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Cara — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:48:37 GMT

Have you ever been Nowhere?

A place where you cease to exist as you do in the default world, where your relationships with those around are based not on "What can you do for me?" but "What can we do together?", a place where Radical Self-Expression and Radical Self-Reliance become Radical Realities.

Nowhere is a 5 day event in Northern Spain, based upon the principles of Burning Man in Nevada, it is an experiment in participatory creation where everyone holds a piece of the puzzle.

We truly are a Leave No Trace event. You must bring everything you need to survive in a harsh desert environment. There is no commerce at Nowhere. No money. No shopping. If You need something, You make it happen.. And everything you bring you are responsible for taking away.

Nowhere explodes into existence for 5 amazing days, it's participants bringing art, music, life, love, chaos and adventure into a world that has lost sense of the primal reasons for existence... then it fades back to the dust from which it blossomed.

A gift economy, radical self expression, radical self reliance, leave no trace and no spectators.... these guiding lights, and the natural filter of
the desert, mean that Nowhere is not for everyone. But if you are one of those who value human interaction over financial exchange, who love to create just for the sheer joy of creating, who are one of "... the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."

then maybe Nowhere is for you

Go to http://www.goingnowhere.org to find out more

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New Hunter S. Thompson Documentary

petunia — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:33:07 GMT

Dear Friends,
This is a VERY funny and poignant film director Blue Kraning made about Hunter S. Thompson. You can follow this link to where the trailer is posted up on Tribe:

http://people.tribe.net/ef16dbc2-...e40916ff6d

or you can follow the other links to his website www.gonzopatriots.com to see the trailer and buy the film.

I went ahead and copied the text from the tribe page below so you get a better idea of the work.

Please support the spirit of independence in which this film was made AND BUY THIS FILM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much Love To All,
Lisa Ferguson (aka Petunia Maple Cake)

New Hunter S. Thompson Documentary
This is the trailer for the fun-loving but poignant film that is a tribute to Gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson, and a document of how his legacy continues to live on in the hearts and minds of his fans. Blasted!!! follows the many "Gonzo Patriots" across America that volunteered their personally owned artillery to fulfill the good doctor's last wish to have his ashes fired from a cannon. Before Johnny Depp became involved with the ceremony, and paid over 2 million dollars for a professional fireworks company to blast his friend's ashes from a 200 foot tall 'Gonzo fist,' an essay contest was held by the Aspen Daily News (at the request of Hunter's family) to see who would be available to provide the service of firing his ashes. Over 50 private cannon owners applied and though these letters were published in Harper's magazine, these brave men and women, who had come forward to fulfill the dying wish of their hero...were eventually forgotten.

DVD's for this film can be purchased at www.gonzopatriots.com

Blue Kraning, Los Angeles based documentary director and Emmy Award winning writer, has just released the DVD of his film, Blasted, The Gonzo Patriots of Hunter S. Thompson, which recently premiered at the Starz Denver International Film Festival and the Rotterdam International Film Festival.

Three years in the making, this film is a tribute to a great journalist and renowned physician. Kraning says the film, “is intended for any fan of Hunter S. Thompson or just anyone who likes to see large stuffed animals blown to bits by a homemade Bowling Ball Cannon fired by a man in a purple polyester suit, or see transgender Civil War re-enactors blast their aptly named mountain howitzer...’Lucrecia,’ while reciting Hunter’s wisdom. I made this film entirely as a one-man-band, in the tradition of Gonzo individuality and artistic freedom, so I will be distributing the film entirely by myself by selling the film off my website at www.gonzopatriots.com”

"Hunter S. Thompson embodied the American ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Blue Kraning's Blasted!!! is a twisted, anarchic, fun, and funny tribute to Hunter, those ideals, and Americans who don't merely mouth the Declaration of Independence, but live it." - Michael Simmons, The Huffington Post

“These are not the famous actors, politicians or even journalists. These are Hunter's readers who are “his people” in the purest sense, an army of thoughtful citizens who are inspired by Hunter's work and who do a fine job of carrying on his legacy.” –Anita Thompson, wife of the late author, Hunter S. Thompson

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Naomi Klein on Iraq Democracy

diazo — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:22:44 GMT

this is a short video of one of my heros, Naomi Klein talking about how the U.S. killed democracy in Iraq, etc. she wrote the book _No Logo_ that blew my mind (about corporate branding culture).

http://www.iwtnews.com/videoplayer/naomiklein

hey, does anyone still post on this tribe? i was shocked to see nothing on Brad Will.

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links to video of currupt police?? anyone??

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:24:54 GMT

I know i have seen a real "good" one that was actually filmed by police, showing their corrupt behavior at demostrations...does anyone know that one? there were clips of nazi germany edited in.
anyone else have any other links we could share with the world?

