Flashback News Agency international #2 If you want something to be popular, make it illegal F L A S H B A C K N E W S A G E N C Y i n t e r n a t i o n a l # 0 2 Volume 3 Number 1 ISSN 1402-4543 November 1998 ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: Jan Axelsson The reduplication and multitude of Co-editor: Thomas Pettersson material featured within the publ- _____________________________________ ication, entirely or partially by virtue of printing, duplication, Flashback News Agency international stenciling and tape recordings; is is regularly published once a month. endorsed without exception. It is entirely financed and published without any governmental support or Post...Box 26067, SE-100 41 Stockholm funding. Fax....................+46-8-50311103 Email...............fna@flashback.org Flashback is politically and religio- sly separate. Its primary purpose of Bankgiro....................5080-5621 reporting is related to alternative Postgiro..................169 18 26-0 information of underground and sub- culture, but likewise affiliated to These contents are exclusively publ- comprehensive valuations that extend ished from an informative perspective beyond the ordinary conceptions of as we aspire to keep our readers up- society, alongside attitudes and dated with reference to any eventual inclinations in opposition with the occurrences within this specific conventional conceptions of common field of operations; but likewise as society. we seek to operate as the voice of the exposed. FNA-i occasionally features material affiliated to subjects that are evid- Send articles, news, feedback etc to ently illicit according to the cont- the adress: fna@flashback.org emporary statutes of Sweden. You have the right to free speech as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it FLASHBACK | over 15 years of underground | 1983-98 MCMXCVIII ____________________________________________________________________________ c o n t e n t | f n a - i 3 . 1 o Content...............................................................0.1 o Editorial.............................................................0.2 ------------------- flashback ------------------- o Swedish police surveys Flashback......................................1.1 o Flashback censored by Church of Scientology...........................1.2 o Ace of Base: Uffe was a Nazi..........................................1.3 o Flashback is sentenced to pay 50 000 SEK to convicted rapist..........1.4 ----------------- drugs ----------------- o Drugs for sale........................................................2.1 o Universal Church of the Holy And Sacred Herb without Prejudice........2.2 o American voters demand the medical use of marijuana...................2.3 ------------------- hackers forum ------------------- o Rootshell hacked......................................................3.1 o The beginning of a cyberwar?..........................................3.2 ------------------- politic / religion / terrorism ------------------- o Youngsang (Everlasting Life) Church...................................4.1 o The Vampire Clan......................................................4.2 o Aum Shint Kyo.........................................................4.3 o More victims of John Wayne Gacy.......................................4.4 o The MAI is dead - long live the MAI...................................4.5 ----------------- sub / culture ----------------- o Secrets of the star's sex lives revealed..............................5.1 o Reviews...............................................................5.2 . Ministry - New Revelation (bootleg) . Prodigy: Dangerous Liasons (bootleg) . Sisters of Mercy - Victorian Night (bootleg) . Lords of Chaos - Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground (book) . Sigue Sigue Sputnik - The Ultimate 12" Collection (CD) . Timothy Leary: Beyond life with Timothy Leary (CD) . Noam Chomsky & media (video) . John Wayne Bobbit Uncut (video) o First countries to have television....................................5.3 o Charles Manson likes Spice Girls......................................5.4 ------------------ various ------------------ o Illegal to distribute the Scientology bible on the Internet...........6.1 o How YOU may order the Church of Scientologys secret bible.............6.2 o How YOU may download the Church of Scientologys secret bible..........6.3 o Links to the Underground..............................................6.4 o Last words............................................................6.5 ____________________________________________________________________________ e d i t o r i a l | f n a - i 3 . 1 Welcome to the first issue of Flashback News Agency International. Already back in 1996 there was an initial attempt of an English version of FNA, but this time around we aspire to make it more frequently occurring - introductory once every month. FNA has been available in Swedish since June 1995, and has today more than 65000 subscribers. It has heretofore been published in 113 issues, and is at present time Scandinavia's largest electronic magazine - all categories. FNA International is not merely a translation of its Swedish predecessor, but a separate publication of essentially individually produced material. The previous and yet contemporary publication of FNA will pursue its operations as previously, while the domain flashback.se becomes Flashback Online | scandinavia. The articles of Flashback Online | scandinavia are composed to meet with our Scandinavian readers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland & Iceland. The domain flashback.org becomes Flashback Online | international, and just like FNA-i it aspires to meet with the rest of the world; USA, Saudi-Arabia, Japan, Singapore, France, Australia, Russia, Israel, Vietnam, South-Africa, Brazil, Colombia, China and yet another 100 countries throughout the world where individual visitors may be found. Please contribute with opinions and ideas on how we may improve. FNA-i #3 will be available at the beginning of next year. Jan Axelsson November 18th 1998 ..... f l a s h b a c k .................................................... 