Just some notes.

If anyone wants to launch a counter protest against IMC or Netstrike over their use of DDOS as a legitimate method of protest, you can use their own tools against them. Just open "basta.htm" and "etoyctrl.htm" in notepad (or any text editor) and do a search and replace, substituting "www.weforum.org" with "nyc.indymedia.org" or "www.netstrike.it". You have to do it in both files. etoyctrl.htm also has you launching attacks against www.goldmansachs.com and investcorp.com, so you should replace those as well. Save both files, launch start.html.htm and let the fun begin.

I'd post the corrected files for those who can't edit HTML, but it's a poor use of IMC's resources.

cut and paste widely...
CALL FOR ACTION WORLDWIDE

English/Espanol/Italiano/Francais/Portuges

Plus A Zapatista Tale - "Another Apple, Another Politics."
(After the Calls to Action)


------------------- :: ENGLISH :: ------------------------

NETSTRIKE against the World Economic Fools meeting in NYC,
January 31-February 4, 2002

The WORLD ECONOMIC FOOLS, a who's-who of transnational
corporate reps and CEOs, will be meeting from January 31 to
February 4, 2002 in New York City to plan the continued
erosion of human rights, environmental standards, sustainable
development, and social justice, all in the name of ever-greater
corporate profit margins.

WE PITY THESE FOOLS who blindly believe that corporate
globalization and the worldwide imposition of neoliberal
economic policies can withstand the mounting tide of
grassroots resistance.

WE CALL ON YOU TO:

JOIN Electronic Disturbance Theater and the Federation of
Random Actionin a Netstrike against corporate globalization,
DISTURB the electronic infrastructure of the WEF's corporate
membership, in a collective demand that the FOOLS LISTEN UP
when the people of Earth are speaking, MOVE YOUR DATA-BUTT
and place your data-body alongside the REAL BUTTS of thousands
who will be taking to the streets in NYC, and help advance an
alternative vision where people are more important than profit.

TO PARTICIPATE DOWNLOAD Your Virtual Sit-In Tool,

visit any of the following URLs ON JANUARY 30th, 2002:

 http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

 http://www.rtmark.com

 http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net

Your DATA-BUTT can PARTICIPATE in two ways:

One: Download The Intergalactic Screen Saver.
(For PC Only).

Let your Screen Saver do the Netstrike while YOU HIT THE STREETS!

Two: Traditional Virtual Sit-In Tool.
(For both PC and Mac).

ACTION BEGINS: Thursday, January 31, 2002

Join your DATA-BUTT
with protester's REAL-BUTTS in a Hybrid Virtual/Body
ANTICORPORATE BOOGIE-OOGIE-OOOGIE!

ACTION ENDS: Monday, February 4, 2002

LET'S LET THESE FOOLS KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!

PEACE

Electronic Disturbance Theater
Federation of Random Action
Rtmark

For more information about the e-action contact:
Ricardo Dominguez:
 rdom@thing.net

>>>>>

More Infomation about the WEF "Meet 'em and Greet 'em" Actions.
www.forumsocialmundial.org.br

 http://www.anotherworldispossible.com/

www.internationalanswer.org

 http://www.indymedia.org

 http://www.rtsnyc.org/

>>>>

Reclaim The Streets NYC!
a cordial invitation:

Saturday, February 2nd, at 12 P.M.

The Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue will be hosting the
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

and you're invited!

11:30 A.M. at Columbus Circle (59th and Broadway)

Dress UP! Make MUSIC!! TANGO till you drop!!!

no R.S.V.P. required

 http://www.rtsnyc.org/

>>>


------------------- :: SPANISH :: ------------------------

CONVOCTORIA PARA ACCIONES EN
TODAS PARTES DEL MUNDO

Una acción en linea contra la reunion de
los imbéciles de la Economia Mundial
en Nueva York. 31 de enero - 4 de febrero, 2002

Los IMBECILES DE LA ECONOMIA MUNDIAL, un inventario
de representantes de las corporaciones multinacionales, estarán
reuniendose en Nueva York del 31 de enero hasta el 4 de febrero, 2002,
para planear la continuación de la erosión de los derechos humanos
y el medioambiente, el desarrollo económico sostenible, y la
justicia social -- todo para generar majores ganancias.

ESTOS IMBECILES NOS DAN PENA porque creen ciegamente
que la globalización y la imposición de la política neoliberal en
todas partes del mundo puede resistir la creciente ola de resistencia.

