The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The below letter from North Atlantic Books reverts all foreign language rights less Rumanian back to me. The book is going to a second printing on the strength of The Guardian profile by Dr. Nafeez Ahmed, and it has been agreed that reverting the rights to me and going for foreign translations by volunteers — …
Doug Reil, leader of North Atlantic Books, publisher of THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth, & Trust (Evolver Editions, 2012) has agreed to revert all translation right back to the author. Chinese, French, and Spanish translations are under discussion, all under Creative Commons license, all using volunteers or state-funded translators. I am seeking volunteers …
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Phi Beta Iota: As cited by Peter Linebaugh, STOP, THIEF! The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance (PM Press, 2014) DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 01 GOVERNMENT has no rights; it is a delegation from several individuals for the purpose of securing their own. It is therefore just, only so far as it exists by their consent, useful only …
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5.0 of 5.0 Stars Why development takes place (or doesn’t) By Mal Warwick on April 3, 2014 This book is full of surprises. In The Tyranny of Experts, the author of the seminal book The White Man’s Burden drills down into the history of economic development around the world in search of its causes. What …
Web Inventor’s Bold Call: Time for ‘Online Magna Carta’ Tim Berners-Lee issues call for “a global constitution – a bill of rights” to defend digital rights – Andrea Germanos, staff writer As the World Wide Web celebrates its 25th anniversary Wednesday, Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the system, is calling for an online ‘Magna …
Reminder 2: Hunt For File-Sharers Violates Fundamental Human Rights (Says The European Court Of Human Rights) Copyright Monopoly: Happy Yule, everybody! In our series of reminders about important talkbacks, we’ve come to the reminder that the act of hunting for people who share culture and knowledge online violates their fundamental human rights, as doing so …
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Syria: Both The New York Times and Huma Rights Watch Wrong To Claim Chemical Attack Origin Human Rights Watch and the New York Times are trying to implicate the Syrian Arab Army in a chemical incident that happened on August 21 in Ghouta near Damascus. Using the report of an United Nations commission which investigated various sites …