1.1. SWEDISH POLICE SURVEYS FLASHBACK The surveillance unit of the Stockholm County police department has by way of its branches filmed and pursued Jan Axelsson (founder of Flashback) on directions from the Swedish Secret Police (SAPO). All according to police records. Smalandsposten; a regional daily newspaper [www.smp.se] attended to the entire occurrence in its editorial on August 12th 1998 (page 2), and writes that the entire incident is appalling and altogether shocking. "This sort of registration pertaining to an individuals personal opinions directly defies the European Conventions article eight of the human rights, as it in no single way may be regarded as to respect the right of personal integrity" "In times when the Swedish police suffers from a deficiency in resources one may ask oneself how one may possibly afford such undertakings of surveillance. A regime that registers its people by virtue of their political conviction commits an infraction, not solely in contrast with the federal legislation, but likewise in direct opposition to international conventions pertaining to human rights. The incident as described above gives us notice that the respect for peoples integrity not naturally permeates the thought process of the contemporary Swedish ordinance" Flashback has recently admitted several of the documents related to this incident to the Internet, so that you may also uncover the work of the Swedish police. Document 1: The police videotape Jan Axelsson. URL: http://www.flashback.se/polisen/4.gif Jan Axelsson (in the protocol referred to as 'man 13') videotaped at his visit to the local restaurant 'Fem Sma Hus'. Document 2: The police pursue Jan Axelsson. http://www.flashback.se/polisen/7.gif The civic surveillance unit pursues Jan Axelsson (in the protocol referred to as 'Man with long blond hair'). ............................................................................ 1.2. FLASHBACK CENSORED BY CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY The infamous Church of Scientology (famous for illegally utilizing the Swedish royal family as part of a promotional campaign some months ago) is currently providing its members with a CD record. The record supposedly contains programs that will assist the members in uploading their own homepages and consecutively engender some auxiliary promotion for the sect and its founder. What the members do not know at what time they install the software provided by the sect, is that it likewise contains coded programs that will cause the operators entire operative system to transfigure. Amongst the alterations that are consequently accomplished at which instant the software is installed, is the application of a filter and censorship ware that will reject homepages, discussiongroups and particular words associated with the sect. Obviously proposing that the sect aspires to prevent its members from descrying any eventual criticism affiliated to the sect and its operations. Amongst the Swedish addresses that were consecutively inaccessible, following the programs installation, was http://www.flashback.se/. Participants of the discussion group alt.religion.scientology cracked the code of the concealed filter. And an especially peculiar incident associated with this episode is the event that the scientologists since a few months back are running a promotional campaign who's primary motto is: Think for yourself! ............................................................................ 1.3. ACE OF BASE: UFFE WAS A NAZI The record 'Uffe was a Nazi'' that Flashback released just last summer has become world news. A radio station in Israel has played the record and the news shortly spread like wildfire throughout the rest of Israel. They even translated part of the lyrics into Hebrew. But apart from Israeli radio, along with attention from German TV as well as Reuters and media in Norway, Finland and Denmark, the news has finally reached the US. American CyberSleaze says following about thew record: -:- NAZI PAST COMES BACK TO HAUNT ACE OF BASE STAR: Evidence of Swedish ACE OF BASE star ULF EKBERG's past as an active neo-Nazi has surfaced to taint the pop star's success. Fellow Swede JAN AXELSSON seems to have now made it his life's work to reveal the truth behind his allegations that Ekberg was an active member of the Nazi party. Axelsson, a magazine editor, has masterminded the release of a limited-edition CD containing all the songs recorded by Ekberg during his dubious days as a racist skinhead. Ekberg, who co-writes much of the bubble gum pop of his current group, has frequently tried to deny his seedy past, but the magazine editor has come up with musical evidence that the guitarist will have great difficulty explaining away. According to Axelsson, Ekberg was a member of the neo-Nazi rock band COMMIT SUISIDE (corr.) in the late 80's in Sweden, and the new CD contains what is believed to be every single racist song he was involved with artistically. Among the lyrics are creepy sentiments to the effect of, "We enjoy sawing off the heads of niggers..." while another song goes, "Where the white people are, we find civilization, enlightenment and prosperity. White power!" And for those rabid Ace of Base fans who are still reluctant to accept that has evidence, the album is accompanied by a booklet containing photographic evidence of Ekberg's Nazi past. There are pictures of the Ace of Base guitarist doing the Nazis salute, another one of him wearing a Ku-Klux-Klan T-shirt and a third in which he is sporting a huge Swastika across his shirt. Axelsson says, "The purpose of this record is to show that Ulf Ekberg's background is different from what he would like the world to believe and different from what he explained to some 60 million American TV viewers in 1993 when he refused ever having been a Nazi". Well, well, well. And I always thought they were just harmless little ABBA clones. Guess not. WWW: http://metaverse.com/vibe/sleaze/sleaze.08-27-98.html -:- According to British daily newspaper The Express, the pop group Ace of Base is about split up. The Bergren sisters are supposedly no longer friends, and it is likely that Malin will quit the band before the end of the month. When Ace of Base recently visited New York as part of their promotional tour, Malin supposedly acted strangely according to The Express. - She refused to talk to the media. During an interview she just stood up and walked out of the room. It was quite embarrassing. You can order the record 'Uffe was a Nazi' directly from Flashback. It is pressed in limited edition (1000 copies) and the price are 160 SEK, L14 or $20 incl. worldwide postage & packing. Flashback Records, P.O. Box 26067, SE-100 41 Stockholm, Sweden Bankaccount: 5080-5621 (bankgiro) or 169 18 26-0 (postgiro) ............................................................................ 