Re: nettime Latino political influence in the US?
As a US based Latina and child of immigrants, I think it would be a mistake to presume that there is a substantial connection between an emerging left in Latin American and the US-based immigrants' rights movement. What is key here is how immigrants are thrusting themselves into the American political scene, and how the rest of the country is taking notice of people who are usually invisibile to them. The US-based Zapatistas are a small fringe group and are composed of American leftists, with a smattering of leftist Latino college students. It is not an immigrant based solidarity movement, although some immigrants come out for large scale events. The principle connection immigrants have with Latin America is familial and economic - the money they send home is crucial to the economies of many Latin American states, especially Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and El Salvador. The important connections here are with American labor organizations and other immigrant non-Latino groups. American labor has usually been pretty xenophobic and racists toward undocumented immigrants, seeing them as unwanted competition and union-busters. That attitude is changing. South Asians also marched in large numbers on May 1st. And for a change, the Spanish language media, which is usually very conservative, has shown support for immigrant political organizing by covering it and spreading news about the boycott. There are not very many influential Latino politicians in government, however those who are of Mexican descent, such as the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, have come out in support of the immigrants. These immigrant protests are more important for American politics and the role of immigrants within American political life than they are for strengthening connections with Latin America. American politicians will seek to add to their voting pool by pandering to the immigrants and finding ways to enfranchise them. There are precedents in US history for this. In the past, when it served political interest, non-citizens have been allowed to vote at many levels of government. Coco Fusco # 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: nettime@bbs.thing.net
nettime THE WAR TAPES
(is this where tactical media is, right now, giving camcorders to US soldiers, in the hope they will shoot interesting footage? i bet they will. hard not to, i would say. anyone seen this film yet? /geert) http://www.thewartapes.com/ In March 2004, just as the insurgent movement strengthened, several members of one National Guard unit arrived in Iraq, carrying digital video cameras. THE WAR TAPES is the movie they made with Director Deborah Scranton and a team of award-winning filmmakers. It?s the first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves on the front lines in Iraq. THE WAR TAPES follows three men: Sergeant Steve Pink, Sergeant Zack Bazzi, and Specialist Mike Moriarty. Steve is a young carpenter with a dark, irreverent sense of humor who joined the Guard for college money. Zack is an inquisitive, ironic traveler and university student. Mike is a husband and father of two, driven to fight by honor and redemption. You will see Operation Iraqi Freedom through their eyes. The soldiers were not picked by casting agents or movie producers. They selected themselves. 10 soldiers from Charlie Company carried cameras on IED-riddled roads and into combat?and into their own internal conversations. They learned how to choose and tell their stories in constant instant message conversations with Director Scranton. They filmed under unbelievable conditions. The unit was based at LSA Anaconda in the deadly Sunni Triangle, under constant threat of ambush and IED attacks. They traveled, as a unit, 1.4 million miles during their tour, and lived through over 1,200 combat operations and 250 direct enemy engagements. Because it?s filmed by citizen soldiers telling their own stories, THE WAR TAPES is funnier, spicier, and more wrenching than stories other people might tell about them. All three men leave women at home ? a mother, a girlfriend, and a wife. THE WAR TAPES ? like any true story about war ? engages the hard, tense, passionate, always difficult and sometimes beautiful way these relationships develop and change. Director Deborah Scranton is a single mom with a journalism background and a passion for the infantry (her last documentary was about WWII vets). With Deborah?s guidance, the soldiers shot over 900 hours of videotape during their yearlong deployment. Another 200 hours of footage was shot back home by Deborah and her crew ? all distilled into a 94 minute film. Deborah worked closely with Producer Robert May who executive produced the Academy Award winning FOG OF WAR; Producer and Editor Steve James, best known for the documentary HOOP DREAMS; and Executive Producer Chuck Lacy. The unseen collaborator on the film is the internet. This is a Web 2.0 outside the wire ? the intimate power of the internet exploding on the movie screen. Without instant messaging, the soldiers could never have become filmmakers ? without email and cheap video, they soldiers could never have told their stories as they happened. The soldiers? unfailing candor and honesty defines the heart of this film. THE WAR TAPES is not afraid to show soldiers as fully complicated human beings ?this is not reality TV, and it?s certainly not mainstream media coverage of the war. This is real war. These soldiers got the story the 2,700 embedded reporters never could. -- Frequently Asked Questions What is THE WAR TAPES (TWT)? It?s an amazing, must-see, real, rude, rough, rip at your heart and absolutely humbling 94 minute movie that is coming out this year. It is the first war movie ever made by soldiers filming all the war footage themselves. When can I see it? This summer. If you're in New York, come to the premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 29th! What is this THE WAR TAPES site? Is it a movie site or something else? It?s both a movie site and something else. It?s a blog and a place for citizen soldier video, audio, and words. If you have citizen-soldier video (or photo or words) that you?ve taken or that you like, please send us a copy or a link. So long as it?s not pornographic, we?ll put it up or link to it. We believe that the internet can change the way we experience everything, but especially war. I believe in that too ? what can I do to help get it off the ground? The most important thing you can do is sign up on our website, so we can tell you when TWT is coming to your town. If you are interested in doing research or collecting video, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: I WANT TO GET INVOLVED. If you have video or audio, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line: VIDEO/AUDIO. If you are a soldier or family member, and would like to guest blog, we?d love to hear your thoughts ? email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and introduce yourself. If you have a blog, blogroll us ? if you have ideas, let us know! What are the politics of TWT? TWT believes in empowering citizens to tell their own stories ? and believes citizen journalism can make amazing film. We are completely committed to opening up
nettime BLACKFLAG OPS [outside.US] Part2
* BLACK FLAG OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
(General Policy Direction in Middle East and Southeast Asia)
[Continued - Part 2]
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
-- H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 - 1956)
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3. .US policy inversions -- Syria and Iran
the absolute hypocrisy of current .US foreign policy positions, under
the influence of Neoconservative operatives, must be recognized and
nullified immediately for they are both un-American and only
perpetuate the problems that, supposedly, are seeking resolution in
the war of terror - though it is more likely that the existing
approach is designed with this very fact in mind.
