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Surveillance Society - the future now

08-10-2007 21:08 | Globalisation | Technology | Terror War | World

A report, recently released, describes the state of the UK in 2017 - a surveillance society from our worst sci-fi nightmares. This is not the product of some conspiracy theory, but rather the more banal outgrowth of business-as-usual. More terrifying as a consequence.

Hackers: Unite For Burmese Freedom!

One very effective way of removing power from a despotic regime is by taking over the tools of control. You can bring down the 'master' using the master's tools - you just have to be clever about it - and persistent.

[Spain] Anarchist website condemned to pay 6000 € to rock-star celebrity

28-09-2007 14:20 | Repression | Technology | World

One of the main anarchist websites in spanish language, alasbarricadas.org, will have to pay 6,000 euro to a rock-star, Ramoncin, for some anonymous comments in one of their public forums. Those comments were considered as ‘ofensive’ to the artist ‘honour’.

Protest ringtone vs. the NBN-ZTE contract in the Philippines

23-09-2007 14:00 | Technology | World

Political protest ringtone directed at President Arroyo's henchmen implicated in the NBN-ZTE scandal

Philippines: Another Scandal rocks Arroyo regime

ZTE deal to cost US$527 million after 20 years of repayment

Wearing white elephant masks to depict the potential character of the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project, members of the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) staged a picket outside the Senate Tuesday in time for the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the project won by Chinese firm ZTE Corp., and stressed its debt burden on the Filipino people.

100 Professors Question 9/11 Commission Report

10-09-2007 18:03 | Analysis | Technology | Terror War | World

Senior academics from a variety of disciplines come forward to express their disquiet and present their criticisms of the official US government 9/11 Commission Report.

Britain acquires thermobaric weapons for Afghanistan

29-08-2007 06:30 | Anti-militarism | Technology | Terror War | World

For weeks, British media and sections of the political elite have been urging the government and the military to focus their attention on military operations in Afghanistan. In contrast to Iraq, the US-led occupation of Afghanistan is being portrayed as a “winnable.” But a report by Channel 4 News has disclosed just how it is intended to secure victory—through the use of thermobaric weapons.

China to Deploy World's Largest People Tracking Network

13-08-2007 12:28 | Repression | Technology | Terror War | World

Shenzhen, China: 20,000 surveillance cameras with face recognition; ID cards fitted with radio chips, backed by a database containing minute details of a person's life (religion, ethnicity, police record, medical records, landlord's phone number, travel payments, even small purchases). Officially aimed at fighting crime but will also help the Communist Party retain power. The UK Government's ID card/National Identity Register plans are very similar.

Wikipedia and the Intelligence Services

27-07-2007 23:01 | Free Spaces | Repression | Technology | World

While researching my next article about the Lockerbie bombing, I witnessed an incident that made me wonder whether intelligence agents had infiltrated Wikipedia.

Nazi attack at antinuclear protest camp in siberia

20-07-2007 23:06 | Repression | Social Struggles | Technology | World

In the early morning 21st July (20 o'clock 20.7. GMT) Nazi skinheads attacked an antinuclear protest camp in Angarsk, Siberia, Russia. The campers knew about the planned attack and had organized night guards, but they were much too few (1 to 3). The Nazis attacked the sleeping activists with iron rods, knives and air pressure guns. At least two campers became seriously injured: A person suffered a head-fracture, one became both legs broken. All tents were set in fire, several belongings were stolen.

video.indymedia is dead - long live independent online video networks!

Interview with Andrew of

http://www.engagemedia.org, an Australian project to provide independent video hosting, distro, networking and more for the Oceania region. They have just launched Plumi, a packaged up version of the free and open source Zope/Python/Plone based software that can be used to create your own video publishing site.

edited audio report from world naked bike ride

on sat 9th june, hundreds and thousands of bare bottoms paraded the streets of london on their bikes.
um, why?

Second Life Demonstrations and Cre-8 Tribute Garden

Demonstrations against the G8 have been going on in the "Game" Second Life. People who cqannot make the real life demonstrations in Rostock have been demonstrating outside the Reuters office in the on-line world, and there is another large demonstration of solidarity with the Rostock demonstrators scheduled for tonight (Thursday 8pm GMT) outside the "Linden Mansion" - the "home" of the owners of the life simulator, Linden Labs.

SLLU, Second Life Left Unity, has created a Tribute Garden for people who are in the game to leave a candle, flower or other tribute in memory of the victims of capitalism/globalisation.

Cloud and weather modification:

16-05-2007 08:43 | Ecology | History | Technology | World

This article refers to secret experiments that were (perhaps still are?) conducted in the 1950's in the U.K by the Government of the time;

" End of Line! " for Tron in the U.S.A ?

09-05-2007 16:56 | History | Repression | Technology | World

U.S gov wants to ban the film; ' Tron ' !

Testing week for visionontv 7-13th May

What is Undercurrents latest project all about?

Defeat Echelon/NSAQ/CIA Cell Phone Spying

04-05-2007 21:37 | Anti-militarism | Technology | Terror War | World

Fun with cell phones and tin foil!

Government watchdog launches official investigation into SOAS CEO

National Audit Office inquiry into Lady Judge’s business dealings

gathering anticivilization 2007

After the success of the last gathering in Tavertet, we are calling for a new one this year. It will take place the 8, 9, 10 and 11 of September.

My Nuclear Tower

18-04-2007 19:59 | Technology | World

My tower of Energy could produce:
1/ The Anti-Big Bang process
2/ The ultimate reservory of an Anti-Matter system through
3/ The Mini-black holes intermediate formation
4/ The Stable Gigahomogein formation of mini-suns
5/ An infinit source of a clean nuclear energy

World Technology Newswire Archive

Surveillance Society - the future now

Hackers: Unite For Burmese Freedom!

[Spain] Anarchist website condemned to pay 6000 € to rock-star celebrity

Protest ringtone vs. the NBN-ZTE contract in the Philippines

Philippines: Another Scandal rocks Arroyo regime

100 Professors Question 9/11 Commission Report

Britain acquires thermobaric weapons for Afghanistan

China to Deploy World's Largest People Tracking Network

Wikipedia and the Intelligence Services

Nazi attack at antinuclear protest camp in siberia

video.indymedia is dead - long live independent online video networks!

edited audio report from world naked bike ride

Second Life Demonstrations and Cre-8 Tribute Garden

Cloud and weather modification:

" End of Line! " for Tron in the U.S.A ?

Testing week for visionontv 7-13th May

Defeat Echelon/NSAQ/CIA Cell Phone Spying

Government watchdog launches official investigation into SOAS CEO

gathering anticivilization 2007

My Nuclear Tower

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