NYC Reacts to Killing of Brad Will, Independent Journalist, in Mexico

Indymedia reporter killed in Oaxaca
More than 200 protesters in New York shut down the Mexican consulate for nearly an hour this morning to call for an end to the violent repression in Oaxaca that has left at least five dead in recent days, including independent journalist Brad Will.

Will was gunned down on the outskirts of Oaxaca City Friday by a group of government-backed paramilitaries that included plain-clothes police officers, who opened fire on striking demonstrators.

Datestamp: October 31st, 2006

A blog for Networked Art and Research

Network Research : The blog

Network Research is a blog gathering and archiving information concerning the use of networks in new media / contemporary art. It’s function is as a thinking space and testing ground for continued research.

Keywords: network, reseau, net.art, web, connectivity, link, system, pervasive, rhizome, virtual, ‘real’, interaction.

Datestamp: October 31st, 2006

Blair Takes a Stand on the Environment — Can he get Bush to Follow?

NPR : Report: Climate Change Weighs on Economy
Climate change could trigger a global economic recession, says a new report from the British government. The study concludes that it would cost less to take strong action against climate change than react to the changes as they unfold.

Datestamp: October 30th, 2006

Nigeria’s oil curse

Marketplace Radio Story
Protesters yesterday shut down an oil pumping station in the Niger Delta. It’s one of the richest oil regions in the world, but residents don’t benefit much. Host Kai Ryssdal talks to documentary filmmaker Sandy Cioffi who just returned from the area.

Datestamp: October 30th, 2006

The Net at Risk

Moyers on America Presents “The Net at Risk”.
PBS, (check local listings) Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 9PM, EDT

Teletruth’s Bruce Kushnick and Tom Allibone are featured in “The New Digital Divide” segment. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/neutrality.html

Moyers on America presents a new, serious investigative analysis of the future of broadband, the Net and media — from municipalities trying to Wifi or rewire their cities, to the large phone companies who claim that they ‘own-the net’ or large media concerns who have the power to take control of the information and stories you see and hear.

The program has been divided into four segments.

THE NET AT RISK
“The debate is hot, the language heady, the metaphors many. Op-ed pages alternately bemoan “The End of the Internet” or curse “Net Neutrality Nonsense.”

THE NEW DIGITAL DIVIDE
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/usworld.html

Teletruth is featured. Check out the video — “In Korea and Japan customers are getting 100 Mbps services in both directions for about $40 bucks” - (That’s 100 times faster than America’s DSL services.)

“America’s screwed,” says Bruce Kushnick, a telecom analyst. “I mean, we basically are becoming technologically deficient. We’re close to the dinosaurs compared to what these other countries are going to be developing in the next couple years.”

Other sections include:

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/community.html
“The Net @ Risk” takes viewers to Lafayette, Louisiana, where residents and officials took on their phone company, BellSouth, and their cable company, Cox Communications, and built their own high-speed fiber network after the firms refused to bring true broadband connections to their community.”

BIG AND BIGGER MEDIA
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/bigger.html
“In 1984 the number of companies owning a controlling interest in America’s media was 50 - today that number is six. Critics of media consolidation say it has led to fewer and fewer perspectives being presented — and a marked decrease in local news coverage.”

Datestamp: October 17th, 2006

Personal Kyoto

Achieve Your Own Personal Kyoto Protocol!

OK, so the US did not do the right thing by Kyoto, but–thank goodness–some states are taking up the challenge anyway. Now you can embrace Kyoto too, from the convenience of your home with the help of this >> Personal Kyoto.

“By analyzing your ConEd electric usage information, we can calculate a Personal Kyoto Goal for you that represents the amount you need to reduce your electric use to to achieve something like what the Kyoto Protocol would require of you. This calculation is based on how residential electric use has grown in the US since 1990 — the year upon which the Kyoto Protocol is based. Assuming that your electric use has increased at the same rate as the average American, we can calculate a target usage goal that would effectively make you Kyoto Protocol compliant (at least for electric usage — a big component of New Yorkers’ energy consumption). There are many ways to reduce your electric use, but there’s not really a good way to monitor your progress and that’s what Personal Kyoto provides.”

Add comment Datestamp: October 3rd, 2006

Check This Out Now In Chelsea

The crazy world of Brain Salt

“Brain Salt”, a collaborative installation initiated by Elizabeth Huey, with works by Brooke Chroman, Elizabeth Huey, and Bryan Mesenbourg, extracts a motif from the main exhibition, examining in detail the interiors of early asylums. Rescued and modified objects from asylums - wallpaper from an abandoned mental hospital, surgical equipment, microscopes, instructional drawings, and patient records - as well as original work designed to respond to the institutional aesthetic, combine to position the visitor as the asylum’s true subject. Chroman questions the aesthetic experience, Huey contributes occupied jails in miniature, and Mesenbourg’s sculptures round out the space, adding an edge of sly commentary to an otherwise sobering peek at psychology’s roots.

Add comment Datestamp: October 1st, 2006

GarbageScout.com - Found treasure map - a recycler’s dream, a cheapskate’s best friend, and a dumpster diver’s companion

One person’s treasure is another person’s…

The streets are full of interesting and potentially useful things that have been thrown out. If you see something good, snap a picture of it with your camera phone, and email it to GarbageScout. It will go up on the home page and others can go and get it. This will reduce landfill, save people money, and clean up the streets.

Add comment Datestamp: October 1st, 2006