1.4. FLASHBACK IS SENTENCED TO PAY 50.000 SEK TO CONVICTED RAPIST In 1995 Flashback published an article titled 'Sexual offenders in Stockholm 1990/91'. In this article convicted offenders were published with name, photograph, personal number, address, and telephone number. Alongside information pertaining to the character of the committed crime that these persons had been tried and convicted for. One of the men pressed charges against the editor in charge of Flashback Jan Axelsson, demanding he would be sentenced to jail for grave slander. The man is previously convicted for sexual abuse and sexual aggravation of three mentally handicapped girls. He demanded financial reimbursement of Jan Axelsson for a total of half a million Swedish Kronor for mental anguish. When a jury tried the case on the basis of freedom of the press at the end October, Jan Axelsson was convicted - but however not for grave slander but slander. This is the reason why Jan Axelsson was acquitted of the charges. The divisional court of Stockholm was hindered to convict Jan Axelsson since the jury had surpassed the initial caption of the crime. The court however considers the offender to be obliged to financial compensation. The amount was set at 50 000 SEK. Jan Axelsson's lawyer, Nils Hillert is very surprised about the ruling of the divisional court. - Even if one in agreement with the divisional court would have proposed that it was not justifiable to publish the information, the financial reimbursement is surprisingly high in comparison to previous praxis. I have never before encountered a previous case where the sentence proposes such a high reimbursement for slander of the normal degree. On the contrary not even grave slander usually imparts such vast measures of reimbursement as in this case. - In praxis the divisional court, which is tied to the jury's acquittal of grave slander and therefore solely capable of convicting for slander, has still punished Jan Axelsson financially for grave slander. The divisional court has evaluated the anguish that the publication is supposed to have rendered for the man, as twice as high as the anguish of the three girls that the man was previously convicted for having sexually offended. This emits the completely wrong signals to society. The offender greets the sentence. The Swedish daily newspaper Expressen writes that the sexual offender cheered when he received the sentence this afternoon. - He finally experiences joy, says the man's legal representative to Expressen, and suggests that this is a victory for individual integrity. - Considering the caption of the crime was changed from grave slander to slander by the jury last month, the reimbursement is surprisingly high, continues his lawyer. - And even more so if you consider that the magazine's issuance was merely 1200 copies at the time of its publication three years ago. Flashback will appeal the ruling. ____________________________________________________________________________ True freedom has always been illegal ____________________________________________________________________________ ..... d r u g s ............................................................ 2.1. 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WE DEMAND our Rights and the Rights of Our Children to Health and Happiness, Freedom of Lifestyle, Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Thought and Religion, Freedom to Change Religion, Faith or Belief, to manifest that Religion or Belief, Lifestyle and Faith, in Worship, Teaching, Practice, Rituals, Rite and Observance, alone or in community with others. 2. WE DEMAND our Right to Believe in God as a Father, a Mother, Creator and Destroyer, as Sustainer and Provider, Physical and Spiritual., in Peace with our Fellow Human Beings. 3. WE DEMAND our right to possess seeds from all Plants which shall include Cannabis (Hemp) Sativa, Indica and Ruderalis. 4. WE DEMAND our Right to plant and produce, to grow, nurture, cultivate and enjoy the harvest of our labours, to share, to give the fruits to others, having no arbitrary amount to have in possession at any time, anywhere in any place. 5. WE DEMAND that all those responsible for the Prohibition of Cannabis be brought to trial to answer charges of Crimes against Humanity, Crimes against peace, Tyranny and Malfeasance. 6. WE DEMAND Restoration to all Citizens charged with or convicted of Cannabis 'offences' since the time when the Prohibition of Cannabis began. 7. WE DEMAND these Rights, citing Article 9 of the European Convention of Human Rights, Article 18 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed at the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 and The Declaration of the Rights of The Child, UN Assembly Res. 1386/XIV, 20 November 1959. ............................................................................ 2.3. AMERICAN VOTERS DEMAND THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA Voters in Alaska, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington overwhelmingly approved ballot initiatives on 3 November exempting patients from criminal penalties when they use marijuana under the supervision of a physician. Voters in Arizona reaffirmed a medical marijuana initiative passed two years ago, and rejected a legislative requirement banning physicians from prescribing marijuana until the drug receives approval from the Food and Drug Administration. State law in Nevada requires voters to reapprove medical marijuana again in the year 2,000 before the measure can officially become law. In each state, the measures were passing with at least 55 percent of the vote. The election results in detail: ALASKA (Proposition 8): 57.75% for the medical use of marijuana, 42.25% against it. ARIZONA (Proposition 300): 57.4% for the medical use of all Schedule I drugs, 42.6% against it. NEVADA (Question 9): 59% for the medical use of marijuana, 41% against it. OREGON (Measure 67): 55% for the medical use of marijuana, 45% against it. WASHINGTON (Initiative 692): 58.70% for the medical use of marijuana, 41.30% against it. For example, under Initiative 692 (Washington), patients with certain illnesses, or their designated caregivers, could grow and possess a 60-day supply of marijuana, although the exact amount wasn't specified. Physicians who advised qualifying patients about the risks and benefits of marijuana use were protected from prosecution. Officials at the White