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May 7, 2007
hey yall,,

here is some info from messages I just sent to Bill & Agnes that gives some of the BEST websites

to keep up the struggle for FREEDOM &
FREE Speech on the internet

b4 the BIG Media &
their FCC & Political sellout pal$
steal & block the activist &
progressive sites
from us,,,,,,,,

not to mention how closely the issue
is re: $hrubCo's

illegal wiretapping & other abuse$ of power in government that
worm$ it's way around &
under American safetyguards such as
REAL oversight,

as we trade our free Speech
for "SO-CALLED Security"....

that only gives more power to politician$
and helps their campaign
$peeches while
doing little
OR
nothing for
real security & Freedom.

The following are some of the
best places
to
start or join
in learning & stopping
the ways

Big Media & their pal$
rig the rules to
block & deflect common
decent citizens
from using
the web for progressive defense of freedom &
political truth:

This REALLY
worries me;;;

it erodes the promise of the internet as the
most powerful
free speech tool in history

with it's ability to allow REAL, common folks
of ALL lands to
cross political boundaries &
go beyond the old, national hate-alliances
so as to tell
the
truth of the people--

especially in situations where countries are known to
crush
free speech.

One of the big issues I'm
staying abreast of
is
the NET Neutrality issue that
keeps BIG Media &
Internet provider companies
from "oh-so-sly manipulation of the web,"
such as blocking
progressive sites or
making them so slow to connect

that we activists cannot
connect to
dialogue or do politically important work
for free speech,
ECOLOGY,
HUMAN rights
AND
speaking truth to power.

I highly recommend these groups,
--- please check them out &
send them
to
all your activist pals :

1) The EFF @ http://www.eff.org/
...they are the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
a group of FREE Speech and internet rights activists yet are also
TOP level Silicon Valley experts and lawyers
who frequently get on PBS & such---

often making headlines
as they fight
the court$,
politicians & the FCC
on rules that
weaken the internet for common folk
by allowing
ISP's & Big Media to rig
trick-legislation that does
nasty things like
block hot topics in progressive politics
by shutting down
access
to the best blogs & activist sites ;
the EFF also fights for individuals who are screwed by
big Media's grip on the government & FCC...

checkout their site & read their take
on the battle for
Net Equality (NET Neutrality) &
other
progressive, free speech issues.

2) GLOBAL Internet Liberty Campaign: http://www.gilc.org/
...these folks have an EXCELLENT
"mission statement"
for freedom:

"The Global Internet Liberty Campaign
advocates:
  • Prohibiting prior censorship of on-line communication.

  • Requiring that laws restricting the content of on-line speech distinguish between the liability of content providers and the liability of data carriers.

  • Insisting that on-line free expression not be restricted by indirect means such as excessively restrictive governmental or private controls over computer hardware or software, telecommunications infrastructure, or other essential components of the Internet.

  • Including citizens in the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) development process from countries that are currently unstable economically, have insufficient infrastructure, or lack sophisticated technology.

  • Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

  • Ensuring that personal information generated on the GII for one purpose is not used for an unrelated purpose or disclosed without the person's informed consent and enabling individuals to review personal information on the Internet and to correct inaccurate information.

  • Allowing on-line users to encrypt their communications and information without restriction."

3) Tor : http://tor.eff.org/overview.html.en
..."Tor is a network
of
virtual tunnels that allows people and
groups
to improve their privacy and security
on the Internet.

It also enables software developers
to
create new communication tools
with built-in privacy
features.

Tor provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and
individuals to
share information
over
public networks
without compromising
their privacy.

Individuals use Tor

to keep websites
from tracking them &
their family members,

or to connect to news sites,
instant messaging
services,
or the like
when these
are blocked
by their
local Internet providers.

Tor's hidden services let users

publish web sites and
other services without
needing to reveal the location of the site.

Individuals also use Tor for
socially sensitive
communication:

chat rooms and web forums for

rape & abuse survivors,
or people with illnesses..."

.....how 'bout that.

---so pass these along
to ALL your activist & progressive

web pals---

especially the info
that relates
to web
free speech protection/
Net Neutrality:

http://www.savetheinternet.com/

...
I've put alot of this info in my blog

here on Care2,

and I'd ask ya

to copy this info
&
do the same

b4
it's too late &
freedom of speech
in the digital age

is set-back to a
scary degree ;-(

Peace &
keep web-slingin'........
Rob
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Posted: May 7, 2007 3:12am
In our free nation, wearing a t-shirt can now put u in jail, how far have we fallen
Oct 23, 2006
Focus: Civil Rights
Action Request: Read
Location: United States
--------PLEASE  forward  to  all--------

well yall,
I guess the
government's
next idea
will be to sell
swastikas or something....

you will not believe
this story/law below,

and I hope
I'm
not mailing it
too late -------((it's a few weeks old))

to  wake  up  folks
about
how  far
our  freedoms
&  our  nation
has slid down
the path of crazyness &
foolishness
&
paranoia...

