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Rebel Media in an age of crisis
We live in tumultuous times. Our world is wracked by a convergence of destabilizing and devastating wars, soaring levels of inequality, and mass waves of human displacement. Battered by increasingly erratic weather patterns, we are haunted by the terrifying spectre of ecological collapse. Ours is an age of crisis.
This crisis takes many forms: from record-breaking droughts and hurricanes, to uprisings sparked by rising food prices; from rapidly melting glaciers, to sudden stock market crashes; from rampant deforestation, to mass incarceration and round-the-clock surveillance. Yet despite the apparently chaotic nature of these disparate phenomena, they are all manifestations of a single, unitary crisis. That crisis is capitalism itself – a unitary logic of domination that pursues profit at the expense of all life on this planet.
Yes… ours is an age of crisis. But it is also an age of resistance. From Indigenous warriors waging front-line struggles against colonial violence and the ecological destruction of their territories, to urban rebellions against heavily militarized police; from insurrectionary student movements demanding free education, to coordinated prison strikes demanding an end to solitary confinement; from struggles against South American copper mines, to the revolutionaries in Rojava building a new society in the shell of the old. All around the world, people are rising up and fighting back.
In this age of unprecedented corporate media consolidation, we believe that independent, grassroots media has a responsibility to amplify the voices of those engaged in this swelling movement of anti-capitalist and anti-colonial resistance. Voices that are often ignored, marginalized and purposefully shut out of the mainstream narratives that shape and manage public opinion. This is a responsibility that we take extremely seriously.
Over the past decade, subMedia has produced hundreds of videos showcasing the many battles being waged by the global resistance. We’ve filed in-depth reports on anti-fracking protests in Elsipogtog, the anti-pipeline land-defense of the Unist’ot’en camp, the anarchist movement in Athens, the 2012 Quebec student strike, the anti-nuke movement in Japan, and more.
Our videos, short films and collaborations have reached hundreds of thousands of viewers, and have been screened in dozens of countries across the world. We are proud to hear that they’ve inspired many who have watched them into taking action. But despite this, we want to do more.
We are hoping to grow subMedia, and to expand the scope of our coverage. We want to produce more on-the-ground reports and translate our films into more languages in order to expand our international audience. We want to branch out into new directions, and start producing short, introductory videos explaining radical theories and concepts that can be easily digested by a mass audience. We want to grow our collective, and start putting out more regular content. But in order to do all this, we need your support. subMedia is a small, grassroots collective that depends entirely on viewer donations in order to fund our work. So if you like what we do, and want to see more of it, please consider making a donation and help grow subMedia.tv
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23 Comments on "Rebel Media in an age of crisis"
makati1 on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 5:27 am
Ok, Submedia, where do you get ALL of your funds from? You don’t operate for free. I bet you also don’t operate from your readers contributions. Also, who runs your website? Names? Background? Affiliations?
I spent about 30 minutes today tracking down an author on a ‘Philippine’ website that appears to be independent and funded by contributions from it’s readers. After following the author’s trail through several website locations, it turns out he works for a website supported by … Tah Tah Tah Tum! … a Washington DC think tank. Now who would have guessed? LMAO
Hello on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 6:02 am
Did they beat up Manila? Holy shit Mak, that must have pissed you off.
Good thing you spent the time to vindicate yourself by following links.
What a relief that must have been.
Boat on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 8:39 am
In this age of unprecedented corporate media consolidation, we believe that independent, grassroots media has a responsibility to amplify the voices of those engaged in this swelling movement of anti-capitalist and anti-colonial resistance. Voices that are often ignored, marginalized and purposefully shut out of the mainstream narratives that shape and manage public opinion. This is a responsibility that we take extremely seriously.
What hog wash. The internet made it possible for diversity in the news. In fact it is the MSM that is losing market share. First it was the cable industry and now even cable is losing out to the internet. Think netflix.
I hate commercials. It appears many others do also.
Peak Oil Prognosticator on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 9:11 am
It’s capitalism!
Well unless we plan on de-industrializing and going back to the year 1450 I doubt the planets environmental concerns will ever be solved. My belief is not that capitalism is the culprit but rather industrial civilization that is the culprit. Capitalism just happened to be the system that existed through the industrial civilization. If the whole world tomorrow were to live like the Soviets lived we would still run into the same problems. And as long as populations grow and demands of the population increase, the world economy MUST keep growing to fill those needs.
The idea of “sustainable” industrialization without destruction of the planet and running into problems like peak oil is hilarious. It’s painfully naive and is used to convince stupid idiots that their lifestyles now can be sustainable in the future. They are not. Think corporations are unreasonable? Try one government entity or one collective of morons controlling everything, then see the same horrors.
