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__NOTOC__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 is also working to create a ''roadshow'' of outreach workshops and discussion spaces that can be run alone or as part of a larger event.
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<big><big>Organising UK-based activist, agitator, alternative and co-operative tech forums, gatherings, discussions and projects since 2008.</big></big>
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<big>The last HacktionLab event took place in 2023 at Abbeyfield Park, Pitsmoor, Sheffield from 16th to 18th June.<br/>The cost of the event was £20 for two days of talks, workshops and plenty of chances to meet people and swap ideas.<br/>
  
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[https://hacktionlab.org/live Live stream of the Community Room at HacktionLab (could be a bit on and off, but do persevere)]
  
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Anyone who wanted like to give a talk or lead a workshop or discussion about tech, or any aspect of politics or philosophy that is related to tech, was welcome to do so! If they had an idea for a talk or workshop, they could [https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab | join our mailing list] and make a suggestion! The mailing list is where all the pre-event discussion happened. Alternatively they could also send suggestions to <strong>sheffield2023 at hacktionlab.org</strong>.
  
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Here's the [[Workshops_for_HacktionLab_Summer_2023 | list of talks and workshops]].
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* We have a stall at the [http://rebelliousmediaconference.org/ Rebellious Media Conference] (8/9 Oct, London) and we'll be also at the [http://anarchistbookfair.org.uk/ London Anarchist Bookfair] (22 Oct, London) so come and find us and copies of [[Tech tools for activists]].
 
  
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* We're beggining work on the second edition of our booklet, currently called [[Tech Tools for Activists 2]], which we hope to release by the Spring.  In the mean time [[Tech tools for activists|the original booklet is still available to order or download]].
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[[HacktionLab_Summer_2023|Visit this page for more information]].</big>
  
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* Our next HacktionLab gathering will be at the [http://www.1in12.com/ 1-in-12 Club] in Bradford in January (either the 14/15 or 21/22 - TBC).
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==HacktionLab: Another Technology is Possible...==
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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.
  
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* 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]].  
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Since 2008, we've held the successful [[BarnCamp]] rural skills-sharing gathering, the [[Hacktioncamp 2022|HacktionCamp 2022]] hybrid rural-urban get together, and the [[HacktionLab_Autumn_2015|HacktionLab]] and [[Tech Tactics for Social Change Oxford 2017|Tech Tactics for Social Change]] urban gatherings.  We have also helped to nurture and launch several projects supporting activists and social change mavens, such as [https://network23.org Network 23].
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== HacktionLab latest news ==
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===Hacktioncamp 2022===
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[[File:Makery.png|170px|left]] [[File:Camping.jpg|250px|right]]  Hacktionlab was back with a new event in 2022! '''[[Hacktioncamp 2022]]''' took place in '''Todmorden, UK''' on the '''10th, 11th and 12th of June 2022''' (camping from the Thursday night)!  Soon to be announced is an urban gathering in mid-June 2023.  Watch this space!!
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It was a HacktionLab / BarnCamp Reunion - featuring discussions on alt-media, radical tech collectives, right-to-repair, free and open source software, the maker mentality, and the old hacker ethic.
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There were talks and workshops at Todmorden Makery, plus time to hang out and socialise. See [[Hacktioncamp 2022|the HacktionCamp 2022 page]] (work in progress) for workshop ideas, logistics etc.
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===Older news===
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[[List of previous HacktionLabs|Visit this page for more details of and links to all our previous events and collaborations]].
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* Our last event was [[Hacktioncamp 2022]], which took place in Todmorden, Yorkshire/Lancashire, England in June 2022.
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* [[Barncamp 2019]] was sadly cancelled :-(
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* [[Tech Tactics for Social Change Oxford 2017]] at Oxford Hackspace on Sat 21st and Sun 22nd October 2017.
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* The gathering before that was [[BarnCamp 2017]] from 7th to 12th June 2017 in the Wye Valley.
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* 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]].
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* 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].
  
