movmnt2.0

The second issue of movmnt is printed and will soon be available at a fine Port Authority-ish newsstand near you, as well as at Barnes & Noble and Borders and by subscription at our website.  I'm very proud of this issue, I think we really stepped up our game editorially as well as design-wise.  We went with a more eco-friendly paper stock, which made it less glossy but it has a more tactile magazine feel this time, which I kind of like.

I wrote two pieces for this issue. I interviewed the ceo of Rock Corps, an interesting youth volunteerism concept that seems to be doing very well after just two years of throwing concerts for kids who donate time to local non-profits.  The most interesting thing I learned from Stephen was that a majority of youth polled recently don't think the government can fix all of the world's problems (file under: duh), but they also don't think it will be non-profits or some do-gooder organization.  Nope, kids today think that the only thing that can save the world is....corporations.  That honestly surprised me.  The era of anti-establishmentarianism is over, apparently.

My main Society piece is called "I, Citizen", and I am quite proud of it.  I worked with my good friend Eddie Larios (who designed my Aatomic banner above) and he did me proud on the graphics.  It's about how technology empowers the rising generation to participate in society and enrich their lives in an unprecedented manner by putting the means of production and distribution into their hands directly, mitigating the need for larger bureaucratic/corporate infrastructures.  The workers' utopia, subsidized by free market capitalism.  The article, and the overall theme of the entire issue in fact, were inspired in large part by Instapundit's book An Army of Davids.  He certainly doesn't need my help to plug the book, but I would highly recommend it.  Thanks for the inspiration, Glenn!

I also helped compile a world map of factoids that highlight various flashpoints of volatile events around the world.  I included a mention of the Russian media, and its seeming return to a Soviet-era culture of fear.  Josh over at The Conjecturer has a great post that shows how prescient I was with that item. 

If you're not already a subscriber to movmnt, join in the fun!  We are truly a form of independent media; we have no corporate backing and won't survive for long unless we have your support.  Like a small Army of Davids ourselves, we publish this baby right out of a downtown apartment.  Power to the people!

Comments

[Josh]

Thanks for the plug! Once I get paid, I intend to subscribe.

[Michael S]

I just got my copy in the mail, and intend to turn off the TV and read it tonight. If it is even one half as well written as your post, it's going to floor people.

I need to say how pleased--and proud--I am to know you, and see how marvelously you have frittered away your life.

[scott]

Don't hold your breath waiting for your first issue to arrive Josh. I won a single lousy copy of the kickoff issue for answering a really, really, really hard quiz question on this blog about three months ago and I still haven't gotten my copy yet.

I don't think Aatom actually has anything to do with the publication because I heard from another unnamed blogger (Boozhy) that Aatom was spotted working the register at Gristedes and every time someone would start to unload their cart he'd give the person a little chicken head, wag his bony, Lee Press-on nail adorned finger and say "Unh unh, I'm or break girrl."

[Aatom]

I've been on break for a long time, girl. I thought I told Rami to send that issue to you. He's such a lazy Cuban. Anyway, the check's in the mail. Keep your harness on.

[Josh]

Don't worry Scott - if I held my breath waiting for a gay man to be reliable I'd have passed out a decade ago :-)

[Aatom]

Are you calling me a fag?

[Josh]

No, no, no, I'd never do that. Well, yes.

[Aatom]

lol. you go, girl.