February 2011
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Tune in here for updates on Libya and other... →
… and get involved!
This is a valuable TUMBLR site for updates on Libya and other Arab flashpoints (in English). It is from Telecomix, the network that provides work-arounds and resources for keeping the info flowing where it has been shut down. It consists mostly of a feed of relevant Twitter and news updates.
January 2011
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Existence Denied: Apartheid on Google Maps →
Existence Denied: Apartheid on Google Maps
whereispalestine:
If you are trying to drive from Ramallah to Bethlehem — Palestinian towns in the West Bank (which Google automatically labels as “Israel”) — Google Maps won’t help you find your way.
But if you are in an illegal Israeli settlement right next to Ramallah and you want to drive to an illegal Israeli settlement right next to Ramallah and...
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This one's for you, Cloggo
Dear Cloggo, could you please customise a time machine for me and program it for 1870.
I should like to begin in London, visiting Dickens before he dies in June, then travel by train across northern Europe in the summer and arrive in Germany in time for Wagner’s wedding to Cosima in August. Of course I will attend performances of Das Rheingold and Die Walkure (newly completed) in Munich...
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
cloggo: Must try and post something sensible soon, something deep and philosophical like Jude does. Still if I did folk would think someone had hacked my blog.
How about we swap passwords and blogs for a day, Cloggo, to get a real appreciation of each other’s “work” on here? I would find it almost impossible to be you; in fact I’d never pull it off … so vive la...
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If I'm not here I may be unplugged! Otherwise,...
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December 2010
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A personal and political history of Zionism in...
This is a chronology starting with a summing up of medieval anti-Semitism and finishing in 1955, when Einstein died. The words are his, from letters and speeches. His views changed often, with events, but in the end he bequeathed his estate to the Hebrew University.
He was as much pro-Jew (even though an atheist) as he was anti-war. The collection of historical pix used to illustrate the story...
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The US tried to persuade Australia to take in... →
The US tried to persuade Australia to take in one of Saddam’s chemical warfare experts but was declined. Not to worry though - the US gave him a job.
Another sensational piece of information we were never meant to have, courtesy of WikiLeaks.
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A few recent takes on the WikiLeaks phenomenon
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=16166
“Assange’s lawyer is a high profile establishment lawyer whose law firm works for the Rothschilds. It seems to me that this is proof enough that Assange is a Rothschild puppet and that Wikileaks is a Rothschild operation.” — just a taste of the wacky stuff on “The Truth Seeker”.
A lot of people are peddling a lot of...
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In solitary, and how it breaks spirits
A comprehensive study of solitary confinement - how it affects prisoners and, towards the end, why it is used a lot in the US punishment system (including Gitmo). Skim the first section about experiments with rhesus monkeys; that is actually the least interesting part. The article includes powerful quotes from hostages such as Terry Anderson (journo held by Hezbollah), direct accounts of...
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Must-watch doco about WikiLeaks →
This is a Swedish doco in English featuring interviews with Assange and activists and adversaries, the Collateral Murder video and Bradley Manning’s chat log, and grapples with the massive implications of WikiLeaks’ success.
It’s also on YouTube, but broken into four parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTfOL9_HBE
Some notes on watching the doco (these supplied by a...
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When's the last time YOU went to the cops worried... →
Guy Rundle finds more questions than answers in the frankly weird sex charges against the WikiLeaks boss. I personally still don’t get (a) why women - and these two had plainly been in awe of Assange - would go to the cops over something best kept private and (b) why the fucking self-righteousness, when they had obviously wanted to bed the guy. Why get cops to demand a STD...
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Profile of the most powerful and intriguing man in... →
This is an engaging profile of Julian Assange, a highly intelligent aesthete who learnt mostly by reading and had little formal education. Article is by Suelette Dreyfus, who wrote a book about hacking, with input and collaboration from JA.
“Once, when Assange was packing boxes to move house, he complained at how long it took. Most people just throw things in boxes and tape them up. Not...
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US diplomatic papers - the whole shebang →
Read this, kids, and marvel at what it is that has been opened up with the WikiLeaks release of America’s secret files. There has never in history been a leak like this.
The cables themselves come via the huge Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, or SIPRNet. SIPRNet is the worldwide US military internet system, kept separate from the ordinary civilian internet and run by the ...
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What the women told police →
Some people are asking - fairly - why so many people are prepared to dismiss sex allegations against Julian Assange w/o knowing the details. The answer lies in the women’s police statements, which were obtained by the UK Mail On Sunday at the time (late August). Sweden, as we’re now well aware, does things differently. Apparently those statements are also available to the media in...
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A bit of a round-up, a bit of a rant and links to... →
theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/wikileaks/dont-shoot-messenger-for-revealing-… [theaustralian.com.au] This is a powerful piece of writing by Julian Assange for The Australian today. He places his document-publishing project in the context of his Australian background, an appeal to reason and examples from newspaper history. bbc.co.uk/news/business-11938320 [bbc.co.uk] Assange now appears...
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Julian Assange’s mission for total transparency -...
The article (published in June) is a tour de force. Eighteen pages printed out, but I coudn’t put it down. Below are a few cuts from it.Amplify’d from www.newyorker.comAssange typically tells would-be litigants to go to hell. In 2008, WikiLeaks posted secret Scientology manuals, and lawyers representing the church demanded that they be removed. Assange’s response was to publish more of the...
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Best links I've saved on WikiLeaks
(a very subjective list of course) http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/wikileaks-opens-the-door-to-a-new-enlightenment-20101202-18i3l.html http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/36122.html http://rixstep.com/1/20101202,01.shtml http://mondoweiss.net/2010/12/wikileaks-cable-drop-is-a-giant-power-move-for-the-left.html http://radsoft.net/rants/20100905,00.shtml ...
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Too many 'coincidences' →
Excellent examination of the chain of events from leaks on US military to legal pursuit of Assange. Scroll past the No 19 to get to background not widely known outside Sweden and v interesting summation of events. Excerpt: Sweden has a huge discussion forum in Flashback.org. In a country with a mere nine million residents, Flashback can boast nearly a half million members. Do the math there....
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Swedish law frames 'unsafe' sex as a crime - and... →
This is what living in a really politically correct nation is like: you get reported for failing to use a condom. A lawyer for Assange recounts the incidents that led to sex charges in this article. The situation is farcical. These are a couple of women with whom he had consensual but “unsafe” sex - and the harridans reported him to police. I wonder why Sweden legislates...
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Why we need to fight censorship and authority as a...
The Australian government has been trying to put an internet filter in place to stop certain sites being seen here. The purpose of it ostensibly is to protect children from porn and sexual predators, but the government wouldn’t spell out what exactly was on it, and it was WikiLeaks which revealed that info early last year. WikiLeaks itself was on the list of banned sites, although it has...
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November 2010
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