See online: Regional Coordination Against Armament and Militarism ----
Why we oppose SIDO ---- For two years, we have been co-organizing a
protest rally in front of the Internet of Things Show (SIDO) with the
Stop 5G Lyon coordination, Écran Total, and other groups. ---- This
year, it will take place on Wednesday, September 17th and Thursday,
September 18th, at the Cité Internationale de Lyon Convention Center.
Why would anyone disrupt a trade show that, at first glance, seems to
have little to hide? Because upon closer inspection, SIDO and its tech
companies are steeped in murky and deadly waters.
Collusion between the digital and arms industries
First, the military loves tech, and the military is crazy about military
markets: in 2023, a study we conducted concluded that more than half of
the companies exhibiting at SIDO had a military-related activity. And
2025 promises to be just as militarized.
Aware that this is a sensitive subject, the show seeks to mask this
reality in a cool, hushed atmosphere... But each year, discussions with
certain critical visitors demonstrate that in this industry, no one is
fooled.
Then there is STMicroelectronics, SIDO's "premium sponsor," whose
expansion of its Crolles plant in Isère is being contested by the Stop
Micro collective. This collective fights against both the land and water
grabbing and the forced digitalization imposed by the microelectronics
industry. STMicroelectronics also manufactures and exports chips for
military use. These chips have been found-despite the 2014 embargo-in
Russian kamikaze drones and in equipment used by the Israeli army.
Two other "silver sponsors," Arrow and Vodafone, offer military
technologies in their catalogs.
The presence of Nicomatic is exemplary of what this industry and SIDO
are really about. Like STMicroelectronics, it violated the embargo on
Russia in 2023. Like STMicroelectronics, it has sold military equipment
to Israel and uses the country as a center of innovation for the
military-civilian sector.[1]And, the icing on the cake, Nicomatic is a
member of the EDEN cluster, a regional arms lobby whose many members are
involved in sales to dictatorships and embargo violations.
A trade show serving extractivism
The microelectronics and digital industries, for which SIDO serves as a
mega-showcase, are at the center of the ecological, social, and economic
crime of extractivism.
The more we digitize society, the more minerals (copper, gold, tin,
coltan, lithium, cobalt, etc.) must be extracted, devastating entire
countries, exploiting local populations and resources, and spreading
wars and massacres (DR Congo, Sudan, Senegal, etc.). For the moment,
this mainly concerns countries in the Global South, but soon, in the
name of "sovereignty" and profit, this will happen in our latitudes, for
example in the Allier region, with the Échassières lithium mine.
Greenwashing to the rescue of SIDO
Following our previous actions, SIDO has taken to greenwashing with the
complicity of the "ecological" Lyon Metropolis. The latter is thus a
partner of "Impact by SIDO" for supposedly more "responsible" but, above
all, more "profitable" technologies. ADEME is also participating in this
sinister farce by intervening on critical minerals, sobriety, and smart
cities.
Events around "frugal AI," ethics, mineral traceability, and other
attempts to make us believe that the future of ecology and the survival
of the world lie in technology are multiplying. For our part, we believe
that this industry, its bosses, and the technosolutionism that serves as
their compass are largely responsible for the ecological, social, and
war crisis we are experiencing and certainly not the solution.
All-Tech:
Towards a Dehumanization
of Cities and Public Services
And that's not all! Also on the agenda: cybersecurity and smart cities,
which are the two sides of techno-security management of the city;
Generative AI is considered an "engine of evolution... by transforming
robots into intelligent agents," without ever specifying that it is
decimating and further dehumanizing workplaces and public services!
Don't let it happen
All this and other things result in our rejection of SIDO, the digital
industry, and the world they want to impose on us. A world of permanent
control, excessive automation, and ferocious exploitation thanks to AI,
robotics, the "Internet of Things," and other joys, in order to fuel the
capitalist mega-machine through war, the destruction of nature, and the
oppression of people.
We therefore invite you to join us in demonstrating your rejection of
SIDO and the world it seeks to impose.
Various activities are planned. More information will follow soon.
Stay informed.
Share awareness and coordinate other initiatives
The appeal "Why we support those charged on June 15, 2021?" published on
June 29 by supporters of those charged on June 15, 2021, calls for "a
de-escalation of imposed digitalization and... to open spaces in which
it is possible to publicly critique digital technology. We also call for
organizing to resist digitalization." To this end, let's join the
protests against digital technology showcases:
SIDO (Internet of Things Exhibition) in Lyon on September 17, 2025
SIM (Mineral Industry Exhibition) in Orléans from October 15 to 17, 2025
Tech&Fest in Grenoble on February 4 and 5, 2026
Vivatech in Paris from June 17 to 20, 2026."
We fully support this call and, beyond SIDO, call for an increase
in[actions and initiatives against the digital industry].
Regional Coordination Against Armaments and Militarism (CRAAM) - Total
Screen Lyon - Stop 5G Coordination
Contact: craam-at-riseup.net
On the subject of the digitalization of society, see Alternative Current
No. 349 of April 2025, which includes a report "With a few exceptions,
digital technology It's still really good."
Notes
[1]See - War in Ukraine: How France Circumvents the Embargo on Russia.
Observatory Notes No. 7. June 2023. And "Russian Papers Dossier."
Benjamin Jung. Blast and War in Gaza: How France Cooperates with Israel.