House's office of drug policy said they were unfazed by the election results. "It does not cause us to believe that marijuana is a safe substance," said Jim McDonough, director of strategy for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. "The bottom line: It's not science." Initiative backers, though, said the votes demonstrate strong mainstream support, which federal officials will find hard to ignore. "I don't think anybody, especially the drug office, thought every one of them would pass," said Dave Fratello, spokesman for Americans for Medical Rights. The group said it expects to resurrect an invalidated initiative in Colorado next year, and to have one on the ballot in Maine as well. Also in its sights are Massachusetts, Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. "First it was California, and maybe people wrote off California as an anomaly," Fratello said. "Now it's the entire West, which is convincing, but it's still not the Midwest." ..... h a c k e r s f o r u m ............................................. 3.1. ROOTSHELL HACKED RootShell, a site famous for archiving the lastest in system exploits, was on Wed Oct 28th at 5:12AM PST found itself hacked. Entry to the machine was made via SSH (secure shell) which is an encrypted interface to the machine at 04:57AM PST this morning. Rootshell was first informed of this incident at 6:00 AM PST and the site was immediately brought offline. The site was back up and operational by 8:00AM PST. RootShell: http://www.rootshell.com/ Mirror of the hacked RootShell site: http://www.flashback.se/hack/1998/10/28/1/ ............................................................................ 3.2. THE BEGINNING OF A CYBERWAR? Serbian cyber-unit of special forces (Black Hand - named after the Serbian terrorist organization in Austrian province of Bosnia at the turn of the century) after vandalizing several Albanian web sites, attacked the largest Croatian daily English pages (http://www.vjesnik.com). Croatian hackers retaliated swiftly by tearing down the pages of Serbian National University Library (NSB). So, the cyberwars began. ____________________________________________________________________________ Yesterday will never come back - therefor I live my life today ____________________________________________________________________________ ..... p o l i t i c / r e l i g i o n / t e r r o r i s m .............. 4.1. YOUNGSANG (EVERLASTING LIFE) CHURCH Six doomsday cult members and their leader were in the beginning of october found burned to death in a mini-van in a suspected self- immolation ritual. The dead cultist were identified as members of the Youngsang (everlasting life) Church, one of the dozens of doomsday cults active in South Korea. ............................................................................ 4.2. THE VAMPIRE CLAN Thousands of copies "The Vampire Killers," a paperback book by Cliff Linedecker about vampire cultleader Rod Ferrell and his teen-age vampire clan, have been recalled and destroyed because it had the wrong photo on the book's cover. Along with pictures of the four teen-agers who pleaded guilty to various roles in the bludgeoning death of Richard Wendorf and Naoma Ruth Queen there was a picture of Jeremy Hueber, the former boyfriend of Heather Wendorf, the slain couple's daughter. Not surprisingly Hueber - who had no connection to the vampire cult - said he was ticked off. Linedecker, the book's author, noticed Hueber's picture on the cover when he first received some advance copies from St. Martin's Press, the book's publisher. As soon as the mistake was discovered the New York publishing house ordered the 16,000 printed copies destroyed and started working on a second edition without Hueber's picture. ............................................................................ 4.3. AUM SHINT KYO The Tokyo District Court court sentenced former Aum leader Kazuaki Okazaki, 38, to death for murdering four people in two separate attacks - the November 4, 1989 strangling of Tsutsumi Sakamoto, an anti-cult lawyer, his wife and their infant son, and the murder a cult member who had tried to quit the religious group in February 1989. ............................................................................ 4.4. MORE VICTIMS OF JOHN WAYNE GACY Chicago police are considering digging behind a house in search of what could be the remains of more victims of John Wayne Gacy, who was executed in 1994 for the killings of 33 boys and young men. The Chicago Tribune reported that police are acting on a tip from a former detective and a ground radar survey that indicated human remains may be buried behind the house on the city's Northwest Side. The radar indicates, but does not prove, the presence of as many as four bodies buried almost 3 1/2 feet deep. ............................................................................ 4.5. THE MAI IS DEAD - LONG LIVE THE MAI The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), a major corporation attack on development, environmental protection and workers' rights (and or parliamentary democracy), has been scrapped. Negotiations on the MAI began in 1995 within the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD) - the 29-country club of rich nations - and came to a crashing halt last month in Paris. The final blow to the treaty, whose signing had been postponed six months already, was dealt by the host nation, France. On the eve of the reopening of negotiations, Lionel Jospin, French Prime Minister, described the MAI as "unreformable" and a "threat to the sovereignty of states", after an influential French commission produced a highly criticai report (the Lalumiere Report). A central concern appears to have been the threat to the French film industry from unrestricted Hollywood imports. As the OECD operates by consensus, the withdrawal of support by the French govemment left the negotiations in an untenabie position. On 29th October, Britain finally threw in the towel. Trade Minister Brian Wilson said that the treaty should be abandoned: "Sometimes it makes sense to draw a line and start again", he said in London. The Guardian reported that "The UK has been one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the MAI. But Mr Wilson indicated that the Govemment was ready to scrap the treaty and start again." The abandonment of the MAI is a significant blow to corporate ambitions, and a (partial) victory for popular forces. In the July/August issue of Z magazine, Noam