[Peace-discuss] Yes Lab: "Total Terrorism Solution" at European Parliament

[Stuart Levy]

Subject:
"Total terrorism solution" at European Parliament
From:
"Andy Bichlbaum" <andy at asb.yeslab.org>
Date:
1/12/16 9:41 AM

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January 12, 2016

*"TOTAL TERRORISM SOLUTION" AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT*
*/Hoax highlights failures of military approaches to terrorism/*

Photos, video, and talk text: www.yeslab.org/parliament 
<http://yeslab.org/parliament>
Contact: info at theyesmen.org

Today in the European Parliament in Brussels, a "defense and security 
consultant" (actually Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men, working together 
with Greek MEP Stelios Kouloglou) presented an "industrial solution to 
terrorism" <http://yeslab.org/parliament-talk> which—unlike all other 
military and security solutions—is guaranteed to actually work

During the presentation <http://yeslab.org/parliament-talk>, Bichlbaum 
described the failures of military action, drone operations, 
assassinations, surveillance, and policing to reduce terrorism in any 
way—before presenting the "solution" 
<http://yeslab.org/parliament-media>: a fully-defended orb called the 
"ENDURAsphere," that gives well-heeled citizens the ability to outlast 
any terrorist attack. The audience, which included media, members of the 
public, and several MEPs, asked over 10 minutes' worth of questions.

"This hoax was about highlighting that there really is no solution to 
terrorism within the defense and security paradigm," said Bichlbaum. 
"Military 'solutions' backfire badly."

Bichlbaum wore a colonial-era moustache 
<http://yeslab.org/parliament-media>. "Any 'solution' to terrorism that 
doesn't take colonial history into account is bound to fail completely," 
said Bichlbaum. "From the parcelling of the Middle East after WWI to the 
invasion of Iraq by the US, there are reasons things are as they are."

Speaking to press after the event, MEP Kouloglou 
<https://www.google.be/search?q=MEP+Stelios+Kouloglou>highlighted some 
actual solutions to terrorism. "Bombing is a recruiting tool for ISIS," 
he said. "If we want to undermine terrorists, we need to end the war in 
Syria, welcome Middle Eastern refugees, and marginalize extremists by 
establishing better relationships with moderate forces in Islam. We also 
need to better integrate the youth of our most disadvantaged communities."

Today's hoax, part of a /Charlie Hebdo/ commemoration organized by 
Kouloglou together with MEP Martin Sonneborn 
<https://www.google.be/search?q=MEP+Martin+Sonneborn>, represents the 
first action of its sort to take place within the European Parliament. 
It's also the first time the Yes Men have collaborated with any national 
representatives to develop an action.

Video and high-resolution photos are available on request.

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