The Zapatistas are starting a new interesting campaign of direct communication
with the EZLN using a few new websites and have announced plans for an
intergalactic encuentro possibly in July.
Communiqué from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -- General
Command of the Zapatista Ar
The MRAP (Mouvement contre le racisme et l'amitie entre les peuples), a
large and quite powerful French anti-racism watchdog, has lodged a
criminal complaint against Alain Finkelkraut for racism, incitation to
hatred, and incitation to violence. More details on: www.mrap.asso.fr/
# distribute
Networking the Networked/Closing the Loop: Some Notes on WSIS II
Michael Gurstein
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I didn't attend the first Summit in Geneva... No particular reason to do
so and no funds to provide support. Those who did attend indicated that
the major and lasting benefit that they saw arising
mark, list,
> Media is our environment -- therefore it has to be described
> environmentally.
interesting view. yet the notion of environment (to me) implies
remoteness. even untouchable static qualities. as every metaphor, it
emphasises certain qualities of the concept it is used upon
(u
how much control will readers have in their role as editors and what
are the risks of news pollution? also, where are the headlines coming
from and who are the journalists? i'm curious to know how exactly
we're getting closer to the truth.
On 11/23/05, Gurstein, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Agreed. "Sharp borders" don't apply.
"New Media" is now usually internet based, tending to have some or all of
these components or features: broadband, graphics, high definition, dynamic,
interactive, geo-tracked, geo-targeted, real-time, database driven,
multi-platform, wireless, etc..
"New
Others have already tried this, quite successfully. Kuro5in and Slashdot
have been doing this sort of thing for some time. Kuro5in has a more
reader-centred, one may perhaps say "democratic" approach, and has a more
general-interest coverage than Slashdot's "news for geeks" focus. OhmyNews,
whi
Following is a response I sent to the governance mailing list about
the recent WSIS conference in Tunis. I thought those on the nettime
mailing list would find it of interest:
On 11/26/05, Laina Raveendran Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just curious what people think about Robert Kahn's pres
