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Prospects of a radiant future: From Chernobyl to Fukushima

02-04-2011 15:47

It is beyond doubt that both, Chernobyl and now Fukushima with their respective, nefarious crisis mismanagements and their criminal disinformation campaigns, have paved the way for a radiant future. But we will not exactly be beaming with joy.

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Sukey slip closer into the arms of the Met

24-03-2011 00:21

Sukey have changed their their Warning To Idiots page to come across a little more, er user friendly.

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Review: Activism vs Slacktivism debate: but what happened to Hacktivism?

22-03-2011 10:14

Micah White
I went along to St Annes College this afternoon to the debate Activism vs. Slacktivism, part of the eCampaigning Forum conference taking place on 22nd and 23rd March in Oxford. I wondered what it was all about.

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A Japanese Chernobyl -summary of news

17-03-2011 16:08

This is a translation of an article distributed by the independent media association, Silence  http://www.revuesilence.net It's to help give a clearer understanding of the nuclear disaster that is at present unfolding in Japan.

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YouTube/Google want your phone number

15-03-2011 22:54

New rules for posting on YouTube are an invasion of privacy and make anonymous posting much harder.

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Japan's nuclear crisis on Monday is now more serious than ever before.

15-03-2011 17:23

"The situation in Fukushima Reactor Number 2 is now well-beyond the Three Mile Island accident in the United States. And the situation on the ground is one of desperate measures.

Fire engines and sea water are not recognized technology to manage nuclear reactors. It is panic, and all nations should be concerned."

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Liberal Democrat Conference Fringe Meeting: Who controls the internet? #ldconf

14-03-2011 20:24

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Attached is a recording of a meeting held by Liberal Democrat Voice,  http://www.libdemvoice.org/ on 12th March 2011 in Sheffield at the Liberal Democrat conference titled, Who controls the internet?

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Japan Atomic Emergency Bulletin #3

14-03-2011 19:02

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Ecoshock Bulletin #3 The real news about the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan. A second reactor blows up, while a third may have total melt down. U.S. Navy hit by radiation. European governments re-assess. Stocks in nuclear companies hit hard. And more

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Japan Atomic Emergency Bulletin #2

13-03-2011 06:34

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Japanese news says six reactors are in danger of melting down. One has already blown up. The government covers up while hundreds of thousands evacuate. The world economy could blow up as well.

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What happened to the hope-inspiring 'sweet bird of youth' of Ernst Bloch?

07-03-2011 16:42

Who does not expect the unexpected will never find the anticipatory New, never be the emancipatory New.

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Richard Stallman: Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks

05-03-2011 22:18

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Richard Stallman spoke in Sheffield on 5th March 2011 on Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks.

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Death Penalty for Bradley Manning, the Alleged #WikiLeaks Whistleblower?

03-03-2011 10:59

Bradley Manning

Alleged WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been in US custody since last May, after he reportedly told a former hacker that he had passed thousands of classified US military documents and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, had 22 new charges filed against him on Tuesday by the US Army, including a capital offense — “aiding the enemy” — for which the government has said it will not seek the death penalty, although, as Wired explained, “under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the presiding judge ultimately decides what charges to refer to court-martial and whether to impose the death penalty.”

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Shells survey work stopped agein

02-03-2011 16:03

Getting in the way
This morning 6 people got in the way of Shell's survey work causing them to pack up and go away.

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Car injures cyclists in Porto Alegre critcial mass, Brazil

01-03-2011 01:23

a link to a BBC news report about a driver who drove into approx 20 cyclists, injuring 9, during a monthly critical mass ride

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Defend Julian Assange! Behind the witch-hunt of #WikiLeaks

28-02-2011 22:38

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Robert Stevens spoke at a public meeting in Sheffield on 23rd February about the persecution of WikiLeaks,  http://wikileaks.ch/ and in defense of Julian Assange.

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Richard Stallman free talk in Brighton March 8th

28-02-2011 03:23

Richard Stallman – hacker, founder of the Free Software Movement, activist and theorist for civil rights in the digital age – will be doing a short speaking tour of England in March, speaking in Brighton on March 8th.

For the rest of the tour see  http://www.theiet.org/local/emea/europe/richard-stallman.cfm

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Free Talk - 2nd March - Watching the watchers, the Surveillance State Exposed

27-02-2011 18:17

Presentation at Keynes Hall, Kings College Weds 2nd March on the surveillance state and how to fight it

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Israel investing $1.6 million in "new media warriors"

25-02-2011 01:08

The Israeli military establishment is once again on the offensive, but instead of high-tech weaponry and missiles, it is using computer screens, keyboards and rapid wireless connections to fight what Israeli military representatives are dubbing a "new media war."

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Local Newsletter Hit By Sinister Cyber Sabotage

24-02-2011 21:02

Rough Music is under attack! For five years RM has been on the streets of Brighton, fearlessly spitting in the eye of the powerful, kicking the corrupt in the knackers and pummelling the kidneys of profiteers. Well, apparently our efforts have not gone unnoticed.