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human rights issue

reporting live — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:57:07 GMT

www.akha.org

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We are about to attack Iran - october surprise / nuclear war

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:10:47 GMT

Hey Y'all,

[I appologize for the multiple tribe posting of this but This is urgent.]

Bush has sent Millitary ships, carriers, and planes to Iran. They are
going to war with a country that will spark the end of ANY stability in
the region and can ignite a world nuclear war.
please read http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1009-20.htm

This is one of those times that try our souls, when our smaller issues
need to take 2nd priority to the priority of dealling with this potential
end of everything.

Please forward this and seriously think about what YOU can do to try to
bring your centered attention back to reigning in the federal governement.

The American Revoltution happened for many reasons but much of it had to
do with the destruction of local economies and the use of the millitary to
maintain the East India Companies corporate monopoly on goods.

We have gone so far beyond that now. The declaration of independence tells
us WHEN it is required of us to have a revolution:

It says: we have unablienable rights. Governements exist to secure those
rights "deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed...
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is
the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its
Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their
Safety and Happiness."

Bush is threatening our very lives and the lives of future generations.
Jefferson reminds us that governements should not be brought down for
"light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn,
that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than
to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the
same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it
is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to
provide new Guards for their future Security."

This last line is important for it tells us that when power is repeatedly
abused by someone with no right to use it. When it becomes evident that
there is a pattern to those abuses: that there is a "design to reduce them
under absolute despotism" we must stop this governemnt for it is no longer
the legitamate government of the poeople.

I don't know what we can do. It is so hard just to keep the bills paid,
and protests that just march down the streets of already liberal cities
obviously is not the answer. But there are people who are accountable who
must face the consequences of their actions and their complicency. And
there are many many many people who agree that this MUST END. We need to
put our efforts into building up resistance to this.

There is another reason for public resistance. It is essential that people
who might decide to target the united states understand that we are
opposed to the government's actions. Many people around the world think
that we want this to happen. They don't understand the powerlessness of
being in this country. There must but global recognition that the US
citizenry does not support their dictator. If the world understands that
we oppose this, then maybe they won't nuke us. Maybe they will offer
support or asylum or whatever.

Power is all about inequality. It builds up even though it is not
supported. The vast majority do not want to be ruled, they want their
lives to work out to be simple and full of friends they want to not worry.

Currently their are calls for seccession in Vermont and many in Vermont
are calling for the Pentagon to stage a millitary coup in the event of an
attack on Iran. We may find we have strange allies in this time.

This is what we must do:
-get our checkbooks, bodies, rooms, homes, and gardens in order.
-Get out of the house and spend time with friends as much as possible,
-If you are under 35, get your conscientious objector status together (ask
me how)
-Visit your congressmen and senators' offices in person to tell them what
you think.
-Be prepared to get back into protest mode and decide on a few triggers
that will get you on the streets:
-Will you go if bush removes due process rights (already has happened)
-Will you stand if bush announces he will atack iran?
-Will you take over buildings if he does atack iran?
-Will you march on Washington D.C. if he drops a nuclear bomb?
WHAT ARE YOUR TIPPING POINTS? once you decide what you are committed to
responing to, hold yourself to it.

good luck

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uNfUCKING BELEIVABLE ! PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO CLIP AS WELL

russ — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:09:23 GMT

UTAH RAVERS TREATED LIKE TERRORISTS! EVOL INTENT'S ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT!
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UTAH RAVERS TREATED LIKE TERRORISTS! EVOL INTENT'S ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT!

Originally Posted by knick evl ntnt

Last night, I was booked to play an event about an hour outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The hype behind this show was huge, they presold 700 tickets and they expected up to 3,000 people total. The promoters did an amazing job with the show.. they even made slipmats with the flyers on them to promote in local shops.

So, we got to the show around 11:15 or so and it was really cool. It was all outdoors, in a valley surrounded by huge mountains. They had an amazing light show flashing on to a mountain behind the site, the sound was booming, the crowd was about 1500 people thick and everything just seemed too good to be true really. Well...

At about 11:30 or so, I was standing behind the stage talking with someone when I noticed a helicopter pulling over one of the mountain tops. I jokingly said "Oh look, here comes big brother" to the person I was with. I wasn't far off.

The helicopter dipped lower and lower and started shining its lights on the crowd. I was kind of in awe and just sat and watched this thing circle us for a minute. As I looked back towards the crowd I saw a guy dressed in camoflauge walking by, toting an assault rifle. At this point, everyone was fully aware of what was going on . A few "troops" rushed the stage and cut the sound off and started yelling that everyone "get the fuck out of here or go to jail". This is where it got really sticky.

No one resisted. That's for sure. They had police dogs raiding the crowd of people and I saw a dog signal out a guy who obviously had some drugs on him. The soldiers attacked the guy (4 of them on 1), and kicked him a few times in the ribs and had their knees in his back and sides. As they were cuffing him, there was about 1000 kids trying to leave in the backdrop, peacefully. Next thing I know, A can of fucking TEAR GAS is launched into the crowd. People are running and screaming at this point. Girls are crying, guys are cussing... bad scene.