---if you
don't have time
to read
this story,
let me just show ya
a few
insane examples:

......people who could be
detained
indefinitely
with no access
> to a court include:
>
> - A foreign tourist wearing
an anti-Bush
t-shirt at the Statue of Liberty
>
> - A protester
at an immigration rally
who has
lived in the U.S.
since she was six months old
 and is
a lawful,
permanent resident"

......and we call ourselves the Home of the Brave.

rob
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---------------
NEW  BILL
COULD  DEFINE
ANTI-WAR PROTESTORS
AS ENEMY
COMBATANTS
>
> Attorneys for the Center for Constitutional Rights claim that what
> appears to be the final version of the Military Commissions Act of
> 2006 could allow the government to detain the attorneys themselves as
> 'enemy combatants.' CCR Legal Director Bill Goodman said: "This bill
> makes a mockery of the rule of law."
>
> The current version of the Military Commissions redefines an "unlawful
> enemy combatant" so broadly that it could include anyone who organizes
> a march against the war in Iraq. The bill defines a UEC as "a person
> who has engaged in hostilities or who has purposefully and materially
> supported hostilities against the United States" or anyone who "has
> been determined to be an unlawful enemy combatant by a Combatant
> Status Review Tribunal or another competent tribunal established under
> the authority of the President or the Secretary of Defense of the
> United States." The definition makes no reference to citizenship and
> therefore could be read to include any number of individuals, including:
>
> - Attorneys including public defenders and military defense counsel
> for detainees at Guantánamo Bay
>
> - Any person who has given $5 to a charity working with orphans in
> Afghanistan that turns out to be associated in some fashion with
> someone who may be a member of the Taliban
>
> The bill also currently includes provisions so sweeping that they
> strip U.S. courts of jurisdiction over habeas petitions by any
> non-citizen detained by the government anywhere. Because there is no
> geographic limitation in the bill's language, it would allow the
> President to detain any non-citizen without their ever having the
> chance to challenge their detention in court: "No court. shall have
> jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas
> corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States
> who has been determined by the United States to have been properly
> detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination."
> Examples of people who could be detained indefinitely with no access
> to a court include:
>
> - A foreign tourist wearing an anti-Bush t-shirt at the Statue of Liberty
>
> - A protester at an immigration rally who has lived in the U.S. since
> she was six months old and is a lawful, permanent resident
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Posted: Oct 23, 2006 5:17pm
Empowerment of WOMEN--- defines the 21st Century...
Jul 16, 2006
Focus: Women
Action Request: Visit - online
Location: United States
hey yall,
for quite awhile, as
I learn more about world politics, it's evident that
Women/girls are not only victims of being shut out of economic/education corridors,
but as a force
which stands against age-old unfair domination-corruption
in 3rd world harsh environments---
like millions of women in slave-trafficking,

this could be the
DEFINING
element of
21st century
power struggles if indeed we could do for developing nations what has been
growing for
almost a century here in America & Europe:
the empowerment of women.

It would TOTALLY undercut
regimes in backwards nations
where the mean old bastards keep women down,
keep them from voting for change,,,

& thus keep their brutality-games in force.
 
---This is not a flippant observation-----
look into this yourself-----

or just imagine
AFRICA & Asia
if millions of it's women
were NOT
trafficked as slaves &
kept from
free voting, etc.

CLIMATE change/GLOBAL Warming might
SEEM the top issue of our time,
but I believe
Women/girls EMPOWERMENT will go much
farther to stemming the
tide of age-old power-struggles in most of the world.
 
Just my opinion,
but checkout the info in the email/.org below &
perhaps you'll be lead to more sources
that will start
to point this out as well.
peace + Vigilance,,,
Rob
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--------FORWARD to pals........

http://www.freechoicesaveslives.org/campaign/GROWTH_Act2006/kek7i64ytnm6bd?

" Imagine for a moment how different the world could be if women were given the same opportunities to succeed as men. 

An innovative new bill, the

GROWTH

(Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive)

Act of 2006, has just been introduced in Congress.

