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Abstract wars demand abstract enemies, and the Hostis Humani Generis (or the enemy against all mankind) is a title that has been bestowed on a host of figures; starting with the pirate and now the terrorist, I seek to understand the links between property, piracy and terrorism and propose that the concept of Hostis Humani Generis helps us understand the idea of war as a continuation of property by other means.

(1) the image of people cleaning up their houses and streets, and what's left of it after they been attacked, bombed etc. (2) the myth of Trümmerfrauen cleaning up the rubble in post-war Germany, when, at the same time, the trope auf cleaning up was strong as a right wing trope of law and order, and even war (3) the antagonism of negentropic cleaning up and entropic war

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In 2006, a group of friends decided to make a film about filesharing that *we* would recognise. There have been a few documentaries by 'old media' crews who don't understand the net and see peer-to-peer organisation as a threat to their livelihoods. They have no reason to represent the filesharing movement positively, and no capacity to represent it lucidly.

Saturday, July 22 2006

Saturday, June 3 21:30 - 21:50
AND THE RAIN RAINED EVERY DAY.

Saturday, June 3 16:30 - 16:55
"Instead of calming the situation, the army shot at people for no reason... We are trying to calm the situation on both sides and I believe that we have almost succeeded. But the protesters are extremely angry. Some of their friends are dead and they are furious."
- Member of the Lebanese Parliament explaining the situation after the shooting of protesters in May 2004

The Deportation Class campaign is being introduced as an example of new forms of political engagement. Worldwide networking, performativity and speed, extensive use of new media, humor and a cleverness is outlining their strategy of image pollution.

Between union and social movements, three different approaches of migrant labor organizing are being introduced: The Garment Workers Center Los Angeles, the "Justice for Janitors" campaign and DEBUG, a silicon valley temp workers group.