Re: Eric X. Li: Democracy Is Not the Answer..

2012-07-15 Thread mp
On 13/07/12 17:36, Flick Harrison wrote: > MP, > > Instead of just attacking me and democracy, why not say what you > think about China, the topic at hand? Are you defending their ruling > system, or just attacking straw men (i.e. people defending capitalism > here)? Do you see democracy and ca

Re: Eric X. Li: Democracy Is Not the Answer.

2012-07-15 Thread Newmedia
Carl: > This is exactly the kind of sleazy, power-worshipping bullshit > (h/t the late Hunter S. Thompson) that plays well at the Aspen > Institute, a hangout of Li and other pet philosphers of global > capitalism. No doubt. However, there are TWO glaring problems with your analysis -- 1

Re: stories of boats4 people

2012-07-15 Thread Heiko Recktenwald
Am 14.07.2012 22:28, schrieb Geert Lovink: > <...> > > Last year, in March 2011, 63 people who had left Tripoli in the attempt > to reach the Southern shores of Italy, died after drifting for 14 days at > sea. This incident occurred during the international military > intervention in Libya and as

Re: Naomi Wolf: This global financial fraud and its gatekeepers (Guardian)

2012-07-15 Thread Keith Hart
Of course fraud is systemic. The British, having lost a colonial empire, created an illegal financial empire based on the City of London and run through dependencies like the Cayman islands, Jersey, Hong Kong etc. The US was forced to retaliate by setting up its own offshore system at home (Delawar

Gernot Untergruber is stealing your content from Facebook.

2012-07-15 Thread bernhard bauch
I am pleased to introduce you to Gernot Untergruber - gernotuntergruber.com a translucent facebook mashup. Gernot Untergruber is an art project which aims to explore and blur the boundaries between single-person-organic, collective and virtual personalities. Gernot is a translucent so

Naomi Wolf: This global financial fraud and its gatekeepers (Guardian)

2012-07-15 Thread Patrice Riemens
original to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/14/global-financial-fraud-gatekeepers for links etc. This global financial fraud and its gatekeepers The media's 'bad apple' thesis no longer works. We're seeing systemic corruption in banking – and systemic collusion By Naomi Wolf g

stories of boats4 people

2012-07-15 Thread Geert Lovink
Boats 4 People. Press release n°5 Link to full video: http://vimeo.com/45617472 Abbas, an Eritrean national is the only survivor of this incident, was found on Tuesday at 14:30 by a Tunisian fisherman 35 miles off the coasts of Zarzis. He was hanging onto the remains of the rubber dinghy with