From slavery to freedom, PC Style
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Saddam-style "freedom"
Saddam-style "freedom"
10/28/2003 11:07 PMnew wave .. Up to 40 .. pattern ..
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"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor.""
"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor.""
05/01/2004 09:27 PMToday's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast
Today's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast
03/13/2003 10:24 AMToday's
New York Times reports that Congressman Bob Ney
(R-Ohio) ordered the cafeterias in the House of Representative to
remove the word "French" from all menus. Now being served: Freedom
Fries and Freedom Toast. Seriously.
Link
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Korean Slavery
Korean Slavery
05/04/2004 04:47 PM
Korean
Slavery - Mark A. Peterson
[pdf] Ignorance Is Slavery
Ignorance Is Slavery
09/17/2004 12:10 PMWe are at war with Iraq. We have always been at war with Iraq. This
is the first time I've read 1984 all the way to the end, and I finally
understand it, and why it's so important. Winston lost entirely, and
it was the most complete loss that is possible. This was important,
because it sticks in the mind. Ironically, Orwell understood how to
manipulate people's emotions, but he used this knowledge for the good
of us all.
Voices from the Days of Slavery
Voices from the Days of Slavery
01/23/2004 02:26 PMa truly extraordinary audio collection
A tale of modern day slavery
A tale of modern day slavery
08/11/2004 08:22 AM
Slavery is not just the shameful stuff of history books - not in
Florida. Last year, 7 journalists spent 9 months in a
behind-the-scenes exploration of the state's immigrant workers. In
more than 30 articles and photo essays, they revealed a system where
workers are threatened, beaten, locked up, injured, forced into
prostitution, and trapped in a spiral of debt and abuse. Powerful
forces are arrayed against them in a state where agricultural laws are
shaped by politician-farmers who have a vested interest in the status
quo.
- more - 419er sells herself into sexual slavery
419er sells herself into sexual slavery
08/12/2004 04:15 AMHelp me, get paid - and laid
Google Slavery...Old Habits Die Hard
Google Slavery...Old Habits Die Hard
09/08/2004 08:15 PMBusiness Knowledge Source Sep 9 2004 0:14AM GMT
Slavery fears for 'lost' children
Slavery fears for 'lost' children
02/15/2004 05:36 AMPolice discover up to 30 children have been "lost" by authorities
after arriving at Heathrow Airport.
Scale of African slavery revealed
Scale of African slavery revealed
04/23/2004 02:47 AMHuman trafficking is a problem in almost all African countries, says a
report by the UN Children's Fund.
The Slow Death of American Slavery
The Slow Death of American Slavery
12/06/2003 02:44 AM Slavery Ended in the 1960s, not the 1860s The Civil War made
slavery illegal, but that didn't wipe it out completely. White
farmer, John Williams, forced his black overseer to
murder 11 slaves in the wake of a 1921
federal investigation. The
Dial Brothers were
also convicted by the Justice Department for "African
slavery" in the 1940s. In another case, a black genealogist
found a
104-year-old man who claims he and his family were enslaved
until the 1960s. It's not necessary to rehash the entire
reparations debate to
realize that some of these post-Civil War slavery cases may finally
have a day in court.
Man barred from making slavery tax
claims (Reuters)
Man barred from making slavery tax
claims (Reuters)
04/15/2005 08:41 PMReuters - A New York man was temporarily barred on Friday from
preparing income tax returns for others because he has been including
bogus tax credits such as
reparations for African-American slavery and segregation.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Scale of African
slavery revealed
BBC NEWS | Africa | Scale of African
slavery revealed
04/24/2004 07:27 AMScale of African slavery revealed .. SLAVERY IN
AFRICA
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SIGNATURE STYLE Goody Steinberg Letting
in the light Silicon Valley homes
exhibit modern style tailored to fit
SIGNATURE STYLE Goody Steinberg Letting
in the light Silicon Valley homes
exhibit modern style tailored to fit
05/01/2004 06:27 AMSan Francisco Chronicle May 1 2004 10:24AM GMT
Freedom of Music Choice :: Freedom of
choice is what you want!
Freedom of Music Choice :: Freedom of
choice is what you want!
08/17/2004 11:14 AMApparently, the freedom to choose whose DRM to use is what you want!