Now, this is all I saw with my own eyes, but I heard plenty of other accounts of the night. Now this isnt gossip I heard from some candy raver, these are instances cited straight out of the promoters mouth..

- One of the promoters friends (a very small female) was attacked by one of the police dogs. As she struggled to get away from it, the police tackled her. 3 grown men proceeded to KICK HER IN THE STOMACH.

- The police confiscated 3 video tapes in total. People were trying to document what was happening out there. The police saw one guy filming and ran after him, tackled him and his camera fell, and luckily.. his friend grabbed it and ran and got away. priceless footage. That's not all though. Out of 1,500 people, there's sure to be more footage.

- The police were rounding up the staff of the party and the main promoter went up to them with the permit for the show and said "here, I have the permit." The police then said, "no you don't" and ripped the permit out of his hand. Then, they put an assault rifle to his forehead and said "get the fuck out of here right now."

Now.. let's get the facts straight here.

This event was 100% legal. They had every permit the city told them they needed. They had a 2 MILLION DOLLAR insurance policy for the event. They had liscenced security guards at the gates confiscating any alcohol or drugs found upon entry (yes, they searched every car on the way in). Oh, I suppose I should mention that they arrested all the security guards for possession.

Oh another interesting fact.. the police did not have a warrant. The owner of the land already has a lawsuit against the city for something similar. A few months ago, she rented her land for a party and the police raided that as well. And catch this, the police forced her to LEAVE HER OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY. That's right. They didnt arrest her, but made her leave her own property!!!

Don't get it twisted, this is all going down in probably THE most conservative state in the USA. And this is scary.. a gross violation of our civil liberties. The police wanted this party shut down, so they made it happen. Even though everything about this event was legal. The promoters spent over $ 20,000 on this show and did everything they had to to make it legit, only to have it taken away from them by a group of radical neo-con's with an agenda.

This was one of the scariest things I have ever witnessed in person. I can't even begin to describe how surreal it was. Helicopters, assault rifles, tear gas, camoflauge-wearing soldiers.... why? Was that really necessary?

This needs to be big news across the USofA. At least in our music scene (edm as a whole)... this could happen to any of us at any time. When we're losing the right to gather peacefully, we're also letting the police set a standard of what we can get away with. And I think that's BULLSHIT!

The system fucked up last night... They broke up a party that was 100% legal and they physically hurt a lot of people there at the same time. The promoters already have 6 lawsuits ready to file with their lawyers and the ACLU is already involved.

I'm sure some pictures (and hopefully some video) will surface soon. I'll make sure to post them up here on 404, so you can see the Police State of America at work.

p.s. - there are more stories of police brutality that i'll post up later. gotta hit the airport soon. can't wait to get the fuck out of this shit hole state.

www.buzzlife.com/forums/showthread.php

SHERIFF'S STATEMENT: www.utahcountyonline.org/News/...NewsDetails.asp

VIDEO: homepage.mac.com/apexgrin/...Sharing2.html

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Enter the InfoBunker

Abraxas2k12 — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:23:35 GMT

Just a heads up to let you all know about my tribe, http://tribes.tribe.net/infobunker.

It's got a growing list of alternative documentaries and presentations for download on such topics as the banking, the drug war, the CIA, 9/11, and other pertinent topics.

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ChomskyTorrents.org :: Torrents of audio and video for educating yourself

Wed, 18 May 2005 02:35:13 GMT

ChomskyTorrents.org "...provide a gathering place for torrents with progressive and radical content. As for now, it preserves a special place for the work of American dissident Noam Chomsky, as the domain name suggests."

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CRA act will turn US into a Theocracy

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:12:25 GMT

I'm sending this to most of my friends, i would suggest that you do too.

It has recently come to my attention that Sen. Richard Shelby has put
forward an act called The Constitution Restoration Act

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.520:

It is really freaky and The CRA already has 28 sponsors in the House and
Senate. Sen. Richard Shelby's office beleives that "we have the votes for
passage."

OKAY here's what it does:

"Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court
shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or
otherwise, any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an
entity of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer or
agent of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in
official or personal capacity), concerning that entity's, officer's, or
agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or
government."

This means that, when a legal issue has to do with questioning christian
religious perspective, then the court and political system has no right to
intervine.

It means that, if a judge or politician tries to intervine (by say, not
letting the 10 commandments appear in a classroom or deaming policy
unconstitution because it supports the christian agenda,) that are
committing an illegal act and will be subject to impeachment.

It also means that international law does not apply and it would be
illegal for an elected official or a judge to invoke the Geneva
Convention, the Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, or any other international treaty, that elected official
would be jubject to impeachment.

