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Jim Fleming <jim@autonomedia.org> Fredric Jameson on September 11 Curt Hagenlocher <curth@motek.com> More Naomi Klein: War on Copyright Terrorism Curt Hagenlocher <curth@motek.com> The New Censorship, Part II - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:05:18 -0400 From: Jim Fleming <jim@autonomedia.org> Subject: Fredric Jameson on September 11 >> http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/05/141256 -- Jim@autonomedia.org http://www.autonomedia.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Curt Hagenlocher <curth@motek.com> Subject: More Naomi Klein: War on Copyright Terrorism Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:43:20 -0700 http://www.nologo.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/03/1326207 "'Recent developments suggest that many of the governments suspected of supporting al Qaeda are also promoting, being corrupted by, or at the very least ignoring highly lucrative trafficking in counterfeit and pirated products capable of generating huge money flows to terrorists,' she writes. [...] ...the conclusion is unambiguous: You either enforce TRIPS, or you are with the terrorists. Welcome to the brave new world of trade negotiations, where every arcane clause is infused with the self-righteousness of a holy war." ...it won't be the first time Richard Stallman has been called a terrorist. -- Curt Hagenlocher curth@motek.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Curt Hagenlocher <curth@motek.com> Subject: The New Censorship, Part II Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:53:01 -0700 "There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that; there never is." -- Ari Fleischer, on Bill Maher "There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that; there never is." -- official transcript of Fleischer's remarks -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1578000/1578619.stm Washington has asked Qatar to rein in the influential and editorially independent Arabic al-Jazeera television station, which gives airtime to anti-American opinions. The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Khalifa al-Thani, confirmed after a meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington that he had been asked to exert influence on the Qatari-based channel, which can be received almost worldwide. -- There are few places in the world where there is as much freedom of speech as in the US. True, it's not perfect. It's under constant attack. It's more accessible to those with money, particularly those with enough money to own their own media outlet. But, for the most part, it's there. Nice to see that US government is intent on exporting our values... -- Curt Hagenlocher curth@motek.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net