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*Plans are a foot - or more correctly we have plans to use our feet. [[Hacktionlab on the Road]] is in the works. It's possible that there won't be a [[Barncamp 2012]], but that Hacktionlab will concentrate on being present at other peoples festivals. The Green Gathering, Shambala and some smaller activist gatherings have been suggested for the 2011/2012 tour. We've already approach some organizers and got very positive feedback, but we're a bit late for this years festy season. If on the other hand you do want [[Barncamp 2012]] to go ahead, you should step up to the plate: join the mailing list and declare your intent.
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* 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.
  
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*Some hacktionlabbers have recently been involved in launching a [https://network23.org new anonymous secure blogging network] using a [[Wordpress network|Wordpress network set up]].
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* 1in12 Club Bradford HacktionLab gathering.  15-16 November 2014. [[Winter_2014_Hacklab|More info]].
  
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*We our pleased to have just 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]].
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* 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).
  
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*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.
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* 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]].
  
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== Previous HacktionLab events and activities ==
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* The 7th, 8th & 9th of June 2013 brought us [[BarnCamp 2013]] 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.
  
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We have had '''eight''' great HacktionLabs so far, four rural skills-share events and four urban ''hacklabs''. We've also been involved in bringing tech to and running workshops at a number of events:
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* 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]].
  
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*June 2011: [[BarnCamp 2011]] - the fourth edition of our summer outing took place between 9 - 12 June 2011 in the Wye Valley.  We built upon the success of the previous year, keeping the tech turned down, but also consolidating some of the new projects that hacktionlabbers are involved in, such as [http://bethemedia.org.uk Be The Media] and [https://network23.org Network23.org].  This year incorporated more off-grid technology with a repeat of the Wild Food Walk, a workshop of knot making and tools for open collaboration. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlie_harvey/sets/72157626805974159/ Here's some photos from the event].
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* 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>.
  
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*May 2011: A couple of hacktionlabbers gave a talk at [http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/ Bristol Anarchist Bookfair] on Saturday 7th May in the [http://bristol.indymedia.org Bristol Indymedia] Room. [[Bookfair 2011|There's more information on what they talked about here]].
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* 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.
  
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*November 2010, we held our [[Autumn 2010 Hacklab|seventh HacktionLab event]] in Bradford at the [http://www.1in12.com/ 1-in-12 Club].
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* 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.
  
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*June 2010: [[BarnCamp 2010]] - the third edition of our summer outing took place between 11 - 13 June 2010 in the Wye Valley. Retitled ''BarnCamp'' we focused on a ''turning down the tech'' to make it an event accessible to all with workshops including how to forage for food, how to make a slingshot and the ubiquitous how to encrypt your life.
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* 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].
  
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*April 2010: [[Spring 2010 HackLab|The third of our city hacklabs]] took place in Oxford.
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* 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.]]
  
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*November 2009: [[Autumn 2009 Hacklab|The second city hacklab]] took place in Bradford.
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* 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]]
  
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*August 2009: [[Camp for Climate Action 2009]]
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* 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....
  
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*July/August 2009: The [[BGG Promo|Big Green Gathering 2009]] got canceled&nbsp;:(
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* 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]].
  
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*June 2009: The [[HacktionLab 2009/01|second rural HacktionLab event (aka BarnCamp)]] took place between 11 - 14 June 2009 in the Wye Valley on the Wales - England border.
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* 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]].  
  
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*October 2008: The [[HacktionLab Leeds 2008/02|first city hacklab]] took place between 24 - 25 October 2008 in Leeds. [[HacktionLab Leeds 2008/02|click here for more information about the event and what happened]]
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*Some hacktionlabbers have been involved in launching a [https://network23.org new anonymous secure blogging network] using a [[Wordpress network|Wordpress network set up]].
  
