| richard barbrook on 22 Oct 2000 16:38:35 -0000 |
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| [Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Palestinians as Myth |
Hiya, All nation states are historically recent inventions. Even the oldest states, such as England or the USA, are only a few centuries old. In recent years, Palestinians, Kosovars, Bosniaks, Kurds, East Timorese and many other peoples have been struggling to achieve the national self-determination which most of us on nettime take for granted. For it is only those who live under of the protection of stable and independent republics who have the privilege of dreaming about a world without states... Later, Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Richard Barbrook Hypermedia Research Centre School of Communications and Creative Industries University of Westminster Watford Road Northwick Park HARROW HA1 3TP <www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk> +44 (0)20 7911 5000 x 4590 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "While there is irony, we are still living in the prehistoric age. And we are not out of it yet..." - Henri Lefebvre ------------------------------------------------------------------- The HRC is involved in running regular cybersalons at the ICA in London. If you would like to be informed about forthcoming events, you can subscribe to a listserver on our website: <www.cybersalon.org>. _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold