16 Beaver Group -- RadioActive

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org
http://www.hrw.org/reports98/us-immig/

U.S.: Growing Problem Of Guantanamo Detainees
http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/05/guantanamo.htm

The American Society of International Law
Another useful human rights legal site, with links to some papers
http://www.asil.org/human.cfm?attributes.topic=HR

A specific article related to detainees
http://www.asil.org/insights/insigh81.htm

An interesting website for disseminating information on the US war against terror as well as other human rights related crisis situations like Kashmir or the impending ar against Iraq. Although you will surely not agree with all of the “experts” they interview, an interesting discussion on key issues provokes interesting ideas and responses.
http://www.crimesofwar.org/

again link related specifically to detainees
http://www.crimesofwar.org/expert/pow-links.html

University of Minnesota Human Right Library

RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND DETAINEES

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/auogs.htm

Contrast.org an interesting Dutch political internet group/foundation collecting and disseminating juridical/political/technical knowledge among other things, not sure how active they are these days.

http://www.contrast.org

A page of Useful Links from the folks at Contrast.org

http://www.contrast.org/borders/tampere/links.html

A really good site, I cannot say enough about it

http://www.americas.org/

Really good links to really great sites and articles, hard pressed to find something as immediately rewarding as this site

http://www.americas.org/news_digest_archive.htm

Resource site about the legal action to end the unlawful detention of those held at Camp, X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay

http://www.campxray.net/

The Northhamption Bill of Rights Defense Committee

Links to links to links, a homework sort of website, very grassroots, more oriented towards a local civic activism, useful with many overlaps from above, another useful place to look for content particularly in relation to civil liberties.

http://www.gjf.org/NBORDC/links.html

Palestinian Detainees, a book that was published a year ago, so many other detainee situations to link to here, many more links to apply to situation abroad, if people have suggestions, please write to us

http://www.phrmg.org/pressrelease/2001/08mar2001.htm

Essays / Links to Materials that can come at beginning or end:

Agamben Essay on Terror and Security
http://www.bard.edu/hrp/HRresponses/security/agamben.htm

Zones of indistinction - security, terror, and bare life'
by BŸlent Diken and Carsten Bagge Laustsen
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/soc091bd.html

Globalisation from Below: Migration, Sovereignty, Communication
http://lists.myspinach.org/archives/fibreculture/2002-January/001062.html

The World Trade Center and the Rise of the Security State
http://www.txt.de/b_books/texte/ny911/english/DennisDion.html

Selected accounts of 9-11 from Critical Theory Dept. from UC Davis
Sort of a "best of"
http://crittheory.ucdavis.edu/911.htm

Other interesting links in NYC/911 texts, with clues to other possible writers
http://www.txt.de/b_books/texte/ny911/index.html

London Review of Books -- Collected Statements on 9-11 Tariq Ali to Hal Foster
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n19/mult2319.htm

Interesting Essay presented in 2001 of feb. by graduate student, would be be an interesting contributor:
click here to read this essay

Iteresting Links and Resources directly related to Homeland Security:

http://www.homelandsecurity.org/
Anser Institute for Homeland Security includes a journal on HLS and many other commentaries and insights into HLS jargon.
Includes links to Whitehouse Docs outlining office of HLS.

http://www.hscb.org
Homeland Security Cultural Bureau (Need we say more?)

http://www.gcn.com/homeland/
Government Computer News Website, dealing with H on the level of computers.

http://www.epic.org/open_gov/homeland/
Electronic Privacy Information Center includes links to info about HS as well as a very detailed fact-sheet about the office. Also has links to a list of other websites dealing with HS.

http://www.homeland-directory.com/
Just in case you wanted to buy a directory for Homeland Security. American ingenuity in action.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/book/index.html
Whitehouse outline for homeland security, includes links to a PDF. This is a book project by the Whitehouse about HS.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/bill/index.html
This is a link to the Bill sent to Congress for an Office of HS

Includes the following:

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following shall apply for purposes of this Act: (1) 'American homeland' or 'homeland' means the United States, in a geographic sense; (2) 'Assets' includes contracts, facilities, property, records, unobligated or unexpended balances of appropriations, and other funds or resources (other than personnel); (3) 'Department' means the Department of Homeland Security; (4) 'Emergency response providers' includes Federal, State, and local government emergency public safety, law enforcement, emergency response, emergency medical, and related personnel, agencies, and authorities; (5) 'Executive agency' means an executive agency and a military department, as defined, respectively, in sections 105 and 102 of title 5, United States Code; (6) 'Functions' includes authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immunities, programs, projects, activities, duties, responsibilities, and obligations; (7) 'Local government' has the meaning given in section 102(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Pub. L. No. 93-288; (8) 'Major disaster' has the meaning given in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Pub. L. No. 93-288; (9) 'Personnel' means officers and employees; (10) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Homeland Security; and (11) 'United States', when used in a geographic sense, means any State (within the meaning of section 102(4) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Pub. L. No. 93-288), any possession of the United States, and any waters within the jurisdiction of the United States.

http://www.irational.org/
Irational.org -- A network of international links and affinity groups to sympathize and work with

http://www.lutherblissett.net/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=luther+blissett

"The best weapon against the myth is to mythicize itself, is to produce an artificial myth: and this reconstituted myth will be a real mythology". - roland barthes
1. Create a fictional identity.
2. Begin the branding process by turning this fictional identity into your domain name.
mark amerika: hot to become internet artist
Interface with Institutions:
The Cultural Loop
a. Work outside the institution
b. Claim that the institution is evil
c. Challenge the institution
d. Subvert the institution
e. Make yourself into an institution
f. Attract the attention of the institution
g. Rethink the institution
h. Work inside the institution
Interface with Corporations: Upgrade Natalie Bookchin, Alexei Shulgin: introduction to net.art