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"We delude ourselves if we believe that we participate in a democratic
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polity, except in the Orwellian sense of educated discourse" -Chomsky
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The Anarchives Volume 2 Issue 9
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The Anarchives Published By
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The Anarchives The Anarchy Organization
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The Anarchives tao@lglobal.com
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--/\-- AT&T
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/ / \ \ Centre Of Empire
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---|--/----\--|--- In the Information Age
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\/ \/
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/\______/\ by Jesse Hirsh
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On Thursday (Sept 21/95) of this week there was a significant if not
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paramount historical event.
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Amerikkkan Telephone & Telegraph, in a time of mergers and consolidation,
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announced a three-way split.
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This should be viewed as a substantial power move of a global nature.
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AT&T is the leading corporate power. They embody corporate governance,
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and the rise of fascism.
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Metaphorically speaking this breakup was the equivalent of the brain
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detaching itself from a cumbersome body.
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The core of the break-up resides in the corporation that will retain the
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AT&T name. This corporation will compose of AT&T's phone networks,
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cellular networks, and capital corporation; in addition of course to Bell
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Labs, perhaps the most advanced research & development organization in
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the world.
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Please note that the networks that will remain AT&T, compromise the
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backbone of what emerges as the electronic conscious. The phone networks
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are a in part a monopoly of long distance networks, combined with
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extensive fiber networks with global reach. The cellular networks,
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formerly McCaw Communications, are what will soon become the
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infrastructure of multi-way television, and the 9 Billion dollar, Bill
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Gates - AT&T, Teledesic Corp which is attempting to launch 900
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"low-altitude" satelites to carry a larger cellular network.
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AT&T capital of course owns all the rest. The two companies that will
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break off from the old mammoth of AT&T will still be owned by AT&T
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Capital, much like the rest of the capital world.
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Bell Labs of course is responsible for most of the technology that exists
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today. They make kazillions just on licensing fees, and are perhaps the
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leading force in the development of so-called "future" technologies.
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I like to keep my eye on AT&T for the simple reason that they have their
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eyes on us. ;)
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Just to slip in a little history on AT&T; they have traditionaly been an
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integral part of what has been commonly termed the "military-industrial"
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complex. They have developed a large majority of amerikkkan military
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technologies, and have become grossly rich as a result. They still
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command a virtual monopoly on military and large corporate
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telecommunication business. These muuhfukkas are straight up evil.
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Look to them to be an emerging fascist power, silently becoming the
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backbone of the world consciousness that mcluhanites are all harping
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about.
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With this breakup AT&T becomes much more flexible in being able to
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dominate the global market, and in essence become the very fabric that
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this new market is being built upon.
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On Thursday when all this happened almost 12 Billion dollars was injected
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into AT&T after they announced this move. Clearly capital approved this
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strategic move, and AT&T has been given their mandate for global domination.
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And yet the large majority refuse to recognize or even begin to consider
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the possibility of corporate governance.
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The power AT&T have now, at the dawn of the information age, is
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staggering, and I would argue, uncomprehensible.
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This power will grow exponentially, accellerating an already accelerated
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rate of change after the announcement of this break-up.
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Liberal democracy depends upon the incospicuousness of AT&T, and the
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ignorance of corporate governance.
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If the true role of AT&T were to be laid out on the table, the farce of
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democracy would dissolve, as clearly AT&T is not a democratic
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institution, and yet it dominates the world...
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