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OUT NOW from Pluto PressImaginary Futures: From Thinking Machines to the Global VillageBy Dr. Richard BarbrookWinner of the 2008 Marshall McLuhan Prize for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media EcologyAuthor and University of Westminster lecturer Dr. Richard Barbrook, debuted his latest literary work to worldwide audiences in Spring 2007. Imaginary Futures demonstrates how politics influenced the way this powerful tool is controlled today and calls upon all who are cyber-connected to use the Internet for taking revolutionary politics into their own hands, to create a more positive future. Anyone who uses the Internet should read this book because it is:• Brilliantly researched• Politically radical• FunnyDownload Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master CollectionMicrosoft Office Professional Plus 2010 FINALDownload Microsoft Windows XP Professional Student Edition SP3 (RC2 Build 3300)Download Adobe InDesign CS5.5Download Adobe After Effects v7.0 Pro CS2Barbrook challenges new generations to take the power of the Internet into their own hands, to resist status quo politics and to use the world’s most powerful political tool to shape their own, better, destiny. His message: if we don’t want the future to be what it used to be, we must invent our own, improved and truly revolutionary future.“There is an urban guerrilla feeling and tone to this book with an ambitious message to point out. It is fantastically radical, because it reminds us of what could have been and what may still happen… Many Net writers adopt an a-political stance, but Richard shows it is the opposite – and that the most important political issues of our time are tied into the Net. –Simon Schaffer, Cambridge University Professor and BBC PresenterImaginary Futures Depicts The Atomic AgeBeautifully designed by Sacha Davison Lunt, and illustrated by artist Alex Veness, Imaginary Futures captures the fashionable kitsch of the 1950s and 1960s Atomic Age ideals, alongside the politics of the leading inventors, philosophers and pop culture leaders of this era. Imaginary Futures is both radically inspiring and collectable.Find out more about Imaginary FuturesAccess the latest media downloads here, including presentations, videos, audios, photos and draftsRichard Barbrook is a founder member of Class Wargames.With Fabian Tompsett, he wrote the script for Ilze Black (director), Class Wargames Presents Guy Debord s The Game of War.Dr. Richard BarbrookDr. Richard Barbrook is the author of Pluto Press's Spring 2007 release Imaginary Futures and has also written a number of highly influential essays on the clash between commerce and cooperation within the Internet, including 'The Hi-Tech Gift Economy', 'Cyber-communism', 'The Regulation of Liberty' and, with Andy Cameron, 'The Californian Ideology'.Read full biographyBuy the bookAvailable from Pluto Press in May 2007Order copies from: www.plutobooks.com 16.99 GBP - $26.95 USDJanuary 18th, 2016The Californian Challenge: what kind of digital future do we want to live in?Dr. Richard Barbrook will be speaking about two decades of The Californian Ideology at Bucerius Lab s The Californian Challenge conference on 19th-20th February 2016 at Kampnagel, Jarrestraße 1, Hamburg, Germany.

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