IF THIS PASSES, in other words, WE WILL FIND OURSELVES FULLY IN THE MIDDLE
OF A CHRISTIAN THEOCRACY. where christians are above the law and where
neocons can cloud themselves in the rational of "god speaks to me" or "i
am doing gods work"

this is scary and must be stopped if we are to maintain and restory ANY
scrap of our democracy.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON. There has been no debate about this and it must be
known what is about to happen.

info:

the bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.520:

some commentary:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00266.htm
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0419/p08s03-comv.html
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0421-03.htm

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Concorde crash

Yul — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:24:02 GMT

I think a classic example of the lop-sided news coverage of most "news" services was on the day the Concorde jetliner crashed. On that day, the crash was the number one news story for most news outlets. But for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, the Bush-Cheney team-up was considered more newsworthy than the Concorde crash. I know we all have differing opinions on what's newsworthy. But the fact remains that the Concorde crash is a far more unique event than another round of presidential election politics.

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Global Music Project worldwide launch on Feb 24th

Peter — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:59:14 GMT

Global Music Project.org (it's downloadable music, but the money goes to charity!) is currently gearing up for its worldwide launch on Feb 24th. In Seattle, it will be at Bada Lounge (7pm). We're also planning parties in the UK and Zambia Africa on that same day. IMPORTANT: If you know anyone in other parts of the globe that might like some exposure for their music and willing to have a launch party there, let us know.

If you're in the Seattle area, come down to the meeting this Tuesday night (Jan 4th) at 7pm at Bada Lounge. You could meet a few of our volunteers and see what we're up to! If you know anyone else that might want to check it out as well, bring them along or send them to globalmusicproject.org

Happy New Year,

Peter

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News is boring to me

Yul — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:27:10 GMT

News is boring to me because most of the topics covered by "news" shows are the same topics they've covered for months or years. Sure, there are some folks who found the non-stop coverage of the Scott Peterson trial fascinating. But for my purposes, the news should consists primarily of issues and topics that few have seen before. The Scott Peterson trial at best should've been a news brief that would get occassional coverage. But of course the "news" media seem to get very excited by events that change very little over a long period of time. But since I have a SHORT attention span, the news -- which tends to change very little over a long period of time -- is very boring to me. At least C-SPAN frequently covers issues and topics that few have seen before.

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New Sudan documentary

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 10:12:17 GMT

There is a new documentary about Sudan coming out soon:
http://www.insightnewstv.com/refugees

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The Culture War is stupid

Yul — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:35:48 GMT

The two major factions in the so-called Culture War seem to have agendas that are both consistent and inconsistent with my own agenda. I like the emphasis on morality from the "right wing" side of the war, and I like the emphasis on freedom from the "left wing" side of the war. But the problem I have with both sides is that I have a lot of cultural concepts that neither side may not appreciate. Or more to the point, I believe that culture is OPTIONAL, not MADATORY. With all the freedom they say we in the U.S. supposedly have, then anyone can adopt or reject or readopt any kind of culture they want. But more often than not, I seem to constantly hear the message that we must all adopt certain cultural values, no questions asked. But I'm asking question anyway.

Similarly, I'm reminded of something I heard Marilyn Manson say not long after Bush got in the first time. He basically said that having a conservative president would compell creative-types to be even more creative as an act of defiance. From what I've seen over the past four years, most creative-types have gotten horribly bland, boring and useless. I mean, why is every other TV show a "reality" show? Because the so-called "creative" people have stopped being creative.

So I guess when it comes to the Culture War, like with many other things, I'm on my own. Further proof that my life is like the war between the Earth Alliance and the Minbari Federation and I'm the Earth Alliance.
( http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/universe/war-and-line.html )
Where's the Narn Regime when you need 'em?

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Alternative press is not enough

Yul — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:24:08 GMT

They say that if you are dissatisfied with "news" from the mainstream press, you should go to the alternative press. For some, that sounds like good advice. For me it sounds pointless. I say this for two reasons: (1) The alternative press is just as biasED and disinterested in the truth as the mainstream press is. And (2) even if the alternative press is more truthful than the mainstream press, I am still going to have to live in a world where most people get their "news" from the mainstream press.

On the first point, I think a good example there was when FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting or as I like to call them UNFairness and INAccuracy in Reporting) mentioned the mainstream press's disregard of the Cassini space probe's dangerous nuclear power core as one of the most censored stories of 1997. Yet at the same time, FAIR didn't mention a space-related story that was even more censored than Cassini's nuclear power core: The experimental reusable vertical-take-off-and landing rocket craft known as the Delta Clipper. Yes, people should have been allowed to know about the dangers of Cassini's nuclear power core. But don't the public have just as much right to know about the Delta Clipper -- a non-nuclear, pollution-free launch vehicle?

About the second point, knowing about alternative news won't exactly do you any good if you live in a world that primarily operates on a different set of principles. It's comparable to knowing that the Earth is round while the majority think the Earth is flat. I mean, how can you adaquately employ such alternative knowledge when the majority are likely to punish you for it despite the fact that you're right?

