<nettime> democracy by invitation only

[Natalie Bookchin <natalie {AT} action-tank.org>]

I thought nettimers would appreciate reading about this invitational 
meeting to stop  anti capitalists from ruining democracy

International Conference Global Civil Society Maintaining Public 
Order, A democratic approach.
By Invitation Only

http://www.burojansen.nl/documenten/DenHaagConferentie.htm



quote:
INTERNET

The Internet, an indispensable resource in the operations of banks, 
multinationals, and intelligence and security services, is also a 
lifeline for the anti-capitalists. Without the Internet, the global 
civil society. would not have grown into what it is now and it cannot 
function without it. The activists found one another on the Internet, 
they communicate With one another an the Internet, they organize their
demonstrations and their protests violent or otherwise - on the 
Internet and they broadcast their own television footage. The 
emergence of the Internet has made It possible to protest against 
globalization on a global scale. Some groups in Prague actually used 
the Internet to organize a training camp where they could practise 
successful methods of taking action based on intelligence they had 
gathered about the tactics of the Czech police.
close quote

----natalie

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