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Vsebina tiskovne konference 20.12.2010 o pomembnih novostih WikiLeaks.si/ Contents of 20 December, 2010 press conference on important news about WikiLeaks.si
Vsebina tiskovne konference o pomembnih novosti Wikileaks.si, ki bodo odmevale doma in po svetu/ Press conference headlines on Wikileaks.si that will reverberate in Slovenia and abroad
Vsebina tiskovne konference neprofitne fundacije Vallant.si in WikiLeaks.si o pomembnih novostih WikiLeaks.si z dne 20.12.2010 v Narodnem domu, Maribor/ Contents of press conference of Vallant.si, the non-profit foundation, and WikiLeaks.si on important news about WikiLeaks.si from 20 December, 2010, Narodni dom, Maribor, Slovenia.
Maribor, Slovenija 20-12-2010Spoštovani, Kot ustanovitelj neprofitne, neodvisne in privatne fundacije/zavoda Vallant.si in WikiLeaks.si vam z velikim veseljem sporočam, da Slovenija in svet doživljata pomembne spremembe na področjih svobode izražanja, pretoka informacij in novinarstva, pravne in socialne države. Preden nadaljujem, bi povabil predstavnika Mednarodne skupnosti Oporečnik, da organizaciji WikiLeaks podeli priznanje "Oporečnik" leta 2010. Po končani tiskovni konferenci vam bova oba na razpolago za vprašanja. WikiLeaks svetu daje natančno tisto, kar nujno potrebuje, namreč civilni družbeni nadzor, revolucionarne spremembe na področju svobode izražanja, informacij in novinarstva. Na verodostojen in neodvisen način, ki je varen za vir informacij, saj mu zagotavlja anonimnost, odkriva vojne zločine, vsakovrstna kazniva dejanja, kršenje človekovih pravic, oblastne nepravilnosti, egoistično in arogantno delovanje velikih sil, organizacij in posameznikov. Tistih, ki se v svetu obnašajo kot prislovični slon v trgovini s porcelanom. Svet gledajo kot lastno samopostrežno, kjer lahko brezplačno in nekaznovano počnejo, kar želijo, ne glede na lokalne in mednarodne zakone in norme, in posledice za druge. Čas je, da WikiLeaks nadgradimo, lokaliziramo, približamo ljudem v vsaki državi na svetu, tudi v Sloveniji. Odločili smo se, da v Sloveniji ne postavimo samo zrcalnega strežnika WikiLeaks s slovensko domeno WikiLeaks.si v slovenskem prevodu, ampak ponudimo celostno enakovredno lokalno storitev. To pomeni, da smo zmožni anonimno in varno sprejemati skrivne dokumente, ki razkrivajo zgoraj navedene nepravilnosti v družbi. Posredovali jih bomo enemu izmed največjih slovenskih časopisov in kredibilnim tujim medijem, najprej tistim, ki že sodelujejo z WikiLeaks. Mediji morajo delovati in objavljati na kredibilen, strokovno neoporečen način, neodvisno od vseh političnih, profitnih, interesnih in drugih vplivov; znati morajo analizirati, filtrirati, zaščititi imena in priimke nedolžnih omenjanih in virov, sodelovati z nami in koordinirati objave. Projekt WikiLeaks.si se je začel 04.12.2010. Pri njem sodeluje mreža posameznikov iz tujine in iz Slovenije. Do danes smo delali tako rekoč neprekinjeno noč in dan, da vam lahko danes predstavili delujoč, online projekt. Na žalost dandanes niti v Sloveniji ni več mogoče takega projekta uresničiti brezplačno, svoje pa naredijo tudi strah, pritiski oblasti, ameriške diplomacije, ozko gledanje ljudi zgolj nase in na osebne koristi. Od stotih slovenskih ponudnikov spletnega gostovanja sta se bila samo dva najmanjša pripravljena pogovarjati z mano. Rezultat je zaenkrat zgolj delujoča domena, ki kaže na wikileaks.nl, in kot rezerva, na Mladinin strežnik. Slovenski prevod vseh glavnih strani razen depeš in vojaških dnevnikov je bil končan včeraj. Imamo tehnologijo, znanje in sposobnosti, ki so potrebne za postavitev celostne storitve WikiLeaks.si v slovenščini v najkrajšem možnem času, vendar brez strežnika in povezave na Internet ne gre. Od prejšnjega tedna potekajo razgovori z največjimi slovenskimi časniki, s potencialnimi aktivisti, podporniki in donatorji. Vendar vse to ni dovolj za dosego zadanega cilja: potrebujemo vašo pomoč in pomoč vseh, doma in v tujini. Prosimo vas in vse slovenske in tuje medije, da posredujete naš poziv k pomoči, in da nam pomagate. Kaj najbolj potrebujemo? Najmanj en (rabili jih bomo več, na različnih lokacijah, to pa iz varnostnih razlogov) odvisen, stabilen fizični spletni strežnik z najmanj 10GB prostora, neodvisno, stabilno optično povezavo na Internet najmanj 50/50MB, ocenjen prenos podatkov od najmanj 20-30GB z možnostjo takojšne nadgradnje vseh zmogljivosti. Strežnik mora biti varen pred napadi, pritiski in oblastnimi poskusi odklopa. Tehnične zahteve za postavitev zrcala so enakovredne WikiLeaks-ovim, le da