Re: <nettime> Manifestos, Twitter, and Action Against The Autocrats.

[James Wallbank <james@lowtech.org>]

Hi Nettime,

I had a large response to the Twitter thread I posted. It does seem that there is a distinct appetite for analysis of how populist autocracy is operating, and (encouragingly) appetite to take on board tool-kits to form resistant responses.

The thread has been reworked into an article for ByLine Times, available here:

https://bylinetimes.com/2020/07/30/johnson-cummings-are-waging-war-on-the-british-state/

Whether this is the start of wider engagement, or of the de-natureing of resistant rhetoric into media product is to be seen. It appears to read well, but I have yet to analyse precisely which bits of the text have been excised, and what effect that may have.

Either way, again, I hope it helps!

Best Regards,

James
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