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Jammin' Tools

The Culture Jammers canvas is the media. Billboards, television, print, the Net. If you want to put the power of the media into the hands of its victims draw inspiration from the Culture Jammers' Toolbox:

http://www.adbusters.org/Toolbox/index.html

And when you're done read how the pro's have accomplished extraordinary feats of creativity, ingenuity and danger it in Mark Dery's seminal essay:

http://gopher.well.sf.ca.us:70/0/cyberpunk/cultjam.txt

What inspires Jammers so?

"...the degree of success PR firms have in manipulating public opinion and policy is almost impossible to determine. By design, the PR industry carefully conceals many of its activities. [ ... ] The best PR ends up looking like news. You never know when a PR agency is being effective; you'll just find your views slowly shifting."

Public Relationships: Hill & Knowlton, Robert Gray, and the CIA, by Johan Carlisle. CAQ #44, 1993

Also in 2.01:

Lobbying Politicians - A Guide

Protest.Net

Nonprofit.orgs Made Easy

Searching EnvironLink

 

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