potrebuje več prostora in varen IRC strežnik. Vse podrobnosti najdete tukaj http://www.wikileaks.si/Mass-mirroring-Wikileaks.html. Potrebujemo pa tudi predane slovenske strokovnjake in aktiviste, ki so pripravljeni brezplačno sodelovati z nami, posvetiti projektu svoj čas in energijo na vseh potrebnih področjih, ne glede na morebitne grožnje, pritiske oblasti ali celo kazenski pregon. Posebej nujno potrebujemo strokovnjake na naslednjih področjih: računalničarje na strežniškem, varnostnem, hekerskem področju in področju urejanja spletnih straneh; ekonomske/marketinške strokovnjake za odnose z javnostmi in mediji, za zbiranje domačih in mednarodnih finančnih sredstev, bilančno računovodske zadeve; novinarske strokovnjake pri analizi, filtriranju, urejanju ter objavi dokumentov; pravne strokovnjake za vsa pravna vprašanja in obrambo pred morebitnimi pritiski in pregonom, prevajalce in lektorje; aktiviste za administrativna dela, vnašanje naših vsebin na naše spletne strani, na socialna omrežja, za širjenje informacij o nas, po potrebi za javno demonstriranje v prid našim ciljem. Najbolj zavzete, predane in učinkovite sodelavce bomo takoj, ko bomo imeli dovolj velik in reden dotok finančnih sredstev, tudi zaposlili. Postavitev in upravljanje takšnega projekta v najkrajšem možnem času je zelo težka in zahtevna naloga, še posebej, če poteka kot prostovoljna dejavnost na lastne stroške, v prostem času, ob delu, ki ga moraš opravljati za preživetje. Osebno sem zadnja leta ves svoj čas, energijo in denar namenjal neprofitnim naravovarstvenim in družbeno koristnim projektom, s katerimi sem se občasno pojavljal v medijih. Podpirale so me samo najbližje osebe, ki so verjele vame in v moje cilje; razen občasnih pohval, pogostih groženj in osebnega zadovoljstva, da počnem nekaj dobrega, nisem imel od tega nič. Finančno sem prišel tako daleč, da si ne morem več privoščiti najema takšnega strežnika in drugih stroškov, povezanih s tem projektom. Ta projekt bo uresničen v vsakem primeru, samo od vas pa je odvisno, ali ga bomo imeli v najkrajšem možnem času, ali pa bomo zanj porabili dosti več časa. Obstajajo tri možnosti pridobivanja sredstev: zbiranje donacij od posameznikov doma in v tujini, ali sponzorstvo katere od večjih neodvisnih organizacij ali medija. Tretja možnost je, da sam večino svojega časa in energije za WikiLeaks.si posvetim služenju denarja z neprofitnimi, družbeno koristnimi storitvami, ki so navedene na http://vallant.si. Ob tem moram poudariti, da bomo vedno popolnoma neodvisni od države, politike, profitnih in osebnih interesov. Če pride do takšne vrste podpore in sodelovanja, bo naša popolna neodvisnost in svoboda delovanja tudi pravno definirana. Stroški najema zgolj ene internetne povezave in strežnika bi znašali med 300 in 400€ mesečno. Po našem mnenju ta projekt zahteva najmanj dve stalno zaposleni osebi. Pri minimalni neto plači 1.500€ za delo z dolgim in nereguliranim delovnim časom, kjer tvegaš svojo glavo in prihodnost za dobrobit družbe, znesejo minimalni stroški za dve plači, strežnik in ostale stroške med 6.600 in 8.300€ mesečno. Pri sebi imam vse papirje, ki so potrebni za registracijo privatnega neprofitnega Zavoda Vallant, Zavoda za družbeno koristne akcije, storitve in projekte, ustanovni kapital je položen in začasni račun odprt. Še danes, po tiskovni konferenci, bom na sodnem registru vložil zahtevo za registracijo. Prosil bi vas za pomoč in nadzor procesa registracije, da ga država in birokracija ne bi ovirali, da bo zaključen v najkrajšem možnem času. Upam, da nam bo uspelo, in bomo lahko prejemali donacije in 0,5 % dohodnin na naš transakcijski račun. Trenutno lahko sprejemamo donacije samo na moj osebni račun; če bo kaka nevladna neprofitna organizacija priskočila na pomoč in začasno zbirala donacije in dohodnine ter nam jih posredovala v celotnem znesku, je to tudi opcija. Dosedanji poskusi tovrstnega dogovora pri nevladnikih so bili neuspešni. Ko bo ta faza slovenskega WikiLeaks zaključena in bo sistem deloval, sledi prevajanje, brezplačen prenos tehnologije, lokaliziranje, t.j. pridobivanje lokalnih medijev najprej v najbližjih državah bivše Jugoslavije, srednje in vzhodne Evrope, Balkana in vsega sveta. O naši samostojni ponudbi in pripravljenosti na takšno sodelovanje sem obvestil tudi centralo WikiLeaks. Znano je, da so sami razmišljali o tem in so postopoma, v skladu z svojimi možnostmi, širili svoj projekt, imajo nekaj prevodov, in trenutno sodelujejo s petimi mediji po svetu. Pojavljajo se že tudi druge spontane lokalizacije, kot npr. v Indoneziji. Vem, da vas