.. Freedom of Music Choice .. blog
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THINK
GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL: PETER SINGER'S
ONE
WORLD
THINK
GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL: PETER SINGER'S
ONE
WORLD
04/23/2004 09:24 AM
 If
you're a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that I'm
opposed to unregulated 'free' trade, very worried about the
extraterritoriality of the WTO, NAFTA, Davos and other corporatist
captives, strongly opposed to domestic corporations 'offshoring' jobs,
using influence with the Bush regime and other right-wing governments
to circumvent social and environmental laws and responsibilities, and
a
great believer in taking the pledge to buy local, and in community
self-sufficiency.
At the same time, I'm a strong supporter of the UN and other
multi-lateral NGOs, and I believe that we each have a responsibility
for the well-being of all the people and creatures of this world. Some
readers have said this view is inconsistent, and I wasn't quite sure
how to respond to such charges. Fortunately, Peter Singer, in his
recent book on global ethics, One World: The Ethics of
Globalization,
has come to my rescue. Singer sees no inconsistency between strong
local autonomy, community, and self-sufficient economies on the one
hand, and global responsibility on the other. The book is based on the
Dwight Terry lectures at Yale in 2000, but has been updated to
incorporate reflection on the events of 9/11 and the appalling Bush
social, environmental and economic record.
I'll have more to say next week about Bush's fraudulent and despicable
Earth Day media blitz, and the major media's shameless lack of
critical
evaluation of the utter nonsense that his propaganda machine has been
churning out this week on the environment -- newspeak of Orwellian
proportions. The first part of Singer's book deals with environmental
responsibility, and his prescription for increasing it -- immediate
ratification of Kyoto by the US and other holdout countries, and
introduction of an emissions trading mechanism to make the realization
of Kyoto feasible (subject to the need for some oversight on the
disposition of the proceeds of such trading when it involves
autocratic
governments).
The second part of the book deals with the global economy, and Singer
adroitly tears apart the Economist's (and other neocons') naive
assertion that economic globalization somehow benefits both rich and
poor countries. He then goes on to prescribe a substantial reform of
the WTO and the GATT, which could actually lead to more equitable
distribution of wealth and more efficient production of economic
goods,
while safeguarding human rights, labour and the environment.
Unfortunately, the multi-national corporations and corporatists who
hold sway in the WTO would never tolerate Singer's prescription, since
it would entirely divert the benefits of economic globalization from
their pockets to those of the world's poor.
The third part of the book deals with international law, and Singer
lashes out at Bush for his unconscionable refusal to ratify the
International Court of Justice, and for the UN's continued hesitancy
to
accept a duty (not a right) to intervene in situations of genocide and
other humanitarian crises, even within a single nation. Singer is
sanguine about the limitations and dangers of 'global government', but
supports strengthening the UN to enable it to act as a 'protector of
last resort', and including in its mandate the responsibility to
supervise elections in all
member nations.
The fourth and final part goes back to ethical principles and proposes
that countries must, in this world where national boundaries no longer
have any logistic meaning, set aside national interest and embrace,
once and for all, global interest, impartially. That does not mean
cultural homogenization, but imposes a responsibility for the
reduction
of inequality, both of economic resources and personal rights and
freedoms.
Always the pragmatist, Singer concludes by worrying out loud about how
the responsibility for a global ethic could be managed:
It
is widely believed that a world government would be, at best, an
unchecked bureaucratic behemoth that would make the bureaucracy of the
EU look lean and efficient. At worst, it would become a global
tyranny,
unchecked and unchallengeable. These thoughts have to be taken
seriously. How to prevent global bodies becoming either dangerous
tyrannies or self-aggrandizing bureaucracies, and instead make them
effective and responsive to the people whose lives they affect? It is
a
challenge that should not be beyond the best minds in the fields of
political science and public administration.
I'd like to believe that this was possible, because if it isn't, we're
in serious trouble. We cannot expect national governments to set aside
parochial interests, especially when this entails accepting a
responsibility that would, for the richer nations, inevitably lead to
a
drastic redistribution of wealth to poorer nations and hence a sudden
and sharp reduction in, at least, economic living standards (if not
necessarily well-being). But as John Ralston Saul has so eloquently
argued, larger organizations and institutions, whether public or
private, are almost always, and inherently, less efficient, less
agile,
more resistant to change, more hierarchic, and less transparent than
smaller organizations. So the challenge is to achieve the best of both
worlds, having organizations of global scope and authority and
responsibility, but broken up into sufficiently small, autonomous and
dynamic units that they are sensitive, resilient, responsible and
responsive to the people and communities they serve. We can only hope
that "the best minds in the fields of political science and public
administration", wherever they are, are up to the task.
