Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 13:44:05 -0400
From: Jim Fleming <jim-AT-autonomedia.org>
Subject: AUT: Autonogram 8: Autonomedia and 9/11


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>From: Ben at Autonomedia <ben-AT-autonomedia.org>
>Subject: Autonogram 8: Autonomedia and 9/11
>
>Greetings --
>
>On September 11, I made it over to Autonomedia Headquarters at about 
>10 in the morning. Our building is about two blocks from the East 
>River on the Brooklyn side, and one wall of windows gives a view of 
>lower Manhattan that was sometimes described as "stunning." There 
>were a lot of other words for it that morning, and as we watched 
>both towers come tumbling down, we continually asked each other 
>"what can this mean?" and "what's going to happen now?" An 
>interesting aspect of that morning was that almost no mainstream 
>media outlets were able to broadcast, as their transmitters were 
>downed, and the one TV station we COULD get was necessarily 
>improvising -- there were no animated graphics or catchphrases yet, 
>no Ground Zero or Infinite Justice to shape our consciousness of 
>this day's events. There was not yet any meaning to any of it, just 
>images and intensely lived time. That long moment of weird purity 
>would end soon enough, of course, and since then the struggle for an 
>autonomous media has felt even more vitally important.
>
>The "Forum" part of the Autonomedia web site, the Interactivist Info 
>Exchange (a joint project with ABC No Rio and the InterActivist 
>Network), is a dynamic clearinghouse of articles and discussion 
>posted by its registered users and random guests, and has become an 
>immensely valuable resource in these last weeks. Dissident voices 
>haven't had an easy time of it, but so far over 270 articles have 
>been published to our site, some of which have stirred up lively 
>discussion within the site. If you haven't explored the Info 
>Exchange yet, please take a few minutes to browse its contents, and 
>register if you feel so inspired. Registration isn't required to 
>read articles or leave comments, but is necessary to post full 
>articles; also, it's free, and the information won't be used for 
>anything slimey.
>
>Here's a list of a few articles posted in the last three weeks:
>
>An Anti-Authoritarian Response to the War Efforts
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/22/1756209
>
>Interview with Afghani Left Revolutionary
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/28/1537215
>
>Chomsky Responds to Hitchens & Further Questions on U.S. Politics
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/30/1239252
>
>Three Political Websites Downed After Government  "Homeland Security" Threat
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/30/1859212
>
>The Anti-Globalization Movement after 9/11 by George Caffentzis of 
>Midnight Notes
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/01/164256
>
>Short Comment from Michael Hardt, Co-Author of 'Empire', on September 11th
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/26/1250203
>
>Post WTC Review of Hardt and Negri's "Empire" from the London Review of Books
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/01/1137233
>
>One Hundred Raids on Italian Radicals, Sixty Detained, Numerous Firebombings
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/20/1541210
>
>and the first post on the topic, with some very interesting replies,
>World Trade crater
>      http://slash.autonomedia.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/11/1720252
>
>
>So, have a look, register if you like, and help keep free and 
>autonomous media healthy and vital.
>
>bests,
>Ben at Autonomedia
>
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