večino najbolj zanimajo objave ameriških depeš, ki se nanašajo na Slovenijo, ter prve lokalne koordinirane objave dnevnega svežnja depeš, kot jo ima npr. Guardian. Tudi glede tega sem kontaktiral WikiLeaks, poudaril potrebo po tem v vsem svetu in v Sloveniji ter ponudil pomoč pri vzpostavitvi teh procesov. Zavedati se pa moramo, da je v svetovnem merilu trenutna pomembnost Slovenije majhna, zanje nismo prioriteta. Le kadar sta naša zgodba in projekt dovolj zanimiva za globalno javnost, jo objavijo in so pripravljeni na sodelovanje. Najprej bomo morali postaviti kompletno slovensko storitev WikiLeaks.si, če hočemo, da nas bodo vsi resno jemali in sodelovali z nami. Če ne bo pozitivnega odgovora na ponudbe o sodelovanju, bomo šli s projektom naprej sami. Bistveno je, da se po vsem svetu lokalna znanja, povezave in sposobnosti povežejo v koordiniran, mednaroden, globalen, neprofiten, družbeno koristen projekt. Le tako lahko vsi skupaj v najkrajšem možnem času dosežemo lokalne in globalne spremembe ter s tem vzpostavimo sistem, ki ga ni mogoče pregnati in odklopiti. Najpomembnejša področja mednarodnega sodelovanja so prevajanje, medsebojna izmenjava datotek z skrivnimi dokumenti, navzkrižno preverjanje s strani medijev, in izmenjava tehnologij in izboljšav. Julian Assange je trenutno na svobodi, vendar postopki proti njemu niso zaustavljeni in mu še vedno grozijo. Organizacija WikiLeaks je postala zelo močna, 2194-krat zrcaljena po vsem svetu, tako da ni neposredno ogrožena, čeprav se bodo pritiski, pregoni in oviranje nadaljevali. Bistvena je moč Interneta in socialnih omrežij, ki so jo v prejšnjih dnevih čutili vsi, ki ovirajo organizacijo in gibanje. V primeru resne grožnje ali odločitve Velike Britanije o izročitvi Assangea Švedski ali ZDA bi sledil socialno omrežni, potrošniški in hekerski odziv nepredstavljivih razmerij, ki bi navedene države spravil na kolena. Mi bomo vedno delovali neodvisno, neprofitno, legalno, demokratično, transparentno in nenasilno, ne podpiramo nasilja in hekerskih napadov, vendar si pridržujemo pravico, da pozovemo ljudi, naj varujejo WikiLeaks, naj ne podpirajo izdelkov, storitev in držav, ki škodijo WikiLeaks, ki uničujejo našo družbo, ljudi in naravo. Domnevnega posredovalca skrivnih podatkov Bradleya Manninga ameriške oblasti mučijo in je v zelo slabem stanju, na povezavi lahko podpišete peticijo v njegovo podporo in se seznanite s podrobnostmi. Če se nemudoma ne prekine z mučenjem, poskrbi za nego in takojšen pošten sodni postopek in proces, bomo prisiljeni pozvati socialna omrežja k njegovi zaščiti. V zalivu mesta Taiji na Japonskem se še vedno vsakodnevno dogajajo neverjetna grozodejstva in masakri in zasužnjevanje delfinov, ne glede na katastrofalne posledice za njihovo populacijo: več na http://www.seashephe rd.org/dolphins/cove-guardian-reports/. Vse to zato, da majhna kriminalna in koruptna skupina ljudi ustvarja enormne profite na njihov račun, namesto da bi živeli od poštenih vodenih opazovanj delfinov. Povejte in pokažite jim, da imate tega dovolj, zaščitite nedolžne delfine, ki so med najinteligentnejšimi bitji na svetu! Japonska država in podjetja ne naredijo nič, tolerirajo pokol. Vedeti, da nekdo počne grozodejstva in zločine in nič storiti, da to zaustavite in preprečite, je enako, kot da ste sami udeleženi v zločinu! Pošiljajte jim vsak dan jasno sporočilo svojega nestrinjanja, tako dolgo, dokler ne zaustavijo pokola, ne kupujte japonskih izdelkov, na vseh je kri nedolžnih kitov in delfinov! Vsakodnevno kličite in pišite japonski ambasadi (Tel: +386-1-200 8281 oz. 8282, Fax: +386-1-251 1822, E-mail: info@embjp.si)! To ni edini projekt, na katerem delamo. Če družba in država sami nista sposobni zagotoviti nadzora nad hudimi nepravilnostmi v družbi, ga mora prevzeti civilna družba kot združenje osveščenih posameznikov in organizacij. Če ni pregona kaznivih dejanj, kršenja zakonodaje in človekovih pravic, ga bo prevzel civilno družbeni tožilec. Če ni zagotavljanja novih delovnih mest in človeka vrednih plač, bo pri tem začela pomagati samoorganizirana civilna družba. Če ni alternative profitnemu neoliberalizmu kapitalizmu divjega zahoda, bo civilna družba poskrbela za neprofitno alternativo, ki bo človeški pohlep izrinila iz trga. Več o tem drugič. Zahvaljujem se za pomoč in podporo vsem, ki nam pomagajo, posebej odlični prevajalski in lektorski ekipi, ter medijem za pozornost, pomoč in poročanje o nas! | Dear all, as the founder of the non-profit, independent and private foundation Vallant.si and WikiLieaks.si, it is my privilege to report that