President-elect Obama promises “new chapter” on climate change.
well, it seems that the times are changing, and
'yes we can' translates into 'yes we will' and finally into 'yes we do'
and arnie has a good role to play in all this.
finally an austrian who does something (good) and who is not - as
usual - a lame duck!

"Protest ist, wenn ich sage, das und das paßt mir nicht.
Widerstand ist, wenn ich dafür sorge, daß das, was mir nicht paßt,
nicht länger geschieht (Ulrike Marie Meinhof, Konkret, 11. April
1968, nach dem Attentat auf Rudi Dutschke)."

"protest is when I say what I do not like.
resistance is when I make sure that what I do not like
does not happen again (Ulrike Marie Meinhof, Konkret,
11 April 1968, after the assassination of Rudi Dutschke)

now that's a way forward to reSist! greetz! the bert

u.m.m short bio
baader-meinhof.com
the movie (highly recommended!): the baader meinhof complex

Congratulations to Disinformation Editor-At-Large Russ Kick for
being one of Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing
Your World":

“I don’t foresee a day when there is true government transparency,”
says Russ Kick, editor of TheMemoryHole.org.
“It’s just not in the nature of government.” So, in lieu of the end of secrecy,
Kick tenaciously ticks off small victories, such as finding an IRS guide to
prosecuting money laundering, buried in the Federal Depository Library,
and using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to unearth photographs
of U.S. military prisons.

Since 2002 Kick has preserved hundreds of cultural artifacts,
including that five-minute clip of President Bush reading to schoolchildren on 9/11
after an aide whispered to him that the nation was under siege.
Kick edits a series of anthologies for Disinformation, a radical media organization.
In November, look for an updated edition of 2001’s "You Are Being Lied To,"
called (appropriately) "You Are Still Being Lied To."
"The best you hope for," Kick says, "is that an inspired citizen files an
FOIA request of his or her own.

Full Article

The Memory Hole

Disinformation

thanks Ralph Bernardo (Disinformation) for this highly interesting piece of information!

2 highly informative, illuminating, provocative and to the point
interviews on the current state of america -
highly recommended!!! - but see and listen by yourself:

the end of america


give me liberty


for more see www.americanfreedomcampaign.org

A chunk of Antarctic ice about the size of Manhattan suddenly
collapsed in late March as a result of global warming. The Wilkins
Ice Shelf, a 160 square-mile chunk located in western Antarctica,
began to show signs of deterioration via satellite images on
February 28. Scientists had thought that the Wilkins shelf would
collapse about 15 years from now. These occurrences are more
"indicative of a tipping point or trigger in the climate system, "
said Sarah Das, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute. "These are things that are not re-forming," Das said.
"So once they are gone, they're gone."
Read more about the ice collapse

ARCTIC AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS RISEN AT ALMOST
TWICE THE RATE OF THE REST OF THE WORLD IN THE PAST
30 YEARS!

It is high time!
Take action and join the Stop Global Warming Virtual March!

Now this is a courageous yet also highly controversial piece of
documentary-style film-work about the terrible state of the world
and where it is going, if we, the people don't counteract before it
is too late.

Well it is not up to us to judge whether this movie tells the truth,
or whether it simply falls into the conspiracy theory category.
According to the makers of ZEITGEIST it is their "hope that
people will not take what is said in the film as the truth, but find
out for themselves, for truth is not told, it is realized."

So better watch for yourself:
ZEITGEIST - the Movie
:: english (stream)
:: german (stream)
:: official website (movie download/streams in several languages, infos & sources)
:: critical reflections & controversies

highly recommended!

reSist *www

Ahoy!

It's climate crunch time: the nations of the world have
gathered in Bali, Indonesia for the most important climate
change negotiations in a decade. They have a chance to
massively ramp up the world's response to the climate
crisis--but there's a danger that they'll fail.



On Saturday, Avaaz is organizing a massive virtual march to
show the Bali delegates that the world's eyes are on them.
We'll carry flags and signs through the summit headquarters,
showing how many people from each country have signed the
Avaaz climate petition. You can sign the petition at this link--or
if you've already signed it, use our tool to send a message
about the virtual march to your friends and family:

virtual march on Bali

The virtual march is part of an international wave of climate
protests all planned for December 8. Together, we can create a
global cry on Saturday that the world's governments cannot
ignore. Please forward the email below to anyone who might
want to join!

Ben, Iain, Ricken, Galit, Pascal and the whole Avaaz team
also, Bert and the whole weitweitweg team

________________

Dear friends,

The most important climate change summit in years has just
begun in Bali, Indonesia.This week and next, delegates from
every nation will either launch the urgent negotiations for a
new binding, global treaty to solve this crisis --or they will blow
this historic opportunity and waste years of progress,
imperiling us all. With powerful forces lobbying for the status
quo, the outcome here is still very much up for grabs.

Here's what we can do to help:
Avaaz is working with groups around the world to organize a
massive citizen's march--a virtual march online, and dozens of
local marches in communities around the world--this Saturday,
Dec. 8th. Our goal? One million participants demanding that
their representatives at Bali start working right away towards a
new binding climate treaty.

To ensure the delegates hear our voice, Avaaz members will
march through the actual conference site in Bali on Saturday,
holding high the flags from nations where Avaaz members
have signed the climate petition. To join the global virtual
march on Bali and help get your flag included in the march,
click below to automatically add your name... and then forward
this email to all your friends and family so we can hit 1 million
by Saturday!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/virtual_march_bali/9.php

Hundreds of thousands of people have already joined Avaaz's
campaign for a new global treaty on climate change, and
donated funds to fuel Avaaz's climate campaigning this fall.

Thanks to this support, we're able to work around the clock, on
the ground here in Bali, to deliver our urgent message to
governments and the media. Only a new global agreement can
stop catastrophic climate change, and such treaties can take
time to negotiate and implement--time that scientists tell us
could not be in shorter supply.

We simply cannot allow the forces of denial and delay scuttle
these all-important negotiations. We're in a race against time
to save our planet, and this week, it's up to us to pull ahead.

Please click below to automatically add your name to our
virtual march and we'll personally make sure every voice is
heard.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/virtual_march_bali/9.php

With hope and determination,

Ben, Iain, Ricken, Galit, Pascal and the whole Avaaz team

PS - here are some links to more information on the Bali
meeting:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bali

On November 23, the 15th annual Buy Nothing Day will be
celebrated. This year is going to be exceptional. The mainstream
has finally woken up to the reality of the environmental crisis, and
the responsibility thus lies with us, the planet's most affluent - the
upper 20% that consume 80% of the world's resources. Now's
our chance to do something about it.
Read more and get involved at Adbusters.
reSist *bt

Terrific news!
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel
Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between
the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and
former U.S. Vice President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.
for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge
about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for
the measures that are needed to counteract such change.

Read more:
Nobel Peace Prize
New York Times
Take action:
Stop Global Warming

Every September 22, people across the globe get together to
swear off their cars – if only for one day – in a collective reminder
that we don't have to accept car-dominated societies, cities, or
personal lives. Since its earliest incarnations in the 1970s and
‘80s, WORLD CARFREE DAY has grown into a massive global
celebration of human-centric communities and people-powered
transportation.

Let's hope that many people across the globe will leave their cars
on this day and walk, cycle and/or use public transport instead,
and that for one day our planet will be less polluted!

The Carfree Day in Vienna, Yppenplatz will certainly set a good
example - let's follow suit!

reSist *bt