The GROWTH Act would make huge advances in

women's economic empowerment and

create positive changes for millions of women in developing countries around the world..."
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Posted: Jul 16, 2006 4:04pm
Do yall get it?? Care2 the rest could be history
Jun 9, 2006
Focus: Freedom of Expression
Action Request: Phone Call
Location: United States
hey folks, I'm gettin the feeling very few activist thesedays understand that the internet,

as the worldwide bastion of free-Speech & dissent &
all our favorite activist & web communities,
is in the battle of it's life
against rich corporate telcos.

WE lost the battle in Congress yesterday & now must hope for the Senate (whew).

If u don't get it yet,
this is what Net Neutrality/Net Freedom is about:

http://www.savetheinternet.com/=threat

---from that website, please read
& react::

" How does this threat to Internet freedom affect you?

 

  • Google users—Another search engine could pay dominant Internet providers like AT&T to guarantee the competing search engine opens faster than Google on your computer.
  • Innovators with the "next big idea"—Startups and entrepreneurs will be muscled out of the marketplace by big corporations that pay Internet providers for dominant placing on the Web. The little guy will be left in the "slow lane" with inferior Internet service, unable to compete.
  • Ipod listeners—A company like Comcast could slow access to iTunes, steering you to a higher-priced music service that it owned.
  • Political groups—Political organizing could be slowed by a handful of dominant Internet providers who ask advocacy groups to pay "protection money" for their websites and online features to work correctly.
  • Nonprofits—A charity's website could open at snail-speed, and online contributions could grind to a halt, if nonprofits can't pay dominant Internet providers for access to "the fast lane" of Internet service.
  • Online purchasers—Companies could pay Internet providers to guarantee their online sales process faster than competitors with lower prices—distorting your choice as a consumer.
  • Small businesses and tele-commuters—When Internet companies like AT&T favor their own services, you won't be able to choose more affordable providers for online video, teleconferencing, Internet phone calls, and software that connects your home computer to your office.
  • Parents and retirees—Your choices as a consumer could be controlled by your Internet provider, steering you to their preferred services for online banking, health care information, sending photos, planning vacations, etc.
  • Bloggers—Costs will skyrocket to post and share video and audio clips—silencing citizen journalists and putting more power in the hands of a few corporate-owned media outlets.

Blocking Innovation

The threat to an open internet isn't just speculation -- we've seen what happens when the Internet's gatekeepers get too much control. These companies, even, have said as much about their plans to discriminate online. According to the Washington Post..."

---so,,,,

Please visit MoveOn or the Link above
to find your SENATORS phones &
TELL all your web using pals to FLOOD the SENATE with calls--

or forget using all your internet freedoms unless u want to see the web turn into old tv, radio style fake media only uselful for rich shopping & where anyone with free speech or

political dissent can be blocked.

This ain't no joke.
rob
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Posted: Jun 9, 2006 7:25pm
Last chance to save a FREE speech, open INTERNET?!
Jun 8, 2006
Focus: Freedom of Expression
Action Request: Visit - online
Location: United States
hey folks, do u like the freedom to say what you want
here on Care2 or anywhere else on the web??

well, it's getting hot on Net freedom in Washington;

here's the deal:
"The full House of Representatives is about to cast a crucial vote on Internet freedom.

 

Here are two things you can do in the next five minutes
to help stop Congress from
handing control of the Internet over to the nation's largest telephone and cable companies:
http://action.freepress.net/freepress/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=2145202

Please forward ----------

after tonights vote in Congress,
the internet might resemble our
government---pay to play & "sorta" free speech if "they" allow it.
peace,
rob
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Posted: Jun 8, 2006 8:09am
Fun way to Fight for OUR free speech & INTERNET freedom
May 31, 2006
Focus: Freedom of Expression
Action Request: Other
Location: United States
hey friends---
yep, just like you who LIKE using the internet----I've read the truth
about the way it's quietly being stolen behind our backs
so......here's the FUN way
to
FIGHT for
Internet worldwide FREEDOM of info & free-speech...

---especially for places like China
& other corrupt regimes
who pay-off
google & yahoo type greedy US tech companies
to help them
put journalists &
citizens like us in horrid gulags
--one well known journalist is
in jail
for 10 years
in China righ NOW--
because their American "pals" ---which are our own
sell-out tech companies ---helped them
BLOCK news & info
on government corruption
& torture
AND went so far
as to
use the Nazi tactic
of
handing over
private web messages of
journalists &
ordinary citizens to
these corrupt regimes
who use it to bully their citizens
from learning
the truth of what they do behind closed doors
((example? in China, if u google "Tiananmen Square" you'll find
that google has allowed Chinese authorities to block all info on that incident
as well as similar "unpopular info" on the government's activities))
yeah...... strike a g33k blow for
free information
which is EVERYTHING
that makes
the internet whorthwhile & enjoyable :
 """""---------so pass this to EVERYONE-------------""""""
cause WE can use it
to put
a cool, 'net freedom video'
on ALL our favorite sites
such as :
CARE2, myspace, YouTube, etc :