So what is the solution to the problem of mainstream and alternative news? I definitey don't have the solution to that problem. All I can say about it is that that's what we get for living in a world without consensus.

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FBI Seizes IMC Servers in the UK

tmiwok88 — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:46:47 GMT

>Press Release
>
>7 October 2004
>
>FBI Seizes IMC Servers in the UK
>
>US authorities issued a federal order to Rackspace's office in the US
>ordering them to provide Indymedia's hardware located in London to the
>requesting agency. Rackspace is one of Indymedia's web hosting providers
>with offices in the US and London. Rackspace complied, without first
>notifying Indymedia, and turned over Indymedia's server in the UK. This
>affects some 20+ Indymedia sites worldwide.
>
>Since the subpoena was issued to Rackspace and not to Indymedia, the
>reasons for this action are still unknown to Indymedia. Talking to
>Indymedia volunteers, Rackspace stated that "they cannot provide
>Indymedia with any information regarding the order." ISPs have received
>gag orders in similar situations which prevent them from updating the
>concerned parties on what is happening.
>
>It is unclear to Indymedia how and why a server that is outside the US
>jurisdiction can be seized by US authorities.
>
>At the same time a second server was taken down at Rackspace which
>provided streaming radio to several radio stations, BLAG (linux distro),
>and a handful of miscellanous things.
>
>The last few months have seen numerous attacks on independent media by
>the US Federal Government. In August the Secret Service used a subpoena
>in an attempt to disrupt the NYC IMC before the RNC by trying to get IP
>logs from an ISP in the US and the Netherlands. Last month the FCC shut
>down community radio stations around the US. Two weeks ago the FBI
>requested that Indymedia takes down a post on the Nantes IMC that had a
>photo of some undercover Swiss police and IMC volunteers in Seattle were
>visited by the FBI on the same issue. On the other hand, Indymedia and
>other independent media organisations were successfull with their
>victories for example against Diebold and the Patroit Act. Today
>however, the US authorities shut down IMCs around the world.
>
>The list of affected local media collectives includes Ambazonia,
>Uruguay, Andorra, Poland, Western Massachusetts, Nice, Nantes, Lilles,
>Marseille (all France), Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Liege, East and
>West Vlaanderen, Antwerpen (all Belgium), Belgrade, Portugal, Prague,
>Galiza, Italy, Brazil, UK, part of the Germany site, and the global
>Indymedia Radio site.

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terra — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:59:03 GMT

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if elections go funky, rise on nov 3rd

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:00:06 GMT

If Elections go bad, Rise on Nov 3.

From beyondvoting.org

November 3: Super Wednesday Call to Action!

A time for popular outrage and widespread non-cooperation if Bush is
elected, if the elections are canceled, or if there is overt election
fraud again.

By mobilizing the day after the election we are opening up a new
political space to define democracy as grassroots and participatory. No
matter who wins, we will go beyond voting to build pro-democracy
movements in the heart of the empire.

____________________________________-

For Immediate Release: January 28th, 2004

The Beyond Voting Campaign
www.beyondvoting.org

Putting the People Back in People Power!

America stands at a turning point as a nation and a culture. The current
US government administration has ripped away the veil that has hidden our
country's imperial tendencies and now openly advocates unilateral
militarism, unchecked corporate power, racist scapegoating and domestic
repression. Increasingly the democratic tendencies within the American
tradition are being undermined. The symptoms are all around. Our media has
become a corporate driven propaganda machine, our electoral system is
deeply flawed and undemocratic, and our history of mass movements and
popular struggle has been erased from our history books. The time has come
for a clear grassroots action and media campaign to expose the truth:
America cannot be both an Empire and a Democracy.

Voting is important, but it is not enough. If we want to build a true
democracy inside the United States we need to go beyond merely voting at
the ballot box and vote with our voices, our time and our feet as we
educate, organize, and march. We must vote with our hands as we build
sustainable community alternatives, and vote with our imaginations as we
show that a better world truly is possible, and it is our responsibility
to create it.

The opportunity and challenge over the next year is to proactively define
democracy. What does democracy look like in our communities? In our daily
lives? What does it mean to lose it? We must begin by showing people the
truth that America is becoming less and less of a democracy and that its
up to "We the People" to build a real democracy from the ground up.

The campaign will challenge the monopoly that elections have on America's
political imagination by exploring strategies beyond voting to build a
real democracy. We will show that real democracy is not merely as a choice
between 2 political parties that, despite some significant differences,
have a great deal in common. Rather it is about community empowerment and
grassroots mobilization the help us reclaim our lives. We are mobilizing
in New Hampshire at the People's Primary, at the Democratic National
Convention in Boston, and the Republican National Convention in New York.
AND...