LE LLAMAMOS A USTEDES PARA QUE: Se UNAN
al Teatro de Perturbanción Electrónica y la Federación
de Acción Aleatoria para una acción en linea en
contra de la globalización, PERTURBEN la infraestructura
electrónica del los miembres de la Federación Económica Mundial,
en una petición que exigirá que NOS ESCUCHEN cuando
la gente de esta tierra hablan,

MUEVAN SUS CULOS-VIRTUALES y metan sus cuerpos
digitales juntos a los cuerpos reales de miles de gentes que
tomarán las calles de Nueva York, y ayuden a plantear una
visión alternativa de un mundo en donde la gente valga más que la ganancia.

PARA PARTICIPAR Y BAJAR el program para su manifestación virtual,
visiten cualquier de los URLs siguientes el 30 de enero, 2002:

 http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

 http://www.rtmark.com

 http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net

Tu CULO-VIRTUAL puede participar de dos maneras:

1.Bajar el "Screen Saver" intergaláctica (solamente para PC)

Así podrás dejar que tu "Screen Saver" haga la manifestación virtual
mientras

¡TU TE VAYAS A LAS CALLES!

2.Programa tradicional para manifestaciones virtuales (para MacIntosh y PC)

Ajunta tu CULO-VIRTUAL con los CULOS REALES de los manifestatantes
callejeros, en una PACHANGA híbrida virtual/corporal Anti-Imbéciles
de la Economia Mundial.

¡PA-CHAN-GA! LA ACCION TERMINA: lunes, 4 de diciembre, 2002
¡HAREMOS QUE ESTOS IMBECILES SEPAN QUE HORAS SON!

PAZ

Electronic Disturbance
Theater Federation of Random Action
rtmark

>>>>>

Actuando junto con el Foro Social Mundial en Porto Alegre,
conferencias y manifestaciones masivas se estan organizando en Nueva York.
 http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br

>>>>>

Para más información sobre las acciónes en donde se enfrentarán a los
imbeciles
de la Economia Mundial:
 http://www.rtsnyc.org/
 http://www.anotherworldispossible.com/
 http://www.internationalanswer.org
 http://www.indymedia.org

>>>>


------------------- :: ITALIAN :: ------------------------

NETSTRIKE contro la Follia Economica Mondiale (WEF)
(english version at bottom of this message)
APPELLO PER UNA AZIONE GLOBALE

Netstrike contro l'incontro del 31 gennaio-4 febbraio 2002 a New York
della Follia Economica Mondiale (WEF)

Il WEF (World Economic Fools, Follia Economica Globale), un puot-pourri
di direttori e amministratori delegati delle corporazioni
multinazionali, si riunira' a New York dal 31 gennaio 2002 al 4 febbraio
2002, al fine di pianificare la continua erosione dei diritti umani,
dell'ambiente, dello sviluppo sostenibile e della giustizia sociale, il
tutto in nome di un sempre maggiore margine di profitto per le
corporazioni. ABBIAMO PIETA' DI QUESTA FOLLIA che crede ciecamente che
la globalizzazione corporativa e l'imposizione su scala mondiale di
politiche economiche neoliberiste possa sopravvivere la crescente marea
dell'opposizione dal basso a questo processo. FACCIAMO APPELLO A TUTT*
PER:

UNIRSI all' Electronic Disturbance Theater e alla Federation of Random
Action per un Netstrike contro la globalizzazione corporativa,

DISTURBARE l'infrastruttura elettronica dei membri corporativi del WEF
con una richiesta collettiva di ASCOLTO DA PARTE DI QUESTI FOLLI della
voce dei popoli della Terra,

ALZARE IL VOSTRO CULO TELEMATICO e porre il vostro corpo telematico al
fianco delle migliaia di corpi reali che scenderanno nelle strade di New
York, per aiutare a sostenere una visione del mondo alternativa in cui
le persone sono piu' importanti del profitto.

PER PARTECIPARE visitate uno dei seguenti indirizzi web per maggiori
informazioni:

 http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

 http://www.rtmark.com

 http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net

Il vostro CULO TELEMATICO puo' darsi una mossa in due modi:

* Uno: Scaricate lo Screen Saver Intergalattico -
Lasciate fare il netstrike al vostro screen saver mentre voi SIETE
IN PIAZZA!

* Due: Il tradizionale Virtual Sit-in Tool -

L'AZIONE COMINCIA: giovedi' 31 gennaio 2002

Unite le vostre CHIAPPE DIGITALI con le CHIAPPE REALI dei
manifestanti in un IBRIDO CARNALE/VIRTUALE BOOGIE ANTICORPORATIVO!

