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bzzz... bzzz.... | 18.07.2005 09:23

Join the SwarmTheMinuteMen.com and Electronic Disturbance Theater Virtual Sit-In Against Anti-Immigrant Websites, from Wednesday July 20th - Friday, July 22nd

To join, click here: http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

This, the second action coordinated by SWARM [1], is an attempt to move beyond the minutemen [2] - as one group of people working against migrants and migratory movement – to a systemic logic. This logic that pervades American society [3] is canonized in Academia and institutionalized in the US border Patrol. [4]

It is logic that ‘others’ migrant people and people of color in general. [5] It marginalizes migrants; dehumanizes migrants; Subjects them to unnecessary violence and persecution. [6]

The recent and broad-based recognition and legitimization [7] of these anti-immigrant groups is rooted in a much larger ideology that underpins white American identity. [8] It is an ideology that tells its history as if it is not a history of migrants, immigrants, and indigenous peoples some of whom suffered genocide in the face of European migration. [9] This attention has also re-invigorated even more radical and racist organizations [10] Though some may portray the Minutemen as simply “backward hicks’ – they share the interests and goals of academics like Samuel Huntington [11] , the policy makers behind NAFTA [12] and the US patriot act [13], and US nationalists. [14] The rhetoric of such policies has paved the way for Nazis and White Supremacist to rise again. This Racism is systemic within the US. It goes from the mouth of a Ivy League academic to the gun of a civilian border agent. [15]

This virtual sit-in is an attempt to disrupt the modes of communication and information dissemination that facilitate racist organizing. Over the next few weeks, the California Minutemen Border Patrol Auxiliary camp out in Campo, recommencing their summer long campaign of violence against Migrant people [16]. For this we will not stand – but SIT – IN – In conjunction with protests at the Minutemen camps [17], on their virtual domain – in the names of those who have died and will die as a result of their actions. The software we are using request files from the servers of the targeted websites that are not found – files like Justice, Freedom, and the names of those who have died crossing the border [18]. In effect you will see the error message – “files not found.” The sit-in will interfere with and slowdown the servers of these various groups and individuals – much like a physical sit-in slows down the movement of people in buildings or on streets. [19] More than 78,000 people sat with us in our first action against the Minutemen. As our target grows – so will the resistance.

We have charted the movements of migrants, those who resist them [20] and those who support them [21] – across the map of North America. We have only included the lines chosen by nation-states solely as a reference - not because we feel they divide us or define us. The paths charted are only but a few of the infinite journeys traveled by the migrating world.

To join, go to: http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

For more information, go to: http://swarmtheminutemen.com

Thank you for participating.

1. South West Action to Resist the Minutemen http://swarmtheminutemen.com/

2. Minuteman Project
http://www.minutemanhq.com/project/

3. Zogby poll: Americans fed up on illegal aliens Majority against Bush plan for workers, 81% think local police should help feds http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44154

4. The Persistence of White Privilege and Institutional Racism in US Policy - http://www.arc.org/downloads/trji010417.pdf - COMPILED BY TRANSNATIONAL RACIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE

What is institutional Racism? -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism

5. Definitions of Othering -
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/rww03/othering.htm

6. Photos of boder vigilantes humilating migrant people by Todd Bigelow http://www.toddbigelowphotography.com/portfolio/photo_essays/vigilantes/vigilantes.html

7. San Diego Union Tribune -
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/op-ed/editorial2/20050512-9999-lz1ed12bottom.html

CNN - http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/16/broken.borders/

8. "Hate or Heroism: Vigilantes on the Arizona-Mexico Border" – a report by the Border Action Network
http://www.borderaction.org/PDFs/BAN-Vigilante%20Report.pdf

9. History of World Migration - History as Migration -
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Migration-(human)

10.'Aryan Resistance' http://resist.com/

11. Samuel Huntintion -
http://www.gov.harvard.edu/Faculty/Bios/Huntington.htm

Hispanic Challenge
http://discuss.agonist.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=17351

12. "Neoliberalism, NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and
Migration: Their Impact on Labor Markets in North America"
http://www.alast.org/PDF/Marshall1/MT-VelascoArregui.PDF

13. ACLU reports on The USA PATRIOT Act -
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207

14. For example, see the The Project for the New American Century -
http://www.newamericancentury.org/

15. "Nazis, racists join Minuteman Project" -
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=13

The Minutemen and the Media: Mainstream news overlooks vigilante group's
ties to white supremacists - http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=19008

16. For an example of the kind of violence vigilantes in the San Diego
region engage in, see:

http://www.toddbigelowphotography.com/portfolio/photo_essays/vigilantes/search_guard.html

17. "Stop the Border Vigilantes in Campo, July 15-19th"

http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109826.shtml

18. http://stopgatekeeper.org/English/index.html

"3,000 Migrants dead, does anyone care?" from the stopgatekeeper.org website. The current number is estimated at over 3,500 migrant people who have died.

