#climatecamp — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #climatecamp, aggregated by home.social.
-
Looking back: 15 years of working on the #openweb
Looking back through #dotcons notes and blog posts, it's striking how little the underlying issues have changed. The language has evolved, the technology has moved, but the same struggle keeps resurfacing.
Back in December 2010 - "The battle for the internet is switching from a cold war to a hot war." At the time this sounded dramatic. Today it feels almost understated. The enclosure of the web has accelerated. A handful of corporations dominate communication, control public discourse and increasingly shape #mainstreaming politics. The battle is no longer hidden, it is happening in plain sight.
Around the same time - "There is NO GOOD FUTURE in corporate social networks. FULL STOP." Fifteen years later, this feels less like a prediction than an observation. The #dotcons built business models around surveillance, advertising and behavioural manipulation. Those incentives inevitably produced outrage, misinformation, polarisation and dependency. These outcomes weren't bugs - they were features of the economic path.
In 2011, I was reflecting on experiences with #climatecamp, #indymedia and horizontal organising, I described people as: "Mannequins dancing to barely visible strings." That image has stayed with me. Much of our activism became reactive, pulled by hidden incentives, #NGO funding priorities, social media algorithms and media cycles. We believed we were acting freely while following paths laid out for us by systems we barely noticed.
By 2017, frustration with this pattern had become sharper "The #fashionistas are making lame excuses not to embrace the #reboot of the #openweb." Too many people who talked endlessly about change continued investing their time, energy and communities into the very #dotcons corporate platforms causing the problem. The excuses changed, but the outcome stayed the same: further enclosure and further dependence.
Then in 2019, the thinking behind the #OMN had become clearer *"The #OMN is a social technology held together by the #4opens that pushes into being a digital commons. What we then do with this liberated space is up to us." This remains the heart of the project.
#OMN has never been about building yet another platform. It is about creating social infrastructure. The technology matters, but only because it enables communities to organise, publish, collaborate and govern themselves.
The #4opens are not simply a development methodology; they are a way of building trust. They create the conditions for commons to grow.
Looking back, I'm pleased that the core direction hasn't really changed. The problem was never simply Facebook, Twitter or Google.The problem was always centralisation. The answer was never another app.The answer was always rebuilding the commons.
The task now is much the same as it was fifteen years ago to stop feeding the #dotcons, compost the failures, nurture the green shoots and continue the long reboot of the #openweb.
Some ideas age badly. Others simply become more urgent.
-
"Some jumbled thoughts - Mannequins dancing to barely visible strings" (Dec 2011, reflecting on #climatecamp, #indymedia, #horizontal)
-
The #openweb we need to reboot this path of tech, but more importantly, rebuild the crew that made it possible.
Look back at #Climatecamp and #Indymedia (https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatecamp/) radical, messy, collective. That energy built something real. But we also tore it apart. The reasons weren’t just technical, they were mostly social. Power struggles, blocking, burnout, mistrust.
If we want a real reboot, we can’t just repeat the same mistakes. We need to compost what failed, keep the working parts, and grow something that can sustain itself. That’s both tech and culture.
The lesson is simple: the tools matter, but the trust matters more.
-
Smiling-faced vileness: How enforced politeness becomes a weapon in grassroots paths
Too often, the ugliness we face in grassroots spaces wears a smile. It’s smiling-faced vileness: pleasant, agreeable individuals who wield control by blocking dissent, sanitizing movements under the guise of compromise, and maintaining the fake illusion of consensus. This is especially true in spaces overly tolerant of #NGO-style protocols - those bureaucratic, #fashionista postmodern traps that slowly erode the spark that makes real alternative communities thrive. From my work across […]https://hamishcampbell.com/smiling-vileness-ngo-control-is-the-death-of-any-radical-community-path/
-
#ClimateCamp Media hamishcampbell.com/climatecamp-... On the subject of social media and underground/wannabe mainstream film-makers/photographers, there are very real dangers that is the subject of another post.