Tony Fortin, Patrice Bouveret. Observatory Notes No. 8. June 2025
http://oclibertaire.lautre.net/spip.php?article4487
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Why we oppose SIDO ---- For two years, we have been co-organizing a
protest rally in front of the Internet of Things Show (SIDO) with the
Stop 5G Lyon coordination, Écran Total, and other groups. ---- This
year, it will take place on Wednesday, September 17th and Thursday,
September 18th, at the Cité Internationale de Lyon Convention Center.
Why would anyone disrupt a trade show that, at first glance, seems to
have little to hide? Because upon closer inspection, SIDO and its tech
companies are steeped in murky and deadly waters.
Collusion between the digital and arms industries
First, the military loves tech, and the military is crazy about military
markets: in 2023, a study we conducted concluded that more than half of
the companies exhibiting at SIDO had a military-related activity. And
2025 promises to be just as militarized.
Aware that this is a sensitive subject, the show seeks to mask this
reality in a cool, hushed atmosphere... But each year, discussions with
certain critical visitors demonstrate that in this industry, no one is
fooled.
Then there is STMicroelectronics, SIDO's "premium sponsor," whose
expansion of its Crolles plant in Isère is being contested by the Stop
Micro collective. This collective fights against both the land and water
grabbing and the forced digitalization imposed by the microelectronics
industry. STMicroelectronics also manufactures and exports chips for
military use. These chips have been found-despite the 2014 embargo-in
Russian kamikaze drones and in equipment used by the Israeli army.
Two other "silver sponsors," Arrow and Vodafone, offer military
technologies in their catalogs.
The presence of Nicomatic is exemplary of what this industry and SIDO
are really about. Like STMicroelectronics, it violated the embargo on
Russia in 2023. Like STMicroelectronics, it has sold military equipment
to Israel and uses the country as a center of innovation for the
military-civilian sector.[1]And, the icing on the cake, Nicomatic is a
member of the EDEN cluster, a regional arms lobby whose many members are
involved in sales to dictatorships and embargo violations.
A trade show serving extractivism
The microelectronics and digital industries, for which SIDO serves as a
mega-showcase, are at the center of the ecological, social, and economic
crime of extractivism.
The more we digitize society, the more minerals (copper, gold, tin,
coltan, lithium, cobalt, etc.) must be extracted, devastating entire
countries, exploiting local populations and resources, and spreading
wars and massacres (DR Congo, Sudan, Senegal, etc.). For the moment,
this mainly concerns countries in the Global South, but soon, in the
name of "sovereignty" and profit, this will happen in our latitudes, for
example in the Allier region, with the Échassières lithium mine.
Greenwashing to the rescue of SIDO
Following our previous actions, SIDO has taken to greenwashing with the
complicity of the "ecological" Lyon Metropolis. The latter is thus a
partner of "Impact by SIDO" for supposedly more "responsible" but, above
all, more "profitable" technologies. ADEME is also participating in this
sinister farce by intervening on critical minerals, sobriety, and smart
cities.
Events around "frugal AI," ethics, mineral traceability, and other
attempts to make us believe that the future of ecology and the survival
of the world lie in technology are multiplying. For our part, we believe
that this industry, its bosses, and the technosolutionism that serves as
their compass are largely responsible for the ecological, social, and
war crisis we are experiencing and certainly not the solution.
All-Tech:
Towards a Dehumanization
of Cities and Public Services
And that's not all! Also on the agenda: cybersecurity and smart cities,
which are the two sides of techno-security management of the city;
Generative AI is considered an "engine of evolution... by transforming
robots into intelligent agents," without ever specifying that it is
decimating and further dehumanizing workplaces and public services!
Don't let it happen
All this and other things result in our rejection of SIDO, the digital
industry, and the world they want to impose on us. A world of permanent
control, excessive automation, and ferocious exploitation thanks to AI,
robotics, the "Internet of Things," and other joys, in order to fuel the
capitalist mega-machine through war, the destruction of nature, and the
oppression of people.
We therefore invite you to join us in demonstrating your rejection of
SIDO and the world it seeks to impose.
Various activities are planned. More information will follow soon.
Stay informed.
Share awareness and coordinate other initiatives
The appeal "Why we support those charged on June 15, 2021?" published on
June 29 by supporters of those charged on June 15, 2021, calls for "a
de-escalation of imposed digitalization and... to open spaces in which
it is possible to publicly critique digital technology. We also call for
organizing to resist digitalization." To this end, let's join the
protests against digital technology showcases:
SIDO (Internet of Things Exhibition) in Lyon on September 17, 2025
SIM (Mineral Industry Exhibition) in Orléans from October 15 to 17, 2025
Tech&Fest in Grenoble on February 4 and 5, 2026
Vivatech in Paris from June 17 to 20, 2026."
We fully support this call and, beyond SIDO, call for an increase
in[actions and initiatives against the digital industry].
Regional Coordination Against Armaments and Militarism (CRAAM) - Total
Screen Lyon - Stop 5G Coordination
Contact: craam-at-riseup.net
On the subject of the digitalization of society, see Alternative Current
No. 349 of April 2025, which includes a report "With a few exceptions,
digital technology It's still really good."
Notes
[1]See - War in Ukraine: How France Circumvents the Embargo on Russia.
Observatory Notes No. 7. June 2023. And "Russian Papers Dossier."
Benjamin Jung. Blast and War in Gaza: How France Cooperates with Israel.
Tony Fortin, Patrice Bouveret. Observatory Notes No. 8. June 2025
http://oclibertaire.lautre.net/spip.php?article4487
_________________________________________
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