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RE:IMAGINING CHANGE: HOW TO USE STORY-BASED STRATEGY TO WIN CAMPAIGNS, BUILD MOVEMENTS, AND CHANGE THE WORLD.
By Center for Story Based Strategy, Doyle Canning, Patrick Reinsborough.
First edition (2010) of a very useful book to understand the political power of storytelling.
DOWNLOAD RESOURCE: https://commonslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/CSS-ReimaginingChange-1stEd_EBOOK.pdf
#Storytelling #Creativity #Activism #Book #Libraries #Politics #Political #Reframing #Frame
“Marcos – the name brings back the collective memory of a dynastic family, sitting on money from world-class corruption, apportioning the economy to favor cronies, rising to power through dictatorship, and weaving great lies to perpetuate themselves in power. The Marcoses personify the worst aspects of Philippine politics. And Marcos Jr is levelling up these anti-democratic features in the 21st century.”
#democracy #philippines #politics
https://www.ibon.org/5-marks-of-a-crumbling-democracy/
Michigan's attorney general has announced charges against 16 residents for serving as so-called fake electors following the 2020 presidential election.
NPR reports: https://flip.it/Z--p8x
“President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday signed into law the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) which will tap state assets for investment ventures to generate additional public funds.
Republic Act No. 11954 was signed despite apprehensions and concerns on the measure, with some lawmakers pointing out the MIF bill's glaring errors and discrepancies as well as its ambiguous provisions.”
#MIF #MaharlikaFund #politics #philippines
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/876116/marcos-signs-maharlika-investment-fund-bill-into-law/story/
Good morning & instead of the usual horror & dismay about UK #politics I wanted to start this Sunday with something a little more positive.
So, here's a really positive survey of the current state of UK independent #publishing which offers much hope for those of us who like to read non-mainstream books as part of our varied diet of #literature & #writing...
[gloom laden posts to restart in a few minutes!]
Good morning & instead of the usual horror & dismay about UK #politics I wanted to start this Sunday with something a little more positive.
So, here's a really positive survey of the current state of UK independent #publishing which offers much hope for those of us who like to read non-mainstream books as part of our varied diet of #literature & #writing...
[gloom laden posts to restart in a few minutes!]
#RishiSunak to force English #universities to cap numbers of students on ‘low-value’ degrees | #Students | The Guardian
A #university #education is meant to be to promote scholarship and learning. It is not supposed to be merely a treadmill to employment.
Any conservatives here who've watched the Amazon Prime Video documentary series, Shiny Happy People?
Curious to know your thoughts...
Sometimes I wonder why academics aren't stampeding from corporate social media to Mastodon, and then I remember: these are the same people that give corporations their work for free to be sold back to them at extortionate prices, and then measure their value on how often they do that.
Political geniuses they are not.
That’s quite some shade the Guardian is throwing there. You love to see it.
#UKPol #Politics #Johnson #BorisJohnson
“Freedom of expression has been declining across the world, according to the Global Expression Report 2023, where the Philippines is among countrues listed as having "restricted" expression.
The Philippines had a score of 41 — below neighbors Indonesia (53) and Malaysia (42) but higher than Singapore (29) and Thailand (18) — on the index compiled by rights group Article 19.”
#politics #freedom
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/02/2279818/article-19-freedom-expression-declines-asia-pacific-worldwide
Time for a new #Introduction since I just migrated servers. I came to Mastodon several months ago as part of the #TwitterMigration. It's SOOO much nicer here!
I'm a semi-retired #VetTech, former Twittter #resistance, and political junkie. Interested in #News, #Politics, and Conversation.
Feel Free to hit me up with recommendations for good accounts to follow! I typically #followback unless I see red flags that scare me off.
SMNI News Channel terminated at YouTube!
World is healing! 😆
Not exactly new, but lost access for a bit so seeing as I have now got it back thought I might do another #introduction Have mostly used the site to talk about #books so far, but will also likely occasionally bang on about #Films #TV #Comedy #DoctorWho #Sports #Cricket #History #Politics and other stuff. Here are a few photos of some of my bookshelves because why not? @bookstodon
