Student Says He Can't Afford To Defend Apple Lawsuit

BOSTON (AP) — A 19-year-old Harvard student being sued by Apple Computer
Inc. over a claim that his online publication revealed Apple's
trade secrets said Friday he can't afford a lawyer to defend himself. But Nicholas M. Ciarelli said he hopes to find free or low-cost legal
help to argue that he deserves First Amendment protection and used proper
newsgathering techniques to break news about the new $499 Mac mini
computer and other inside information about Apple.

"KPFA: Democracy Deferred?"

Bill Mandel

Bill Mandel, now 88 years young, was a KPFA and
Pacifica broadcaster for 37 years, until he was
removed by station management in one of their many
corporate purges, despite the fact — or perhaps
because of the fact — that he had been one of the
station's most popular and politically-cogent
broadcasters.

For more information about Mandel, see his website,
here. Mandel's autobiography,
Saying No To Power (Introduction by Howard Zinn), is a
history of how the American people fought to defend
and expand its rights since the 1920s, employing the
form of the life of a 30s AND 60s activist, one who
was involved in most serious movements: student,
labor, 45 years of efforts to prevent war with the
USSR, civil rights South and North, women's liberation
(Mandel's late wife appears on 50 pages), 37 years on
Pacifica Radio (where he invented talk radio), and
civil liberties. On Mandel's website, you can also see
and hear his testimony before different
McCarthy-Cold-War-Era witch-hunting committees (used
in six films and a play). Mandel is the author of five
books in his academic field.

"An Independent State of Mind"

Joel Senesac, Vermont Guardian,

[Special to the Verrnont Guardian, November 5—11, 2004. Tom Naylor of Charlotte is one of the founders ot the Second Vermont Republic, an organization that is promoting the idea of having Vermont secede from the US.]

CHARLOTTE — Throughout history, every great empire has eventually met its demise. According to economist Thomas Naylor, the United States may soon prove to be no exception because it has grown too big to sustain itself. That's why Naylor helped form the Second Vermont Republic, an organization dedicated to the peaceful dissolution of the country, starting with the secession of Vermont.

"Giorgio Agamben" Issue of Contretemps Now Online

Contretemps: An Online Journal of Philosophy

Contretemps 5, December 2004, on Giorgio Agamben, is now online here.

The contents of Contretemps, 5 include:

"Friendship"

Giorgio Agamben

“The Stanza of the Self: On Agamben’s Potentiality”

Paolo Bartoloni

"Four Theses on the Powers of Life and Death"

Mitchell Dean

"Passive Politics"

Stefano Franchi

"Agamben's Messianic Politics"

Catherine Mills

"Potenza Nuda? Sovereignty, Biopolitics, Capitalism"

Brett Neilson

Esther Anatolitis

Mran-Maree Campbell

John Dalton

Justin Tauber

Tim Rayner

Contretemps: An Online Journal of Philosophy

Web: Contretemps

Email: contretemps@mail.usyd.edu.au