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McKenzie Wark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:55:00 -0500

McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born writer and scholar. He works mainly on media theory, critical theory and new media. His best known works are A Hacker Manifesto and Gamer Theory. Tagged by robdyke under person, network society, author, hacker ideology, wikipedia,

The Wealth of Networks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:55:00 -0400

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom is a book by law professor Yochai Benkler published by Yale University Press on April 3, 2006. A complete PDF of the book is freely downloadable on the wiki of the book and is available under a Creative Commons Noncommercial Sharealike license.[1] Benkley has said that his editable online book is "an experiment of how books might be in the future," demonstrating how authors and readers might connect instantly or even collaborate.[2] Tagged by robdyke under network society, social economics, book, wikipedia, peer to peer,

The Open Society and Its Enemies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:44:00 -0400

The Open Society and Its Enemies is an influential two-volume work by Karl Popper Tagged by robdyke under book, open society, liberal politics,

Open society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:43:00 -0400

The open society is a concept originally developed by philosopher Henri Bergson. In open societies, government is responsive and tolerant, and political mechanisms are transparent and flexible. The state keeps no secrets from itself in the public sense Tagged by robdyke under liberal politics, open society, philosophy,

Arjun Appadurai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:53:00 -0400

Arjun Appadurai is a contemporary social-cultural anthropologist focusing on modernity and globalization. Tagged by robdyke under globalisation, thinker, anthropologist,

Derek Wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:50:00 -0400

Derek Wall PhD is a British politician and current Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales as well as an environmental and social activist, academic and writer whose work concentrates on eco-socialism and the relationship between Marxism and the environment. Wall is also a Zen-practitioner and keeps a regular blog. Tagged by robdyke under derek wall, greens, wikipedia,

John Locke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:54:00 -0400

This article is about John Locke, the English philosopher. Tagged by robdyke under john locke, biography, philosopher, wikipedia,

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:29:00 -0400

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media is a book by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, first published in 1988. Tagged by robdyke under wikipedia, consent, democracy, media, politics of politics,

Propaganda model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:28:00 -0400

The propaganda model is a theory advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky that alleges systemic biases in the mass media and seeks to explain them in terms of structural economic causes. Tagged by robdyke under propaganda, rhetoric, media,

Labour Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:47:00 -0500

The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. Tagged by robdyke under labour party, wikipedia, time line,

Clause IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:46:00 -0500

Clause IV of the United Kingdom Labour Party constitution sets out the objects of the party, and has been the scene of political fights over its direction. Tagged by robdyke under labour party, revisionism, organisation, political party, constitution,

Hugh Gaitskell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:45:00 -0500

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (April 9, 1906 – January 18, 1963) was a British politician, leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963. Tagged by robdyke under wikipedia, person, labour party, prime minister, leader, gaitskell,

Fabian Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:44:00 -0500

The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means Tagged by robdyke under wikipedia, fabian society, labour party, history,

The Future of Socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:44:00 -0500

The Future of Socialism by Anthony Crosland, published in 1956, is regarded as by some distance the most influential book in post-war British Labour Party thinking. It was the seminal work of the 'revisionist' school of Labour politics. Tagged by robdyke under wikipedia, labour party, socialism, revisionism, 1950s,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

robdyke — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:02:00 -0500

The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is a BBC series of documentary films, written and produced by Adam Curtis. Tagged by robdyke under international relations, terrorism, politics of fear, wikipedia,

History of France

robdyke — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:05:00 -0500

History of France Tagged by robdyke under history, france,

Algerian War of Independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:03:00 -0500

The Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) was one of the most important decolonisation wars and a complex conflict. Tagged by robdyke under algeria, civil war, france, decolonisation,

List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:19:00 -0500

This is a list of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom from when the first Prime Minister (in the modern sense), Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day. Tagged by robdyke under UK, parliament, prime minister,

Placeopedia.com - Connecting Wikipedia articles with their locations

robdyke — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:00:00 -0400

Placeopedia, a simple site where you can connect Wikipedia articles with places, and then make use of our database either to browse, or syndicate the whole lot. Tagged by robdyke under wikipedia, GoogleMaps, community, collaboration, map, mashup,

Semantic MediaWiki - Meta

robdyke — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:00:00 -0400

The WikiProject "Semantic MediaWiki" provides a common platform for discussing extensions of the MediaWiki software that allow for simple, machine-based processing of Wiki content. This usually requires some form of "semantic annotation," but the special Tagged by robdyke under development, mediawiki, project, semantic, wikipedia,