Chomsky described the postponement of the signing of the MAI in April as "an important event, worth considering carefully". He wrote: "In part, the failure resulted from internal disputes - for example, European objections to the US federal system and the extraterritorial reach of US laws, concerns about maintaining some degree of cultural autonomy, and so on. But a much more significant problem was looming. It was becoming increasingly difficuit to ensure that the rules of global order would continue to be 'written by the lawyers and businessmen who plan to benefit' and 'by govemments taking advice and guidance from these lawyers and businessmen', while 'invariably, the thing missing is the public voice' - the Chicago Tribune's accurate description of the negotiations for the MAI ... without public interference". Chomsky cited reports from the Economist, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time magazine, and the Toronto Globe and Mail all agreeing that the delay had been in part due to "a global band of grassroot organisations, which, with littie more than computers and access to the Internet, helped derail a deal" (The Globe and Mail). The most terrified commentary came from the Financial Times, in an article which was cited in the last issue of Freedom. "Fear and bewilderment have seized govemments of industrialised countries" as the secret negotiations to impose the MAI "have been ambushed by a horde of vigilantes whose motives and methods are only dimly understood in most national capitals". The hordes included "trade unions, environmental and human rights lobbyists and pressure groups opposed to globalisation". The abandonment of the Treaty is also, in part, due to the threat of accountability posed by these terrifying hordes. The Financial Times responded to the imminent dernise of the MAI with world weary resignation. The treaty, the paper commented on 20th O'ctober, "seems in danger of grinding to an embarrassing halt. Does this matter? Not much". Why not? "The issue the agreement was meant to solve - worries over the sanctity of assets held overseas - is scarcely today's hot topic". This was a highly misleading description of the thrust of the Treaty. The World Development Movement (WDM), one of the leading British critics of the proposed treaty, has been pointing out four main dangers from the MAI, based on their reading of a leaked draft text of the agreement. (I amend them only slightly below.) 1) The MAI would transform rights from citizens to transnational companies. The already limited democratic rights of citizens and powers of elected local and national governments over business investment in their territories would be largely transferred to corporations. Under the MAI, transnationals would have been granted the right to establish in any sector, in any country, in whatever form they chose. A ground-breaking feature of the MAI was that it would grant foreign companies the right to sue local and national authorities in a (business-dorninated) international tribunal. Companies could sue for past damages and for hypothetical future damages. 2) The MAI would undermine development opportunities for the poorest countries. Though negotiated in the OECD as an agreement between the rich countries, the whole purpose of the agreement was to include developing countries, and to grant transnationals unrestricted access to the markets and natural resources of Third World nations. The WDM points out that "No country has ever developed under the rules the MAI would impose". South Korea and the other Asian tigers (and in fact all industrialised nations) have developed by using precisely the interventionist policies that the MAI would rule out. 3) The MAI couId dismantle legitimate social and environmental laws. Foreign companies could sue govemments over laws and policies which would affect them more heavily than a domestically-owned company. The US-based Ethyl Corporation sued the Canadian govemment over Ethyl's dangerous MMT additive under similar powers in the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - despite the existence of a clause in NAFTA supposedly setting environmental and labour standards for the NAFTA countries. In that case, the Canadian authorities gave - in before the case was complete. It is quite likely that the MAI would have been used in a similar fashion to intirnidate local and national govemments into dropping or not passing social and environmental protection laws. 4) The MAI would remove powers of local government and undennine local initiatives. The WDM wrote: "A recent study in the USA identified hundreds of State and local laws that would be ruled out under the MAI. In response, the US negotiator proposed that all US State and local govemment be exempted from the MAI, revealing that the country pushing the MAI refuses to apply it at home." Under the MAI, local authorities could not require investors to employ local people, use local suppliers, or remain for a minimum period of time - even if such laws were applied equally to both foreign and domestie companies. Chomsky commented in Z magazine in May that the full import of the MAI could not presently be accurately described - in part due to the secrecy surrounding the project, in part due to certain basic social realities. Even if we had the full text of the MAI, and a detailed list of the reservations entered by the signatories, and the verbatim record of the proceedings, we would still not know what the MAI meant. "The reason is that the answers are not determined by words, but by the power relations that impose their interpretations". The 'worst case' analysis could come true if 'power remains in the dark', and the corporate lawyers who are its hired hands are able to establish their interpretation of the purposely convoluted and ambiguous wording of the draft treaty". There were also less threatening possibilities that might be realised - depending on the strength of popular forces determined to constrain corporate power. What has actually happened is that the treaty as a whole has fallen apart - for a variety of reasons, as Chomsky pointed out. After the Financial Times ran their apocalyptic piece on the 'hordes' threatening the MAI and other international trade agreements, Charles Arden-Clarke of the World Wide Fund for Nature International wrote in to point out that "Governrnent ministries other than trade and finance and parliaments had a crucial mie lin delaying the treaty signingi, as they analysed and reacted to the implications of the treaty". Arden-Clarke pointed out that the new 'trade agreement' (an inaccurate term) "impinges far more directly on the policy-making territories of other government ministries, such as environment, health, development co-operation, etc." Lionel Jospin, explaining France's withdrawal from the negotiations on l8th October, said that the MAI threatened "the sovereignty of states, which are asked to commit themselves in an irreversible manner". This was partially true. What was actually being threatened was the sovereignty of some states. The threat was proportional to the weakness of the country. The Financial Times pointed out after it became clear that the MAI was doomed that one major factor in the failure of the treaty was the behaviour of the USA. Many had branded the MAI "as neo-imperialism", the Financial Times noted, and "This accusation was given credence by the US's behaviour over the MAI's proposed disputes mechanism: when it realised this could be used against Washington, it cooled on the idea". As on the issues of US State and local goverfiment laws, the US sought to protect itself from the corporate vandalism it wished to impose on others. British trade minister Brian Wilson said on 28th October: "I think this is an opportunity to start with a blank piece of paper, to define our objectives afresh, and then seek to pursue them on an open and consensual basis" - within the World Trade Organisation, for example. The battle is won, but the war to contain (and reverse) increasing corporate power is decidedly not over. Milan Rai Extract from FREEDOM PRESS 14th November 1998. WWW: http://freedom.tao.ca ____________________________________________________________________________ Make all that is dangerous illegal, this would solve most of the problems in the world, NOT! ____________________________________________________________________________ ..... s u b / c u l t u r e .............................................. 5.1. SECRETS OF THE STAR'S SEX LIVES REVEALED The handbook for any aspiring celebrity groupie has finally arrived, THE CELBRITY SEX LIST BOOK. The books tells everything about who is who in bed in Hollywood, who's well equipped and who's not, who knows who to use it and does not.... The book reveals David Duchovny as one of Hollywood's most Well-Endowed, that Mel Gibson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mick Jagger are all great in bed, while Hugh Grant of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral is not. The book further reveals at what age many of the sexiest celebrities supposedly lost their virginity. Sean Connery is told to have lost his at such an early age as eight.... Johnny Depp at age thirteen - while Madonna did not loose hers until age fifteen. How the authors of the book have researched the comprised information yet remains a mystery, but they all seem to concede that Jack Nicholson tops the list of the well-endowed, closely followed by Robert Redford and 'There's something about Mary' actor Matt Dillon. The book further reveals intimate details about the stars' sex lives - featuring the fact that Charlie Sheen has a foot fetish and that Sylvester Stallone and supermodel Naomi Campbell once got it going by the swimming pool. Finally, not to reveal all the good stuff of this book, we can finish off with the best lists of them all according to THE CELEBRITY SEX LIST BOOK'; the list of all male celebrities (including the dead ones) who were and yet are Hollywood's all time best lovers. 1. MEL GIBSON 2. GEORGE BEST 3. LEONARDO DiCAPRIO 4. SYLVESTER STALLONE 5. MICK JAGGER 6. JACK NICHOLSON 7. JIMI HENDRIX 8. PABLO PICASSO 9. CHARLIE CHAPLIN 10. ERROL FLYNN ............................................................................ 5.2. REVIEWS by Jan Axelsson Every review throughout the publication is reviewed from its own individual perspective - a national socialistic product from a national socialistic perspective, an anarchistic from an anarchistic perspective and so forth. The reviews are deliberately short as they are intended to function as an allusion. A much larger quantity of reviews is possible to find as part of Flashback's paperback issue, as in the latest issue where over 450 reviews are included. ---------------------------------- MINISTRY - NEW REVELATION Bootleg, Hurricane records, CD Rank: 2 (out of 5) This recording contains two acoustic concerts recorded in California in October 1994. But Ministry, not being a band that is appropriately experienced unplugged, would solely make this recording interesting for but the truly dedicated Ministry collectors, if even for them. Four songs are performed at each concert, and being the same four songs each respective night. Interesting to notice however is the somewhat odd selection of songs, as for the selected covers by 10 Years After 'Here they Come' as well as Grateful Deads 'Friend of the Devil'. But it is nonetheless the bonus tracks that improve this recording slightly. And for them who do not possess 'Smothered Hope' and 'Isle of Man' by Skinny Puppy, there are yet enough comprised gems to make this a worthwhile recording. ---------------------------------- PRODIGY - DANGEROUS LIASONS Bootleg, Unknown company, CD Rank: 4 (out of 5) A plenitude of Prodigy bootlegs has been emitted over the last few years, and the consecutive drawback is that most recordings contain the well-nigh-identical variety of songs & mixes, and that several of them are starting to get quite old. One of the latter bootlegs however is Dangerous Liasons; recorded at the Glastonbury festival in England 1997. The sound quality is brilliant, and performing live Prodigy is rarely displeasing. The recording consists of several worthwhile versions of Smack my bitch up, Mindfields and Firestarter, but the apex of this recording is however the song No Mans Army from the Spawn soundtrack together with Tom Morello. ---------------------------------- SISTERS OF MERCY - VICTORIAN NIGHT Bootleg, Unknown company, CD Rank: 2 (out of 5) For those of you who have witnessed Sisters of Mercy over the last year, the rank of this recording hardly comes as a suprise. The 97 & 98 configuration of Sisters of Mercy is but a tedious and faint reflection of its former self. Victorian Night is recorded at the Brixton Academy in London last year. The recording consists of several unreleased tracks alongside of couple of interesting covers, as Pink Floyds Comfortably Numb and Beatles Come