Slovenia, and the world, are about to experience important changes concerning freedom of speech, information and journalism, and the very concept of rule of law and welfare state. First, I would like to invite the representative of the Opposer international community to award to WikiLeaks the title of Opposer of the year 2010. After the press conference, we shall both be available for your questions. WikiLeaks gives to the world exactly what is most direly needed: civil surveillance, the revolutionary changes in freedom of speech, information and journalism. It reveals, in ways that are credible, independent, and source-safe, war crimes, felonies, violations of human rights, the egotistical and arrogant comportment of state power, organizations and powerful individuals, in short, all those that believe they can behave with the world as the proverbial elephant in the china store; those who treat the world as self-service wherein they can do, free of charge, anything at will, regardless of local and international law and norms, and consequences. It is now time for WikiLeaks to upgrade, localize, and make its contents and services accessible to all the people in the world, and in Slovenia. It was our decision not only to set up a mirror server with a Slovenian-language WikiLeaks domain, but to establish a complete local service. This means anonymous and safe reception of secret documents which reveal the aforementioned aberrations in the society of today, with simultaneous expediting of these materials to the largest Slovenian media houses, and the most reputable foreign ones, starting with the ones already in cooperation with WikiLeaks. The media have to work and publish in credible, professional, and independent ways, exercising their freedom from all political, profit-run, interest and other influences. They need, however, to analyze and filter out names to protect the sources and the integrity of innocent individuals implicated, and publish the information in coordination with us. The WikiLeaks.si project was launched on 4 December 2010 by a network of people from Slovenia and from abroad. Up to this moment, we worked literally around the clock in order to present the work to you online today. Unfortunately, no such project can nowadays be executed free of charge even in Slovenia, the fears, pressure from the authorities and the American diplomacy notwithstanding. Out of a hundred Slovenian providers of web hosting, only two smallest ones were inclined to talk to me about leasing server space for free, but at the end not willing to provide the server. The result is only an active domain that links to wikileaks.nl, and auxiliary, to the Mladina server. The Slovenian translation of all main pages with the exception of cables and military diaries was completed yesterday. We have the technology, knowledge and ability to set up a complete WikiLeaks service in Slovenian in the shortest time possible, but we cannot do it without a server and an internet connection. For the past week, we have been in negotiation with the major Slovenian dailies, potential activists, supporters and donors. Yet more is needed in order to accomplish our goals: we need your help and the help of all in Slovenia and abroad. We are asking all the people and all the media, Slovenian and foreign, to help disseminate our call for assistance. What we need most is at least one (to begin with; more will be needed subsequently in various locations for safety reasons) stable physical web server with a minimum of 10 GB capacity, a stable, independent optical link to internet with a minimum of speed of 50/50 MB, an estimated 20-30 GB data transfer capability, with the option of immediate upgrade of all capacities. It has to be attack-proof and safe from all legal attempts at disconnection. The technical requirements for setting up a mirror server are the same as WikiLeaks demands, except that larger storage space, and a safe IRC server are required, and can be found here http://www.wikileaks.si/Mass-mirroring-Wikileaks.html. We also need dedicated individuals, professionals and activists who are willing to work with us as volunteers, and ready to dedicate their time and energy to the project in diverse fields, regardless of possible threats or even criminal prosecution. Especially needed are professionals in the following fields: computing specialists for servers, safety, hacking procedures and setup of websites; journalists knowledgeable in data analysis, filtering, editing and publishing the documents; economists/marketing specialists