Black - Out Proof the Protests #Avaaz

Across the Middle East -- in Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, and more countries every day -- autocratic regimes are trying to crush unprecedented peaceful protests with brutality and blackouts. These countries are poised on the brink between liberation and enormous bloodshed -- and the protesters' ability to reach the eyes of the world could determine the outcomes.

Avaaz is working urgently to "blackout-proof" the protests -- with secure satellite modems and phones, tiny video cameras, and portable radio transmitters, plus expert support teams on the ground -- to enable activists to broadcast live video feeds even during internet and phone blackouts and ensure the oxygen of international attention fuels their courageous movements for change.

The window for us to deliver this help is closing fast, as regimes are moving quickly to choke off borders and internet connections. Small donations from 25,000 of us would fund critical technology and support teams for those who need it most. Let’s chip in to empower those now carrying the destiny of the Middle East in their peaceful hands -- donate now:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/blackout_proof_the_protests_9/?vl

The amazing live-feeds from Cairo’s Tahrir Square vitally sustained public support and broadcast the Mubarak regime's shameless violence against Egyptian demonstrators. As we watched the scenes of protest from around the world, hundreds of thousands of us signed the Avaaz solidarity petition--which was announced on Al Jazeera to ensure Egyptians knew of the world's support. Today, Egyptian protest leaders say that knowing the world was with them helped spur them on and helped stop moments of violence from becoming bloodbaths.

As Egypt's internet blackout deepened, Avaaz and partners worked to send satellite internet equipment to organisers there. Now, Bahrain is scrambling to implement its own internet clampdown -- and we have the chance to provide critical support to ensure the blackout can't succeed. The communications equipment and support teams will help leaders to broadcast locally to organize rallies, communicate with other activists around the region, and provide information to the world if there is a blackout -- providing an essential counterweight to regime propaganda, and a form of protection to demonstrators through increased exposure and prominence.

And if media outlets are kicked out, protesters could keep a livestream of information flowing across the internet. With the needed funds, Avaaz can immediately dispatch equipment and world-class expert teams to the Middle East.

Every day, the protests grow and the crackdowns escalate in violence. Organisers say the next few days are critical to the survival of these democracy movements and that our support is essential. Let’s all donate now and provide tangible solidarity to this inspiring explosion of people power.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/blackout_proof_the_protests_9/?vl

There are moments in history in which the impossible becomes unavoidable. Like the dissolution of the Soviet Union just before its fall, the changes sweeping the Middle East were unimaginable to most a month ago. But people power has a logic and timeline all its own. While many of us may never step foot in the Middle East, the hopes of its people are interwoven with ours and those of the world. In moments like these, it is inspiring to know that our solidarity, in hope and action, can play a small part in big change.

With determination,

Stephanie, David, Alice, Morgan, Ricken, Rewan, Maria Paz and the rest of the Avaaz team

SOURCES:

Bahrain, Libya and Yemen try to crush protests with violence – The Guardian, 18 February 2011:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/18/bahrain-libya-yemen-protests-violence

Internet use in Bahrain restricted, data shows – New York Times, 18 February 2011:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/world/middleeast/18manama.html

Clashes rock Bahraini capital – Al Jazeera, 17 February 2011:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121714223324820.html

Crackdown against Protests Continues as Yemen Boils – Yemen Post, 16 February, 2011:
http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=3145

Algerian founding father urges reform – BBC News, 17 February, 2011:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12490088

Η ώρα της γής

Για τρίτη συνεχόμενη χρονιά η Ελλάδα συμμετέχει στην παγκόσμια εκστρατεία του WWF ενάντια στην κλιματική αλλαγή που έχει χαρακτηριστεί ως «το μεγαλύτερο συμμετοχικό γεγονός στον πλανήτη».

Κάθε χρόνο η Ώρα της Γης λαμβάνει και έναν ξεχωριστό χαρακτήρα. Το 2009, όπου οι Έλληνες συμμετείχαν με πρωτοφανή ενθουσιασμό, η εκστρατεία εστίασε τη δυναμική της στην Κοπεγχάγη. Ένα χρόνο αργότερα και μετά τις άκαρπες διαπραγματεύσεις στην πρωτεύουσα της Δανίας, η Ώρα της Γης ήρθε να μας υπενθυμίσει ότι όταν χάνεται μια μάχη δεν χάνεται και ο πόλεμος.

