[pp.int.general] Iceland and International Politics

[brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org]

You may find that Birgitta is a little more reticent about twitter use
at the moment. There's the big case with the US DoJ trying to get full
details of her twitter account - including financial records from it,
and all private messages and the IP addresses receiving them.


Brian McNeil

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Iceland and International Politics
> From: NingúnOtro <ningunotro at hotmail.com>
> Date: Sat, April 16, 2011 2:29 pm
> To: Pirate Parties International -- General Talk
> <pp.international.general at lists.pirateweb.net>
> 
> 
> El mié, 13-04-2011 a las 13:08 +0200, Yves Quemener escribió:
> > On 04/13/2011 01:00 PM, NingúnOtro wrote:
> > > I guess that when we combine that with the virtual absence of Pirate
> > > Movement... there is a tough battle to be fought there.
> > 
> > Maybe one way to go would be through wikileaks. They have been discussing
> > in the past (I don't know what is the status of this discussion now) about
> > transforming Iceland into a haven for free speech and unrestrained
> > journalism. Apparently many politicians and a big part of the public were
> > very grateful about the leaks concerning the Icesave deal that wikileaks
> > made possible and wanted to give constitutional protection to such endeavors.
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> 
> I would not bet that much on the politicians, not even the lefty ones.
> 
> This is one of Birgitta's last tweets after the results of the 2nd
> ICESAVE referendum were known:
> 
> "Political turmoil in Iceland. Government might or might not survive.
> Only thing glueing it together is the fear of right wing power again.
> 7:31 PM Apr 12th vía web"
> 
> Nothing about IMMI but the creation of a non-profit foundation (without
> a true budget) has been enacted yet... and it may all be a dream that
> vanishes instead of consolidates.
> 
> Remember, the only NEW political movements in Iceland are The Movement
> (Hreyfingin) -only 3 seats in parliament-, and The Best Party (Besti
> Flokkurinn) -6 city council seats, and Jon Gnarr as mayor in coalition
> with others-. The rest are the same as before, even if majority has
> switched "temporarily" due to the common peoples raged reaction to the
> crisis of 2008. 
> 
> If the government falls and propaganda (oriented through the ownership
> of the mass media) is allowed to influence the public unhindered... the
> same that were in charge before the 2008 crash could easily return to
> power.
> 
> That is why we should get there to play a role before it is too late...
> and it can get too late anytime now.<hr>____________________________________________________
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