for PR, fundraising at home and abroad, and accounting; legal experts in matters of general law and criminal prosecution; translators and proof-readers, activists for administrative work, website editing, social network dissemination, data dissemination, and public demonstration if needed. The most efficient and dedicated coworkers we will seek to employ on a regular basis as soon as we can concentrate enough financial means. Setting up and administering a project like this one under such time constraints is extremely difficult and demanding. Even more so if it is done on voluntary basis, at oneʼs own expenses, and in addition to a regular job, which is necessary for survival. In last years I have dedicated all my time, energy and money to non-profit, conservationist and socially beneficial projects, that I occasionally presented in the media. I enjoyed only the support of closest people who believed in me and my goals. With the exception of occasional praises, frequent threats and personal satisfaction, knowing that I am doing the right thing, I have never benefited from it. Financially, I have depleted my resources to such an extent that I cannot afford to rent the needed server and cover the projectʼs other collateral costs. The project will be implemented in any case, but whether this is done in the shortest possible time or much longer down the road, is up to you. There are three possibilities to raise funds: collect donations from individual donors at home and abroad or secure a sponsorship from one of the large independent or media organizations. The third option would be to dedicate my time and energy to earn money with non-profit socially beneficial services, described at http://vallant.si. I wish to underline at this occasion that we shall remain entirely independent from any government, political, financial and personal interests. If it comes any kind of sponsorship and cooperation, our absolute independence and freedom of action will be contractually guaranteed. Renting a single internet connection and the server would cost 300 to 400€ monthly. We believe that the project requires at least two full-time employees, dedicated to work long hours for a minimum net salary of 1500€, and risk their skin for the future and wellbeing of the society. Keeping our expenses at a minimum, the costs for two salaries, the server and other charges will still require a monthly income of 6.000 to 8.300€. I have here with me all the documents needed to register the private non-profit Institute Vallant, Institute for socially beneficial activities, services and projects. Initial funds have been made available and the temporary bank account has been opened. Immediately after this press conference today, I will lodge the request for registration at the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver. I wish to solicit your help in overseeing the registration process in order to avoid any hinderance from the government and bureaucracy, and complete the procedure as soon as possible. I hope that we will be successful and soon able to receive 0.5 percent of the income taxes to our current account. At the moment we are only able to receive donations to my personal bank account. If a NGOs could help us and collect donations and the income tax percentage on our behalf, transferring the full amount to us, that would also be an option. Until now, our attempts at reaching this kind of an agreement with the NGOs have not been successful. Once this phase of Slovenian WikiLeaks is completed and we have a functioning system, we will continue with translations, free transfer of technology, localization, that is, recruitment of local media, first in the countries of former Yugoslavia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the rest of the world. I informed the central WikiLeaks about our independent offer and our willingness to cooperate. It is a known fact that they have already been thinking about progressively expanding their project and they offer some translations. They currently cooperate with five international media organizations. Other spontaneous localizations have already appeared, for example, in Indonesia. I know that you Slovenian media is especially interested in the publication of the US cables from Slovenia and the first local coordinated publications of the daily batches of WikiLeaks cables, such as those published by the Guardian, for example. I have contacted WikiLeaks with this request, underlined the need for those cables, both internationally and in Slovenia, and offered assistance