L'AZIONE TERMINA: Lunedi' 4 febbraio 2002

FACCIAMO SENTIRE A QUESTI PAZZI LA NOSTRA VOCE!

PACE
Electronic Disturbance Theater
Federation of Random Action
rtmark

>>>>>>>

Per maggiori informazioni su questa azione elettronica contattare
Ricardo Dominguez :  rdom@thing.net

Per maggiori informazioni sulle azioni "di benvenuto al WEF":
www.rtsnyc.org

Per maggiori informazioni sui corsi autogestiti a NYC:
www.anotherworldispossible.com

Per maggiori informazioni sul Secondo Forum Sociale Mondiale, dal 31
gennaio 2002 al 5 febbaio 2002 a Puerto Alegre in Brasile:
www.forumsocialmundial.org.br

Per una copertura non corporativa minuto per minuto dell'incontro del
WEF e delle azioni di protesta: www.indymedia.org

>>>>>


------------------- :: FRENCH :: ------------------------

Le FORUM ECONOMIQUE MONDIAL (WEF), un who's-who de representants
et de presidents de societes transnationales, tiennent une reunion
du 31 Janvier au 4 Fevrier 2002 a New York pour preparer la suite
de l'erosion des droits de l'Homme, des normes sur l'environnement,
d'un developpement viable, et de la justice sociale,  tout cela au
nom des sempiternelles marges de profits des compagnies.
Quel bande de tristes sires font-ils...

NOUS AVONS PITIE DE CES FOUS qui croient aveuglement
que la globalisation des compagnies et le fait d'imposer
des politiques economiques neo-liberales peut resister
a la vague de contestation croissante que leur oppose
les petites gens.

NOUS VOUS APPELONS A REJOINDRE le Theatre de la Perturbation Electronique
(EDT) et la Federation des Reactions Aleatoires (FRA) dans un raid
electronique contre le mouvement de globalisation des entreprises,
DERANGEZ les infrastructures electroniques des compagnies membres du WEF,
dans une demande collective que ces FOUS ECOUTENT
lorsque les peuples de la Terre parlent.

BOUGEZ VOTRE CUL ELECTRONIQUE et melez votre corps virtuel aux cotes
des corps physiques des milliers de manifestants qui vont defiler
dans les rues de New York, et aidez a faire progresser
une vision alternative ou les gens sont plus imporant que le profit.

POUR PARTICIPER TELECHARCHEZ nos OUTILS DE MANIFESTATION VIRTUELLE,

visitez un des sites liste, a partir du 31 janvier 2002:

 http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

 http://www.rtmark.com

 http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net

votre CUL ELECTRONIQUE peut participer de deux manieres:

1- Telechargez l'economiseur d'ecran INTERGALACTIC.
    (Pour PC uniquement).

    LAissez votre economiseur travailer sur la manifestation
    virtuelle pendant que vous manifestez dans les rues !!

2- Les outils de manifestation virtuelle traditionnels.
    (Pour Mac et PC).


L'ACTION COMMENCE LE JEUDI 31 JANVIER 2002

Joignez votre DERRIERE VIRTUEL aux derrieres charnels des manifestants
dans un BOOGIE ANTIMULTINATIOANLES Hybride Virtuel/Charnel!

FIN DE L'ACTION LE LUNDI 4 FEVRIER 2002


FAISONT SAVOIR A CES FOUS QUELS TEMPS SONT ARRIVES!

Paix,
Electronic Disturbance Theater
Federation of Random Action
Rtmark

Pour plus d'information sur la manif. electronique contactez:
Ricardo Dominguez:
 rdom@thing.net

>>>>>

Plus d'informations sur l'action "Meet 'em and Greet 'em" contre le G8,
et sur le contre-sommet :
www.forumsocialmundial.org.br

 http://www.anotherworldispossible.com/

www.internationalanswer.org

 http://www.indymedia.org

 http://www.rtsnyc.org/

>>>>>


------------------- :: PORTUGES :: ------------------------

Ação virtual contra o Fórum Econômico Mundial que se reúne em Nova Iorque de
31
de Janeiro a 4 de Fevereiro de 2002.

O Fórum Econômico Mundial, um encontro exclusivo dos representantes e
executivos
das empresas multinacionais vai acontecer de 31 de janeiro a 4 de fevereiro
de
2002 na cidade de Nova Iorque. Seu objetivo é manter a destruição dos
direitos
humanos, os padrões de proteção ambiental, o desenvolvimento sustentável e a
justiça social - tudo em nome de margens de lucro cada vez maiores.