Together. Bur neither these songs nor the pleasing cover manages to salvage the altogether regretful impression. ---------------------------------- LORDS OF CHAOS - THE BLOODY RISE OF THE SATANIC METAL UNDERGROUND Book, M. Moynihan & D. Soderlind, Feral House, 226150mm, 370 pages. Rating 5 out of 5 This is without a doubt the best book that has ever been authored with reference to the subject of the Norwegian black-metal scene. Lords of Chaos recognizes the comprised church burnings', presents information on who murdered who and why, and imparts the setting on who the entire situation originated. The working exhibits an impressive quantity of research, which clearly exceeds the quality of any previous working related to the subject. Both sides of the scene get to speak their mind, and even Anton LaVey of Church of Satan is featured in brief section of the book. Lords of Chaos is a greatly rewarding work that also may be red by anyone that is interested but not yet aquatinted with the scene itself. It is lavishly illustrated and my rating is with out a doubt 5 out of five as one of the very best books this year. Feral House, 2532 Lincoln Blvd., #359, Venice, CA 90291, USA. WWW: http://www.feralhouse.com ---------------------------------- SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK - THE ULTIMATE 12" COLLECTION Sputnikworld Records, CD Rating 3 out of 5 The most entertaining aspect with this record is that Sigue Sigue Sputnik actually has decided to continue releasing records, despite the fact that this recording solely contains previously released material (except Atari Baby that was mixed in 1997). Musically, Sigue Sigue Sputnik sounds like a busted flipper, but it was never the music that was Sigue Sigue Sputniks greatest merit. But more appropriately their videos, the record covers, the wardrobe, the make up and the altogether demented & defying attitude. The greatest musical experiences on this record are Dancerama (Kashmir remix), Rio Rocks' (heavy), Jane Mansfield (extended) and 21st Century Boy (German remix). The Ultimate 12" Collection' is released in 1000 copies, out of which the first 300 are numbered and autographed. The sales are solely handled on the Internet, and all the information on how to order this recording is accessible on Sputnikworld's homepage. WWW: http://www.sputnikworld.ndirect.co.uk/ ---------------------------------- TIMOTHY LEARY - BEYOND LIFE WITH TIMOTHY LEARY Mouth Almighty, CD Rank: 4 (out of 5) Timothy Leary is the LSD guru that freely preached for the utilization of LSD, and who achieved an incredible cult status over the past 10 - 20 years. Naturally among drug liberals, but likewise throughout other groups of society. Most recordings that have been released lately are usually re-releases of old recordings from the early seventies, but this recording is actually comprised of essentially new material. Many titles includes Timothy Leary speaking to modern ambient music, which undoubtedly is more rewarding than the psychedelic exertions comprised throughout the older recordings. The exceptions are however 'Legend of a Mind', performed by the group Moody Blues (that is certainly all but ambient), A Tale of a Tribe (where Allan Ginsberg speaks about Timothy Leary) and Lion's Mouth' performed by Al Jourgensen of Ministry and friends). The latter is moreover a reworked version of Revolting Cocks song Gila Copter, with Timothy Leary on vocals. A song that is possible to find as part of the Revolting Cocks album 'Linger Ficken Good', which altogether is a very good record. I however recommend anybody who is interested in the works of Timothy Leary to read his books prior to buying any of his records; but in the event that you are still interested in Leary on record, this is absolutely his best recording. ---------------------------------- NOAM CHOMSKY & MEDIA CineMagi, Video Rank: 5 (out of 5) This movie was initially released with a somewhat longer title; 'Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the media', and is absolutely one of the best documentaries that has ever seen the light of day. It is a three-hour long, critical documentary on how the media controls and authorizes what the 'people'' shall be allowed to know and read. Noam Chomsky is an American writer, radical philosopher and professor in linguistics. The film literally bombards the viewer with swift cuts, which occasionally can make it hard for viewer to keep up with the pace. The film never gets tedious, but on the contrary you never wish for it to end. Noam Chomsky & media is a movie that needs to be viewed and experienced on several occasions, in attempt to conceive and remember everything that is told. It is a very significant film and one can only hope that TV has the good taste to broadcast it. ---------------------------------- JOHN WAYNE BOBBIT UNCUT Adult vision, Video Rank: 1 (out of 5) John Bobbit was the guy who suddenly got famous for getting his penis cut off by his ex-girlfriend. Following the penis's reattachment, the Americans decided on the incredible spectacle to cast him in a porn movie. A potential cult movie one could imagine, but the movie is as bad as it can get from beginning till end. Bobbit is such a looser that you almost start to feel sorry for him after a while. Uncut is about as much of a porn movie as what is regularly shown late nights' on Swedish public television. Bobbit can't get an erection and he is seemingly incapable of accomplishing anything close to a cum-shot. John Bobbit is nothing but a pathetic character with a lousy opinion of women, and the movie is not even worth buying for the most dedicated of collectors. Wacky thins are fun, but this is probably one of the worst movies I have encountered in a long, long time. Vision, Premier House, 77 Oxford St., London W1R 1RB, UK ............................................................................ 5.3. FIRST COUNTRIES TO HAVE TELEVISION * 1. UK............................................................1936 2. USA...........................................................1939 3. Former USSR...................................................1939 4. France........................................................1948 5. Brazil........................................................1950 6. Cuba..........................................................1950 7. Mexico........................................................1950 8. Argentina.....................................................1951 9. Denmark.......................................................1951 10. Netherlands..................................................1951 * High-definition regular public broadcasting service ............................................................................ 