________________________________________________________________________________ --- The Next 5 Minutes 3 Public Debates List -- http://www.n5m.org --- ´VIRTUAL SIT-IN´ ON A LEADING WEBSITE PLANNED TO COINCIDE WITH THE WTO´s SEATTLE CONFERENCE For details of how to take part visit the NEW ´electrohippies´ website at: http://www.gn.apc.org/pmhp/ehippies/ TARGET WILL BE REVEALED AT 00.01GMT, 30/11/99 A new website has started up to promote ´virtual activism´ in the UK and Europe. The site is all about taking action, and undertaking civil disobedience, using the core of modern society - it´s electronic information and communications infrastructure. Why? Because technology enables a lot of the destruction that takes place in the world, but like most technology it is not innately bad - it´s just the people who are in charge of it. Technology also allows people to have anonymity because their communications and planning are kept remote from the public arena. What we´re out to do is change all that by extending the philosophy of activism and direct action into the ´virtual´ world of electronic information exchange and communications. Of course, in the scale of things we can´t hope to be more effecting than an annoying mosquito. But we can let them know that the can´t use technology as a veil to obscure the public´s concern about the future of the planet. IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL ACTION TO MARK THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION´S SEATTLE CONFERENCE, WE WILL BE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN AN ON-LINE ´VIRTUAL SIT-IN´. At midnight, Greenwich Mean Time, on the 30th November, the ´action page´ will be loaded with information on how you can register your protest against the WTO´s Seattle conference. The page will operate for seven days. We hope that during this period you will access this page as often as possible and take part in the sit-in. There will be precise details posted on November 30th. There will also be files to download in order to set up mirror-site´s on your own server in order to spread the capacity of the sit-in. If you would like to receive the files direct by email on November the 30th, along with all the information on how to run the sit in from where ever you are in the world, then send a request to ehippies@tesco.n et. We hope that you enjoy participating in this event. Once again, the address of the site is: http://www.gn.apc.org/pmhp/ehippies/ END ==================================================== from the electrohippies - ehippies@tesco.net visit the Electronic Activism and Civil Disobedience website: http://www.gn.apc.org/pmhp/ehippies/ ==================================================== ________________________________________________________________________________ no copyright 1999 rolux.org - no commercial use without permission. is a moderated mailing list for the advancement of minor criticism. more information: mail to: majordomo@rolux.org, subject line: , message body: info. further questions: mail to: rolux-owner@rolux.org. archive: http://www.rolux.org