Temos pena dos idiotas que acreditam cegamente que a globalização promovida
pelas empresas e a imposição mundial do neoliberalismo possam contar a
crescente
onda de resistência de base.

Por isso, CONVIDAMOS VOCÊ A:

UNIR-SE ao Teatro do Distúrbio Eletrônico e à Federação de Ação Aleatória
numa
ação virtual contra a globalização promovida pelas empresas. ATRAPALHE a
infraestrutura eletrônica do Fórum Econômico Mundial, exigindo coletivamente
que
os IDIOTAS ESCUTEM o que os povos do mundo têm a dizer. TIRE SUA BUNDA
VIRTUAL
DA CADEIRA, ponha seu corpo virtual ao lado dos CORPOS REAIS de milhares de
pessoas que estarão tomando as ruas de Nova Iorque e ajude a promover um
projeto
alternativo onde as pessoas são mais importantes que o lucro.

Para participar, BAIXE sua ferramenta de ocupação virtual, disponível em
qualquer um dos sites abaixo, apenas no dia 30 DE JANEIRO DE 2002:

 http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html
 http://www.rtmark.com
 http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net

Você pode PARTICIPAR VIRTUALMENTE de duas maneiras:

1) Baixe o protetor de tela intergalático (apenas para PC)
Deixe seu protetor de tela fazer a ocupação enquanto você toma as ruas, seja
em
Nova Iorque, seja em Porto Alegre.

2) Utilize a ferramenta de ação virtual tradicional (para PC e Mac)

A AÇÃO COMEÇA NA 5A FEIRA, DIA 31 DE JANEIRO DE 2002

Una seu corpo virtual a corpos reais numa festa anti-empresarial híbrida,
virtual/real!

A AÇÃO SÓ TERMINA NA 2A FEIRA, DIA 4 DE FEVEREIRO DE 2002

QUE OS IDIOTAS PERCEBAM EM QUE TEMPOS ESTÃO VIVENDO!

PAZ

Teatro do Distúrbio Eletrônico
Federação de Ação Aleatória
Rtmark

Maiores informações sobre a ação virtual, contate:
Ricardo Dominguez

>>>>>

------------------- :: Zapatista Tale :: ------------------------


Another Apple, Another Politics

"Adam ate the apple
of the virgin Eve.
Newton was a second Adam
of Science.
The first knew
beauty.
The second a Pegasus
weighed down with chains.

And they were not to blame.

The two apples were
rosy
and new,
but bitter according to legend.

Both the embarrassed breasts
of the child innocence!"

Frederico Garcia Lorca

Scientists, political scientists, opinion leaders, chiefs
of great and small political sects, all have gathered
around Newton's fallen apple.  All of them analyze,
discuss, corroborate.  Hours, days, weeks, months, entire
years they take up.  Finally they come to the
irrefutable conclusion:  the apple has fallen because
the law of gravity so orders it.  It is irremediable,
the apple must fall, and, by doing so, it has done
nothing other than to subject itself to the law of
gravity.  The political scientists congratulate each
other and then begin great essays in order to show
Newton's apple as an example of 'real-politik.'  The
chiefs of state talk of erecting a multiple monument
in all the palaces of Power.

But, among the persons gathered around the future
monument to modern politics, there is a strange person.
He seems to be a shadow, without face and without
name.  If they ask him who he is, the shadow would
respond "zapatista," but no one asks him anything.
Everyone is very busy with their calculations, plans
and programs.

But, while the scientists are making complicated
calculations concerning velocity, trajectory, much
weight, acceleration, wind resistance, impact
and similar etceteras, and while the political
scientists are re-writing Machiavelli and
discussing prices with the modern princes,
the zapatista approaches the apple, he looks
at it, he smells it, he touches it, he
listens to it...

The zapatista understands what the apple
is whispering in his ear.  He understands
the challenge demanded by its cry.  The
apple says that fate does not order it to
fall to the ground, and, since it is a transgressor of
the law who is listening to it, it is about
breaking the law of gravity.

The apple is an apple, but it is, above all,
a lady.  The zapatista is without face or name,
but he is, above all, a gentleman.  And the
paper and pencil come out again, and the
apple explains and the zapatista feels and
agrees.

This apple that Newton has chained to the
ground has another destiny.  The moon is an
apple.  The scales of history need two apples
in order to be able to look out at the morning
clearly.

While managing to to work out the reverse
flight of Newton's apple, the zapatista looks
at the apple again, smells it, touches it, and,
what else, gives it a tender bite.

The political scientists continue repeating and
repeating to each other the 'real-politik,' and
the etceteras that already fill the magazines and
newspapers and the radio and television air time.

The zapatista continues making calculations.

To fall upwards, that is the mystery whose solution
has been proposed...

From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast

Subcomandante insurgente Marcos

Mexico,  May of 1999.AASA

 http://www.ezln.org

ZAPATA VIVE!!
EDT

>>>>>>>

NETSTRIKE against the World Economic Fools meeting in NYC,
January 31-February 4, 2002

TO PARTICIPATE DOWNLOAD Your Virtual Sit-In Tool,

visit any of the following URLs ON JANUARY 30th, 2002:

 http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html

 http://www.rtmark.com

 http://www.geocities.com/net_strike_net

--

every sence the boomimg of the wtc i'ev been center on canada,i e-mailed friends family they act like i'm dellusional,i tell you anyone that will listen somethings wrong in canada!.

I have already posted the files for an alternate netstrike, one that does not involve the relitivly useless WEF website.

 http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17302&group=webcast

God Bless IMC. Not that I am religious fanatic, but when I see the kind of organization that IMC is running, it gives us faith in America.

Thanks for the info. on how I can obscure my gluttonous quantity of images from the WEF.

Also, the first comment in this thread (notes) is obviously written by a member of the USA's SS. Willensky, we have a 6'x2' condo for you in the East River, never mind the maggots.

Indy Media -- The New Number One Media in America

Visit the MOuRNING STAR FIGHT CLUB SITE To say hello to the bought off fascist politicians. Enjoy the art and video section while there.

 http://www.angelfire.com/trek/msfcalca/911%20Atrocity.htm

For a supposedly pro-freedom, free-speech web site such as IMC (which, I would think, recognize the importance of being able to make yourself heard) the fact that you condone acts of censorship such as this destroys the entire reputation of the IMC and all those associated with it.

If say that it is allowable (perhaps good) to censor those we disagree with, how does this make you any different than those who shut fown raisethefist.com (for example)? I think the left would rise in uproar if such a DoS attack was launched against the IMC.

In conclusion, the "protesters" assualting the WEF web server are little more than petty fascists who see plurality of opinion as dangerous, and are therefore the lowest of criminals themselves

-NYC citizen

Where can I learn more about the political theory behind denial of service attacks as legitimate protest? From my uneducated perspective, it seems quite cowardly and petty. I'm all for smashing the state, but I really can't support a bunch of skript kiddiez bringing down a server through brute force. And in what way is it "Theater", really? Come on people, if They did this to us (as Willensky appropriately suggests) we'd be whining about it for years!

If you can't get to New York, it's a good way to show them you disagree.

I don't agree with using any scripts, or programs to do it. But I think 1000's of people go to their website and hit ctrl-reload continuously then thats a valid form of protest. Using scripts is cheating. Takes the effort and hence the validity from the action.

Geoff

This is not a game.
You can get your ISP account suspended for it, and possibly you could be opened up to a lawsuit or criminal prosecution.

Just what we need in this world. A bunch of 18 year old idiot punks trying to make public policy, when they can't even remember to take a bath. Why should anyone listen? Maybe we should have 5 year olds set public policy. Then Barney can be your El Presidente', and the Muppets can be in his cabinet.

Idealism never equates to reality. It's a lesson that most grown-ups learned a long time ago.

Grow up, take a bath, get a haircut, and get a job.

Richer than you,

Smarter than you,

More powerful than you,

Dream on...

RODR

Hopefully the people get in trouble for such activity. It is such a waste of time and resources.

Excellent!

God damn narcs. Fucking cointelpro bullshit.
Get off it.
Ignore the pigs and wolves all.

while we are beeing suveilenced by our goverments in EVERY digial/airwave way we will keep our digial resistance alive in ANY way possible its that simple
DOS attacks is just another way for our goverments to controll the kidz and to bring them to ZERO knowledge again

pathetic. what hipocracy to use DDOS tools against another site! My opinion of the IMC has just dropped a few notches. If you want to do a "virtual picket line" type thing you could ask people to sit and hit reload over and over. Using automated Denial of serice tools is just plain criminal/irresponsible.

Come on people! "moral high-ground" is important if you want people to hear your message. Don't stoop to petty violence in the form of rioting or DDoS attacks!

I really want to strangle an aging leftist from a wealthy family.