When the Internet first took off, we heard a lot about its potential for social change, about how it would revitalize democracy and create a new public sphere. Future Active puts such claims to the test, taking us behind the digital barricades.

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Backing Into The Future 2. Remote Control 3. alt.media 4. Open Publishing, Open Technologies 5. Turning Signs Into Question Marks 6. Hack Attacks and Electronic Civil Disobedience Epilogue Notes Index

"Future Active is a report from the frontlines of the guerrilla media war. Writing in brisk, skip-the-bullshit style, Meikle chronicles and critiques the tactical strikes of hacktivists, culture jammers and other mutant free radicals who are putting the Internet to political use." -- Mark Dery, author of The PyrotechnicInsanitarium "Future Active is a report from the frontlines of the guerrilla media war. Writing in brisk, skip-the-bullshit style, Meikle chronicles and critiques the tactical strikes of hacktivists, culture jammers and other mutant free radicals who are putting the Internet to political use." -- Mark Dery, author of The PyrotechnicInsanitarium "Future Active is a report from the frontlines of the guerrilla media war. Writing in brisk, skip-the-bullshit style, Meikle chronicles and critiques the tactical strikes of hacktivists, culture jammers and other mutant free radicals who are putting the Internet to political use --Mark Dery, author of The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium."