[decloaking] Members of the Frontline Club received this email from it's founder a few hours ago:
Dear friends of Frontline, many of you will have seen Julian Assange and the Wikileaks people at Frontline. I wanted to copy you the press release that I sent out today. Very best, Vaughan “I attended court today to offer my support for Julian Assange of Wikileaks on a point of principle. “In the face of a concerted attempt to shut him down and after a decade since 9/11 that has been characterised by manipulation of the media by the authorities, the information released by Wikileaks is a refreshing glimpse into an increasingly opaque world.” The Frontline Club was founded seven years ago to stand for independence and transparency. Recent informal canvassing of many of our more than 1,500 members at the Frontline Club suggests almost all are supportive of our position. I am suspicious of the personal charges that have been made against Mr Assange and hope that this will be properly resolved by the courts. Certainly no credible charges have been brought regarding the leaking of the information itself. I can confirm that Mr Assange has spent much of the last several months working from our facilities at the Frontline Club. Earlier today I offered him an address for bail. 7pm. Tuesday 7 December. --- Vaughan Smith 07770520345 [email protected] He was interviewed on Newsnight which should appear online at the following link soon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wmnrk/Newsnight_07_12_2010/ More on Vaughan and Frontline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Smith The Wikipedia profile doesn't do him justice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontline_Club The club has close links with investigative journamlists 5 min promo vid on Frontline http://frontlineclub.com/club/about.php That's all for me for a while [recloaking] On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wonder if this does make a difference to anyone in power, ultimately; I > don't see vulnerabilities emerging, but, yes, retrenchment, deeper and > more private channels. In the US, the stock market continues to rise; in > my book the banksters are equally villainous, but they'll continue to > escape - look at Obama's backing down on Bush's tax cuts. I tend to think > that Mike Davis' City of Quartz draws the line well, or as Trump's kids > said from their new hideous tower in Soho, we can look down on all the > little buildings. > > Then again, even unbelievable, let's say, total, transparency, doesn't > mean that bribes don't have their targets, that capital doesn't continue > as usual. I'm amazed at politics in the US, with the Republican poor > constantly voting, knowledgably, against their own best interests - given > the relative unease of populations, symbolic capital becomes all the more > important. > > We see signs of this across the street, where Ratner is building a stadium > after razing buildings he seized by 'eminent domain' - after having the > city declare the area 'blighted' (the area included new buildings etc.). > All this in full view of the neighborhood; we brought suit after suit, and > nothing worked except capital, lawyers, the violence of power on the other > side. Apparently all of this is now featured in a musical, which is the > best we can do, uselessly play while people are evicted. > > - Alan > > > On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, Simon Biggs wrote: > > > It should be Assange arresting all the governments and their cronies. > They > > have it the wrong way round. > > > > Wikileaks has revealed, with concrete evidence, how so-called > "democratic" > > governments are little more than criminal cartels who are happy to > > incarcerate those who seek to lift the veil on their activities. There is > no > > difference between China or the US, the House of Saud or the UK, Burma or > > Germany. Each of these Mafia-like organisations recognises themselves in > one > > another. This is no surprise to them, only to us suckers who vote for > them > > (if they allow us this crumb of illusory comfort). > > > > We are obligated to do something to remove these criminals - but what? It > > seems difficult when they have convinced us that they run the planet. > > However, the Wikileaks approach looks a good option. If you pummel > > government with evidence of their own lies they will retrench to their > > safest ground, as all the paranoid will. Once retrenched, with a smaller > (if > > trusted) footprint, they are more vulnerable. This pressure has to be > > sustained to work (that is why the leaks are let out slowly). Eventually > the > > circle of trust will be far smaller than the ring of threat that > surrounds > > it. Assange is quite brilliant, although this is basic anarchist theory. > > > > However, like a cornered animal, the government will, when the pressure > is > > at its most intense, be vicious and dangerous. The seizure of Asssange is > > symptomatic of this and thus evidence they are on the run. I imagine > Assange > > might be quietly pleased by how this is playing out. However, the > question > > now is how to push the advantage? If that doesn't happen the veil will > again > > be lowered. But if the attack is pursued the power of these criminal > elites > > will evaporate in the harsh light of day. > > > > The next few days, perhaps weeks, will be critical. Any vestige of > freedom > > depends on it. > > > > Best > > > > Simon > > > > > > Simon Biggs > > [email protected] [email protected] > > Skype: simonbiggsuk > > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > > > Research Professor edinburgh college of art > > http://www.eca.ac.uk/ > > Creative Interdisciplinary Research in CoLlaborative Environments > > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice > > http://www.elmcip.net/ > > Centre for Film, Performance and Media Arts > > http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/film-performance-media-arts > > > > > >> From: "xDxD.vs.xDxD" <[email protected]> > >> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > >> <[email protected]> > >> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:58:16 +0100 > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [NetBehaviour] arrested > >> > >> Julian Assange arrested > >> http://julianassangearrested.tumblr.com/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, > number SC009201 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > == > email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > webpage http://www.alansondheim.org > music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qu.txt > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
_______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
