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Marc Garrett is co-director and co-founder, with artist Ruth Catlow of the Internet arts collectives and communities – Furtherfield.org, Furthernoise.org, Netbehaviour.org, also co-founder and co-curator/director of the gallery space formerly known as 'HTTP Gallery' now called the Furtherfield Gallery in London (Finsbury Park), UK. Co-curating various contemporary Media Arts exhibitions, projects nationally and internationally. Co-editor of 'Artists Re:Thinking Games' with Ruth Catlow and Corrado Morgana 2010. Hosted Furtherfield's critically acclaimed weekly broadcast on UK's Resonance FM Radio, a series of hour long live interviews with people working at the edge of contemporary practices in art, technology & social change. Currently doing an Art history Phd at the University of London, Birkbeck College.

Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist, educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80′s from the streets exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular ‘Savage Yet Tender’ alternative broadcasting 1980′s group, net broadcasts, BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS with Irational.org.

Our mission is to co-create extraordinary art that connects with contemporary audiences providing innovative, engaging and inclusive digital and physical spaces for appreciating and participating in practices in art, technology and social change. As well as finding alternative ways around already dominating hegemonies, thus claiming for ourselves and our peer networks a culturally aware and critical dialogue beyond traditional hierarchical behaviours. Influenced by situationist theory, fluxus, free and open source culture, and processes of self-education and peer learning, in an art, activist and community context.
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DISCUSSION

thirsty for blood


The rest of the world does not want a war yet the American administration a=
re still thirsty for blood.

LET US AT THEM!

LET US AT THEM!

LET US AT THEM!

I CAN HEAR THE HAWKS SCREAM - THE THE FORIEGNERS, NOW NOW, NOW!

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Our Nuclear Talk Gravely Imperils Us Notion of a First- Strike


Our Nuclear Talk Gravely Imperils Us Notion of a First- Strike
Use in Iraq Carries The Seed of World Disaster
By Edward M. Kennedy
Los Angeles Times | Commentary

Wednesday 29 January 2003

A dangerous world just grew more dangerous. Reports that the administration
is contemplating the preemptive use of nuclear weapons in Iraq should set
off alarm bells that this could not only be the wrong war at the wrong time,
but it could quickly spin out of control.

Initiating the use of nuclear weapons would make a conflict with Iraq
potentially catastrophic.

President Bush had an opportunity Tuesday night to explain why he believes
such a radical departure from long-standing policy is justified or
necessary. At the very minimum, a change of this magnitude should be brought
to Congress for debate before the U.S. goes to war with Iraq.

The reports of a preemptive nuclear strike are consistent with the extreme
views outlined a year ago in President Bush's Nuclear Posture Review and
with the administration's disdain for long-standing norms of international
behavior.

According to these reports, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has
directed the U.S. Strategic Command to develop plans for employing nuclear
weapons in a wide range of new missions, including possible use in Iraq to
destroy underground bunkers.

Using the nation's nuclear arsenal in this unprecedented way would be the
most fateful decision since the nuclear attack on Hiroshima. Even
contemplating the first-strike use of nuclear weapons under current
circumstances and against a nonnuclear nation dangerously blurs the crucial
and historical distinction between conventional and nuclear arms. In the
case of Iraq, it is preposterous.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/020103A.kendy.seed.htm

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Re: Our Nuclear Talk Gravely Imperils Us Notion of aFirst- Strike


Hi lee,

Yes, with the UN getting worried due to public pressure now - America is
going to get loads of invented scares and all sorts of nonsense. If the war
does not happen, Blair & Bush will be got rid of by its own people
(hopefully), this will worry our suppozed democratic (laughable). The radio
on the world service is broadcasting a much less propaganda=style platform
but no=one will hear any of it. They will get the sensationalist press
screaming for war...

marc

> I must say this is one of the first things that has really made me worry
> since the propeganda they forced on us in school in the 80's.
> I guess we should all get our shit together on this issue.
>
> This issue is sure to turn a large % of the american population against
the
> current government.
>
> Lee
>
>
> on 2/8/03 8:53 PM, marc.garrett at marc.garrett@furtherfield.org wrote:
>
> > Our Nuclear Talk Gravely Imperils Us Notion of a First- Strike
> > Use in Iraq Carries The Seed of World Disaster
> > By Edward M. Kennedy
> > Los Angeles Times | Commentary
> >
> > Wednesday 29 January 2003
> >
> > A dangerous world just grew more dangerous. Reports that the
administration
> > is contemplating the preemptive use of nuclear weapons in Iraq should
set
> > off alarm bells that this could not only be the wrong war at the wrong
time,
> > but it could quickly spin out of control.
> >
> > Initiating the use of nuclear weapons would make a conflict with Iraq
> > potentially catastrophic.
> >
> > President Bush had an opportunity Tuesday night to explain why he
believes
> > such a radical departure from long-standing policy is justified or
> > necessary. At the very minimum, a change of this magnitude should be
brought
> > to Congress for debate before the U.S. goes to war with Iraq.
> >
> > The reports of a preemptive nuclear strike are consistent with the
extreme
> > views outlined a year ago in President Bush's Nuclear Posture Review and
> > with the administration's disdain for long-standing norms of
international
> > behavior.
> >
> > According to these reports, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has
> > directed the U.S. Strategic Command to develop plans for employing
nuclear
> > weapons in a wide range of new missions, including possible use in Iraq
to
> > destroy underground bunkers.
> >
> > Using the nation's nuclear arsenal in this unprecedented way would be
the
> > most fateful decision since the nuclear attack on Hiroshima. Even
> > contemplating the first-strike use of nuclear weapons under current
> > circumstances and against a nonnuclear nation dangerously blurs the
crucial
> > and historical distinction between conventional and nuclear arms. In the
> > case of Iraq, it is preposterous.
> >
> > http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/020103A.kendy.seed.htm
> >
> >
>
>

DISCUSSION

'Furthertxt' and Warchalking'


Next month Furtherfield.org is launching
a new 'sister' site called Furthertxt.org.

The Front Issue will be a bi-monthly
thematic text project, which will be
announced in advance to inspire
contributors/papers, or entire themes.

Our commissioning editor will be
Charlotte Frost who currently writes
for Rhizome's Net Art News....

The first theme - 'WARCHALKING'
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If you have written anything or are writing
something on 'Warchalking', please send it
to us now if you wish it to be featured. If
you are a 'Warchalker' send us links to your
site so we can promote what you are up to.

'Furthertxt' promises to break down the gap
between specialization and front line
experience and between institutional remits
and real life experience; demystifying much
of what happens on the Internet and Networked
activities.

For now, send all entries to
info@furtherfield.org

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