I’m on another of those journeys where I wake up some mornings not really knowing where I am. The only difference is that I’ve been given a little more space to breathe: thanks to the delightful coincidence of being invited to three German government-related conferences spaced at least a week apart each, I’ve been able […]
Last Friday, Creative Commons, Wikimedia, and EFF hosted a small gathering in honor of our friend, Bassel (Safadi) Khartabil, who remains in prison in Syria a year after his arrest. The event, one of many held the world over, was intended in solidarity, and to draw attention not only to Bassel’s plight, but the plight […]
Could someone please explain to me how, amidst the unveiling of a Rosa Parks statue in the US and a planned Obama trip to Israel to speak about “shared values,” this is acceptable? How is this anything but racial segregation? They talk about safety, but last I checked, the settlers were armed with both rocks […]