19. "Just as the Vietnam War and the Gulf War brought thousands into the streets to disrupt the flow of normal business and governance - acting upon the physical infrastructure - future interventionist wars will be protested by the clogging or actual rupture of fiber optic cables and ISDN lines - acting upon the electronic and communications infrastructure."

http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/oecd.html

20. Websites and organizations targeted in this action are:

The Arizona Minutemen - http://www.minutemanhq.com/
California Minutemen - http://borderwatch.us/
Save Our State - http://www.saveourstate.org/
Border Patrol -
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/
NAFTA - http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org
CAFTA - http://www.ustr.gov/
Samuel Huntington, Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies -
http://www.gov.harvard.edu/Faculty/Bios/Huntington.htm

21. Websites and organizations working for human rights for migrant people which are highlighted in this action are:

Delete The Border - http://deleteTheBorder.org
Ejercito Zapatista Liberacíon Nacíonal - http://www.ezln.org
No One Is Illegal - http://solidarityAcross.org
Baldwin Park Demonstrations - coverage at http://la.indymedia.org/

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21.07.2005 09:45

The SwarmTheMinuteMen.com virtual sit-in continues today.

Yesterday we had great success. During the day, there were times when the
California MinuteMen website stopped responding. Also, the NFATA website was temporarily halted as well. In addition, the Border Patrol has changed the error message on their website to have less graphics, in an obvious attempt to lighten the load on their servers.

Our original press release is below. It contains contact info in case you have questions.

We will not stop our electronic disturbance actions until the MinuteMen project is finished.

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Una el SwarmTheMinutemen.com y el Teatro Electrónico de Alboroto
Ocupación Virtual Contra Sitios de web Anti-Inmigrante, del 20 de el
miércoles julio - el viernes, 22 de julio

Para unir, hacer clic aquí:

http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

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Esto, la segunda acción coordinada por SWARM [1], es una tentativa de
mover más allá de los Minutemen [2]
- como un grupo de personas que trabajan contra emigrantes y movimiento
migratorio – a una lógica sistémica.
Esta lógica que se extiende por la sociedad [3] Americana se canoniza en
la Academia y institucionaliza en la
Patrulla de fronteras de EEUU. [4]

Es la lógica que hace ‘otros' de emigrantes y personas del color en
general. [5] Lo margina a emigrantes; deshumaniza a emigrantes; los
Sujeta a la violencia y la persecución innecesarias. [6]

El reconocimiento y legitimization [7] recientes y con una base amplia
de estos grupos anti inmigrante se
arraigan en una ideología mucho más grande que apuntala la identidad
Americana blanca. [8] Es una ideología
que dice su historia como si no sea una historia de emigrantes, de los
inmigrantes, y de personas indígenas
algunos de quien sufrieron el genocidio ante la migración europea. [9]
Esta atención tiene vigoriza también las
organizaciones [10] aún más radicales y racistas aunque algunos pueden
representar a los Minutemen como
simplemente “hacia atrás pueblerinos – ellos comparten los intereses y
las metas de académico como Samuel Huntington
[11], los fabricantes de la política detrás de NAFTA [12] y el USA
PATRIOT Act [13] de EEUU, y
nacionalistas de EEUU. [14] La retórica de tales políticas ha preparado
el terreno para Nazis y Supremacista
Blanco para subir otra vez. Este Racismo es sistémico dentro de los
EEUU. Va de la boca de una Liga de la
Hiedra académica al fusil de un agente contiguo civil. [15]

Esta ocupación virtual es una tentativa de interrumpir los modos de
diseminación de comunicación e información
que facilita organizar de racista. Sobre las próximas pocas semanas, la
Patrulla de fronteras de Minutemen de
California en campo Auxiliar fuera en Campo, CA volviendo a empezar su
verano la campaña larga de la violencia
contra personas migratorias [16] . Para este nosotros no nos pararemos –
pero se SIENTA – EN – En conjunción
con protestas en los campos [17] de Minutemen, en su dominio virtual –
en los nombres de los que han muerto y
morirán como resultado de sus acciones. El software nosotros utilizamos
los archivos del pedido de los camareros de los sitios web dirigidos que
no se encuentran – los archivos como la Justicia, como la Libertad,
y como los nombres de los que han muerto cruzando la frontera [18].
Vigente usted verá el mensaje de error –
“los archivos no encontró.” que La ocupación intervendrá con y con el
retraso los camareros de estos varios
grupos e individuos – mucho que quiere una ocupación física va más
despacio el movimiento de personas en
edificios o en calles. [19] Más de 78.000 personas se sentaron con
nosotros en nuestra primera acción contra
los Milicianos. Cuando nuestro objetivo crece – tan hace la resistencia.