November 3 2004=Super Wednesday! Beyond Voting Mobilization! Democracy
Beyond the Ballot Box!
What if on the day after the next presidential election people from all
walks of life across America mobilized in their communities to go beyond
voting and articulate our "Beyond Voting" vision of grassroots, movement
based democracy? The mobilization could provide an umbrella for a wide
range of events: from showcasing more democratic models of community
engagement like neighborhood assemblies, to actions to expose corporate
criminals, to community education events, community festivals, street
parties, and more!

By mobilizing for the day after the election we are opening up a new
political space to define democracy as participatory grassroots
mobilization in direct contrast to the framework of empire. Much like
March 20th 2003, the Day After could be an important day of massive
groundswell across the country. If there is 2000 style electoral
corruption, this mobilization could provide key infrastructure to
productively harness mass outrage and expose the inconsistencies in the
election.

Let's start now! What can you organize in your community?

Joining the Global Democracy Movement
These are times of both urgent crisis and great opportunity. A slogan from
the first Rio Earth Summit in 1992 re-emerged at the 10th anniversary
follow-up held in 2002 in Johannesburg: "What Are We Going to Do About the
United States?"

The Bush administration's policies have brought wide spread public
attention to systemic problems with American imperial power, the corporate
driven global economy, and U.S. domestic policies.

Given the massive levels of consumption by the US, the tendency towards
violent unilateralism, and the increasing withdrawal of the U.S.
government from international law and mechanisms for accountability, this
question helps frame the global crisis. This question, "What Are We Going
to Do About the United States?" is really a question for us, here inside
the Empire, right now in 2004.

The world is anxiously awaiting social movements within the U.S. to stand
up for our democratic traditions and to demonstrate our solidarity with a
hopeful, just, peaceful, ecological sane future by demanding fundamental
change. To do so we must build a movement that can go beyond voting!

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Secret Service Attempts Subpoena For Indymedia Logs

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:41:15 GMT

Secret Service Attempts Subpoena For Indymedia Logs

BREAKING NEWS: The FBI and the US Secret Service is again engaging in a fishing expedition to route out dissenting viewpoints, harass people who are simply exercising their free speech rights, and intimidate others from exercising their right to protest in connection with the Republican National Convention. To quote one indymedia volunteer, regarding New York Indymedia:

"It has come to my attention, that our hosting provider, Calyx Internet Access, has been under harassment and scrutiny by the United States Secret Service in a blatant attempt to disrupt our relationship. Furthermore, it has been revealed to me that my contact information, was required to be disclosed to the government, presumably to begin directly harassing me. The SS did not contact the IMC directly in relation to this matter, but instead felt it prudent to put a strain on a place which we do business with. The agents attempted to circumvent Indymedia by contacting Calyx by phone, originally without a warrant or subpoena, in order to obtain user connection logs regarding a particular post on an Indymedia site. The post in question is a repost by an anonymous person containing information that is already available all over the Internet, and publicly available in other forms."
[Subpoena (US law): to order someone to go to a court of law to answer questions, or to order the appearance of documents in a court of law ]

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Hello, I'm new here.

MichaelKwiatkowski — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:39:17 GMT

Greetings! My name is Michael, and I am trying to break into Indy media with my website:

http://www.geocities.com/clevelandfreepress

I'm currently looking for people interested in getting their journalistic feet wet, to submit articles and columns. I plan to upgrade to a domain name soon, which means revenue from advertisors to help pay for maintenence costs. But that won't happen if it's just lil' old me working on the site in my off hours from work. Which means I will need people who want to break into journalism. I am currently looking for the following: movie/music reviews, op-eds, and local or regional coverage for the Cleveland and Cuyahogo County area in Ohio.

If anyone is interested, please e-mail me at:

clevelandfreepress@yahoo.com

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GOP Convention Schedule

Bambi — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:38:45 GMT

Thought it might be good for us to have this information.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CONVENTION SCHEDULE
New York, NY

6:00 PM Opening Prayer led by the Reverend Jerry
Falwell
6:30 PM Pledge of Allegiance
6:35 PM Burning of Bill of Rights (excluding 2nd
Amendment)
6:45 PM Salute to the Coalition of the Willing
6:46 PM Seminar #1: Getting Your Kid a Military
Deferment
7:30 PM First Presidential Beer Bong
7:35 PM Freedom Fries served
7:40 PM EPA Address #1: Mercury: It's What's for
Dinner
8:00 PM Vote on which country to invade next
8:10 PM Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh
8:15 PM John Ashcroft Lecture: The Homos Are After
Your Children
8:30 PM Round table discussion on reproductive
rights (men only)
8:50 PM Seminar #2: Corporations: The Government
of the Future
9:00 PM Condi Rice sings "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
9:05 PM Second Presidential Beer Bong
9:10 PM EPA Address #2: Trees: The Real Cause of
Forest Fires
9:30 PM break for secret meetings
10:00 PM Second Prayer led by Cal Thomas
10:15 PM Carl Rove Lecture: Doublespeak Made Simple
10:30 PM Rumsfeld Lecture/Demonstration: How to
Squint and Talk Macho Even When You Feel Squishy Inside
10:35 PM Bush demonstration of trademark "deer in headlights" stare
10:40 PM John Ashcroft Demonstration: New Mandatory
Kevlar Chastity Belt
10:45 PM Clarence Thomas reads list of black
Republicans
10:46 PM Third Presidential Beer Bong
10:50 PM Seminar #3: Education: A Drain on Our
Nation's Economy
11:10 PM Hilary Clinton Pinata
11:20 PM John Ashcroft Lecture: Evolutionists: A Dangerous New Cult
11:30 PM Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh again
11:35 PM Blame Clinton
11:40 PM Laura serves milk and cookies
11:50 PM Closing Prayer led by Jesus Himself
12:00 PM Nomination of George W. Bush as Holy
Supreme Planetary Overlord

