Re: dark days

2013-06-14 Thread Newmedia
Felix: > One is against authoritarian regimes . . . > Another one is against the subversion > of the democratic processes . . . And, > one is against the increasing subversion > of civil liberties . . . Fascinating how you "frame" all this. Authoritarian! Democratic! Liberty! Subversi

Re: dark days

2013-06-14 Thread Felix Stalder
On 06/13/2013 06:15 AM, Brian Holmes wrote: I prefer to find this recent news a light in dark times. At the moment, i think in the West (core and periphery) we can distinguish between three struggles in advanced stages. One is against authoritarian regimes that force a closed set of values on

An Open (Of Course) Letter to My Friend, the NSA

2013-06-14 Thread nettime's avid reader
http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/06/12/an-open-of-course-letter-to-my-friend-the-nsa/ Dear NSA, We need to have a chat, so I trust you’re reading this. Of course you are; good. Now, let’s see … how should I put this? Look, you’ve done a great job cultivating that whole “spook” image for