’s Ukraine blog: part 9 https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/10/dispatches-from-the-place-of-imminence-part-9/ Twitch is one of the few platforms Ukrainians can use to speak directly to the Russian people https://www.vice.com/en/arti

Irregular Ukraine Linklist

2022-04-09 Thread Geert Lovink
Ukranian Dispatches https://newfascismsyllabus.com/category/contributions/ukrainian-dispatches/ Mariupol computer museum destroyed (via Patrice) https://kbd.news/Mariupol-computer-museum-destroyed-1327.html Essay and Zoom interview with Ukranian film maker Oleksyi Radynski (via Alex) https://www.

Re: Irregular Ukraine Linklist

2022-03-18 Thread Michael Dieter
The week after next I'll participate in a datasprint at University of Amsterdam focusing on Russian disinformation, the rapidly shifting policies in platform governance and the increasing problem of the 'splinternet'. In preparation, I compiled a timeline of platform geopolitics since the invasion

Re: Irregular Ukraine Linklist

2022-03-16 Thread Kenny McBride
...and please don't forget to write to your own government and demand they stop feeding the war machine. And don't forget to also send a text to a random westerner telling them their governments are lying to them also. ok let's go Very best, Kenneth McBride On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 at 09:08, Geert

Re: Irregular Ukraine Linklist

2022-03-16 Thread Stefan Heidenreich
Hi Ted, I'm totally with you on one point: Macgregor is very doubtful and uttered a lot of terrible political nonsense. He comes from military, after all. I also detest his political views. But: what if his assessment of the military situation on the ground and of the political situation in Wa

Re: Irregular Ukraine Linklist

2022-03-16 Thread Ted Byfield
On 16 Mar 2022, at 4:45, Stefan Heidenreich wrote: > add this: Former senior advisor the Secretary of Defense Col. Doug Macgregor > on the situation in Ukraine and Washington: It seems strange to see this on nettime. Macgregor is a Putin apologist who's called Zelensky a "puppet," accused him o

Re: Irregular Ukraine Linklist

2022-03-16 Thread Stefan Heidenreich
add this: Former senior advisor the Secretary of Defense Col. Doug Macgregor on the situation in Ukraine and Washington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFngc_8RiVc Am 16.03.2022 um 09:08 schrieb Geert Lovink: Compiled for/by INC Ukraine page and more tech meets tactical media initiatives http

Irregular Ukraine Linklist

2022-03-16 Thread Geert Lovink
Compiled for/by INC Ukraine page and more tech meets tactical media initiatives https://networkcultures.org/blog/category/ukraine/ Donation campaign for Ukranian media https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-ukraines-media-going