【好書耕読】民主主義に新しい命を吹き込むために=𠮷原 功(JCJ代表委員)

2 months 1 week ago
 暉峻淑子さんは、近著「承認をひらくー新・人権宣言」(岩波書店)の「おわりに」で次のように書いている。「私が本を書きたいと思う動機には・・・社会の中に、深いひずみが生じて、周りから悲鳴をあげる声が聞こえ、私の心がその悲鳴に共振するときでした」と。 「悲鳴の声」が筆者に届き、「深いひずみ」を素早く感得できるのは筆者が常に社会を凝視し、虐げられた人々、マイノリティに温かい目を注いでいるからであろう。そればかりではない。筆者はしばしば市民・民衆のなかに飛び込みその声を聞き、多様で複..
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[B] 経済成長の深部を描く中国映画『飛昇』FLY TO TRNCSEND(1) 経済大国とAI帝国が出会った深センで何が起こったか  稲垣 豊

2 months 2 weeks ago
2010年、中国深センにあるiPhoneの巨大製造工場「富士康Foxconn(フォックスコン)」で13人もの若い労働者が、宿舎の屋上などから飛び降り自殺する事件が13件も相次ぎました。ドキュメント映画《飛昇》は、2010年に飛び降り自殺した13人のうち何とか命を取り留めた17歳の田玉さんを撮った作品で、2014年に私家版として公開されました。iPhoneがどのような過酷な労働者管理下で製造されているのか、そしてそこで働く労働者らの心の声が記録されています。
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The Real Monsters of Street Level Surveillance

2 months 2 weeks ago

Safe trick-or-treating this Halloween means being aware of the real monsters of street-level surveillance. You might not always see these menaces, but they are watching you. The real-world harms of these terrors wreak havoc on our communities. Here, we highlight just a few of the beasts. To learn more about all of the street-level surveillance creeps in your community, check out our even-spookier resource, sls.eff.org

If your blood runs too cold, take a break with our favorite digital rights legends— the Encryptids.

The Face Stealer

Careful where you look. Around any corner may loom the Face Stealer, an arachnid mimic that captures your likeness with just a glance. Is that your mother in the woods? Your roommate down the alley? The Stealer thrives on your dread and confusion, luring you into its web. Everywhere you go, strangers and loved ones alike recoil, convinced you’re something monstrous. Survival means adapting to a world where your face is no longer yours—it’s a lure for the horror that claimed it.

The Real Monster

Face recognition technology (FRT) might not jump out at you, but the impacts of this monster are all too real. EFF wants to banish this monster with a full ban on government use, and prohibit companies from feeding on this data without permission. FRT is a tool for mass surveillance, snooping on protesters, and deepening social inequalities.

Three-eyed Beast

Freeze! In your weakest moment, you may  encounter the Three-Eyed Beast—and you don’t want to make any sudden movements. As it snarls, its third eye cracks open and sends a chill through your soul. This magical gaze illuminates your every move, identifying every flaw and mistake. The rest of the world is shrouded in darkness as its piercing squeals of delight turn you into a spectacle—sometimes calling in foes like the Face Stealer. The real fear sets in when the eye closes once more, leaving you alone in the shadows as you realize its gaze was the last to ever find you. 

The Real Monster

Body-worn cameras are marketed as a fix for police transparency, but instead our communities get another surveillance tool pointed at us. Officers often decide when to record and what happens to the footage, leading to selective use that shields misconduct rather than exposes it. Even worse, these cameras can house other surveillance threats like Face Recognition Technology. Without strict safeguards, and community control of whether to adopt them in the first place, these cameras do more harm than good.

Shrapnel Wraith

If you spot this whirring abomination, it’s likely too late. The Shrapnel Wraith circles, unleashed on our most under-served and over-terrorized communities. This twisted heap of bolts and gears, puppeted by spiteful spirits into this gestalt form of a vulture. It watches your most private moments, but don’t mistake it for a mere voyeur; it also strikes with lethal force. Its junkyard shrapnel explodes through the air, only for two more vultures to rise from the wreckage. Its shadow swallows the streets, its buzzing sinking through your skin. Danger is circling just overhead.