5.4. CHARLES MANSON LIKES SPICE GIRLS It's claimed that Charles Manson is obsessed with the Spice Girls, and has volunteered to have a lethal injection afterwards if the girl group would visit him in prison. ____________________________________________________________________________ You have the right to free speech as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it ____________________________________________________________________________ ..... v a r i o u s ........................................................ 6.1. ILLEGAL TO DISTRIBUTE THE SCIENTOLOGY BIBLE ON THE INTERNET The divisional court of Stockholm prohibits Zenon Panoussis, the man who exposed the Scientology bible in Sweden, to maintain his distribution of the Holy Scripture of Scientology to the public through the Internet. The prohibition is further connected with a commission fee of 50 000 SEK. Panoussis was sentenced to pay reimbursement for a total amount of 10 000 Swedish kronor to the Religious Technology Center (RTC), the scientology church's main organization in the USA, and to pay the church's litigation costs of approximately 1,2 million Swedish kronor. RTC demanded 7,6 million kronor in compensation, but the divisional court considered the legal representative of RTC to have utilized a needlessly extensive quantity of work into the case. The court refuted Panoussis claims' that parts of the matter should de dismissed. When Panoussis published the Holy Scriptures of the Scientology church on his homepage back in 1996, they became accessible to the public, which proposes a violation against the copyright of the RTC, reckons the court. RTC owns the rights to the scriptures, authored by the movement's founder L Ron Hubbard. The founding thesis of his teachings is that aliens live among mankind, impeding her evolution. According to the divisional court, RTC has determined that the scriptures never before have been published, making Panoussis publication illicit. New disciples of the church may instead gradually partake in the material by participating in expensive classes. Especially recognized are the deeds of Panoussis in October 1996 when he issued the bible of Scientology to the Swedish national parliament where it became a public act, available for each and everyone aspiring to partake in its content. The purpose of this deed was according to Panoussis to wake the question of legislating against the church of Scientology. The divisional court does however consider that this objective could have been accomplished without handing the documents to the Swedish national parliament. But doing so suggests a continuing violation of RTC's copyright, according to the court. - This is a great victory for us that we now have a ruling saying that it is illegal to spread our holy scriptures, says the information officer of the Scientology church Tarja Wulto to TT. But the church's problems yet remain. The bible is still available in the national parliament, and the ruling will hardly change this. But the scriptures are not solely available there, but likewise in the government and at the justice chancellor's office, where one may still partake in the documents. The government once decided to classify the documents after pressure from the USA, but this decision was nullified by the national court in June this year. Since April this year a national evaluation committee is evaluating whether or not the public's right to partake in public records should be diminished when they simultaneously affects someone else's copyright. It is first due to be completed in September the year 2000. ............................................................................ 6.2. HOW YOU MAY ORDER THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYS SECRET BIBLE The Scientology bible that the church of Scientology wishes to prohibit may still be ordered completely legal in Sweden. A complete copy of the working (203 pages) may be ordered at the costs of 436 SEK + p & p. Or you may even come by and pick up the copy yourself if you are in Stockholm; and in which case you are not required to impart either your name or your address. Delivery time is approximately 1 hour. Telephone number +46 8 405 10 00 (ask to be connected to the archives) At the time of placing your order you solely ask for a copy of the Scientology bible. Everybody at the justice department knows what it is about; believe me. Order you copy today; tomorrow it could be illegal.... :) ............................................................................ 6.3. HOW YOU MAY DOWNLOAD THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYS SECRET BIBLE All secret files; OTs (Operating Thetans) and NOTs (New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans) can be downloaded from this ftp-adress: ftp://ftp.kacst.edu.sa/pub/incoming/scn-texts/ ............................................................................ 6.4. LINKS TO THE UNDERGROUND Bert is Evil......................................................... http://www.mz.uni-essen.de/usr/frost/bert/bert.htm We have reason to believe that Bert of Sesame Street is evil Lesbians Against Boredom............................................. http://www.keyway.net/~cyberzoe/labofsocal Who wants to be bored? ............................................................................ 6.5. LAST WORDS *** "As long as there is a vision there are thousands of things to do, only the imagination will set the limit" *** Pop superstar MICHAEL JACKSON has bought two bottles of champagne for the bargain price of just $152,800!! The pop superstar bought two bottles of V1, which come in bottles made of 18 carat gold, diamonds and crystal. The bottles are then placed in a walnut box which can only be opened by a gold, ruby and diamond key. *** "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler *** Too much sex, too little drugs - Subject about Astra in The Economist ..... n e x t i s s u e ................................................... FNA-i #3 will be available at the beginning of next year. ____________________________________________________________________________ F L A S H B A C K N E W S A G E N C Y f r e e s p e e c h o n l i n e ---------------------------------- x