July 2011
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June 2011
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Amy Goodman To Host Discussion With Julian Assange... →
kateoplis:
Mark your calendars.
More Slavoj Žižek. More Assange.
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The architects of information @Cryptome.org →
Via: Domusweb.it published in Domus 948, June 2011
Open Source Design 01: The architects of information
In the early days of the Internet, more than a decade before Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks, two New York architects with a successful design practice saw in the Internet a platform for open exchange of information capable of fundamentally altering the asymmetrical balance of power...
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U.S. Threatens to Cut Funds if UN Supports... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
WASHINGTON, June 26 — US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice warned that there would be no major affront to the US contribution and funds to the UN than the support by its member states of a Palestinian State, The Telegraph reported.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, will present a proposal to the 192-member strong General Assembly recognizing a Palestinian...
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The Democratic Party and the assault on public... →
June 27 2011 report by Barry Grey
Last Thursday, the Democratic-controlled New Jersey Assembly passed a sweeping package of pension and health care cuts and attacks on government workers’ bargaining rights drawn up by Republican Governor Chris Christie. Leaders of the state Senate, also controlled by the Democrats, said they would quickly adopt the same bill and send it to the governor’s...
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#Rootstrikers →
A new citizen initiative, watch their video introduction.
Among The Costs Of War: $20B In Air Conditioning →
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Neoliberalism is destroying Europe
Austerity and repression won’t bring Europe out of crisis, we need a social struggle against free market politics
Christian Marazzi
guardian.co.uk, Tue 14 Sep 2010
The European sovereign debt crisis, which was caused by member states’ public debt but increased because of the actions taken to rescue the banks after the 2008 crisis, demonstrates at least three things....
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Hillary Clinton gives green light for Israeli... →
Via: Electronic Intifada
excerpt:
Ms. Clinton “it’s not helpful for there to be flotillas that try to provoke actions by entering into Israeli waters and creating a situation in which the Israelis have the right to defend themselves.” source
Clinton must know that Gaza is not part of what any country recognizes as “sovereign” Israeli territory, and therefore neither are...
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UNHCR Refugee Figures
Via: United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR was set up in 1951 to help the estimated 1 million people still uprooted after World War II to return home. Since then, we have helped find durable solutions for tens of millions of refugees and they remain our core constituency.
The latest figures available show that the number of refugees of concern to UNHCR stood at 10.4...
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I Fear the Net Will Soon Become a War Zone →
Anti-Virus Pioneer Evgeny Kaspersky
‘I Fear the Net Will Soon Become a War Zone’
Read Interview at Der Spiegel
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If you’re borrowing inspiration from any copyrighted material, even if it seems...
– Kind of Screwed - Waxy.org (via photographsonthebrain)
My 25¢ — This is worth reading in it’s entirety. As the political landscape changes and the courts be come more and more “conservative” expect the climate to get much chillier to artists and creatives.
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Breaking: 3/4 of US nuclear power plants leaked or... →
climateadaptation:
“Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.
The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more and more reactors across the nation.
Tritium, which is a radioactive form of...
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Dead Drops Database →
Statistics
Total USB-drops: 517
Total USB-storage: ~ 1505 GB
I found one in my neigborhood, you might find one too.
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Sun Ra’s Eternal Myth Revealed
dpmusic:
Massive collection of rare/unreleased Sun Ra out July 18th.
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