New Events

International

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

Anti-Empire

offsite link North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link ?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Anti-Empire >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Thu Sep 18, 2025 01:08 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Furious Tory Row Breaks Out at State Visit Reception as Boris Defends Record in Government Wed Sep 17, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
A furious Tory row broke out at a state visit reception on Tuesday night as Boris Johnson defended his record in government before a gathering of senior Conservative and Reform figures.
The post Furious Tory Row Breaks Out at State Visit Reception as Boris Defends Record in Government appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump?s Genius is He Understands There Are No Ordinary People Wed Sep 17, 2025 17:52 | Joanna Gray
Donald Trump's genius is that he understands there are no ordinary people, says Joanna Gray. British politicians would do well to copy his refusal to talk down to the public.
The post Trump’s Genius is He Understands There Are No Ordinary People appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Activists Circulate Guide on How to Ground ?One In, One Out? Flights Wed Sep 17, 2025 15:42 | Will Jones
Pro-migrant campaigners have circulated a guide on how to ground 'one in, one out' flights, telling activists how to contact Air France and prevent the planes from taking off.
The post Activists Circulate Guide on How to Ground ‘One In, One Out’ Flights appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Starmer Faces Disaster in Wales as Poll Shows Labour in Freefall Behind Reform and Set to Lose First... Wed Sep 17, 2025 13:56 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer?is facing a disaster in Wales as a poll shows Labour in freefall behind Reform and set to lose the First Minister post for the first time since devolution.
The post Starmer Faces Disaster in Wales as Poll Shows Labour in Freefall Behind Reform and Set to Lose First Minister Post for First Time appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

International - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

The internet is killing our culture

category international | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice author Tuesday November 04, 2008 12:53author by unwagedslave Report this post to the editors

Andrew Keen is one of the pioneering entrepreneurs of the first internet boom. He argues that Web 2.0 is an anarchic movement that destroys culture of real value. A must listen for all indymedia participants. Short 15 minute radio program.

BBC Radio 4 Iconoclasts
It "worships the creative amateur: the self-taught filmmaker, the dorm-room musician, the unpublished writer" and its rise is killing off the higher-level culture we would get from paid professionals who can only be published if they're good enough. We need the gatekeepers if we value high quality creative expression. Furthermore the more free content is available; the more unwilling people are to pay for content. Andrew Keen is fiercely opposed to the ideology of the free, we should be rewarded for our labour.

author by doublespeakpublication date Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:10author address author phone Report this post to the editors

cos they see the internet as a tool of expanding culture. I would suggest that the doublespeak in this
article comes from someone who ate too many e-litist munchies for their breakfast.

I would imagine that historically the work of Gnu/fsf/eff/Floss has contributed more to information
sharing and documentation than any other movement in History, moving controls and money into
the equations is about sniffily attempting to take away a democratic organisation tool from us plebs.

All the main cultural/theatrical/archival services in ireland are easy access/net friendly-

Greeeeeeeat to see

;-)

author by I want free stuffpublication date Wed Nov 05, 2008 22:16author address author phone Report this post to the editors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/iconoclasts/
Internet's gr8 4 free stuff.
The prgram last week was on 'Illegal drugs can be good for you'. Who'd a thunk?

author by barrapublication date Thu Nov 06, 2008 17:14author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Goodbyes elitist culture ! The rabble is given a creative voice !

 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy