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July 4: Independence FROM America Day Demo at Menwith Hill

Join the annual Independence FROM America demonstration at NSA Menwith Hill, N. Yorkshire organised by the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB).

Speakers to include Salma Yaqoob, Andy Worthington, Martin Wainwright, Mizan the Poet. Food provided by the 1 in 12 cafe

UG#645 - Potemkin Justice (Whistleblowers & Surveillance in 21st Century USA)

A stark contrast with UG#644, we look this week behind the facade of the separation of powers in USA. Do any effective checks remain on how the US government behaves itself? Or is the external threat of massive dissent the only check left to the ongoing rollout of the totalitarian state's surveillance and control grid.

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UG#639 - Grave Reflections on Technology & Freedom (Techno-totalitarianism)

We hear the voices of three now deceased authors on the topics of technology and Social Control. First a vintage 1962 recording of Aldous Huxley speaking on the prospects for technototalitarianism. Next it's a more relaxed interview with science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut and we conclude with a musical collage of 1970's wisdom from E. F. Schumacher.

Aaron's Army #aaronsw

Following is the text of remarks by Carl Malamud at the Internet Archive's Memorial for Aaron Swartz,
January 24, 2013,

http://blog.archive.org/2013/01/15/memorial-for-aaron-swartz/

UG#596 - Lifting The Lid on The NSA (Secret Rooms, Infiltration, Menwith Hill)

This week we learn more about NSA, which no longer limits its activities to mere intelligence gathering. Whistle-blower Mark Klein tells how he broke the NSA's unwarranted wiretapping scandal, Kevin Zeese speaks on a century of political infiltration of US political movements, and infiltration of Occupy movements and we conclude with researcher Steve Schofield on the NSA's largest base in Europe.

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Protest against drone attacks in Pakistan on 14th Sept in Bradford

Protest Against Drone Strikes, Centenary Square, Friday 14th September 2012, 5:30pm. Speakers to include George Galloway MP, Imran Khan (official) and Yvonne Ridley.

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Britain’s Socialist Workers Party & Socialist Party back extradition of Assange

Britain’s largest pseudo-left groups have lined up behind the demand that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden.

UK media lines up behind campaign to extradite Assange and silence WikiLeaks

The British media has played a venal role throughout the ongoing efforts to witch-hunt and silence WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. But it has plumbed new depths following the decision by Ecuador to grant his request for political asylum.

The pursuit of Julian Assange is an assault on freedom and a mockery of journalism

The British government's threat to invade the Ecuadorean embassy in London and seize Julian Assange is of historic significance. David Cameron, the former PR man to a television industry huckster and arms salesman to sheikdoms, is well placed to dishonour international conventions that have protected Britons in places of upheaval. Just as Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq led directly to the acts of terrorismin London on 7 July 2005, so Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague have compromised the safety of British representatives across the world.

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Peer 2 Peer Production as the Alternative to Capitalism: A New Communist Horizon

The current crisis of capitalism has provoked protests, revolts and revolutions in major parts of the planet that include 3 billions of inhabitants. Even the mainstream Time Magazine made “The Protester” the person of the year. The caption on Time’s cover reads: From the Arab Spring To Athens, from Occupy Wall Street to Moscow. China, Chile, Spain, England, Italy, India, Israel, Iran and France, among many other places, can be added to Time’s hotbeds of recent social protests.

The protest movements have put alternatives to capitalism on the historical agenda (Hardt and Negri, 2011). This article argues that a section of knowledge workers have already created a new mode of production termed Peer to Peer Production (P2P) which is a viable alternative to capitalism. Although still in its emerging phase and dominated by capitalism, P2P clearly displays the main contours of an egalitarian society. The very fact that sections of P2P activists and ICT workers are also actively involved in the current protests may work as a good catalyst in connecting P2P to these movements.

In P2P production, producers collectively produce goods through voluntary participation in a de-centered, network-based production system. Volunteers choose the tasks they perform; the amount of time they spend on collective production; the place and time of their productive activity. In term of distribution, anyone in the world can use the products for free according to their own needs, regardless of their contribution (Benkler, 2006). This mode of production is very similar to what Marx (1978 a, 1978b) described as advanced communism. Therefore, it has also been called cyber communism (Kleiner, 2010; Barbrook, 2007; Moglen, 2003).

UG#592 - The Technology of Reunion (The Coming War on General Computation)

We look at the possible future interactions between society and computing technologies. We start with Gary Webb's story of how he used the WWW to circumvent censorship of his revelations of CIA drug dealing. Then we hear Cory Doctorow on corporations increasing interest in limiting the ways in which users use computing devices. In our second hour, Eben Moglen describes his work on 'freedom boxes', to create securely encrypted connections between individuals.

4 July: Annual 'Independence FROM America' demonstration at Menwith Hill

IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION. Wed 4 July, 4pm–9pm Outside the main entrance to the American base at NSA Menwith Hill, near Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 2RF

Join us for this annual demonstration for 'Independence FROM America'. Menwith Hill is an extremely important US base – occupied and controlled by the NSA, USAF and other Agencies. It is unaccountable, secretive and out of control of the UK government. It has many deeply concerning roles.

FBI Seize Riseup Server in New York

FBI seizes server providing anonymous remailer and many other services from colocation facility.

Extradition Watch: Richard's Story

On 29th March 2012 Liberty, hosted a public meeting at Sheffield Hallam University on the subject of the threatened extradiction of Richard O'Dywer. The meeting was addressed by Shami Chakrabarti, Julia O'Dywer, Isabella Sankey, an impromptu appeareance from David Davis, Jawed Siddiqi and Jessica Zeun.

Announcing Open Rights Group Sheffield

Richard | 29-03-2012 14:37 | Social Struggles | Technology | Sheffield

Announcing a new digital-rights discussion group in Sheffield

Lifting the Lid on NSA Menwith Hill

Attached is a recording of the Sheffield launch of Yorkshire CND's new research report on Menwith Hill, "Lifting the Lid on Menwith Hill: The Strategic Roles and Economic Impact of the US Spy Base in Yorkshire" which was introduced by the author of the report Dr Steve Schofield and was held on 21st match 2012 at the Quaker Meeting House in Sheffield.

Extradition Watch: Richard’s Story

@jrodwyer | 12-03-2012 22:30 | Repression | Technology | Sheffield

A Liberty Extradition Watch event, chaired by Shami Chakrabarti, Thursday, 29 March 2012 from 18:30 to 20:00 Sheffield Hallan University, Stoddart Lecture Theatre, Howard Street, please register in advance on the web site for a ticket

http://extraditionwatch-richardsstory.eventbrite.co.uk/

Menwith Hill: Lifiting the Lid and Occupying

Yorkshire CND have published a new report about the secret US spy base at Menwith Hill and on April 17th there is a protest to Occupy Menwith Hill, starting at 11am.

ISSE opposes extradition of UK student Richard O’Dwyer

Julie Hyland | 13-02-2012 17:07 | Repression | Technology | Sheffield

On February 7, the International Students for Social Equality held a meeting on campus to oppose the deportation to the United States of Sheffield Hallam University student Richard O’Dwyer.

O’Dwyer is facing a maximum 10 years in prison on charges of copyright infringement. The meeting was addressed by Julie Hyland, assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party and attended by a number of students and lecturers.

A second meeting will be held Tuesday, February 21, at 5:30 p.m., to continue the campaign in O’Dwyer’s defence.

Below we publish Hyland’s remarks.

Mother of Richard O’Dwyer “America is trying to control and police the Internet”

Richard O’Dwyer, a 23-year-old computer science student at Sheffield Hallam University, faces extradition to the US on copyright infringement charges.

Sheffield Technology Newswire Archive

July 4: Independence FROM America Day Demo at Menwith Hill

UG#645 - Potemkin Justice (Whistleblowers & Surveillance in 21st Century USA)

UG#639 - Grave Reflections on Technology & Freedom (Techno-totalitarianism)

Aaron's Army #aaronsw

UG#596 - Lifting The Lid on The NSA (Secret Rooms, Infiltration, Menwith Hill)

Protest against drone attacks in Pakistan on 14th Sept in Bradford

Britain’s Socialist Workers Party & Socialist Party back extradition of Assange

UK media lines up behind campaign to extradite Assange and silence WikiLeaks

The pursuit of Julian Assange is an assault on freedom and a mockery of journalism

Peer 2 Peer Production as the Alternative to Capitalism: A New Communist Horizon

UG#592 - The Technology of Reunion (The Coming War on General Computation)

4 July: Annual 'Independence FROM America' demonstration at Menwith Hill

FBI Seize Riseup Server in New York

Extradition Watch: Richard's Story

Announcing Open Rights Group Sheffield

Lifting the Lid on NSA Menwith Hill

Extradition Watch: Richard’s Story

Menwith Hill: Lifiting the Lid and Occupying

ISSE opposes extradition of UK student Richard O’Dwyer

Mother of Richard O’Dwyer “America is trying to control and police the Internet”

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