Φέτος, η Ώρα της Γης 2011 ξεπερνάει τον ίδιο της τον εαυτό! Μας θέτει απλά ερωτήματα για το τι πραγματικά κάνουμε για την αντιμετώπιση της κλιματικής αλλαγής, μετά από την μια συμβολική ώρα στο σκοτάδι.
Χρησιμοποιούμε τα ΜΜΜ; Επιλέγουμε το ποδήλατο, ή ακόμα και τα…πόδια μας για τις μετακινήσεις μας;

Μετά από τρία χρόνια όλο και πιο δυναμικής παγκόσμιας ανταπόκρισης η Ώρα της Γης γίνεται θεσμός και ένας απλός τρόπος να αποδείξουμε ότι πέρα από γεωπολιτικές, οικονομικές και κοινωνικές διαφορές, παραμένουμε πολίτες ενός κοινού τόπου. Του πλανήτη Γη.

Φέτος λοιπόν, το Σάββατο, 26 Μαρτίου, στις 8:0Ο το βράδυ, ξεπεράστε τη μία ώρα.
Ξεπεράστε τον ίδιο σας τον εαυτό!

Απο την ιστοσελίδα της WWF

#NoJusticeGr Daily

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No Justice GR

Παρ'το προσωπικά #NoJusticeGr

The personal, as everyone’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here – it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft-. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide from under it with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it personal. Do as much damage as you can. Get your message across. That way, you stand a better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference - the only difference in their eyes - between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal. Well, fuck them. Make it personal.


Excerpt from the book 'Altered Carbon'
By Richard Morgan

Κάθε προσωπικό θέμα, όπως αρέσει σε όλους τους μαλάκες να λένε, είναι πολιτικό. Έτσι λοιπόν αν κάποιος ανόητος πολιτικός, κάποιος ισχυρός, προσπαθήσει να εφαρμόσει κάποια πολιτική που σε βλάπτει, εσένα ή τους δικούς σου ανθρώπους, ΠΑΡ' ΤΟ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΚΑ. Γίνε έξαλλος. Οι μηχανισμοί της δικαιοσύνης δεν πρόκειται να σε βοηθήσουν - είναι αργοί, ψυχροί και ανήκουν στους πολιτικούς, τόσο σε επίπεδο εξαρτημάτων όσο και σε επίπεδο λογισμικού. Οι ισχυροί αυτοί που νέμονται την εξουσία, αυτοί περνάνε απο τα γρανάζια της με ένα χαμόγελο και κλείνοντας το μάτι. Αν θέλεις δικαιοσύνη, θα πρέπει να την βρεις μόνος σου. Καν' το ΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΚΟ. Κάνε όση περισσότερη ζημιά μπορείς. Ανάγκασέ τους να καταλάβουν. Μ' αυτό τον τρόπο, έχεις πολύ περισσότερες πιθανότητες να σε πάρουν στα σοβαρά την επόμενη φορά. Να σε θεωρήσουν επικίνδυνο. Και μην έχεις αυταπάτες γι' αυτό: Το να σε παίρνουν στα σοβαρά, το να σε θεωρούν επικίνδυνο, κάνει όλη την διαφορά - τη μόνη διαφορά στα μάτια τους - μεταξύ των παικτών και των απλών ανθρώπων. Με τους παίχτες κάνουν συμφωνίες. Τους απλούς ανθρώπους τους διαλύουν, τους πατάνε. Και κάθε φορά, χρυσώνουν την εξόντωσή σου, τις συμφορές σου και την τελική σου εξαφάνιση, με την υπέρτατη ύβρη, την ύψιστη προσβολή - πως όλα αυτά είναι δουλειά, είναι πολιτική, είναι η φύση των πραγμάτων, είναι σκληρό κι απάνθρωπο αλλά ΜΗΝ ΤΟ ΠΑΙΡΝΕΙΣ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΚΑ. Ε, λοιπόν, γάμησέ τους. Παρ'το προσωπικά

Απο το βιβλίο Altered Carbon
του Richard Morgan

Libya: Stop the Crackdown

In Libya, Colonel Qaddafi's armed forces are using machine guns and fighter jets against pro-democracy protesters -- hundreds have already been killed and, without immediate international action, the situation could spiral into a national bloodbath.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is in emergency meetings on Libya now. If we can pressure them to agree to a no-fly zone over Libya, a freeze of Qaddafi's, his family's and his high command's assets, targeted sanctions against the regime, and international prosecution of any military officials involved in the crackdown -- this could stop airforce bombings and split Qaddafi's command structure.

We have no time to lose -- the people of Libya are being slaughtered by government forces. Click to send a message directly to all the UNSC delegations to stop the violence and share this with everyone -- let's inundate them with messages and spur them to action!

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The content of the letter:

Dear United Nations Security Council delegates:

The violence in Libya must end. I urge you to pass a resolution on Libya that will:
a) impose a no-fly zone to stop the bombings of civilians
b) freeze assets belonging to Qaddafi, his family, and his high command
c) impose targeted sanctions against the regime
d) initiate international prosecutions of military officials involved in the crackdown.

Sincerely,
[sender_name]
[sender_country]
[sender_email]