[Seattle-editorial] Fwd: Re: <<strategies>> USA Patriot Act used against burn.ucsd.edu by University

[Sheri Herndon]

thought i'd pass it along...fyi


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>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:39:44 -0400
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>Hola Amanda,
>
>The politics of LINKS has been an issue that has played itself out
>in the Academic Bunkers for sometime...but, perhaps in silent
>mode most of the time...cocktail tales...if you will.
>
>Stefan's site which is still up...only had a LINK to EDT
>and contained no Zapatista FloodNet code.
>
>As for the Stefan's encounter with NYU you might read
>EDT SWARM Chronicle
>
>http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/CHRON.html
>
>FROM SWARM Chronicle:
>
>*Within a half hour before the InfoWeapon contest award, Wray,
>a doctoral student at New York University receives an email
>message from Stephen Tihor, Senior System Manager,
>System & Network Security Group, Academic Computing Facility,
>at NYU stating that New York University had been contacted by the
>Department of Defense regarding the Electronic Civil Disobedience
>web site that is based on an NYU server
>
>
>Mr. Wray,
>  We have received a recent complaint from someone within the DISA of the
>DOD regarding the ECD web site you are maintaining on your page.   As you
>know
>freedom of speech is a vital part of the academic process and is one to
>which
>we are dedicated just as we are to insure that NYU is a good network
>citizen.*
>
><<>>
>It was only about mouth later that NYC asked Stefan to leave NYU.
>
>Since that point Stefan has not been able to find any position
>inside the Academic Bunker.
>
>Strangely enough this fall I am an artist in resisdence in
>the NYU Performance Studies Program...not the program Stefan
>was in...which I believe was Media Studies. But, my class will
>do an action during semester and I do have a lots of LINKS
>on my class URL.
>
>But, now days NYU as a Tactical Media Scholars community.
>
>So perhaps things in Academic Bunker have shifted with the
>possibilty Tactical Media offering an new zone for getting published ;-)
>
>ciao ciao,
>ricardo
>
>ps. Stefan continues to do activist work in Austin,TX
>
>
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>>
>>  I actually have a question that relates to the issues at UCSD.
>>
>>  I recall being told that Stephan Wray was pushed out of NYU after the FBI
>>  went to the university administration to complain about Zapatistas support
>>  work he was doing through ECD and through his NYU webspace. I am teaching
>a
>>  digital activism class at NYU and a few people have warned me that Wray
>>  hasn't worked in academia since NYU shut him down. (Warned me that I
>should
>>  be careful what I teach, though always at cocktail parties. I don't mean
>to
>>  suggest that I am getting threats, veiled or otherwise.)
>>
>>  Meanwhile, and maybe this is just because NYU hasn't noticed, Wray's
>  > website is still up on NYU's servers, last updated in 1998. Stefan Wray is
>>  off in Texas clearly not working in Academia. (Thanks Google!)
>>
>>  My question is what people do know about Wray and NYU? As a public
>>  institution, UCSD's actions are a little more appalling. UCSD's actions
>are
>>  also appalling because if a link is "material support" how is that
>>  different from publishing writing that is favorable to the FARC or that
>>  names the FARC website. Would UCSD be satisfied if the URL were listed but
>>  not linked?
>>
>>  curiously yours,
>>  amanda
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