ClimateCamp Media – Hamish Cam... -
#ClimateCamp Media https://hamishcampbell.com/climatecamp-media/ On the subject of social media and underground/wannabe mainstream film-makers/photographers, there are very real dangers that is the subject of another post.
-
Organising in the 21st Century: What’s Beneath the Surface?
Let’s talk about how we actually organise, in grassroots movements, radical alternatives, and yes, even in the broader currents of #mainstreaming. Like a river system, the real action is happening under the surface in tributaries and the undercurrents that shape how power flows and decisions get made. We can roughly split organising methods into two broad categories:The Horizontals (our grassroots tradition) is often celebrated, but rarely understood in practice. These organising streams […]https://hamishcampbell.com/organising-in-the-21st-century-whats-beneath-the-surface/
-
In the horizontal alt there are only two successful working practices, most organising happens by “invisible affinity groups” #climatecamp and #RTS are examples of this. Rarely “open affinity groups” are also successful, examples would be early #Indymedia and this tech at Balcome. Where are we an example of what works https://hamishcampbell.com/where-are-we-an-example-of-what-works/
-
Activism, development of #FOSS paths
Open source was always political, the very idea of #FOSS was always a radical, left-leaning stance. Let’s be honest, you’re giving away your labour.Not for profit, not for career points,but because you believe we’d all be better off togetherif we stopped rewriting the same bits of code in isolationand started building commons instead of empires. That’s not apolitical - that’s solidarity. The #openweb is not just about better software.It is about building a world where […]https://hamishcampbell.com/activism-matters-for-tech-development-and-foss-paths/
-
Quite apart from the urgent issues it confronts, #ClimateCamp is simply a joyous place to be. You get to learn, eat delicious food, take action, dance, work, and socialise with some of the best folks around. Everyone who can, should go! Learn to weave, tan eel skins, support Palestine, fight colonialism/capitalism and camp in a field!
-
#Fash much, #UK? #Preemptive arrests of #ClimateActivists, but it's perfectly fine to be a #FarRight #AntiImmigrant #Fascist?
Mass pre-emptive arrest of #ReclaimThePower #activists in #Yorkshire
Aug 8, 2024
22 held as police foil plot to bring #CompostToilets and #wheelchair track to #Drax #ClimateCamp
"UPDATE 13.30: the climate camp has now been cancelled
"Officers from the Metropolitan police this morning led local forces in a raid on Bentley Urban Farm in Doncaster, said eye witnesses. They arrested twenty two activists, who were preparing to transport infrastructure, sanitation and accessibility equipment to the upcoming climate camp at Drax power station.
"Crashing sounds were heard from outside the site as vehicles and equipment were impounded. The detainees were taken to York police station, where they are being held for conspiracy charges: in this case, to interfere with key national infrastructure at Drax Power Station in Selby between 8 and 13 August. Media repeated the police’s claim they are “not against protest but against crime”.
"This morning’s pre-emptive arrests, ahead of a peaceful protest, contrast sharply with the State’s failure to foil recent far right violence, said Reclaim the Power. 'Black and Brown communities are under attack with fire and bricks and the police have made the unfathomable decision to divert resources away from those communities to arrest 22 people taking equipment to make a peaceful climate protest safe and accessible', said the group in a statement."
#UKPol #SilencingDissent #ClimateProtest #Activism #OldGrowthForest #WoodPellets #SaveTheForest
-
#BentleyUrbanFarm (#BUF) is an AWARD-WINNING #UpcycleMarketGarden in #Bentley, #Doncaster
Pigs 🐷 🐷 pretend they can't control their friends in the #farright (in my opinion, it's intentional), who are destroying the country, but these uniformed scum have nothing better to do but to arrest 22 activists who were preparing to transport infrastructure, sanitation and ACCESSIBILITY EQUIPMENT to an upcoming #climatecamp at #Drax power station.
