Eben Moglen is a lawyer connected to the free software and free culture movements. He talked at the FOSDEM (free/open source software developers) conference in Brussels and reflected on capitalist social media, Egypt, China, ... , here and argued for an action plan for greater freedom from kill switches and other threats by the use of bottom up mesh networks and cheap technology built out among trusted peers.... report on talk http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/426763/7b9a0326e73be019/ another URL on the talk with links http://ianso.blogspot.com/2011/02/eben-moglens-talk-at-fosdem-11.html transcript, video and other details are at the newly created http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ - Jim Mulherin

Eben is commenting on these issues in a thread on https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech YC On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:47 PM, James (Jim) Mulherin <jimm@ucsc.edu> wrote: > Eben Moglen is a lawyer connected to the free software and free culture > movements. > > He talked at the FOSDEM (free/open source software developers) conference > in Brussels and reflected on capitalist social media, Egypt, China, ... , > here and argued for an action plan for greater freedom from kill switches > and other threats by the use of bottom up mesh networks and cheap technology > built out among trusted peers.... > > report on talk > http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/426763/7b9a0326e73be019/ > > another URL on the talk with links > http://ianso.blogspot.com/2011/02/eben-moglens-talk-at-fosdem-11.html > > transcript, video and other details are at the newly created > http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ > > > - Jim Mulherin > > _______________________________________________ > CITASA mailing list > CITASA@list.citasa.org > http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org >

Dear Jim, I noted your subject line (portion) "decentralize[d] nets versus the [nation-]state. I would appreciate your steering me toward this portion of the talk, in particular. I have written on the subject and would also be happy to share my own lit review. Which link of the three below is most relevant to that topic and are you willing to offer a 50-word synopsis of your own? ~ Adrienne Redd Adrienne Redd, Ph.D. | adjunct professor, Arcadia University | 267-620-4755 | 215-778-3784 Fallen Walls and Fallen Towers: The Fate of the Nation in a Global World (2010) Nimble Books, LLC. Website www.fallenwallsfallentowers.com Forthcoming book The Resilient Nation-States of the Arab Middle East, (with Mohammad Amjad and Samer Abboud), (2011) Nimble Books, LLC. Blog: Justice, War, Peace and Pennsylvania http://adrienneredd.wordpress.com Twitter: ³follow² on http://twitter.com/Adrienne_Redd On 2/16/11 8:47 PM, "James (Jim) Mulherin" <jimm@ucsc.edu> wrote: > Eben Moglen is a lawyer connected to the free software and free > culture movements. > > He talked at the FOSDEM (free/open source software developers) > conference in Brussels and reflected on capitalist social media, > Egypt, China, ... , here and argued for an action plan for greater > freedom from kill switches and other threats by the use of bottom up > mesh networks and cheap technology built out among trusted peers.... > > report on talk > http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/426763/7b9a0326e73be019/ > > another URL on the talk with links > http://ianso.blogspot.com/2011/02/eben-moglens-talk-at-fosdem-11.html > > transcript, video and other details are at the newly created > www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ > > > - Jim Mulherin > > > _______________________________________________ > CITASA mailing list > CITASA@list.citasa.org > http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org