Q: Who is the Best Hacker in the World?
nu-monet
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The World Bank has decided to hold an annual development
conference in cyberspace after protesters threatened to
disrupt the event.
The meeting, which was scheduled to take place in Barcelona,
is the latest casualty of the wave of anti-globalisation
protests which have swept Europe and the US in recent years.
Jean-Christophe Bas of the World Bank told BBC News Online
that there were fears that a counter summit planned by
French and Spanish protesters - which was to include a
public trial of the World Bank - would turn violent.
He said the protest groups turned down an invitation to
take part in an open discussion forum at the meeting.
Last September, the World Bank's annual meeting in Prague
was the focus of mass protests which forced the organisers
to end the gathering one day early.
The G8 summit of world leaders in Genoa next month is also
facing the prospect of disruption as thousands of anarchists
have vowed to demonstrate in the Italian port city.
In announcing the cancellation, World Bank spokeswoman
Caroline Anstey said:
"The intention of many of the groups who plan to converge
on Barcelona is not to join the debate or to contribute
constructively to the discussion, but to disrupt it...
It is time to take a stand against this kind of threat
to free discussion."
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but this would be no fun. nobody ever wiped cream pie off their face
after a h4q3r 4tt4k. some things still need to be done up front and
personal, at least until teleporters/replicators are invented!
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fire_ant
the self same anarcho syndicalists (of the USI in itally and the CNT in
France and Spain) who you have so critical of. They are in fact REALLY
crazy to try to hold one of these meetings in Barcelona because the CNT has
something like 10,000 hard core members there, plus there's the CGT,
Solidaridad Obrera, and several other smaller groups. Barcelona is pretty
much the world capital of anarchism.
My point is though that somehow, despite being self avowed (libertarian)
socialists, they are about the only people in the world actually doing
something to stop the Space Bankers who are putting the SubG nightmare
scenarios together before our very eyes. I can't wait to see how this one
goes down, it ought to be ten times better than Gothenburg, Montreal,
Seattle or any of 'em, CNT - Espana does not fuck around... Keep an eye out
on the TV coverage for those black and red flags...
DB
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nu-monet
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> The people who are going to break the back of this
> world bank meeting are the self same anarcho
> syndicalists (of the USI in itally and the CNT in
> France and Spain) who you have so critical of.
So let me get this straight: because I'm anti-Communist,
I must be pro-Fascist, right? Not likely.
I just don't have a lot of confidence in people who wave
banners that say things like (and I quote, from the London
anti-WTO protests):
"Abolish Capitalism and Replace It With Something Nice!"
This is not to disparage their hacking skills, just to assert
that perhaps they know as little about government (or the lack
thereof) as most other primates.
Other than that, if the Fascists break their heads and fire
hose them in freezing weather, I will be as gleeful as if
the "Anarchists" dump 10 tons of smoldering manure in the
lobby of the 5-star hotel where the Fascists are holding
their Wansee conference.
I look at Anarchists the same way that homosexuals look at
bisexuals, as frustrating individuals who JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO MAKE UP THEIR FUCKING MINDS. With one exception: I
truly don't GIVE A SHIT WHAT they finally decide, in that
while I still won't fuck with them, I will know that they
are still thoroughly fucked.
nu-monet
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> >A: PROVE IT!:
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> >The World Bank has decided to hold an annual development
> >conference in cyberspace after protesters threatened to
> >disrupt the event.
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http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,7369,509697,00.html
Cyber war declared on World Bank
Protesters threatened last night to use "cyber sit-ins"
to derail a high-profile development conference organised
by the World Bank, after the Washington-based body announced
it would hold the conference online to avoid demonstrations.
The bank is the latest casualty of the increasingly violent
climate surrounding international summits since protesters
disrupted global trade talks in Seattle at the end of 1999.
It decided to hold its annual conference on development
economics on the internet after thousands of protesters
threatened to descend next week on Barcelona, the original
venue.
But the emerging anti-globalisation protest movement warned
that a virtual conference was just a vulnerable as a live
gathering.
"One skilled IT protester could easily crash the whole event.
It may be seen as a challenge to scupper the conference",
said one protester/hacker who specialises in IT protests.
Cyber-protest is a well-developed tool of protest groups who
use computers to exchange information, organise demonstrations
and bombard political leaders with demands. Greenpeace has
more than 100,000 supporters prepared to use their computers
as a protest weapon and claims numerous successes persuading
corporations to change policies after subjecting them to a
barrage of email.
"If the bank wants contributions to this conference from
around the world then they could regret this," said Roger
Higman of Friends of the Earth. Earlier this year the pressure
group brought down the White House website several times with
more than 100,000 people protesting against President Bush's
stance on climate change.
The bank admitted that the internet conference could also be
besieged by groups opposed to its economic prescriptions for
third world economies. The sessions will be interactive,
allowing participants to email questions to the speakers,
but also providing an opportunity for protesters to attack.
"We've taken reasonable precautions but if there is a major
effort to close us down, I can't promise that the computers
will hold up," said a bank spokesman.
If the protesters succeed in disrupting the conference,
"that will reflect badly on them and their attitude towards
free speech and freedom of discussion," he added. The topic
of the conference is Globalisation, Poverty and Wealth.
Globalise Resistance, a socialist group which intends to take
thousands of people to Genoa for next month's G8 meeting,
said: "We can still party in Barcelona and have more fun
than if we were in front of computer screens. They can run,
but they cannot hide."
The bank's annual meeting in Prague last September was
surrounded by thousands of protesters who battled with the
police.
Explaining the decision to abandon the Barcelona event, a
World Bank spokeswoman, Caroline Anstey, said: "A conference
on poverty reduction should take place in a peaceful atmosphere
free from heckling, violence and intimidation."