Alan; I think Wikileaks is very important, if not the powers-that-be wouldn't be crucifying it. It's secrets that let them get away with what they do, saying, "Trust us. You don't know because you're not privy to the information we have." And then start another war. That's how Bush got away with invading Iraq, and all the other wounds he opened, joining the innumerable self-inflicted wounds our species has been making over many thousands of years. I hope Wikileaks is just one step in a multi-tasking movement that exposes and changes the eschatological path along which governments are presently leading the world.
-Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Sondheim" <sondh...@panix.com> To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Angles On Anonymous. I don't want to justify attitudes in the US and can't speak for Rhizome for that matter but I do want to say that what's going on here - Wikileaks is not as important or violent as some of the other things going on. Some examples - Obama keeping the Bush onslaught on the Environmental Protection Agency in place; his backing the Bush tax cuts for the rich; the failure of health-care; the daily dose of ugly racism and ignorance from the heart of the Republican party; the increase in violent crime (at least here in NY) and increase in homelessness; the long soup kitchen lines; the arrogance of the rich and railroading of grass-roots organizations; the onslaught against immigration and "anchor babies"; the constant lies and viciousness of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and others; the constant war in Afghanistan and clandestine wars elsewhere; the ugliness of a Congress that can't even grant the 9/11 workers decent healthcare; the hatred of Muslims; the national debt creating an economy tottering on the brink of chaos; minor things like open season for bear hunting in New Jersey; the closing of firehouses and other basic care facilities in NYC; in other words, the unraveling of a fundamental social fabric that allows folks to think about things like Wikileaks; and this sort of news goes on daily. We're now 25th in education, 40th in infant mortality; way down in quality of life indices; 17th or 18th in terms of lifespan; highest by a factor of 2 or 3 in health-care costs; and so forth. I support Wikileaks and associated groups; but I worry about suicidal friends, ill friends, friends in despair more; and this is where a lot of my mental energy goes. This may not explain anything, but it's the best I can do. - Alan On Sat, 11 Dec 2010, marc garrett wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > > Subversion is not a political attitude, it is a way of life... > > Being a decent human being is considered either negative or a criminal > activity in itself. > > I have not noticed many art groups in the UK other than ourselves and > Mute, discussing all these issues as openly. > > Across the sea, Rhizome.org in America is 'silent' regarding the > wikileaks or student cuts around the world - I would of hoped the > individuals who run the platform would be brave enough to activate some > kind of dialogue around it. And I suppose, what it tells me is that, > they do not care enough to push these things into the public for mutual > dialogue. Yes, I know it may threaten funding, but we have the same > problems here. > > Next week live on Resonance fm, our last broadcast this year - we are > holding a minute silence 'live' on the radio to mourn the death of > education. > > All this stuff threatens the existence of furtherfield and the space we > have in London plus many projects we are involved in, most of them > socially engaged - and that's what the government wants to happen. > > And all those peer 'art' groups who do not openly challenge the powers > that be will be invested in, such as those similar to Rhizome.org > because they tow the line - and lets not forget that this is not just a > national issue, it is an international, neoliberlist attack on > humanities. And I will not 'ever' forgive those who have so conveniently > kept silent, when as others have at least tried to make real changes in > culture; deeper than promoting top-down artists and institutional > drone-art, and product and technologically determined (so called) art, > conveyor belt products. Techno-bling is boring, boring, boring, and > shallow. > > We have already been warned to stop discussing the current crisis > regarding cuts and the neoliberlaist situation with our own community, > by friends who are well connected to others in power, who are watching > us - and it really feels strange and distressing to know that by openly > discussing this with you and others, that I may be risking the future of > our independent, creative and brilliant individuals and groups who are > part our networked communities... > > wishing you well. > > marc > > > > > > Shame on our justice systems and the prosecution of our idealistic > motivated youth, which are threatened all over the world by the > fillistines called judges > > > > More examples of injustice in our so called democracies: > > > > Hungary: > > > > Asisstence given by child birth at home, imprisoned until at least > January 2011 > > > > Source : chtodelat > > > > Us Chigaco > > > > Three young women accused of travelling to Palestine put on trial by > the FBI > > > > Source: hufftington post > > > > And so it goes on and on and on > > > > What is there to stop falling in a cynical state of mind and a > profound sadness about the failure of the human project? > > > > How to survive in a bitter and cold world without shared ethical and > moral principles ? > > > > I am deeply depressed by the current situation and can hardly believe > it will be better during my lifetime > > > > Liberators turn out to be ursurpators in the very end > > > > Andreas Maria Jacobs > > > > w: http://www.nictoglobe.com > > w: http://burgerwaanzin.nl > > > > On 11 Dec 2010, at 11:24, marc garrett > <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > > > >> Angles On Anonymous. > >> > >> "A number of readers are sending in links related to Anonymous, the > >> Internet phenomenon ??? don't call them a group ??? behind the > controversial > >> DDoS attacks on commercial entities that fail to support WikiLeaks. The > >> best insight into Anonymous comes from the Economist's Babbage blogger, > >> who hung out in one of their IRC channels > >> (http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/12/more_wikileaks). Reader > >> nk497 points out that UK users looking to join Anonymous's DDoS army > >> should be aware they could face a jail term of up to two years > >> > (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/363523/wikileaks-protest-tool-could-carry-two-year-jail-stretch); > >> simply downloading the LOIC software used in the DDoSing could suffice > >> to earn a conviction. One 16-year-old has been arrested > >> > (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/first-arrest-made-in-wikileaks-revenge-attacks.ars) > >> in The Netherlands and is charged with participating in the DDoS. > >> Reader > >> ancientribe sends in coverage of a claim by one security outfit that > >> several existing criminal botnets have joined forces > >> > (http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/attacks-breaches/228800076/botnet-operators-set-to-join-operation-payback.html) > >> with Anonymous's Operation: Payback. And reader Stoobalou notes a > >> Thing.co.uk story on a manifesto of sorts > >> > (http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/12/10/who-are-anonymous-and-what-do-they-want/) > >> that purports to come from "ANON OPS," even though Anonymous disclaims > >> any central spokesperson or entity - press release here > >> (http://dump.no/files/467072ba2a42/ANONOPS_The_Press_Release.pdf) PDF." > >> From Slashdot.org > >> > >> wishing you well. > >> > >> marc > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > == email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ webpage http://www.alansondheim.org music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qv.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
