Media Revolution - How to use it?

[Juggernaught]

I don't really know the revolutionary potential of Sweden, but i've realised the best way to start might be to use media as a weapon. Articles, forum posts, debate forums, anything to spread the message!
Anyone out there with experience in the art of media politics? I think i could use some advice...

[Nobody]

The media is a tool of the ruling class, so it is corrupt to the core. We must destroy it, not use it.

[Pete]

Lev:

Media is the plural of Medium. Medium is a method of getting information across, and spreading it. There fore every form of communication is a Medium, and thus human interaction is what Media truly is.

But...

"The medium is the message." Marshal McLuhan ->He created the theory behind the internet and the global village.

Think about that quote. The Medium is the Mess Age. Mass Media is messing up our society. MSN: Murderer of the Social Nexus.

[suffianr]

The media is a tool of the ruling class, so it is corrupt to the core. We must destroy it, not use it.

Congratulations mate, your idea just made it into the annals of the Dumb Ass Ideas of All Time. :)

What isn't a tool of the ruling class, nowadays? And precisely how do you intend to destroy the media?

Media & communication facilities are important to any revolutionary struggle. Come on, you can do better than that. If you want to rant, at least try to make some sense, please.

[革命者]

Che-Lives is a medium--

Destroy CHE-LIVES!!

[革命者]

oh btw, Jugger, Sweden is quasi-socialist-- won't work.

[Nobody]

The Left as in Communist will never be able to use the media as in the news like the CBC, CNN or BBC. We are always protrayed as thugs or worse. So we have to spread our "word" without using Fox becasue it would just not work.

[redstar2000]

Juggarnaught, get in touch with these folks...

http://sweden.indymedia.org/

...and take it from there.

:cool:

PS: Since you're from Sweden, please tell Scotty that your country is not a socialist country at all. He won't believe me.

[onepunchmachinegun]

the network of PGA works by using the internet. our network is online and unfortunately it has that fault that it can be hacked. therefore our most sensitive information is not on any computer, but written with pen and ink.

using the internet, but praises low-tech. it was really the anti-technologists who wanted that.

Juggarnaught, what i wanted to tell you. you aren't the first one to come up with this idea. exactly as redstar2000 also pointed out.

i don't know if the swedish PGA is using the same technic as we do in Denmark. i think you can reach them at www.motkraft.se i believe that is their page...

[Juggernaught]

Since people seem to have different ideas about the goverment, i'll give you a hint:

The social democrats are the largest workers party, but they are more of a capitalist party. Their positive reaction on EMU and such proves that.

Second third and fourth are the conservatives, the liberals and the christian party. All of them capitalist bastards.

Then it's the smaller parties: The left party (former communist party, now without the revolution and mostly a feminist party), the central party (also blue, but mostly nothing to care about) and the green party (strange bastards, left wing party who threatened to defect unless they got sufficent power. Ignore).

The current rulers are the social democrats, together with the left party and the green party. This is mostly symbolic though, as the social democrats pretty much rules everything.

Scotty: Sweden? Socialistic? Not a chance.
We are ruled by total idiots, a leader who ignores his party's opinions and turns the whole thing to the right wing. The left party in the goverment have FAR to small power to do anything, and they aren't actually revolutionary at all.

LevTrosky: Of course we can't use regular tv channels! Luckily, there are newspapers, computers, posters, graffitti etc...

redstar2000: Thanks!

onepunchmachinegun: Of course i'm not the first! Why would i ask for experienced people if i was;)
www.motkraft.se is a pretty good thing, although i prefer
http://www.socialism.nu

[革命者]

ah well, Jugger, i didn't know you were from sweden-- thought you were talking about Sweden's government as being leftist as to where a revolution would be possible.. like some Americans like to believe(of Sweden being leftist), i guess. As well as of Amsterdam being the capital of Kopenhagen, for that matter. :cheesy: