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May 23, 2005 - 6:51pm -- hydrarchist
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This was published a couple of months ago, but it's appropriately timed as Wu Ming's "54" has just been published in english. If you haven't already read "Q", an epic tale of adventure and revolt, fueled by the millenarian spirit and traversing seminal moments of european transformation (the birth of banking, early days of seditious books) then go and get it, and don't come out until you've read it;). You can find other issues of the Digest in english here.

Giap/digest
 #27 - The Fascists - 29 March 2005

0- Thank you + pieces of news

1- Getting Rid of the Constitution

2- The Fascists, a gonzoid story by Wu Ming 1

3- We Wonder if We've Answered the Question...

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Here's a new issue of Giap/digest. Better
late than never. First of all, we would like to thank all the people
who, after our call for help, volunteered translation work. The English
language section of our website is getting richer and this newsletter
might even reach you on a less irregular basis. Some texts are already
on line, some are being edited, some others are still being translated.

May 23, 2005 - 1:52pm -- hydrarchist
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Culture

There have been other virtual states, and from the ex-yu specifically there was the NSK state in time which also issued passports. Nonetheless this seems interesting given the particular reasonance that titoism continues to exert in south-east europe.
devin writes
'Titoism Has a New Country, Titoslavia, Available at a Click'


This article is about perhaps the first virtual country...


http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3214,36- 652496@51-646623,0.html

The site is http://www.titoslavija.com

If you can't read French, here is my translation:

The Yugoslavia of Tito, since divided into five countries, will count an additional state on the 25th of May, the anniversary of the birth of its creator, Josip Broz. Nothing will distinguish it in appearance from the others, with its own constitution, flag, anthem and passport.

May 21, 2005 - 1:07pm -- hydrarchist
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Prisons & Prisoners

Gideon Polya writes:
Outrage- Austyralian Academics Advocating Torture

Two law academics have caused a transient storm in Australia by their advocacy of legalised torture (see ABC News On-line: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s13704 47.htm).

In a paper to be published in July in the University of San Francisco's Law Review Journal, the Head of the Law School and a female colleague at Melbourne's Deakin University argue for the use of torture in interrogation of terrorist suspects.

May 21, 2005 - 1:02pm -- hydrarchist
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Theory

Paul Ricoeur was born on February 27, 1913 in Valence, France and died yesterday the 20th of May 2005 in Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France at 92 years of age.

his obit notice in Le Monde,
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3230,36- 652552@51-652432,0.html

for Ricoeur the orphaned child of slaughter of 1915 at the Marne, was intrinsically a "french philosopher" whose life and cultural background came to represent the intellectual self-identity of that country throughout its experiences in the last century.

May 19, 2005 - 8:44am -- nolympics
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The State

caedefensefund.org/

"Breaches Of Civil Contracts Should Be Federal Crimes, Prosecutor Argues"

Judge calls proposal "Pandora's Box"; defense calls for dismissal.

Tuesday in Buffalo, Judge Kenneth Schroeder heard motions to dismiss a federal criminal case against artist Steven Kurtz. Professor Kurtz was charged with mail and wire fraud last summer after prosecutors found
nothing to support their original allegations of bioterrorism. (Please see caedefensefund.org for an overview of the case.)

May 17, 2005 - 10:03pm -- nolympics
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Race Politics

Anonymous Comrade writes

"Web site vexing to Minutemen"
By Victor Allen, Tribune

A Scottsdale-based Internet company said Monday it will force one of its Web site clients to stop encouraging harassment of the Minuteman Project or face being shut down. swarmtheminutemen.com is encouraging people to go into the desert border areas to blast their radios or bang pots and pans together in an effort to confuse and harass Minutemen volunteers.

The Web site also prompts site visitors to engage in activities such as sending repetitive anonymous e-mails and fax messages to the Minutemen, and even come up with other ideas to disrupt the project.

May 6, 2005 - 9:26am -- jim
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News

Stockholm Hosts 800 New Media Pirates

The Pirate Agency

More than 800 pirates and filesharers demonstrated in Stockholm on Sunday
May 1st. Among the speakers were broadband industry figure Jonas
Birgersson and representatives from the free art/culture scene and The
Pirate Agency. It was perhaps one of the largest gatherings ever of
Internet pirates, copyright-critics and other believers in free culture.

May 6, 2005 - 7:52am -- nolympics
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War

Court rules against arrest of US President
From expatica

4 May 2005

AMSTERDAM — A Dutch judge has ruled that US President George W. Bush can visit the Netherlands as planned this weekend and should not be arrested.

The ruling in a court in The Hague on Wednesday comes after a group of Dutch nationals lodged legal action against the State in the lead-up to Bush's visit.

The activists demanded that Bush be arrested or a court order issued to block his entry to the Netherlands due to "numerous, flagrant breaches of the Geneva Convention".

However, the judge rejected the request on the grounds that such a refusal was a political matter and therefore not something the court could rule on.

May 5, 2005 - 10:42am -- hydrarchist
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In the Streets

The Chilean Student Movement and State Repression

Over the last several weeks, students throughout Chile have been protesting the Chilean government over the continuing privatization of public universities. Last week, students in many of the departments in public universities entered a strike. Historically, university education remained a human right for all students in the public system, but over recent years, State officials have been gradually turning to a private system. Many Chilean students face the possibility of being forced to terminate their studies if education costs continue to rise.

May 5, 2005 - 10:36am -- hydrarchist
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In the Streets

May Day in Santiago, Chile

This May 1st, 45,000 people marched in the streets of Santiago in memory of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago. During the march, there were diverse political movements including anarchists. The march ended in the Plaza Los Héroes where Arturo Martínez, president of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT), spoke to the crowd. While speaking to participants, Martínez announced that if the Chilean congress continues passing laws contrary to labor rights a strike will commence for 48 hours.

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