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__NOTOC__ ==HacktionLab: Another Technology is Possible...== [[File:2013-barncamp-ltsp-lomo.jpg|180px|left]] HacktionLab is UK tech-activist run project that aims to create regular convergence spaces where activists interested and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software or any other form of activism that utilises technology can get together and plan how to better harness the technology (or not) to support grass roots social movements. HacktionLab runs the successful [[BarnCamp]] rural skills-sharing gathering, and the [[HacktionLab_Autumn_2015|HacktionLab]] and [[Tech Tactics for Social Change Oxford 2017|Tech Tactics for Social Change]] urban gatherings. It has also helped to nurture and launch several projects, such as [https://network23.org Network 23]. <br/><br/> == HacktionLab latest news == <div class="nav"> [[File:EmailIcon.png|100px|right|link=https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab-announce]]<br/><big> For news &amp; updates about [[BarnCamp]] and other HacktionLab events, sign-up to our low-traffic [https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab-announce announcements mailing list]*.</big><br/><small>*Mailing list kindly provided by [http://aktivix.org Aktivix].</small> </div> [[List of previous HacktionLabs|Visit this page for more details of and links to all our previous events and collaborations]]. * '''<big>[[Barncamp 2019]] has been cancelled.</big> An email has been sent to all who were registered and both our mailing lists on the morning of June 12th.''' * Our last event was [[Tech Tactics for Social Change Oxford 2017]] at Oxford Hackspace on Sat 21st and Sun 22nd October 2017. * The gathering before that was [[BarnCamp 2017]] from 7th to 12th June 2017 in the Wye Valley. * And before that [[HacktionLab Autumn 2015]] in Hebden Bridge and Todmorden which took place on the 5th and 6th of 2015. [[HacktionLab Autumn 2015|Go here for more details]]. * The 2015 outing of [[BarnCamp]] took place in the Wye Valley on the 19th, 20th and 21st June - More information on the [[BarnCamp 2015]] page and at [https://barncamp.org.uk the BarnCamp web site]. * We did a [[Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2015 Talk|talk on Linux and Anarchism]] at the [http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/ Bristol Anarchist Bookfair] on Saturday 25th April 2015. * 1in12 Club Bradford HacktionLab gathering. 15-16 November 2014. [[Winter_2014_Hacklab|More info]]. * We returned to the [http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/ Bristol Anarchist Bookfair] on Saturday 26th April at 1pm to give an abridged and updated version of our talk on in '''Privacy and the Dark Side of the Net''' to a packed room of people (the room was pretty small and there were quite a lot of people). * Under the guise of [https://www.techtoolsforactivism.org Tech Tools for Activism] we did a talk in the [http://www.shambalafestival.org/act/rebel-soul-2/ Rebel Soul] tent at [http://www.shambalafestival.org/ Shambala Festival] 2013 on the topic of '''Privacy and the Dark Side of the Net''' in light of the revalations by Edward Snowden. Materials are available: [[upload/5/57/Shambala-2013-crib-sheet.pdf|Click to download a handy crib sheet of useful URLs]] or [[upload/8/87/Shambala-2013-talk.pdf|Click to download a PDF of the slides from the talk]]. * Our last big rural hack-lab skills-sharing gathering event took place on <strong>7th, 8th & 9th June 2013</strong> with a [[BarnCamp 2013 ideas scratchpad|slew of amazing workshop proposals]]. 2013's event was organised in collaboration with [http://www.bristolwireless.net Bristol Wireless] and [http://www.flossmanuals.net FLOSS Manuals]. Check-out the [[BarnCamp Media Page]] for details of what happened. * We ran a one hour [[Bristol_Anarchist_Bookfair_2013|talk-cum-workshop session]] at this year's [http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/ Bristol Anarchist Bookfair] on Saturday 20th April at 1pm in '''The Room With a View''' at the [http://www.3ca.org.uk/ Trinity], Bristol. We also took time out on the grass in the Sun to have a planning meeting for this year's [[BarnCamp]]. * We're pleased to have squeezed the <strong>second edition</strong> of our booklet, <strong>[https://techtoolsforactivism.org/booklet Tech Tools for Activism]</strong> our of the printer's door. Some pre-release copies were distributed at the [https://network23.org/msg2012/ Movement Support Gathering] in Birmingham and the final