Sunday, 18 October 2020

CAMPAIGNING DIRECT ACTION

ALL posts are TBC + added to over time...

TECHNOLOGY: HOW THE TELEGRAM APP IS ENRAGING AUTOCRATS WORLDWIDE, eg BELARUS
Lengthy Guardian feature.

You can probably guess which newspaper site this comes from?

Most modern campaigns seek to respond to the perceived failings of mass/mainstream media by using the potential of social, and stunts designed to gain coverage in mass media outlets. This extends to financing - which the newspaper above noted with distaste! 
The latest LBD Crowdfunder.co.uk campaign has been a success (the Wiki gives the impression they're almost defunct!)



KEY LINKS FOR SOME USEFUL CASE STUDIES

The 1st 3 are campaigning from a left-wing stance; Fathers4Justice largely from a right-wing stance (though there is considerable variation amongst its membership)

Lions Led By Donkeys 

wiki; official: FB, Insta, Twtr + Twtr podcast; Guardian; Daily Mail; BBC; Crowdfunder (current 2020)


Stop Funding Hate 

wiki; official: FB, Insta, Twtr; Guardian; Daily Mail; BBC; crowdfunding; Spectator [r-wg]; Impaktr case study;

See also No More Page 3 (DB MediaReg blog) which used similar tactics, + won the support of Caroline Lucas - who was warned for wearing their tee-shirt in a Commons debate!

Greta Thunberg 

wiki; official: Twitter, FB, Insta; FridaysForFuture; Guardian; Daily Mail; BBC; Time 2019 PotYear; TED Talk; TheYearOfGreta.com; I am Greta (2020 Hulu doc film; google on this)


FATHERS 4 JUSTICE / NEW FATHERS FOR JUSTICE (from 2010)

wikiofficialFB (various: international)InstaTwtrGuardianDaily MailBBCcrowdfundingSpectator [r-wg]; 

NEW FATHERS: wiki; official: FB, Insta, Tumblr; YouTube; Guardian; Daily Mail; BBC; 2016 Santa stunt;






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