RT discusses WikiLeaks road movie ‚Mediastan‘ with a special panel of guests, including film creator Julian Assange, journalist and director Johannes Wahlstrom, and Enayat Najafizada – a young Afghan journalist and one of the heroes of the movie. Our guests raise many questions about the film, including Snowden‘s revelations, Glenn Greenwald‘s role in the story, and the NSA‘s global surveillance program.
Daily Archives: 29. Dezember 2013
30C3 – Saal 1
LIVE NOW: Julian Assange and Jacob Appelbaum – ‚SysAdmins of the World, Unite!‘
U.S. Uses 40 Tons of Antibiotics a Day Just to Grow Food
The United States consumes more than 50 tons of antibiotics a day—80% of which is not used for humans. Rather, about 40 tons goes to promote agricultural production, such as giving antibiotics to cattle and chickens.
Das ist großartig: Eine zoombare Karte des #30c3 mit der Möglichkeit Stecknadeln zu verschicken.
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Living Under Drones
In the United States, the dominant narrative about the use of drones in Pakistan is of a surgically precise and effective tool that makes the US safer by enabling “targeted killing” of terrorists, with minimal downsides or collateral impacts.[1]
This narrative is false.
Following nine months of intensive research—including two investigations in Pakistan, more than 130 interviews with victims, witnesses, and experts, and review of thousands of pages of documentation and media reporting—this report presents evidence of the damaging and counterproductive effects of current US drone strike policies. Based on extensive interviews with Pakistanis living in the regions directly affected, as well as humanitarian and medical workers, this report provides new and firsthand testimony about the negative impacts US policies are having on the civilians living under drones.
France Economic Stupidity Taxing Facebook, Google And YouTube, to Finance French Films No One Watches
The economic stupidity in France is astounding. It‘s hard keeping up with all the inane ideas of President Francois Hollande‘s socialist administration. Here‘s another one of Hollande‘s ideas for your amusement.
tune in.turn on. and: drop kraut! – german underground music 1969 – 1975
aaaaaahhhh!!! coum on!!!! here is the tracklist. and then the linernotes. and the downloadlinks. we will keep you inspired and we will not recontaminate you.
Chaostar – Ma (間)
Chaostar‘s new video for the Japanese song MA (間).
Features the legendary Butoh Dancer Sumako Koseki.
CD „ANOMIMA“ released by Season of Mist
Produced, directed and edited by Jon Simvonis for Magnum Production Studios Co. (www.jonsimvonis.com)
Kostenloser Sampler Progstravaganza XV erschienen
„Progstravaganza XV“ enthält 33 Tracks von Bands wie The Fierce and The Dead, Il Rumore Bianco, Fabio Zuffanti, The National Orchestra of the United Kingdom of Goats u.v.m. und ist als Pay-what-you-want-Download (ohne Mindestpreis, also auch für 0€) in verschiedenen Formaten (MP3, FLAC, ALAC, OGG, AAC) erhältlich.
4.9 magnitude earthquake rattles Italy
Italy‘s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said Sunday‘s quake at 6:08 p.m. had a magnitude of 4.9 and struck some 6.5 miles underground. Its epicenter was northeast of Naples between the towns of Caserta and Benevento.
Saudi to give Lebanon $3B to strengthen army
Michel Sleiman, who made the surprise announcement in a televised national address, did not provide any further details, but said French President Francois Hollande was to discuss the matter during his visit Sunday to Saudi Arabia.
Made in Saudi Arabia: Salafist Radicalism in Africa
Saudi Wahhabist fingerprints are being found more and more behind the coordinated activities of anti-Christian and anti-Western Salafist groups in Africa. The Nigerian Salafist group Boko Haram, which has attacked Christian villages and moderate Islamic mosques throughout Nigeria and slaughtered Christian and moderate Muslim men, women, and children, made common cause with another Salafist group in Mali, Ansar Dine, in attacking moderate Tuaregs who took over control of northern Mali after a military coup deposed the country’s civilian leadership. Boko Haram, Ansar Dine, and Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb began systematically destroying ancient UNESCO-protected shrines of Sufi Muslim saints in Timbuktu and other Malian cities. Ansar Dine pronounced the shrines «haram» of forbidden, according to Salafist dogma.
Best of 2013: Liberal Silence on Kill List Policies Stinks of Hypocrisy
In a free society, the idea that someone‘s dissent alone is dangerous to our safety because it is likely to incite or inspire someone to take up arms against us, shouldn‘t be less troubling just because we disagree with that dissent, as I suspect most Americans do in the case of al-Awlaki. Instead, Americans should be very concerned about the precedent such a policy sets and the way that it might be used and expanded by future administrations. After all, it is the vagueness of the AUMF, written before drone warfare was even a factor, that has landed us at this debate.
Ernst Bloch: Widerstand und Friede
Rede aus dem Jahre 1968.
Israelische Geheimdienst Schin Bet – Töte zuerst
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Wir sind grausam geworden
(18.02.2013) Sie, die gezielt Menschen getötet haben, um ihr Land sicherer zu machen, sagen: „Man kann keinen Frieden mit militärischen Mitteln schaffen.“ Sie sagen: „Israel kapiert nicht, dass es jeden Kampf gewinnt. Aber den Krieg verliert.“ Die sechs Männer, allesamt keine Pazifisten, sind der Meinung, dass Israel aus den palästinensischen Gebieten abziehen muss.