that is, the .US battle planning and 'order of battle' driven by the
Neoconservatives, and dictated by those violent extremists in the
Israeli government associated with the Likud, had spoken of 'first
Iraq' then 'Iran and Syria' would be next-in-line for .US military
aggressions, including invasions, in this ongoing 'War of Terror'.
let's make this very clear: a foreign power, Israel, has publicly
spoken of internal .US military planning in both the lead-up to the
Iraq war and subsequent military actions (follow-on) after this,
which has been placed outside of democratic control of citizen
governance. i.e. a foreign power is influencing the choice of
sending .US citizens, spouses and children, into battle on its
behalf, and to sacrifice themselves for the designs of .US and .IL
Neoconservatives, fascists, and 'violent extremists' (Judeo-
Christian, if not simply satanists - calling it like it is) and that
this is a betrayal of the public trust and oath of office as to who
is actually 'commander-in-chief', of .US foreign policy, or domestic
policy for that matter. this is to say that that in itself is an act
of treason at the highest levels, which has plenty of spy stories
associated with it in the press, yet the conclusions have yet to be
heard of what this all adds up to.
it is proposed that this is more evidence of a coordinated
Insurrection, both by internal forces (who are aligned with the
Whitehouse of George H.W. Bush (1), whose son has now crashed the
country in a latest act of private recklessness over the public state
of affairs.) -- and by external forces in .IL and elsewhere who act
by proxy of the special-interest groups and lobbies, whose power has
coalesced over this same last period of 40 years in the formation of
the GOP-Neoconservative alliance which has handed over the decision-
making of the .US government to private powers who are outsourcing
their foreign policy using the blood of .US soldiers, citizens, and
their families suffering, in addition to raiding the public coffers
to pay for their own policies, by government heist.
to say this is not the case, on its face, consider how .US
Presidential hopefuls like Hilary Clinton have traveled to Israel to
announce their run for .US President, announcing their intentions in
another country - by which to try to get elected in the United States
of America. no matter the demographic challenges of a particular
locality, when this race begins 'offshore' so too do the policies
that will be driving such candidates in their governance. make no
mistake: this is selling out America to a particular influence that
has some relation to those now subverting .US government ends other
than those good for Americans. and that this is traitorous,
treasonous, and despicable if ignoring the 'cost' of continuing this
business-as-usual without fixing the problematic dynamics that are
now undermining constitutional democracy and installing a corporate
dictatorship in its place.
again: this is not anti-semitic nor is it anti-Israeli (whether
Palestinian or Jew, Orthodox or atheist) -- it is instead an issue of
foreign-interference and manipulation of internal .US affairs and
external .US policies and foreign affairs which have undermined
the .US government, and those doing this are both in the .US and .IL
and elsewhere, and their modus-operandi is 'violent extremism' other-
wise known as 'terrorism' by which they pursue their agenda: and this
is to take a stand against this movement, which is to take a stand
against FASCISM itself, and Judeo-Fascists in the .US and .IL and the
Christian Fascists who also partake in this 'crusade' against Muslims
in .US imperial policy. it is so _un-American_ that it is hard to
reconcile how such policies could have been
Re: nettime Hamster killed in Berlin?
On Tue, 2 May 2006, Hans Bernhard wrote: We hereby declare this found footage video to be an http://jugador.notlong.com Jugadoras, jugadores Esclavas y patrones Enciende la luz Si quieres ver algo Te ensucias facil Jugando en el barro (M. Rodriguez) happy sunny sunday, max moswitzer via ludic-society.net # 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: nettime@bbs.thing.net
