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I agree with Helen. Surely tweeting is simply a modern day iteration of 'parrhesia' a concept Foucault wrote at lengths about. In a system where you still have predominantly old white men presiding over the 'rest of us' surely anything that gives people a voice and a feeling of free speech (particularly younger people and others who historically may not have been involved?) is a good thing? ________________________________________ From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Richard Pemberton [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 13 March 2012 09:12 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Come back King Canute Ididnotreport is full of mainly women flagging up their experiences of abuse mainly at the hands of men as children and adults. It is interspersed with feminist narratives. Sobering and affirming for the women posting? No voting involved! Richard Pemberton Sent from my iPhone On 13 Mar 2012, at 08:59, Penny Priest <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I don't tweet - I'm not a bird and I don't have a mobile phone (don't > think it really works via a desktop pc). But I wonder whether tweeting > might give some people a sense of solidarity/togetherness/being part of > something/community which then gives people the energy to do things which > might be more productive than tweeting. I wonder if letters have more > influence (people at least talk about them, judging by the news about GPs > today). Thanks Annie by the way for the recent action. > > > > > > Foucault's politics could fairly have been described as radical, >> although there's disagreement over whether he should be more accurately >> described as a Marxist or an anarchist. >> >> In any case, there's a saying in radical political circles: if voting >> could change anything, they'd make it illegal (Ken Livingstone >> 'borrowed' it for the title of his autobiography). >> >> I wonder where that leaves the status of our tweeting at the people some >> of us voted for? >> >> J. >> >> >> On 13/03/2012 07:30, Richard Pemberton wrote: >>> David >>> This sort of implies that the million people are stupid and think that >>> tweeting alone is the answer? Do critical people not tweet? Would >>> Foucault have used twitter and for what?? >>> Take a look at #ididnotreport to see the raw power of it. >>> Richard Pemberton >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 12 Mar 2012, at 22:53, David Fryer <[log in to unmask] >>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >>> >>>> Is a million people apparently believing they can prevent reactionary >>>> bills being made law by tweeting and emailing a reason for optimism >>>> or dismay? The latter as far as I am concerned . . . especially if >>>> members of a list like this, whose members occasionally engage in >>>> critique, also apparently believe it. How have we become so >>>> subjectively reconstituted that we believe tweeting could be >>>> an effective form of political action? Foucault did make it up. >>>> David >>>> *From:* Kelly Fenton <[log in to unmask] >>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >>>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 5:23 >>>> *Subject:* Re: urgent please lobby your college to restate its >>>> position on Health Bill before Tuesday >>>> >>>> Over 1 million tweets & emails have now been sent. Guess you couldn't >>>> make it up! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 11 Mar 2012, at 23:05, CRAIG NEWNES <[log in to unmask] >>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is so lovely - we are urged to "pressurize" our MPs by >>>>> "tweeting" them. You couldn't make it up. >>>>> Craig >>>>> *From:* Annie Mitchell <[log in to unmask] >>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >>>>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, 11 March 2012, 19:25 >>>>> *Subject:* [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] FW: urgent please lobby your college >>>>> to restate its position on Health Bill before Tuesday >>>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> See below and attached : I have written to Carol Allen, BPS >>>>> president, to urge her to re-iterate the BPS position to David >>>>> Cameron before Tuesday [log in to unmask] >>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >>>>> >>>>> Others might wish to do so too? >>>>> >>>>> Good wishes, >>>>> >>>>> Annie >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Louise Irvine [mailto:[log in to unmask] >>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] >>>>> Sent: 11 March 2012 16:10 >>>>> To: Louise Irvine >>>>> Subject: urgent please lobby your college to restate its position on >>>>> Health Bill before Tuesday >>>>> >>>>> Dear All >>>>> >>>>> The Health and Social Care Bill is being debated on Tuesday 13th >>>>> March in Parliament, as a result of the e-petition. This is the last >>>>> vote on the whole Bill in Parliament before it becomes law, and the >>>>> last chance to defeat it. >>>>> >>>>> There is still a small chance that some Lib Dem MPs could be >>>>> persuaded to vote against it, in the light of the Lib Dem conference >>>>> defeat of a motion supporting the Bill. >>>>> >>>>> It is crucial that ahead of this debate the Royal Colleges reiterate >>>>> their position about the Bill and write to Parliamentarians , either >>>>> singly or together with other Royal Colleges to restate their >>>>> position. >>>>> >>>>> Many presidents are holding back - even given their stated position >>>>> following EGMs and surveys. One feels that they do not agree with >>>>> the views of their Members and this is showing in their reticence to >>>>> do what is expected of them. >>>>> >>>>> Please do everything you can to put pressure on them - write, email, >>>>> tweet (with the relevant @ sign) now before it is too late, >>>>> including organisations where the position is well known such as RCGP. >>>>> >>>>> Please urgently cascade this to colleagues in the different health >>>>> colleges and organisations, including nurses and other health >>>>> professionals. I attach a document detailing current official >>>>> positions. >>>>> >>>>> This all has to be done BEFORE TUESDAY. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Louise >>>>> >>>>> ___________________________________ >>>>> There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post >>>>> contact Grant [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >>>>> To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >>>>> list, visit the website: >>>>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: >>>>> http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant >>>>> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To >>>>> unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, >>>>> visit the website: >>>>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >>>> ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: >>>> http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant >>>> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To >>>> unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, >>>> visit the website: >>>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >>>> >>>> >>>> ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: >>>> http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant >>>> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To >>>> unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, >>>> visit the website: >>>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >>> ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: >>> http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant >>> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To >>> unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, >>> visit the website: >>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >> >> -- >> ******************************************************** >> John Cromby >> Psychology, SSEHS >> Loughborough University >> Loughborough, Leics >> LE11 3TU England UK >> Tel: 01509 223000 >> Personal webpage:http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~hujc4/ >> ******************************************************** >> >> >> ___________________________________ >> There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact >> Grant [log in to unmask] >> To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, >> visit the website: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Planet Ink Club is a great way to save money and help the environment. > Join today (http://www.planetinkclub.com) > > This message has been scanned by Supanet for viruses and dangerous content using ClamAV and SpamAssassin. > > ___________________________________ > There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant [log in to unmask] > To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK