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Call For Virtual Sit-In: Netstrike For Zapata (fwd)

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From: Laura Agustin
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:00
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 >>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 02:53:15 -0500
>>>From: Cyberpower For Peace <sjw210@is8.nyu.edu>
>>>Reply-To: media-l@tao.ca
>>>To: moonlight@pop.igc.apc.org, media-l@tao.ca, nyfma@tao.ca
>>>Cc: lasnet@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu, CircleA-L@fs2.bp.rec.hu,
>>>    aut-op-sy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
>>>Subject: Call For Virtual Sit-In: Netstrike For Zapata
>>>
>>>     Cyberpower For Peace In Chiapas: Action Alert
>>>     -----------------------------------------------
>>>     *** For immediate release: January 19, 1998 ***
>>>     -----------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>  CALL FOR VIRTUAL SIT-INS AT FIVE MEXICO FINANCIAL WEB SITES
>>>
>>>The following call for a NETSTRIKE FOR ZAPATA on Thursday, January 29,
>>>comes from the Anonymous Digital Coalition in Italy. It calls for
>>>simultaneous world-wide virtual sit-ins at five Mexico City financial
>>>institution's web sites.
>>>
>>>Rarely have grassroots groups exercised cyberpower in this way. Clearly
>>>people in Italy are using their creativity and imagination. This is a
>>>unique opportunity to move into new terrain for coordinated world-wide
>>>action. Be part of what is probably the first globally coordinated virtual
>>>sit-in!
>>>
>>>Below is the English version and includes correct information for all time
>>>zones in North America. The original message from the Autonomous Digital
>>>Coalition which includes Spanish and Italian versions can be found in the
>>>Chiapas95 archives:
http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html
>>>
>>>**********************************************************************
>>>NETSTRIKE FOR ZAPATA
>>>
>>>On Sun, 18 Jan 1998 14:08:07 -0500, Anonymous anon@anon.efga.org wrote:
>>>
>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>>
>>>NetStriking for Zapata   (from Anonymous Digital Coalition)
>>>
>>>- ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>In solidarity with the Zapatista movement we welcome all the netsurfers
>>>with the ideals of justice, freedom, solidarity and liberty within their
>>>hearts, to sit-in the day 29/01/1998 from 4:00 p.m. GMT (Greenwich Mean
>>>Time) to 5:00 p.m. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) in the following five web
>>>sites, symbols of Mexican neoliberalism:
>>>
>>>Bolsa Mexicana de Valores
>>>http://www.bmv.com.mx
>>>Grupo Financiero Bital
>>>http://www.bital.com.mx
>>>Grupo Financiero Bancomer
>>>http://www.bancomer.com.mx
>>>Banco de Mexico
>>>http://www.banxico.org.mx
>>>Banamex
>>>http://www.banamex.com
>>>
>>>Technical instructions:
>>>
>>>Connect with your browser to the upper mentioned web sites and push the
>>>bottom "reload" several times for an
>>>hour (with in between an interval of few seconds)
>>>
>>>1) For Netscape navigator users on PC, Apple Macintsoh and Unix o.s.:
>>>- From the Option menu select Preferences and set up:
>>>memory cache = 0
>>>disk cache = 0
>>>verify document = Every Time
>>>- From The Option menu select Network Preferences, and activate the No
>>>Proxies option
>>>
>>>2) For Microsoft Internet Explorer users:
>>>from the View menu select Options - Advanced - and in the Temporary
>>>Internet File Box
>>>select Never
>>>
>>>Next messages will be signed with our PGP Key
>>>During netstrike time you can connect to IRC channel #netstrike
>>>on server: irc.funet.fi
>>>
>>>- ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>Your local time zone
>>>related to Greenwich Mean Time
>>>
>>>City            Local Time
>>>
>>>GMT -10
>>>Hawaii
>>>from 6:00 to 7:00 am
>>>
>>>GMT -9
>>>Alaska
>>>from 7:00 to 8:00 am
>>>
>>>GMT -8
>>>Pacific Coast (USA, Canada), Tijuana, San Francisco
>>>from 8:00 to 9:00 am
>>>
>>>GMT -7
>>>West Time Zone (Usa, Canada), Arizona,
>>>from 9:00 to 10:00 am
>>>
>>>GMT -6
>>>Ciudad de Mexico, Saskatchewan, Central Time Zone (USA, Canada)
>>>from 10.00 to 11.00 am
>>>
>>>GMT -5
>>>East Time Zone  (USA, Canada), Indiana (East), Bogota', Lima, Montreal, New
>>>York
>>>from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
>>>
>>>GMT -4
>>>Caracas, La Paz,  Atlantic Coast (Canada)
>>>from 12:00 to 1:00 pm
>>>
>>>- -----------------------------------
>>>Anonymous Digital Coalition
>>>OUR PGP KEY
>>>Type Bits/KeyID    Date       User ID
>>>pub  1024/5E91A4FD 1998/01/17 Anonymous Digital Coalition
>>>
>>>
>>>Net Diver
>>>Isole nella rete http://www.ecn.org
>>>Key fingerprint = ED 32 A9 2B 62 54 52 FB  B0 CB E0 24 46 34 73 AB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>=================================================================
>>>Don't Mourn. Organize!
>>>=================================================================
>>>sjw210@is8.nyu.edu
>>>212-998-9004(office), 212-995-4046(fax), 212-898-4608(home)
>>>http://www.nyu.edu/projects/wray
>>>Department of Culture and Communication
>>>239 Green Street, Suite 735, New York, NY 10003-6674
>>>=================================================================
>
>
Laura Agustin
agustin@educ.umass.edu
1413 253 06 48
fax 1413 545 12 63
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Subject: Call For Virtual Sit-In: Netstrike For Zapata (fwd)
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