The Real Monster

Drones and robots give law enforcement constant and often unchecked surveillance power. Frequently equipped with tools like high-definition cameras, heat sensors, and license plate readers, these products can extend surveillance into seemingly private spaces like one’s own backyard.  Worse, some can be armed with explosives and other weapons making them a potentially lethal threat.  Drone and robot use must have strong protections for people’s privacy, and we strongly oppose arming them with any weapons.

Doorstep Creep

Candy-seekers, watch which doors you ring this Halloween, as the Doorstep Creep lurks  at more and more homes. Slinking by the door, this ghoul fosters fear and mistrust in communities, transforming cozy entries into a fortress of suspicion. Your visit feels judged, unwanted, and in a shadow of loathing. As you walk away,  slanderous whispers echo in the home and down the street. You are not welcome here. Doors lock, blinds close, and the Creeps' dark eyes remind you of how alone you are.

The Real Monster

Community Surveillance Apps come in many forms, encouraging the adoption of more home security devices like doorway cameras, smart doorbells, and more crowd-sourced surveillance apps. People come to these apps out of fear and only find more of the same, with greater public paranoia, racial gatekeeping, and even vigilante violence. EFF believes the makers of these platforms should position them away from crime and suspicion and toward community support and mutual aid. 

Foggy Gremlin

Be careful where you step for this scavenger. The Foggy Gremlin sticks to you like a leech, and envelopes you in a psychedelic mist to draw in large predators. You can run, but no longer hide, as the fog spreads and grows denser. Anywhere you go, and anywhere you’ve been is now a hunting ground. As exhaustion sets in, a world once open and bright has become narrow, dark, and sinister.

The Real Monster

Real-time location tracking is a chilling mechanism that enables law enforcement to monitor individuals through data bought from brokers, often without warrants or oversight. Location data, harvested from mobile apps, can be weaponized to conduct area searches that expose sensitive information about countless individuals, the overwhelming majority of whom are innocent. We oppose this digital dragnet and advocate for legislation like the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act to protect individuals from such tracking.

Street Level Surveillance

Fight the monsters in your community

Rory Mir

【出版イベント】第50回出版研究集会:トークイベント─「ひろがる出版」の現在地

2 months 2 weeks ago
 <デジタル化、コンテンツビジネス化が進む現在地から出版産業のゆくえを展望する>トークセッション:植村八潮さん(専修大学教授)+橋場一郎さん(株式会社KADOKAWA 執行役 Chief Digital Officer) コロナ禍を経て、出版産業の二極化がますます顕著になっている。大手出版社がコンテンツビジネスを機動力に、空前の利益をあげる一方で、紙の書籍を柱にする多くの小・零細出版社は厳しい経営状況に置かれ、廃業する書店も後を絶たない。 デジタル化は、情報アクセシビリティを..
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[B] 「立つ鳥跡を濁す」【西サハラ最新情報】  平田伊都子

2 months 2 weeks ago
偽善者ほどウザッタイ存在はありません。 詐欺師の偽善者は、人がどうなろうと自分さえ<いい人>の体裁を繕っていればいいのだから、後は野となれ山となれで、逃げていきます。 偽善者バイデンは、ネタニヤフに匹敵する<ウザッタイ存在>です。 稀代の偽善者と稀代の殺人鬼が共謀するジェノサイド・虐殺を、あらゆる手段を駆使して、一刻も早く止めさせましょう、、
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[B] 衆院選、あす投開票 野党共闘を支える市民活動家の思い

2 months 2 weeks ago
第50回衆議院議員総選挙の投開票が、明日に迫った。野党にとっては、裏金事件で世間の批判を浴びる自民党を追い落とす好機だ。投開票前の24日、都内各地域において野党統一候補の擁立を目指す市民連合組織「市民と野党をつなぐ会@東京」の共同代表・鈴木国夫さんが、参議院議員会館内において、野党共闘がつくられた経緯や共闘に対する自身の思いを語った。主催は「平和をつくり出す宗教者ネット」。(岩中健介)
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[B] ジェノサイド下のガザを描く映画『ガザからの報告』 土井敏邦監督 10月26日から劇場上映

2 months 2 weeks ago
イスラエルとパレスチナの取材を30年以上にわたって続けてきた映像ジャーナリストの土井敏邦監督が、激動のガザの記録を2部構成でまとめたドキュメンタリー『ガザからの報告』が10月26日から東京で、11月6日から大阪で劇場上映されます。(大野和興)
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