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Whither Occupy Wall Street? No, not “wither,” as in “shrivel and die.” You’d be an idiot to wish that, considering that, as far as anti-establishment rebellions in America (and parts of Canada) go, it’s currently the only game in town. Whither, as in “to what place or state,” where is it headed? Will it become a full-blown insurrection (implying a violent uprising of some sort), or will it remain a shambolic, undisciplined, hippie-dippy free-for-all, distinguished by neither intent nor style?

Onderstaande is een vertaling van een statement van Riseup en May First: Afgelopen woensdag, 18 april, heeft de FBI een server in beslag genomen uit een serverpark in New York City gedeeld door Riseup Networks en May First/People Link. De in beslag genomen server werd beheerd door het European Counter Network (ECN), de oudste onafhankelijke ISP in Europa.

Inspired by Philippe Aigrain's Sharing, I got curious about the way different media and distribution methods have an impact on the diversity of content. In section 3.2 of his book, there's an interesting summary of how p2p networks have a much higher diversity of attention then regular (commercial) distribution channels. That is, instead of everyone downloading the same top-5 chart hits or blockbusters, in p2p networks we see attention going to a much broader variety of content.

PUSCII's latest project, The Marx Generator, is up and running. The Marx Generator reads out to twitter from Karl Marx' classic Das Kapital. Readings last roughly half an hour and are held three times per day, starting at 10.00, 14.00 and 20.00 CET. You ask why? It's all explained on the about page: