Anonymous: Bigger, More Contentious, More Chaotic… but Better?
Image by Rock Lou Much has been made about conflicts that have arisen within the hacker community; the main stream media has made sure of that. Stories of rogue programmers sabotaging parts of networks, or supposed splinter groups pursuing alternative agendas have proliferated. Focus has been put on isolated cases, and rumors of questionable provenance, […]
The Debt Ceiling, Political Theater, and the Fire Sale of America
As a people, Americans have been stuck in a version of the movie ‘Ground-Hog Day’ for more than 40 years, give or take. It’s been a consistent, and deliberate, recycling and fine-tuning of the same reality over, and over, again. There has been no improvisation that altered the direction of the story line. There has […]
WikiLeaks Taking Visa and MasterCard to Court
As Andy Greenberg reported for Forbes, it’s been over six months since Visa and MasterCard refused service to WikiLeaks and interrupted WikiLeaks’ funding. On Thursday, July 7, only five days from now, if Visa and MasterCard have not corrected the situation, WikiLeaks, and it’s current payment provider DataCell, will take their case to the E.U. […]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Innocent? So Who’s Guilty… and of What?
After an international perp-walk, the end of a career with the International Monetary Fund, the derailing of a campaign for the presidency of France, and millions of dollars spent complying with court requirements, it would appear that the Americans don’t have much of a case after all. Dominique Strauss-Kahn will now be allowed to slowly […]
Greece Explodes as Global Capitalists Force Austerity: Police Violence Greets the Crowds
Rubber bullets and tear gas were the answer the people of Athens received from their government as they took a stand against their governments willingness to prostitute them as chattel property for the benefit of global financiers. The people of Greece took to the streets as a part of a 48 hour general strike organized […]
