This is a real ‘web’, just like a spider’s – a place of connections – ideas – information – of dreams!
Our aim is to make it a Web of Hubs for alternative and free cultural spaces and people
The idea is to provide a loose-knit, non-hierarchical, web-based resource network for a wide range of what we are calling ‘Free Cultural Spaces’ (FCS). They wouldn’t necessarily use that term to describe themselves, but we need a simple, non-threatening term!
Andy Worthington. An investigative journalist and author and activist. Books include Stonehenge and battle of the Beanfield. An expert on Guantanamo Bay.
From Germany and now a communard in the USA.
Lots of writings…..and links
On her site, it says:
“As a born-again Christian minister Annika Mongan was sent out to convert Pagans. But through years of traveling and studying she became alienated from fundamentalism and found a new home in Witchcraft. Today she celebrates being born again and again, a lifelong cycle of transformation.
Annika is the founder of an intentional Pagan community in California, an avid mushroom hunter and devotional musician.”
Anonymous Official facebook and youtube sites for the many activists across the world who use this umbrella faceless non-organisation. They want to change the world!
Fracking – extraction of gas using ‘unconventional’ drilling methods. Now widespread in the United States and Canada and spreading around the world, as new energy sources are sought by governments. Has lead to widespread protests and opposition around the world.
Links to:
Global Frackdown – international action group. And…
Frack-Off: Extreme Energy Action Network. UK-based group opposed to fracking.
Multi-media shows featuring re-imagined military and industrial machinery. Think ‘War of the Worlds’.
Their site describes the festival and event performances as (IN CAPITALS !): “ARCADIA FUSE SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, THEATRE, CIRCUS, ROBOTICS, ENGINEERING, LIGHTNING, MUSIC, AERIAL PERFORMANCE AND CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY INTO A PRIMAL UNITY.”
Circus Archaos.
French-originated, nomadic, anarchist alternative circus at its weird and wonderful best. An archive site for the group featuring links to some of the stunts and shows from the late 1980s and 1990s.
If you saw the show live, the memories of high-wire motor-cycles, juggling chainsaws, loud, loud music and explosions will live with you forever.
Links to the main archive and Gavin Evans’ visceral photos.
Counter-culture central. US-style managed by volunteers from the Archive Corps.
Web hub site containing a fascinating collection of mostly US-originated books, zines, podcasts, radio broadcasts and e-zines and much more. Includes collaborations like ‘High Frontier’, which linked up luminaries from the LSD, hacker and music communities. Lots of Burroughs, Leary, McKenna and more.
Some literally mind-blowing ‘stuff’. Enter in, with care!
Russian arts community. They describe it as:
“ ‘Guslitsa’ - creative community of a new type, which brings together representatives of creative professions - architects, musicians, artists, curators, directors, actors, producers, journalists and others.
As a project, ‘Guslitsa’ - a community, art institutions and cultural and educational tourist center. The goal - to create an environment of communication for the revival of culture of the region by involving local people in cultural international processes. Creative Estate 'Guslitsa' is also the seat of the International Art and implementing a number of programs in the field of art. The estate is situated in a picturesque location surrounded by pine forests, rivers and lakes. On the territory of the estate Creative practiced conventional international laws of ecology.”
Links to their main website, which offers lots of info about their community and guest opportunities.
Artecolonia. A Bulgarian project suggesting a 'middle way' between art and nature as a sustainable way of life. It is an initiative is open to people who are aware of their place in the environment in which they live, which ask questions and seek answers.
A thousand huts is a visionary attempt in Scotland in the UK to bring back ‘hutting’ and simple huts for people to sleep in.
Part of the re-foresting and re-wilding movement.