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.Mac the "Key to Freedom"
.Mac the "Key to Freedom"
01/22/2004 02:12 AMThe MacDevCenter has just posted a
excellent article on .Mac and how even
power users can find it of great use. Author de Kermadec points out
that though .Mac may seem to have limitations, those limitations allow
users to "rely on simpler, more straightforward solutions that,
in the long run, let me be more creative and productive that ever
before."
Let's Try Freedom
Let's Try Freedom
12/25/2004 05:00 PMLet’s Try Freedom .. Robert Hayes
bobhayes.net
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Three degrees to freedom
Three degrees to freedom
08/22/2004 09:15 PMHere's the formal relationship: My wife's cousin knows the mother of
Micah Garen, the American journalist who was being held hostage in
Iraq until a couple of hours ago. Here's the same situation, this time
expressed truthfully. My wife and her cousin are very close. They are
the same age, grew up together, and live within a couple of miles. You
know how it can be with cousins: they are the closest relatives we're
allowed to dislike, but they can also be a friend so close that you
share DNA. This weekend we're together here on Martha's Vineyard along
with...
Cellphone or freedom?
Cellphone or freedom?
01/22/2004 02:12 AM Buying
prostitutes. Nicholas Kristof (of the
NY Times; reg. req.)
bought the freedom of two young
Cambodian
prostitutes in order to return them to their villages... but it
wasn't as simple as you might think. It's easy to be cynical (yes,
he's using it as grist for columns; yes, it's a drop in the bucket),
but isn't it better than doing nothing? Anyway, it's a fascinatingly
messy story. (He discusses why he picked these particular girls, and
addresses some of the moral issues,
her
e—scroll down to January 20.)
A blow for freedom
A blow for freedom
07/06/2004 10:05 AM
The supreme court ruling that Guant?namo Bay prisoners can
challenge their detention in the US is something that renews hope
that America is not going down the drain. Slowly everyone understands
the madness this administration wanted to drag us all in.
The Freedom Project
The Freedom Project
07/07/2004 06:27 AMLet's rock
A beacon of freedom?
A beacon of freedom?
08/09/2004 02:52 PMEFF Freedom Party
EFF Freedom Party
08/04/2004 08:13 PM
Paul Boutin
writes.....
EFF's Freedom Fest '04 this
afternoon, 5-8pm at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. I have to
work. You (hopefully) don't. Austin Willacy and others rock the
lawn.
[Paul Boutin]
======
Marc's note.....
One of the great things about living in SF - is that I can go to
these shindigs.
I'll be there cele
brating our victory today!
[f2c] Freedom to Connect
[f2c] Freedom to Connect
03/30/2005 11:34 AM[f2c] Freedom to Connect I'm at a Freedom to Connect, David Isenberg's
conference on why network connections are important and how we can get
more of them. It's a fantastic list of attendees. David opens by
arguing that freedom to connect is a political issue. The Democrats
don't like it because they're in the pockets of Hollywood. The
Republicans don't like it because they're in the pockets of the
incumbent telcos. We need to get political, he says. IRC here. Audio
stream here. (By the way, Isenberg broke the "fuck" barrier eleven
minutes into the conference.) [Technorati tag: f2c]...
Freedom to Connect
Freedom to Connect
03/31/2005 12:26 AMThe
Freedom to
Connect conference has a live audio feed. Don't miss The Great
Debate, Thursday morning at 9.
EFF Freedom Fest, Aug 4, 5-8PM
EFF Freedom Fest, Aug 4, 5-8PM
07/16/2004 05:17 AMEFF's Freedom Fest is coming up in San Francisco -- great music, great
signs!