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moderation

barry — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:53:54 GMT

hi - Barry here. I'm an ex-brisbane indymedia volunteer... our collective has fragmented over personality and procedural conflicts. I'm wondering, what are people's view on moderation and dealing with spam/porn?

I'm doing my honors thesis on community media online, i'm just wondering about people's opinions about the state of indymedia today..... thoughts, opinions?

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Getting young people to vote

John — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:01:55 GMT

I have been working on a website with the goal of getting more younger people to vote. I have most of the site up and running, however I don't know what I can do to get the word out about it. Do any of you have suggestions on how to spread the word and also any suggestions on the site itself. You can view the site at http://www.youngpeoplevote.com

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A new watergate? PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR CIRCLES!

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:52:41 GMT

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/22/infiltration_of_files_seen_as_extensive?mode=PF

Infiltration of files seen as extensive
Senate panel's GOP staff pried on Democrats
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff, 1/22/2004

WASHINGTON -- Republican staff members of the US Senate Judiciary Commitee infiltrated opposition computer files for a year, monitoring secret strategy memos and periodically passing on copies to the media, Senate officials told The Globe.

From the spring of 2002 until at least April 2003, members of the GOP committee staff exploited a computer glitch that allowed them to access restricted Democratic communications without a password. Trolling through hundreds of memos, they were able to read talking points and accounts of private meetings discussing which judicial nominees Democrats would fight -- and with what tactics.

The office of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms William Pickle has already launched an investigation into how excerpts from 15 Democratic memos showed up in the pages of the conservative-leaning newspapers and were posted to a website last November.

With the help of forensic computer experts from General Dynamics and the US Secret Service, his office has interviewed about 120 people to date and seized more than half a dozen computers -- including four Judiciary servers, one server from the office of Senate majority leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, and several desktop hard drives.

But the scope of both the intrusions and the likely disclosures is now known to have been far more extensive than the November incident, staffers and others familiar with the investigation say.

The revelation comes as the battle of judicial nominees is reaching a new level of intensity. Last week, President Bush used his recess power to appoint Judge Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, bypassing a Democratic filibuster that blocked a vote on his nomination for a year because of concerns over his civil rights record.

Democrats now claim their private memos formed the basis for a February 2003 column by conservative pundit Robert Novak that revealed plans pushed by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, to filibuster certain judicial nominees. Novak is also at the center of an investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA agent whose husband contradicted a Bush administration claim about Iraqi nuclear programs.

Citing "internal Senate sources," Novak's column described closed-door Democratic meetings about how to handle nominees.

Its details and direct quotes from Democrats -- characterizing former nominee Miguel Estrada as a "stealth right-wing zealot" and describing the GOP agenda as an "assembly line" for right-wing nominees -- are contained in talking points and meeting accounts from the Democratic files now known to have been compromised.

Novak declined to confirm or deny whether his column was based on these files.

"They're welcome to think anything they want," he said. "As has been demonstrated, I don't reveal my sources."

As the extent to which Democratic communications were monitored came into sharper focus, Republicans yesterday offered a new defense. They said that in the summer of 2002, their computer technician informed his Democratic counterpart of the glitch, but Democrats did nothing to fix the problem.

Other staffers, however, denied that the Democrats were told anything about it before November 2003.

The emerging scope of the GOP surveillance of confidential Democratic files represents a major escalation in partisan warfare over judicial appointments. The bitter fight traces back to 1987, when Democrats torpedoed Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court. In the 1990s, Republicans blocked many of President Clinton's nominees. Since President Bush took office, those roles have been reversed.

Against that backdrop, both sides have something to gain and lose from the investigation into the computer files. For Democrats, the scandal highlights GOP dirty tricks that could result in ethics complaints to the Senate and the Washington Bar -- or even criminal charges under computer intrusion laws.

"They had an obligation to tell each of the people whose files they were intruding upon -- assuming it was an accident -- that that was going on so those people could protect themselves," said one Senate staffer. "To keep on getting these files is just beyond the pale."