GregT on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 9:44 am
“What hog wash. The internet made it possible for diversity in the news.”
Most people still watch the MSM news, over the internet. As Mak has pointed out above, many believe that they are streaming alternate news, but they are not. The same old propaganda being spewed forth by the same half dozen media conglomerates. People only listen to what they want to hear, just like you Boat. Denial runs rampant today throughout our society.
tahoe1780 on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 10:16 am
An interesting source: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
Boat on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 10:30 am
GregT,
I watch sports. Yes I am in denial. The rockets should have won it all. I hardly ever watch the news. When I take time for tv it is movies from netflix or sports. My mainstream fix is Reuters for breaking headlines.
I spend more time following links here than on news. Even though the spin here is just as bad. lol
Davy on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 10:38 am
Yea, Tahoe, great site at bashing US and coalition troops for their war deeds. That is no doubt a worthy criticism but then it goes on to glorify Russian activity with Syria and ISIS. What is it, war is bad if the U.S. conducts it and or good if Russia conducts it? War is a failure period any way you look at it.
To me this is a low intelligence high agenda focus site and so typical of anti-American discussions. Let’s eliminate double standards, lack of fairness, and unbalanced discussions if we can. This bs is on both sides and it is part of he doors of deception everywhere we look.
GregT on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 10:40 am
“I watch sports. Yes I am in denial. The rockets should have won it all. I hardly ever watch the news. When I take time for tv it is movies from netflix or sports. My mainstream fix is Reuters for breaking headlines.”
Thanks Boat, just as I suspected.
Boat on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 10:50 am
Davy,
A lot of people are just can’t fight through their programing and never will. They think their countries actions are justified just because they were born there.
But alas it’s the same with racism and gender bashing. It will still be a few generations before the masses will learn to get along if climate change hasn’t taken us out by then.
We had very little plumbing in 1920, less than 100 years ago. Maybe we just expect to much from ourselves.
tahoe1780 on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 11:33 am
Davy, war is bad if the aggressor uses mercenaries and propaganda to foment unrest and overthrow governments to advance their own agenda. Its bad when they use false flag events and WMD claims to sway public opinion, and use the presence of said mercenaries as an excuse to destroy a country’s infrastructure and displace millions of its people. Its justified to defend your naval base, honor your commitments to your allies, defend your borders, and actually focus your bombs on the aggressors.
apneaman on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 11:59 am
tahoe, are you sure? I mean if some empire repeatedly did all these evil deeds don’t ya think someone would have wrote a factual book exposing their history of dirty deeds?.
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and CIA
Interventions Since World
War II – Part I
William Blum
Contents
PART I
Introduction 6
1. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? 20
2. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style 27
3. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state 33
4. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America’s oldest colony 38
5. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be? 44
6. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy 54
7. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor 56
8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism 60
9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings 63
10. Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched 71
11. Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I 82
12. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government 84
13. The Middle East 1957-1958:
The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America 88
14. Indonesia 1957-1958: War and pornography 98
15. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts 103
16. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA’s international labor mafia 107
17. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing 113
18. Italy 1950s to 1970s:
Supporting the Cardinal’s orphans and techno-fascism 119
19. Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus 122
20. Cambodia 1955-1973:
Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism 133
21. Laos 1957-1973: L’Armee Clandestine 139
22. Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again 145
23. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another 146
24. France/Algeria 1960s: L’etat, c’est la CIA 148
25. Ecuador 1960-1963: A textbook of dirty tricks 153
26. The Congo 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba 156
27. Brazil 1961-1964:
Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads 163
28. Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle 172
29. Dominican Republic 1960-1966:
Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy 175
30. Cuba 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution 185
31. Indonesia 1965:
Liquidating President Sukarno … and 500,000 others
East Timor 1975: And 200,000 more 194
32. Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line 199
33. Uruguay 1964-1970: Torture—as American as apple pie 201
34. Chile 1964-1973:
A hammer and sickle stamped on your child’s forehead 207
https://collapseofindustrialcivilization.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/blumkillinghope.pdf
Davy on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 12:13 pm
Nope, Tahoe war is always bad. There are endless ways to justify it. That is not to say some are worse then others and some countries worse than others. Even that is an endless interpretation.
peakyeast on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 12:32 pm
I totally agree with Davy here.
There are no excuses for going to war.
If we could get rid of those psychopat genes it would help our species a lot.
But, actually, it seems our social structure promotes murderous powermongers and that we do not want this to change.