Wednesdsay, August 4, 5-8pm
Yerba Buena Gardens
Austin Willacy
Josh Fix and the Furious Force
Josh Fix
The Megan Slankard Band
Link
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via Vertical
Hold)
Where U.S. Translates as Freedom
Where U.S. Translates as Freedom
12/29/2003 08:30 AMnotes his own concerns .. Thomas
Friedman
nytimes.com/2003/12/28/opinion/28FRIED.html
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Blogging Is for Fun and Freedom
Blogging Is for Fun and Freedom
08/06/2004 01:00 PMgreat results from a survey of spanish bloggers
Views of Freedom
Views of Freedom
05/17/2004 12:13 AMThe recent
relea
se of MT3.0 has provoked a whole lot of smart commentary around
the net over the past few days: for example see Simon Phipps (
here
and
here) and Alan
Bleaklow. But the one that hit me hardest is Mark Pilgrim’s
Freedom
0. This piece has been criticized (correctly) as disconnected from
the way consumer software works (summary: users pay for features). And
indeed, Mark doesn’t think about this the way a consumer would: how
many of them run eleven sites? Instead, he thinks about this like
a CIO does .
“Freedom 0” is all about predictability and risk reduction; CIO
territory, big-time. Mark carries the argument to extremes because
that’s the kind of writer he is, but it’s an argument everyone in
the software business should be thinking about.
Freedom 0+1ⅈ
Freedom 0+1ⅈ
05/16/2004 03:14 PMMatt Croydon: I'm still using Radio on this blog, mostly because the
thought of cleaning up and converting 3000 some entries scares me.
Matt,
you really need to face your fears. There is absolutely no data
lock-in in Radio UserLand. This is all you you need to migrate
to
Blosxom. I'd recommend that you do the migration just to
convince
yourself that it can be done, and then go back to using whatever
software you are most comfortable with. It is not just about the
code...
Do you care about your Freedom?
Do you care about your Freedom?
04/07/2005 12:59 PMWe have been living with the Patriot Act for a while now, brought
on by the events of Sept 11th. Congress is having a look at it and
deciding if it needs to be modified or renewed in it's current
format.
Freedom in this country has been fought hard for and a lot of blood
shed to maintain that freedom but the Patriot Act continues to worry a
lot of Americans. Cnet has a great piece that you all should read. [Cnet]
Freedom 0+1ℹ
Freedom 0+1ℹ
05/16/2004 01:39 PMMatt Croydon: I'm still using Radio on this blog, mostly because the
thought of cleaning up and converting 3000 some entries scares me.
Matt,
you really need to face your fears. There is absolutely no data
lock-in in Radio UserLand. This is all you you need to migrate
to
Blosxom. I'd recommend that you do the migration just to
convince
yourself that it can be done, and then go back to using whatever
software you are most comfortable with. It is not about the code, it
is
about the...
CNN.com - Freedom of what? - Jan 31,
2005
CNN.com - Freedom of what? - Jan 31,
2005
02/01/2005 09:10 PMdiscusses a study of high-school students .. High school kids are
stupid .. CNN: Freedom of what? .. the First Amendment .. AP story ..
Quote:
cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/31/students.amendment.ap/index.html
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Freedom Fries
Freedom Fries
03/11/2003 02:00 PMA friend at work sent me a link to this Y! News story about changing
"french fries" to "freedom fries" at the cafeteria that feeds our
nation's pigs representatives. Oh, please. Don't these idiots have
anything better to waste their time and my money on? Like the
thousands of homeless people? Or the old people who can't afford
medicine. Or the kids who aren't learning a damned thing in school.
Or... anything else?!?! Who elected these retards? They sure as...
Freedom fries?
Freedom fries?
03/12/2003 09:24 AMCNN.com - House cafeterias change names for ‘french fries’
and ‘french toast’ - Mar. 12, 2003 The cafeteria menus in
the three House office buildings changed the name of “french
fries” to “freedom fries,” in a culinary rebuke of
France...
"Capitalism and Freedom"
"Capitalism and Freedom"
06/05/2004 04:19 AMWill Freedom Ring?
Will Freedom Ring?
06/25/2004 02:13 PMDahlia Lithwick (Slate): A Supreme Court
Dialogue. I don't think it's possible to overstate the
importance of these decisions, yet I fear the public still somehow
believes they just have to do with some guys "out there," a handful of
terrorists down at Gitmo and some bad men in Navy brigs. The photos
accompanying these stories on the front pages will all be of alleged
terrorists, even though these cases are really all about the
president. The truth is, those alleged terrorists may, at most, win
the right to a hearing someday, in which they will probably be deemed
bad guys again and locked up anyhow. These cases have everything to do
with the scope of executive power and secrecy in wartime (and outside
of wartime if you throw in the Cheney energy task force case).
Padilla's a footnote.
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