RAT Re: Talking bout endo-colonization

[brad rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com>]

>All,
>
>I am most certainly not the last word on endo-colonization. Let me, in the
>interest odf accuracy, direct you to the theorist: Paul Virillio. Virillio
>has wriitern extensively on the military and it's place in society, as
>well as many other topics.  His work is part of the Foreign Agents series,
>published by Autonomedia-- those of you not in major metropoli can go to
>http://www.autonomedia.org  The  book which discusses endo-colonization
>bears the title of PURE WAR. It's main thesis is that the civillian
>population has ceased to exist, that we are all part of the military now.
>BTW,  The Autonomadic Bookmoble often appears on tour in conjunction with
>the Bindlestiff Circus.  Those of you, like John Sylvain, who are  lucky
>enough to be in Seattle, should be able to find it at Left Bank books,
>most likely on the  right hand center bookcase as you come in ( 3rd shelf
>down , if I remember correctly.)
>
>John, since you put this out to the list I am going to post my  statement
>to you, the  one that caused the "whoa.", so that everyone will have
>context.
>
>
>--brad
>
>The post:
>
>
>>From: "Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com>
>>To: 'brad rothbart' <scrdchao@nni.com>
>>Subject: RE: Namings
>>Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 14:22:00 -0800
>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>
>>whoa
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:	brad rothbart [SMTP:scrdchao@nni.com]
>>> Sent:	Friday, February 26, 1999 1:26 PM
>>> To:	Sylvain, John
>>> Subject:	RE: Namings
>>>
>>> john,
>>>
>>> what we were saying, quite seriously, was that the reason there was not a
>>> huge police buildup and massive arrests during the Gulf War, (Mayor Rice
>>> pretty much ordered them to stand-down) was because it was unnecessary. If
>>> the police are already in your head, they don't need to be on the street.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---brad
>>>
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