The human species look like a dead end exactly because of these types of people.
peakyeast on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 12:39 pm
@apneaman: HEY man thanks for mentioning this book to me. I am going to read it as soon as I have a whole day&night off. 🙂
To complete your post:
35. Greece 1964-1974:
“Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution,”said the
President of the United States 215
36. Bolivia 1964-1975:
Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d’etat 221
37. Guatemala 1962 to 1980s: A less publicized “final solution” 229
38. Costa Rica 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally, part II 239
39. Iraq 1972-1975:
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work 242
40. Australia 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust 244
41. Angola 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game 249
42. Zaire 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven 257
43. Jamaica 1976-1980: Kissinger’s ultimatum 263
44. Seychelles 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance 267
45. Grenada 1979-1984:
Lying—one of the few growth industries in Washington 269
46. Morocco 1983: A video nasty 278
47. Suriname 1982-1984: Once again, the Cuban bogeyman 279
48. Libya 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match 280
49. Nicaragua 1978-1990: Destabilization in slow motion 290
50. Panama 1969-1991: Double-crossing our drug supplier 305
51. Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991:
Teaching Communists what democracy is all about 314
52. Iraq 1990-1991: Desert holocaust 320
53. Afghanistan 1979-1992: America’s Jihad 338
54. El Salvador 1980-1994: Human rights, Washington style 352
55. Haiti 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest? 370
56. The American Empire: 1992 to present 383
😉
apneaman on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 12:47 pm
peakyeast, the psychopaths only make up about 1% of the population, but many apes possess some of the traits and only need the right opportunity to shine. My bet is if you were to randomly pluck a Joe Sixpack out of the population and stick him into a position of power, you’ll end up with the same result 99.99% of the time. Power is a heady dopamine drip.
peakyeast on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 12:52 pm
@apneaman: Completely True and I am not sure how to solve the problem, but our current system of not having ANY control with what types of people that gets into power is clearly not working tothe benefit of humankind or any other lifeform on the planet.
GregT on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 1:02 pm
Davy,
“That is no doubt a worthy criticism but then it goes on to glorify Russian activity with Syria and ISIS.”
There is a big difference between overthrowing a sovereign state government, promoting civil war, supporting Islamic fundamentalist terrorists, and destabilization of a country and it’s people, and what Russia is doing in Syria. Which happens to be the exact opposite.
apneaman on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 1:27 pm
Oh, I don’t believe there are going to be any solutions; just reactions and plenty of violence.
Rule of law, imperfect as it was, is the only way societies can function in any reasonable manner. If there are essentially zero consequences for those with the most power then you get what we got today. Power never gives itself up without a fight, so it will end up as tyranny or war or revolutions depending on local conditions. Same shit, different century.
Davy on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 1:55 pm
Greg, Russia supported a brutal regime for ladder half of the 20th century. That regime brutality was the basis for the civil war. A brutal family dictatorship of a minority of Syrians who IMA were (are) corrupt and religiously discriminatory. Russia has its own interest at the heart with its activity in Syria not concern for the people of Syria. Russia is now bombing and killing Syrian civilians with the help of Iran that is killing Syrian civilians. They are bombing from the air in populated areas killing the same way the US does. You can be sure Russian Special Forces are doing some dirty work just like US. No righteousness in the above I can see. Russia is a turd.
apneaman on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 3:10 pm
How I Know We Are Super Ultra Maxi Fucked
https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/3s9j2p/how_i_know_we_are_super_ultra_maxi_fucked/
makati1 on Tue, 10th Nov 2015 9:15 pm
Davy, your indoctrination is so deep you will never over dig it out and be open minded. Too bad. You still justify all of the killings of your government by pointing out others from old history as being worse.
The US has been meddling and fomenting wars for all but about 20 years of it’s history. It wants to dominate the rest of the world, at any cost. The killing has exceeded 30 million since WW2 according to some estimates. Not to mention the millions who lost their homes and lively hoods.
It ramped up it’s warring since 9/11 and has finally exposed itself to the rest of the world as the terrorist nation it really is. The rest of the world outside it’s puppet countries, is banding together to take it down or at least cripple it so it cannot continue. I applaud that action and hope it succeeds soon. I prefer to die of old age, not radiation caused cancers.
Davy on Wed, 11th Nov 2015 5:03 am
Good evening Makster, I am so glad you gave up on your silent treatment and decided to acknowledge truth and balance. What I do Makster is curb extremism of which you are the worst of the regular contributors. What I find is when you cannot deal with truth and balance you put words in my mouth. I am not going to respond to your cut and paste blather it is routine, boring, and part of your daily agenda. You are a silly old man stuck in a small apartment surrounded by 20MIL people where you will likely die by starvation. I at least have a chance on my 400 acre functioning farm. You can dream of your faux jungle farm as you gaze out your window over the skyline of Manila.