Time to leave the nest – Migrating from Twitter to Mastodon

1. Background After the richest man alive Elon Musk [1] bought Twitter on 2022-10-28, the climate for freedom of speech has drastically changed, making Twitter users look for alternative social media, which are not under the control of super-rich individuals. Among the most mentioned alternatives is the federated social media MASTODON, which is based on…

A taxonomy of civil resistance

1. Introduction Climate activism is often based on loosely defined concepts such as “Non-Violent Direct Action” (NVDA), “civil disobedience”, “strikes”, “protests”, and other forms, which may be used with different meanings by different groups, and, therefore, lack conceptual clarity. In the following I try to systematize forms of (climate) activism for system change to provide…

Defensive public relation strategies to cover up and mislead the public

The following steps, which can follow a linear or circular (spiraling) pattern of escalation, describe defensive public relations (propaganda) strategies which organizations, mostly governments or companies, apply if they are accused of misconduct against the public interest. All actions by the accusing party (activists) can be promoted by methods of civil resistance. Action by activists,…

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