The 22 activists were taken to #YorkStation and held on 'conspiracy charges'
-
If you're at the @systemchangecamp #SystemChangeCamp #climatecamp - I'll talk about the problems with Green Electricity and Double Counting at 11:15 https://programm.infraunited.org/scc24/talk/TDQMSQ/
-
Sli-Eile
https://linktr.ee/sli_eileAbout Climate Camp Ireland 2024
https://climatecampireland.ie/about/FAQ PDF
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0wv9c5wu29myu6eym61el/Climate-Camp-Ireland-2024.pdf? -
Climate Camp Scotland will be happening this week in Aberdeen.
The response to the current climate catastrophe is not going to resolved with appeals to authority, it is going to take grass-roots participation.
For more info:
https://www.climatecampscotland.com/
#ClimateCamp #Activism #Scotland #Aberdeen #ClimateCampScotland
-
What Should New Leftists Do?
This is a guide for more vertically inclined activists to work with more horizontal activism, for an active fluffy/spiky debate to become a part of communities of action. 1. Pursue an Education Technical Focus: Aim for education with a technical edge. History shows that post-revolutionary societies often face a "brain drain" where technical specialists are in short supply. Your expertise in fields like engineering, data management, or medical professions can significantly contribute to […]https://hamishcampbell.com/what-should-new-leftists-do-a-guide/
-
#Klimaaktivismus verbindet
Wir am #KlimcampAugsburg freuen uns über Besuch und den kreativen, farbenfrohen Austausch!#climateactivism brings us together we at the #climatecamp #Augsburg are happy to have guests from all over Europe and are thankful for the colorful exchange
https://www.klimacamp-augsburg.de/tagebuch/#farbenfrohe-verbindung
-
Field based anarchic organising is the best kind of anarchic organising.
Is any research conducted in a field, field research?
-
Climate Camp wraps up after Ineos confrontation
Following well-organised protests at the site of Scotland's biggest polluter the camp at Kinneil, Grangemouth has been tidied away and legal support is now ongoing for nine people who were detained over the weekend.The camp was sited just a mile away from Ineos' headquarters to the east of Grangemouth, a
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/07/19/climate-camp-wraps-up-after-ineos-confrontation/
#ClimateCamp #Grangemouth #Ineos #Oil #Scotland -
Reclaim the Change: a camp for those seeking climate justice and alternatives to capitalism!
Join @klimafaelden as we return to Århus for a week of workshops, discussions, community building and reclaiming the change that we want to see in the world!
Begins on thursday. More info here: https://dukop.dk/5243/
#dkGreen #dkPol #DukOp #ClimateAction #ClimateCamp #Klimafælden
-
We used to have working alternative culture on the ground and online https://visionon.tv/w/oRkeBaKAa2pRrKE4ndoCVP this is a simple video from #climatecamp that gives you an idea of the power and organization of grassroots we need.
-
100± people locked on to and blockading a #coal train in #Newcastle #Australia, to #protest #climatechange
-
@russss #climatecamp was affective https://visionon.tv/search?search=climatecamp&searchTarget=local we should share some videos
-
The is a good #openweb video history of #climatecamp on our peertube https://visionon.tv/search?sort=-views&searchTarget=local&search=climatecamp
-
@pietervdvn here is a very long messy list of #openweb videos on the subject https://visionon.tv/search?search=climatecamp&searchTarget=local I made meany of them :)
-
Where is our media
Published Date 1/24/15 7:42 AM #Climatecamp is a clear example of the transition from alternative media to social media. When the Climate Change Movement began, #Indymedia was already in decline. At the first two Climate Camps, however, there was still a healthy Indymedia centre providing internet access, sustainable power, and shared computers. There has always been tension between alternative media and outreach to traditional media. They compete with each other and, to a large extent, […] -
Organiseing the 21st Century
Published Date 12/23/14 7:52 PM
Let’s look at how we acturly organise. Grassroots alternative streams (and #mainstreaming river with more complexity) can be split into a number of streams
* The horizontals
* The verticals
In the horizontals the organising is actually pretty opaque – lets look at the tributary’s
Organic consensus – This is rare and generally fleeting, a working example is the rainbow gathering, generally as the project settles into place organic consensus is […]