ABSTRACT
Having mapped in Chapter 9 the social organization of the Vancouver activist field, we now consider its cultural/ideological aspects. As argued in Chapters 3 and 4, counterhegemonic politics requires that the diverse movements and subaltern publics that have a stake in radical democratization find common ground. What contribution might media activists make to building such a unity in diversity around an alternative social vision? This is a very big question, and here we can only address one important aspect of it, namely, the extent to which Vancouver media activists share a common identity, vision and strategic framework commensurate with an integrative politics of social justice.