version were on sale at the London Anarchist Bookfair, and at <strong>Shared Planet</strong>. If you'd like some copies to distribute or for your locality, please email us at <strong>techtoolsbook _at_ hacktionlab _dot_ org</strong>. * We ran a stall at [http://peopleandplanet.org/shared-planet-2012 Shared Planet 2012], which took place on <strong>Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November</strong> at [http://www.shu.ac.uk/ Sheffield Hallam University]. Run by [http://peopleandplanet.org People & Planet], Shared Planet is the UK's largest student activist conference. We were there with copies of the new <strong>[https://techtoolsforactivism.org/booklet Tech Tools for Activism booklet]</strong>, as well as lots of other information. * We had a stall at the [http://anarchistbookfair.org.uk/ London Anarchist Bookfair] which took place at Queen Mary’s, University of London on Saturday 27th October. It was a lot of fun to meet everyone, faces old and new, and we had a great day. * In the summer some hacktionlabbers took part in the [http://oshug.org/event/oshcamp2012 Open Source Hardware Camp] and the [https://network23.org/msg2012/ Movement Support Gathering]. * The Spring 2012 HacktionLab took place at the [http://www.londonarc.org/ London Action Resource Centre (LARC)] over the May Bank Holiday. [[Spring_2012_Hacklab|Go here for more details.]] * Some members of HacktionLab launched the new [https://techtoolsforactivism.org Tech Tools for Activism web site]. And a list of new tools for 2012 [[new tools for 2012]] * In January 2012 we returned to the brilliant [http://www.1in12.com/ 1-in-12 Club] (Bradford) for the third time and the [[Winter_2012_Hacklab|tenth HacktionLab]], a gathering of people from various projects that featured a Drupal clinic, and launched '''Tech Tools for Activism''', a new project to provide a co-ordinated gateway into resources for activists in the UK. More on this very soon.... * We had stalls at the [http://rebelliousmediaconference.org/ Rebellious Media Conference] (8/9 Oct, London) and also at the [http://anarchistbookfair.org.uk/ London Anarchist Bookfair] (22 Oct, London) where we were chatting to people and giving out copies of [[Tech tools for activists]]. * There was a gathering of projects involved with HacktionLab in Manchester on the 17th and 18th of September 2011: our ninth gathering at [[Hacktionlab Manchester 2011]]. *Some hacktionlabbers have been involved in launching a [https://network23.org new anonymous secure blogging network] using a [[Wordpress network|Wordpress network set up]]. *We our pleased to have finished the first version of our booklet [[Tech tools for activists]]. It is aimed at non-techies, from grass-roots and NGO activists to the ordinary person on the street who is concerned about privacy and the surveillance state. It provides technical help and tips about computer security and publishing your own media, amongst other topics. [[Tech tools for activists|Find out more about it and where you can get hold of hard copies, or download it]]. *Finally various local HacktionLab collectives are the throes of organising workshop events in their local areas. Get on the list and get in touch if you're interested in organising, giving or attending a workshop. == Contact Details == Nearly all proposals, discussions and news takes place on our (old fashioned) [[Mailing List]]. This is the best place to get in touch: *Join the email list. [[Mailing List|More information at this page]] *There is also the (now somewhat defunct) Crabgrass group located at https://we.riseup.net/hacktionlab == Interesting Links == *[http://www.escapegoat.org/2007/9/22/noborders-indymedia-center-tech-review No Borders Mobile tech set up 2007] *[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378427.html Indymedia centre at Climate Camp (Sipson 2007)] *[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/352449.html Indymedia at the Camp for Climate Action 2006: Report &amp; Personal View] *[https://docs.indymedia.org/bin/view/Global/FieldIMCHowTo Stirling Indymedia - Field IMC at Horizon Ecovillage during G8 protests] *[https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUkG8TechReview Edinburgh Media Centre Tech during G8 protests] *[https://docs.indymedia.org/bin/view/Local/BcnHOWTOMediaCenter Indymedia: HOWTO Mount a Media Centre] *[http://articles.adelayde.net/hesfes05/ Suite of low-cost, low-energy laptops running Linux at a home education festival in 2005 - Bristol Wireless]

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