http://www.why-war.com/features/ Important and obscure information about America's "War on Terror". en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss Why-War? 60 John Zerzan gives a concise description of anti-civilization and green anarchist thought. He is interviewed by Radio Not Bombs! a student radio show at Binghamton University. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:22:50 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2008/04/zerzan-radio.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2008/04/zerzan-radio.html John Zerzan, the leading theorist of the anti-civilization movement, spoke recently at Binghamton University. The talk was organized by Why War? members and a video of the talk is now available online. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:47:46 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2008/04/zerzan.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2008/04/zerzan.html Al-Qa’ida is neither irrational nor unable to intelligently articulate their objectives. The American government is able to disseminate propaganda globally while suppressing al-Qa’ida’s response. Thus, the English speaking world is forced to trust the analysis of al-Qa’ida provided by those who have shown themselves willing to lie in their pursuit of an unjust war. If the American public had been able to read al-Qa'ida documents they would have known that al-Qa’ida was explicit about their joy in America’s overthrow of Saddam Husayn. Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:26:51 EST http://www.why-war.com/features/2004/11/alqaida_alqaeda_timeline.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2004/11/alqaida_alqaeda_timeline.html We have witnessed two unjust wars — at least one American life lost each day overseas — a depressed economy, $87 billion to boost war profiteering, an environment open to exploitation, the demonization of queer Americans, a health-care crisis, the indefinite detention of immigrants, an attack on women’s right to choose, millions of children being left behind, and now this. We say, “Enough!” Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:58:03 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2004/08/rnc.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2004/08/rnc.html Influenced by Dore, the American Thomas Nast, and the French Daumier, Anna Hook's inks on paper are astute political observations designed to provoke contemplation. Why War? has chosen Anna's work as an example of the emerging intelligent, critical movement. Sat, 06 Mar 2004 13:05:00 EST http://www.why-war.com/features/2004/03/annahook_ink.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2004/03/annahook_ink.html The first film to be released by Why War? treats surveillance cameras as a biological organism slowly taking control of our urban space. Filmed on location in Chelsea and Harlem, we capture the diversity of surveillance cameras in New York City. Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:27:57 EST http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/12/surveillancenyc.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/12/surveillancenyc.html The end of history, the strike of events, the lost faith in meta-narratives, and the declared end of the individual all preceded neocons' total return wrapped-up in the alleged re-birth of the event itself — the “mother of all events,” as Baudrillard put it — on September 11th. Fri, 05 Dec 2003 00:01:27 EST http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/12/eventmovement.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/12/eventmovement.html The Diebold electronic civil disobedience campaign was a spectacular success for the new movement. A small handful of individuals were able to force a multinational corporation into retreat. It was a nearly perfect campaign in every aspect of execution. Being fortunate enough to both witness and intimately guide the spectacle, I have written this text to spark ideas on new tactics. Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:37:42 EST http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/11/diebold_analyzed.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/11/diebold_analyzed.html Activists descended on Miami as representatives from the Western Hemisphere discussed the FTAA, a trade pact expanding the powers of NAFTA. Quite simply, the plans would place corporations over people, allowing multibillion-dollar companies to sue governments over labor laws and environmental standards, among other provisions. After pressure from other countries and thousands of activists in its streets, the United States agreed to a watered-down version — but not before illegally detaining and persecuting the protesters. Federally-funded police illegally searched, detained and abused activists while simultaneously linking them with “terrorism.” Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:04:36 EST http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/11/ftaaprotest.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/11/ftaaprotest.html The Diebold scandal, Miami Parades Ordinance, and the USA-PATRIOT Act makes us wonder just how accurate George Orwell's prediction of the future might be. Peace protesters often chant, "This is what democracy looks like." Inverting this, two Why War? members ask "Is this what democracy looks like?" Thu, 13 Nov 2003 01:20:44 EST http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/11/democracy.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/11/democracy.html Defending the right of a fair, democratic election, Why War? is rejecting Diebold Elections Systems’ cease and desist orders and initiating a legal electronic civil disobedience campaign that will ensure permanent public access to the controversial leaked memos. Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:03:40 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/10/diebold.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/10/diebold.html On the first of three days of protest, a snake march quickly fell into acts of corporate window-liberation, graffiti artistry, and short intersection lockdowns. By the early afternoon, the swarm retreated to the declared Green Zone — a zone designated to be "safe" by the protest organizers — where 340 of the 600 would be promptly arrested after a short raid. Wed, 06 Aug 2003 08:19:30 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/08/wtoinmon.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/08/wtoinmon.html The question of how to effectively, and most powerfully, organize an information sharing network has seeped into activism. We are just now beginning to see the Internet's first attempt to challenge the world's superpowers. We are putting an emphasis on social networks that activate and initiate actions in the material, real world. The “smart mob” that we strive for is evolving before we can imagine or articulate it. Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:36:48 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/07/swarming.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/07/swarming.html At least ten million people protested around the world Feb. 14–16, as the largest anti-war rallies "in history" in Britain (1 million+) and Australia (250,000+) took place. Protests topped 1 million each in Madrid, Rome and Barcelona, and hundreds of thousands marched in locales as far apart as Athens, Berlin, New York City, São Paulo, Montréal, Sydney, and Dublin. A handful of activists in Antarctica allowed the peace movement to claim demonstrations on all seven continents. Mon, 07 Jul 2003 22:02:40 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/07/infirstl.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/07/infirstl.html The Justice Department mandated that men and boys older than 16 from nearly all Middle Eastern nations were required to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service or face deportation. After mass arrests due to INS confusion, several civil liberties and immigrants rights organizations sued the US government. Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:56:04 EDT http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/07/hundreds.html http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/07/hundreds.html