in establishing those processes. We do need to be aware of the fact that Slovenia is relatively unimportant, seen from a global perspective, and we are therefore not a priority. Only if our story and our project are sufficiently interesting for the global public, they will publish it and express their readiness for cooperation. In order to be taken seriously we will need to put in place a complete Slovenian service WikiLeaks.si. Only then, others will be willing to cooperate with us. Should our offer of cooperation fail to elicit a positive response, we will continue the project on our own. What matters is that local knowledges, networks and skills around the world connect into a coordinated, international, global, non-profit, and socially beneficial project. This is the only way for us all to achieve local and global change as quickly as possible and therefore establish a system that cannot be driven away or switched off. The most important areas of international cooperation are: translating, exchanges of secret files, comparative examination of documents by the media, and exchanges of technologies and improvements. Julian Assange is presently free, but he is still threatened by the legal proceedings against him. WikiLeaks has become a very strong organization with 2194 mirror sites around the world. It is therefore not directly threatened although pressures, attacks and obstructions are likely to continue. The power of the Internet and social networks is crucial and it has been felt in the past days by all those who obstruct the organization and the movement. A serious threat or a decision by the UK extradite Assange to Sweden or to the US, would provoke a reaction by social networks, consumers and hackers of such an unimaginable scope that it would bring those countries to their knees. We shall always act independently, non-profit, legally, democratically, transparently and without resorting to violence. We do not approve of violence and hacker attacks, but we reserve the right to appeal to people to protect WikiLeaks and to withdraw their support from products, services and governments that harm WikiLeaks, destroy our society, people, and nature. Bradley Manning, who presumably leaked the secret files has been tortured by the US authorities. He is in a very poor shape and if you follow the link you can find out more about his case and sign a petition in his favor. Unless the torture is not discontinued immediately, and nurture and a fair trial are provided, we shall be forced to engage the social networks to Manningʼs protection. In the bay of the Japanese town Taiji, incredible massacres and violence is perpetrated daily on the population of dolphins that are forcibly trained. For more, see http://www.seashepherd.org/dolphins/cove-guardian-reports/. All this because a small, criminal and corrupt group of people is making enormous profits on the account of the dolphins instead of living on honest and fair touring the dolphin populated areas. Tell them and show them that enough is enough, join in to protect the dolphins who are one of this planetʼs most intelligent life forms. The state of Japan and its business firms continue to do nothing aside to tolerating the massacre. To know about a horrible crime and do nothing about it is tantamount to being an accomplice. Send them your message daily, keep telling them of your disagreement as long as it takes, call them daily, do not buy Japanese products as they are all made for the price of the blood of innocent whales and dolphins! Call and mail the Japanese embassy (T: +386-1-200 8281 / 8282, F: +386-1-251 1822, E: info@embjp .si)! This is not our only project. When the state and the society are themselves incapable of reigning in the irregularities, the civil society needs to take over as the community of conscientious individuals and organizations. When crime, breach of legality, and human rights violation is not prosecuted, a civil society prosecutor must take over. When work opportunities are not being created and do not provide a decent living to the employed, the self-organized civil society needs to intervene. When there is no alternative to profit-driven neoliberal capitalism of Wild West type, the civil society must ensure a non-profit alternative fighting the greed off the market. More on this another time. I would like to express my gratitude to all who help us, especially to the excellent translator and proof-reading team, and to the media for the coverage given to our work. 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