Unlike corporations, governments, and universities, most activists don’t have access to a PR department to handle their media relations. A good media strategy, and tight media messaging, is key to mobilizing the masses, throwing a at-capacity event and even changing government policy. Learn about message boxes, media advisories and press releases, and creative ways to…
We’re very please that our academic article “Outside but Along-Side: Stumbling with Social Movements as Academic Activists” has been published in a special issue of the open-access journal Studies in Social Justice, the first of two dedicated to the “Scholar-Activist Terrain in Canada and Ireland.” Here’s the abstract: In this article, we critically reflect on…
Special event: A collaboration between The Radical Imagination Project, the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group and the Ecology Action Centre. Monday, December 14, 6:30pm – Central Branch Library, Room 301 Cultures of Resistance (2015) Directed by Avi Lewis and produced in conjunction with Lewis’ partner Naomi Klein’s bestselling book of the same name, This Changes Everything…
PORTRAIT OF RESISTANCE: THE ART AND ACTIVISM OF CAROLE CONDÉ & KARL BEVERIDGE (2011, Dir. Roz Owen, 72′). As the wealth-divide and environmental crises grip public awareness, the world is finally catching up to the vision and ideas of Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge — pioneering artist-activists who have been working for social change since the…
WE ARE LEGION: THE STORY OF THE HACKTIVISTS (2012, Dir. Brian Knappenberger, 93′) takes us inside the complex culture and history of Anonymous. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, and then moves to Anonymous’ own raucous and unruly beginnings on the website 4Chan.Through interviews with current members…
These documentary films explore the how new technologies and global-scale problems pose hard questions for today’s society. Join us for provocative documentary films, followed by moderated discussion. A collaboration betweenThe Radical Imagination Project and the Cinema Politica Network and the Halifax Public Libraries. More information: http://radicalimagination.org/whose-knowledge-whose-power All screenings are held at the new Central Branch of the…
The first Radical Imagination Festival, held September 19 and 20, 2015 at the Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax, was a great success. We’re very pleased to share the audio archive here http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/77273 A huge thanks to Pierre Loiselle, the audio engineer. The Radical Imagination Festival Series: Subtitle: Social movements, the radical imagination and the struggle…