 --just go here: http://coanews.org/netfreedom

-----Or u can embed the video in ur sites
by easily using the html codes here:
http://coanews.org/netcodes
......................don't worry if u aren't
an html video geek
---cause all you folks
who don't know how
to embed codes (html codes that allow
video or music to play on myspace or Care2 or other pages)),
well don't worry ----
there are tons of easy tutorials out there,
just look around or
ASK your cool geek friends
who have these kinds of
songs and videos
playing on THEIR pages.


peace + VIGILANCE + FREE Speech--

(((((( before we loose it forever to
the greedy & corrupt ISP's
& politicians
who will
block us from sites that
speak truth to power )))))

The Evolution WILL be televised---
only this time it's gonna be netivised, h3h ^_^
Rob
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Posted: May 31, 2006 3:24am
we're gaining MOMENTUM to save the NET--click to keep the pressure on....
May 12, 2006
Focus: Internet
Action Request: Visit - online
Location: United States
hey yall, the Net Neutrality vs. net sellout's
lastest battlelines....

CLICK the Pen's site
for continued pressure that'll win us the battle for the net--it sends generated letters to your congress/Senators/reps/etc..

ALSO you'll see a new candidate
to help win a district in favor of
balancing the bloodletting of the $hrubCo regime...

{their website also has good
links on the net sellout via news suppression & nazi
tactics in China & such}

http://www.usalone.com/stacey/pnum293.php


---PLEASE  FORWARD  to  ALL  uber-g33ks

peace thru VIGILANCE....
rob
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Posted: May 12, 2006 6:58am
---Women's Slavery today...join iAbolish to Stop it----
Mar 6, 2006
hey yall Sistahs, Moms, Women, girls......
check it out,
peace,
Rob
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Welcome to the Freedom Action Network --

Join the Freedom Action Network (FAN) today!

---we'll keep you updated on cool events

happening in your area,

the latest developments in the fight

to end slavery,

and what you can do to help.

iAbolish.org ::::::::::

The American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) is a non-profit
organization (501c3) that works to abolish
modern-day slavery
around the world, focusing primarily on systems of
chattel
slavery in Sudan and Mauritania.

http://ga0.org/freedom_action/join.tcl?%20class=


"..three women have traveled throughout the U.S.
speaking out against the
forces that formerly
exploited them as slaves.

Though they hail from different parts of the globe —
Sudan, Sri Lanka, Haiti, respectively —

they have been brought together by AASG so that now,
with one voice,
they deliver the same
message:
that modern-day
slavery
is real
and
that we all share a responsibility to its victims."

Later this month Micheline Slattery
will come one step nearer to closure when she returns
to her Connecticut high school to
share her story.

The trip stirs mixed emotions, as it recalls the
years of abuse
she endured while simultaneously a domestic slave
and a student there.

She was trafficked to the U.S. as a teenager
after enduring nine years
of brutal beatings
and relentless chores as a slave in Haiti.

Only recently as a young woman has Micheline
begun speaking out and rebuilding
her life, one day at a time.

"It's not something I will ever feel free and comfortable
talking about, but
I do it because I think it will make a difference,"

Micheline says. "I want people to understand
that it's happening.
If they need to see a face, see mine."
Look for her later this week in the New York Times.
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Posted: Mar 6, 2006 1:36pm
:: Abortion & Justice Alito's Welcome : the Rule of Law itself --challenged in Supreme Court..
Feb 22, 2006
hey yall,
Abortion Ban Act
&  new Supreme Court rightWRONGwing Justice Alito.
 whew: Law's very existence,
 THIS one gets serious.......
----PASS along & FORWARD on.
Rob
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Abortion ... Justice Alito's Welcome :

Rule of Law itself --- challenged in Supreme Court ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/opinion/22wed2.html?th&emc=th

NY Times...

" Talk about starting off with a splash.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court
took the occasion of Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s
first day on the nine-member bench

to announce that it
would step in during the next term

to resolve the
constitutionality of the 2003
federal ban on so-called partial-birth
abortion.

With this move, the newly reconstituted court has
set the stage for a legal showdown
with potentially far-reaching implications —
not just for women's health and reproductive freedom,

but for the rule of law itself.

At issue in the case is the
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act,
which President Bush signed in 2003.
Since then,

six federal court decisions in three different jurisdictions
have found it to be unconstitutional...."
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