PUBLIC MARKS with tags culture & politics

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We see a growing number of people tied together not by age, career, background, or circumstance, but by a shared interest. This revolves around a passion for potential mixed with fierce pragmatism and creative engagement. We sum all this up as the sensibility of giving a damn. But to shorten it, let's call it GOOD. We're here to push this movement and cover its realization. For while so much of today's media is taking up our space, dumbing us down, and impeding our productivity, GOOD exists to add value. So here's our first issue. We worked hard to give you something that you'll like.

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blog for important journal, Space and Culture

accumulation of blog entries on important postcolonial theorist

culture and theory blog with a progressive politics; well written

The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.

"writings cutting across and between politics, media, literature, history, law, science, medicine, philosophy, economics, music, film and more." Attractive and informative graphic design for ejournal homepage.

Oct 06. Innovative academic TV site, Flow, has upcoming conversational conference coming at end of month. Contributors submit short position papers, available for downloading.

new blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications

wiki for course on Participatory Media and Collective Action

theses for a proposed book on this topic, to which readers are invited to contribute, with comments included in "symposia" after each chapter, first announcement. Later entries include chapter contributors, topics, comments.

e-journal: "process of re-imagining democracy, broadly conceived as referring to the multitude of practices that shape everyday life"; in-depth left essays from an international perspective

1993, complete text of essay delineating important event in Internet history

good consideration of international issues, well written

a fun chart illustrating the plot and connections between characters of a good political film

blog by media teacher "profiling some of the web2.0 developments--in a cultural, political and social sense"

left journal: change comes from self organization of workers and oppressed groups

interesting left theory online journal--"exploring culture and politics after the net"

developed by a class taught by Kathleen Fitzpatrick

resources and information on Palestinian cinema