Leftist Israeli polemic „The Gatekeepers“ endangers Israel & Jews- says Israeli Prof Abe Sion
(21.02.2013)
Geheimdienst-Film: „Wir haben Israel zum Stasi-Land gemacht“
(05.03.2013) „Wenn dieser Film nicht dazu führt, dass sich die Dinge ändern, gibt es keine Hoffnung für Israel“: An Selbst- und Sendungsbewusstsein mangelt es dem israelischen Filmemacher Dror Moreh nicht. Er gab dieses Statement anlässlich der US-Premiere von „Töte zuerst“ ab. Doch tatsächlich hat er mit seinem Dokumentarfilm eine historische Leistung erbracht. Er hat es geschafft, alle sechs noch lebenden ehemaligen Chefs des israelischen Inlandsgeheimdienstes Schin Bet vor die Kamera zu bekommen. Und das ist längst nicht alles.
Erekat condemns Israel‘s bill to annex Jordan Valley
In an interview with Ma‘an, Erekat said the Palestinian response should be to seek statehood recognition by the United Nations and other international bodies.
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian properties in Jordan Valley
(24.12.) Israel has destroyed more than 604 Palestinian properties in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the beginning of this year, displacing 1011 people, according to UNOCHA.
Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It has demolished at least 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures since occupying the West Bank in 1967, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
US offered to guard Jordan Valley, Palestinians say
(23.12.) American troops could guard the border between a Palestinian state and Jordan, US Secretary of State John Kerry reportedly proposed to Palestinian officials, amid discussions of a security plan for a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
Secretary Kerry’s Derring-Do
(17.12.) Kerry’s strategy has been to get the Pentagon to design a security scheme for the West Bank and Jordan Valley that would rely on satellites and other high-tech infrastructure to take the security question off the table as much as possible, so the choice for Israel is ideology versus a workable peace. (..)
The truth is, no security arrangement is foolproof. The only thing that might be foolproof is, along with the best security tools, giving Palestinians a state worth their defending and preserving by surprising them with a little trust — exactly the way Nelson Mandela surprised South African whites.
Kerry in Middle East to talk Jordan Valley security proposals with Israelis, Palestinians
(12.12.) Joint presentations to Netanyahu and Abbas last week by Kerry and retired Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the Obama administration’s special envoy, do not appear to have been well-received. Neither leader spoke in support of the proposals.
Ministerial committee approves annexing Jordan Valley
Eight ministers support bill proposing that Israel annex Jordan Valley, so that it remains within Israeli sovereignty even if peace accord is reached with Palestinians. Several ministers appeal, say will block legislative process
Terroranschlag in Wolgograd: Putin ordnet Suche nach Drahtziehern an
„Wladimir Putin hat die zuständigen Minister und Leiter der Militär- und Sicherheitsbehörden beauftragt, alle notwendigen Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, um die Ursachen und Umstände des Terrorakts aufzuklären und diejenigen, die hinter diesem stehen, zu identifizieren und an die Justiz zu übergeben“, teilte Kreml-Sprecher Dmitri Peskow am Sonntag mit.
Puschkow: Man bereitete in Ukraine „Machtwechsel nach jugoslawischem Szenario“ vor
„Der Kampf um die Ukraine ist das Drama Nummer eins am Jahresende“, twitterte Puschkow am Sonntag. „Für sie bereitete man ein ‚jugoslawisches Szenario‘ des Machtwechsels durch Massenausschreitungen vor. Die Technologien sind dieselben.“
Ukrainian opposition focuses on 2015 election as protests wane
Klitschko and other opposition leaders appear unwilling to end the street protests, even as they lose steam.
Klitschko called for a general strike after the holidays and, together with other opposition leaders, urged supporters to gather at the square again on New Year‘s eve.
DocPatch: Entdecke unsere Verfassung! [SIGINT13]
Die Open-Data-Plattform DocPatch ermöglicht das Nachvollziehen aller Änderungen am Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland seit seinem Inkrafttreten im Jahr 1949. In diesem Vortrag stellt der Chaospott Essen vor, wie spaßig und mühsam der Weg bis zur Veröffentlichung gewesen ist und in welche Richtung es weitergehen kann.
Indien: “Cash Transfer an die Armen durch biometrische Indifikation” von 1,2 Milliarden Menschen
(14.Mai 2013) Indien hat 1,2 Milliarden Staatsbürger. Wie Reporter Clive Crook für die Nachrichtenagentur Bloomberg vermerkte, lauschte das anwesende Publikum, allesamt Spezialisten für “Entwicklungshilfe”, dem Vortrag “bewundernd und stellte nicht eine einzige feindselige Frage”.
Die biometrische Erfassung der 1,2 Milliarden Inder durch das “Unique Identification”-Programm (auch UID, Aadhar, oder Aadhaar genannt) soll angeblich der Bekämpfung von Armut in der Bevölkerung dienlich sein. Wie der “Chefökonom” der Asian Development Bank, Changyong Rhee, letzte Woche nach dem 46. Jahrestreffen der Bank in Indien erläuterte, solle “Cash Transfer an die Armen durch biometrische Indifikation direkt ausbezahlt” werden. Dies werde die Effektivität von Sozialleistungen erhöhen, so der Banker.
#UID becomes compulsory in India. Govt will take fingerprints and iris scan from everybody. #30c3 #surveillance #policestate #biometrics
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10 Minuten lang was über Überwachung in Indien gehört und schon bereue ichs, dort jemals ins Internet gegangen zu sein… #30c3 #hallG
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It was worth the wait: Maria Xynou of @cis_india is painting a horrific picture of the surveillance State/companies in India. #30c3
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lecture: #SOPA, #NSA, and the New Internet „Lobby“
The movement against SOPA in the US was the largest protest in online history, and as one of the core organizers, we learned a lot of lessons on how to build a grassroots movement for internet freedom.
How can these lessons learned be applied to the anti-surveillance movement both in the US and globally? Can millions of internet users really counter millions of dollars and entrenched interests on the other side? And how can we continue to have our voices heard on these issues?