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[Nettime-nl] Wikileaks: multinationals bespioneren activisten |
Wikileaks: multinationals bespioneren activisten (door: globalinfo.nl) Wikileaks begint vandaag met het ontsluiten van miljoenen interne emailberichten die werden buitgemaakt van het private 'beveiligings- en inlichtingenbedrijf' Stratfor. Daaruit zou onder meer blijken dat verschillende multinationals actiegroepen laten bespioneren waar ze last van hebben - of waarvan ze verwachten dat die campagnes tegen hen zullen lanceren. Stratfor zelf gebruikt zijn informatie in combinatie met contacten met multinationals, voor insider trading {handel met voorkennis). later vandaag (27 februari) zullen wikileaks en de yesmen - een actiegroep die door Dow Chemicals wordt lastiggevallen wegens aanhoudende kritiek op de ramp in Bhopal (India) die binnenkort 25 jaar geleden plaatsvond - een persconferentie geven in The Frontline Club in Londen om meer achtergrond-informatie over de onthullingen te geven. Het persbericht van The Yesmen, in het Engels, staat hieronder. persbericht yesmen: Feb. 27, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MASSIVE LEAK REVEALS CRIMINALITY, PARANOIA AMONG CORPORATE TITANS Dow pays "strategic intelligence" firm to spy on Yes Men and grassroots activists. Takeaway: movement is on the right track! WikiLeaks begins to publish today over five million e-mails obtained by Anonymous from "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The emails, which reveal everything from sinister spy tactics to an insider trading scheme with Goldman Sachs (see below), also include several discussions of the Yes Men and Bhopal activists. (Bhopal activists seek redress for the 1984 Dow Chemical/Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India, that led to thousands of deaths, injuries in more than half a million people, and lasting environmental damage.) Many of the Bhopal-related emails, addressed from Stratfor to Dow and Union Carbide public relations directors, reveal concern that, in the lead-up to the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, the Bhopal issue might be expanded into an effective systemic critique of corporate rule, and speculate at length about why this hasn't yet happened—providing a fascinating window onto what at least some corporate types fear most from activists. "[Bhopal activists] have made a slight nod toward expanded activity, but never followed through on it—the idea of 'other Bhopals' that were the fault of Dow or others," mused Joseph de Feo, who is listed in one online source as a "Briefer" ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (rabotnik@xs4all.nl).