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*August 2008: With other campers we helped to set-up the so-called ''media village'' at the [[Camp for Climate Action 2008]] in Kingsnorth, Kent.
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*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]].
  
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*June 2008: The [[HacktionLab 2008/01|first HacktionLab event (aka BarnCamp)]] took place between 13 - 15 June 2008, [http://flickr.com/photos/chopped_pork/sets/72157605640236602/show/ click here to view a slide-show of photos from the weekend]. There are [http://picasaweb.google.com/andyswebmail/HacktavistGathering2008 more photos posted here] and [http://blip.tv/file/994961/ this exciting short video too].
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*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.
  
 
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*[https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUkG8TechReview Edinburgh Media Centre Tech 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]  
 
*[https://docs.indymedia.org/bin/view/Local/BcnHOWTOMediaCenter Indymedia: HOWTO Mount a Media Centre]  
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*[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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Organising UK-based activist, agitator, alternative and co-operative tech forums, gatherings, discussions and projects since 2008.

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The last HacktionLab event took place in 2023 at Abbeyfield Park, Pitsmoor, Sheffield from 16th to 18th June.
The cost of the event was £20 for two days of talks, workshops and plenty of chances to meet people and swap ideas.

Live stream of the Community Room at HacktionLab (could be a bit on and off, but do persevere)

Anyone who wanted like to give a talk or lead a workshop or discussion about tech, or any aspect of politics or philosophy that is related to tech, was welcome to do so! If they had an idea for a talk or workshop, they could | join our mailing list and make a suggestion! The mailing list is where all the pre-event discussion happened. Alternatively they could also send suggestions to sheffield2023 at hacktionlab.org.

Here's the list of talks and workshops.

Visit this page for more information.

HacktionLab: Another Technology is Possible...

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For news & updates about HacktionLab and our events, or to get involved, sign-up to one of our mailing lists*.
*Mailing lists kindly provided by Aktivix.

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.

Since 2008, we've held the successful BarnCamp rural skills-sharing gathering, the HacktionCamp 2022 hybrid rural-urban get together, and the HacktionLab and Tech Tactics for Social Change urban gatherings. We have also helped to nurture and launch several projects supporting activists and social change mavens, such as Network 23.

2013-barncamp-ltsp-lomo.jpg

Shamanic laptop 4.jpeg

HacktionLab latest news

Hacktioncamp 2022

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Hacktionlab was back with a new event in 2022! Hacktioncamp 2022 took place in Todmorden, UK on the 10th, 11th and 12th of June 2022 (camping from the Thursday night)! Soon to be announced is an urban gathering in mid-June 2023. Watch this space!!

It was a HacktionLab / BarnCamp Reunion - featuring discussions on alt-media, radical tech collectives, right-to-repair, free and open source software, the maker mentality, and the old hacker ethic.

There were talks and workshops at Todmorden Makery, plus time to hang out and socialise. See the HacktionCamp 2022 page (work in progress) for workshop ideas, logistics etc.

Older news

Visit this page for more details of and links to all our previous events and collaborations.

  • Our last event was Hacktioncamp 2022, which took place in Todmorden, Yorkshire/Lancashire, England in June 2022.
  • The gathering before that was BarnCamp 2017 from 7th to 12th June 2017 in the Wye Valley.
  • 1in12 Club Bradford HacktionLab gathering. 15-16 November 2014. More info.
  • We returned to the 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).
  • We're pleased to have squeezed the second edition of our booklet, Tech Tools for Activism our of the printer's door. Some pre-release copies were distributed at the Movement Support Gathering in Birmingham and the final version were on sale at the London Anarchist Bookfair, and at Shared Planet. If you'd like some copies to distribute or for your locality, please email us at techtoolsbook _at_ hacktionlab _dot_ org.
  • We had a stall at the 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 January 2012 we returned to the brilliant 1-in-12 Club (Bradford) for the third time and the 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....
  • 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.
  • 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:

Interesting Links

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