Hemos trazado los movimientos de emigrantes, los que los resisten ellos
y los que los sostienen ellos – a
través del mapa de norteamérica. Tenemos sólo incluyó las líneas
escogidas por estado-naciones únicamente como
una referencia - no porque nosotros nos sentimos que ellos nos dividen o
nos define. Los senderos trazados son
únicos pero algunos de los viajes infinitos viajados por el mundo
migratorio.

Para unir, ir a:

http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

Para más información, vaya a:

http://swarmtheminutemen.com

Gracias para participar.

1. South West Action to Resist the Minutemen

http://swarmtheminutemen.com/

2. Minuteman Project

http://www.minutemanhq.com/project/

3. Zogby poll: Americans fed up on illegal aliens Majority against Bush
plan for workers, 81% think local police should help feds

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44154

4. The Persistence of White Privilege and Institutional Racism in US
Policy -

http://www.arc.org/downloads/trji010417.pdf - COMPILED BY
TRANSNATIONAL RACIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE

What is institutional Racism? -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism

5. Definitions of Othering -

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/rww03/othering.htm

6. Photos of boder vigilantes humilating migrant people by Todd Bigelow

http://www.toddbigelowphotography.com/portfolio/photo_essays/vigilantes/vigilantes.html

7. San Diego Union Tribune -

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/op-ed/editorial2/20050512-9999-lz1ed12bottom.html

CNN -

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/16/broken.borders/

8. "Hate or Heroism: Vigilantes on the Arizona-Mexico Border" – a
report by the Border Action Network

http://www.borderaction.org/PDFs/BAN-Vigilante%20Report.pdf

9. History of World Migration - History as Migration -

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Migration-(human)

10.'Aryan Resistance'

http://resist.com/

11. Samuel Huntintion -

http://www.gov.harvard.edu/Faculty/Bios/Huntington.htm

Hispanic Challenge

http://discuss.agonist.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=17351

12. "Neoliberalism, NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and
Migration: Their Impact on Labor Markets in North America"

http://www.alast.org/PDF/Marshall1/MT-VelascoArregui.PDF

13. ACLU reports on The USA PATRIOT Act -

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207

14. For example, see the The Project for the New American Century -

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

15. "Nazis, racists join Minuteman Project" -

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=13

The Minutemen and the Media: Mainstream news overlooks vigilante group's
ties to white supremacists -

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=19008

16. For an example of the kind of violence vigilantes in the San Diego
region engage in, see:

http://www.toddbigelowphotography.com/portfolio/photo_essays/vigilantes/search_guard.html

17. "Stop the Border Vigilantes in Campo, July 15-19th"

http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109826.shtml

18.

http://stopgatekeeper.org/English/index.html

"3,000 Migrants dead, does anyone care?" from the stopgatekeeper.org
website. The current number is estimated at over 3,500 migrant people
who have died.

19. "Just as the Vietnam War and the Gulf War brought thousands into the
streets to disrupt the flow of normal business and governance - acting
upon the physical infrastructure - future interventionist wars will be
protested by the clogging or actual rupture of fiber optic cables and
ISDN lines - acting upon the electronic and communications infrastructure."

http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/oecd.html

20. Websites and organizations targeted in this action are:

The Arizona Minutemen -

http://www.minutemanhq.com/
California Minutemen -

http://borderwatch.us/
Save Our State -

http://www.saveourstate.org/
Border Patrol -

http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/
NAFTA -

http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org
CAFTA -

http://www.ustr.gov/
Samuel Huntington, Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies -

http://www.gov.harvard.edu/Faculty/Bios/Huntington.htm

21. Websites and organizations working for human rights for migrant
people which are highlighted in this action are:

Delete The Border -

http://deleteTheBorder.org
Ejercito Zapatista Liberacíon Nacíonal -

http://www.ezln.org
No One Is Illegal -

http://solidarityAcross.org
Baldwin Park Demonstrations - coverage at

http://la.indymedia.org/

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