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#indymediaback

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witchescauldron

The development of #IndymediaBack

The reboot of #Indymedia (#IndymediaBack) is about reclaiming grassroots, open, and radical media infrastructure outside of the control of corporate platforms and #dotcons. However, the development side has stalled due to the same issues that have stalled other #openweb projects, lack of sustained coder engagement, resistance in centralized funding, and the dominance of closed silos.

The challenge is building tech that works for activists, not just developers. The original Indymedia relied on early open-source tools. This means moving beyond tech-fetishist projects that scratch a developer’s itch while ignoring real-world community.

A trust-based federated publishing network is the goal. The #OMN (Open Media Network) framework already outlines how to create syndicated media flows using #4opens. The stalled dev site at unite.openworlds.info needs committed developers who care about media as a movement, not just a tech experiment.

Without serious investment in #DIY, people-friendly, open-source alternatives, activists will remain trapped inside the #mainstreaming of social media platforms. The question is: can we finally push through the #geekproblem and make this happen?

Open Media NetworkOpen Media NetworkOrganisation for and example of "rebooting" Independent Media Centre's
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Hamish Campbell

Rebuilding Radical, Grassroots Media

For too long, our digital spaces have been hijacked by corporate interests, turning the internet into a surveillance-driven wasteland where control, profit, and censorship push aside community, useful creativity, and communities autonomy. As a first step to reclaim our media and communication networks, we need to step away from the #mainstreaming mess and build self-organized, decentralized alternatives that resist capture. Creating and supporting decentralized codebase like the #OMN, we […]

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hamishcampbell.comRebuilding Radical, Grassroots Media – Hamish Campbell
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#diy#dotcons#facebook
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Hamish Campbell

VisionOnTV: A Lost Future of Grassroots Video

Nearly 20 years ago, we built something radical. #VisionOnTV wasn’t just another platform, it was a #4opens movement. A bold attempt to break free from corporate-controlled media and give people the tools to create and share activist-driven, alternative television. We weren’t waiting for permission; we were building the future we wanted to see. Before #YouTube became the advertising surveillance monolith it is today, we had a different vision. One where video wasn’t just disposable […]

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hamishcampbell.comVisionOnTV: A Lost Future of Grassroots Video – Hamish Campbell
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#bittorrent#dotcons#indymediaback
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Hamish Campbell

Trump and the tools of the old world order

An example of this is The United States Agency for International Development (#USAID) which was presented as a humanitarian force for economic and social development worldwide. However, its origins and operations paint a different much darker path, of geopolitical manoeuvring and #neoliberal hegemony over the last 40 years. Now, with the hard shift to the right, USAID is being gutted, alongside other long-standing institutions of the U.S. "liberal" global order. Origins and the Cold War […]

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hamishcampbell.comTrump and the tools of the old world order – Hamish Campbell
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#capitalism#cia#coldwar
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Hamish Campbell

This is how we compost failure into growth, instead of repeating mistakes

We do need strong metaphors, gardens, compost, pollination, is all about creating ecosystems of hope, rather than rigid, industrialized movements that always collapse under their own weight. Instead of chasing the big factory model of change, we need 100s of small, interconnected projects, cross-pollinating, sharing what works and what doesn’t. The straitjacket of fear is real, and the left has been caught in it too, chasing purity, reacting rather than acting, and often forgetting to […]

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hamishcampbell.comThis is how we compost failure into growth, instead of repeating mistakes – Hamish Campbell
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#indymediaback#omn
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Hamish Campbell

These aren’t pointless projects

#mainstreaming #liberalism has lost its way. For the past 20 years, many self-described liberals have spewed out bilge water disguised as "common sense." But when pressure mounts, they reveal themselves as dogmatic and intolerant, almost as if they aren't truly liberal at all. How did we end up in this mess? The #deathcult, #stupidindividualism, and the rise of #dotcons shaped the dominant version of "common sense," warping it away from collective care and into something narrow and […]

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witchescauldron

In a world tangled in #mainstreaming noise and digital enclosures the #OMN is a tool to compost the rot and nurture new growth. It’s not just about building tech; it’s about building trust, collective power, and vibrant grassroots communities.

The mess we face is real. Years of bad faith, disempowerment, and corporate gatekeeping have left people burnt out, isolated, and cynical. But what if we could turn that decay into rich soil? What if we could shovel through the wreckage, expose the rot to air and light, and use it to grow something wild and beautiful?

OMN is that shovel. A simple set of tools, publish, subscribe, moderate, rollback, edit, that lets people reclaim control over their digital lives. It’s a #DIY, trust-based, human-moderated space where communities can shape their own narratives, free from the manipulation of #dotcons. It’s messy, it’s organic, and it works.

The path won’t be easy. When we push back against #mainstreaming, bad faith will come at us. But our good faith, our care for each other, our belief in collective power, is both our shield and our guiding light. OMN isn’t just a platform; it’s a shared practice of making and remaking the world together, learning from past movements, and carrying forward what works.

This is an invitation. To pick up the shovel. To join a crew willing to do the hard work of turning shit into soil. To build a resilient, people-powered network where ideas can sprout, grow, and intertwine into a thriving ecosystem of change and challenge.

Let’s make history, not as a monument to what was, but as a living, breathing forest of what could be.

4opens #indymediaback #openweb #compostingthemess #KISS

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Hamish Campbell

#NLnet #EU #NGI #NGIzero – Will We Get It Right This Time?

With the hard shift to the right in US tech, Europe can no longer afford to sit idly by in tech development. The myth of neutrality has always been a convenient lie—if we don’t actively counterbalance this shift, we risk watching the #FOSS and #openweb movements collapse, taking with them a core pillar of our democratic and digital future. These movements aren’t just about code; they are the foundation of a fair, open, and just society. Now is the time to step up, not stand by. For […]

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hamishcampbell.com#NLnet #EU #NGI #NGIzero – Will We Get It Right This Time? – Hamish Campbell
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#deathcult#eu#foss
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witchescauldron

#NLnet #EU #NGI #NGIzero With the hard shift to the right in USA tech, we need to balance this, we can't keep being "nurtural" we never were, let's try to be the balance this time please with funding flows.

Have spent a lot of time over the last 5 years applying for funding for native #openweb projects, the problem seams to be that at #NLnet and the wider #EU they don't have anyone who is competent to judge #FOSS projects in this area hamishcampbell.com my question for this round, is, has this changed?

Acknowledgement of your proposal #Makeinghistory

Acknowledgement of your proposal #indymediaback

Acknowledgement of your proposal Open Governance Body #OGB

hamishcampbell.comHamish Campbell – An #openweb organic intellectual,technologist and part of the #OMN
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