But for Republicans, the scandal also keeps attention on the memo contents, which demonstrate the influence of liberal interest groups in choosing which nominees Democratic senators would filibuster. Other revelations from the memos include Democrats' race-based characterization of Estrada as "especially dangerous, because . . . he is Latino," which they feared would make him difficult to block from a later promotion to the Supreme Court.

And, at the request of the NAACP, the Democrats delayed any hearings for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals until after it heard a landmark affirmative action case -- though a memo noted that staffers "are a little concerned about the propriety of scheduling hearings based on the resolution of a particular case."

After the contents of those memos were made public in The Wall Street Journal editorial pages and The Washington Times, Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, made a preliminary inquiry and described himself as "mortified that this improper, unethical and simply unacceptable breach of confidential files may have occurred on my watch."

Hatch also confirmed that "at least one current member of the Judiciary Committee staff had improperly accessed at least some of the documents referenced in media reports." He did not name the staffer, who he said was being placed on leave and who sources said has since resigned, although he had apparently already announced plans to return to school later this year.

Officials familiar with the investigation identified that person as a legislative staff assistant whose name was removed from a list of Judiciary Committee staff in the most recent update of a Capitol Hill directory. The staff member's home number has been disconnected and he could not be reached for comment.

Hatch also said that a "former member of the Judiciary staff may have been involved." Many news reports have subsequently identified that person as Manuel Miranda, who formerly worked in the Judiciary Committee office and now is the chief judicial nominee adviser in the Senate majority leader's office. His computer hard drive name was stamped on an e-mail from the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League that was posted along with the Democratic Senate staff communications.

Reached at home, Miranda said he is on paternity leave; Frist's office said he is on leave "pending the results of the investigation" -- he denied that any of the handwritten comments on the memos were by his hand and said he did not distribute the memos to the media. He also argued that the only wrongdoing was on the part of the Democrats -- both for the content of their memos, and for their negligence in placing them where they could be seen.

"There appears to have been no hacking, no stealing, and no violation of any Senate rule," Miranda said. "Stealing assumes a property right and there is no property right to a government document. . . . These documents are not covered under the Senate disclosure rule because they are not official business and, to the extent they were disclosed, they were disclosed inadvertently by negligent [Democratic] staff."

Whether the memos are ultimately deemed to be official business will be a central issue in any criminal case that could result. Unauthorized access of such material could be punishable by up to a year in prison -- or, at the least, sanction under a Senate non-disclosure rule.

The computer glitch dates to 2001, when Democrats took control of the Senate after the defection from the GOP of Senator Jim Jeffords, Independent of Vermont.

A technician hired by the new judiciary chairman, Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, apparently made a mistake that allowed anyone to access newly created accounts on a Judiciary Committee server shared by both parties -- even though the accounts were supposed to restrict access only to those with the right password.

© Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company.

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investigative journalism

Ryan — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:25:12 GMT

Questions for the journalists..
I'm from south africa and have traveled quite a bit mainly for interest and photography but am now living in california with a new start and a vision of a new career.
Am very interested in making a difference and a living from investigative photo journalism, preferably covering the 3rd world.
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction or give pointers on were best to begin, if that be a educational institution or back door.

Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks

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fight ON now against "free speech zones" at MLK grave

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:03:23 GMT

please pass this on!
fight ON now against "free speech zones" at MLK grave

Police set up a zone for the protesters to keep them some 150 yards from where the president will stand at Dr. King's crypt. However, 300 to 400 protesters who arrived in advance of the president's visit refused to step back to the cordoned-off area and instead set up camp just about 50 yards from the crypt. Officers took one protester into custody and blocked the view of the others with buses.
Atlanta's indymedia site has background but does not yet have news of the protest:

http://atlanta.indymedia.org/

AP has a story about the protest before Bush arrived:

Beating drums and chanting, "In 2004, Bush no more," about 300 people marched in circles near the tomb, saying the president's stop there was merely a "photo op." Some protesters held signs that displayed King's image and read, "War is not the answer."

The Atlanta Constitution has a good story about the protesters perspective:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0104/14kingbush.html

About 3:45 p.m., the president will lay a wreath at the late civil rights leader's crypt at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. The president announced his visit on Friday.

But the MLK March Committee, a group of area civil rights activists who worked with King, say they have worked for months on a program to honor the civil rights leader at Ebenezer Baptist Church, across the street.

"They told us that the Secret Service wanted us out of there by 2 p.m.," said the Rev. James Orange. "We are not leaving the church." The Ebenezer program from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. focuses on human rights.

homepage: http://atlanta.indymedia.org/

update: cops fail to enforce free speech zone... 15.Jan.2004 13:56

update: cops fail to enforce free speech zone, resort to parking Buses between President and the people, Bush is still seen by 1,000 angry Americans and hears their boos.

Photo-Op spoiled.
2 arrested.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0104/15kingvisit.html

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