Dearest Nettimers http://www.metamute.com/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=1&NrIssue=24&NrSection=5&NrArticle=826&ST_max=0
A brief _href_ to appraise you of political developments over the last couple of days in Italy: this piece on Metamute analyses the recently released Pisanu parliamentary report on 'Internal and International Terrorism', linking groups of the social movement - in particular the Disobedienti - to terrorism. The category of 'Diffuse Political Illegality' set up by the report bares particular attention. The Italian executive is on one hand writing itself a mandate to decide who does and does not fall within the so-called 'network of terror': now, activists and dissenters are 'internal terrorists'. On the other, it is removing the traditional power of the judiciary to check its excesses. This is a formula that we will doubtless see repeated across Europe in the 'long haul' of the WoT. http://www.metamute.com/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=1&NrIssue=24&NrSection=5&NrArticle=826&ST_max=0 (This article also links to a commissioned translation of the Disobedienti's reponse to the Pisanu report.) Regards, Jamie ----------------------------------------------------- Jamie King mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] '11.30 at *what*?' # 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]