<div dir="ltr">Information is sadly only really free if you live in the first world.<div>Certainly not in Saint Lucia where I live, and apparently not in Bolivia either.</div><div>But there are still many lucky people associated with northern institutions who have access - the heads up was for them.</div><div>I was disappointed too.</div><div>Perhaps "Access for us too" is something we should begin to make a fuss about?</div><div>Best wishes</div><div>Deirdre</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 March 2015 at 12:29, willi uebelherr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:willi.uebelherr@gmail.com" target="_blank">willi.uebelherr@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Dear Deirdre, Becky and all<br>
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> Might be of interest to some…<br>
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But this lists are not marketplaces for selling any things. If you don't have a link for a free download, it is not really useful.<br>
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many greetings, willi<br>
La Paz, Bolivia<br>
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Am 26/03/2015 um 09:15 a.m. schrieb Deirdre Williams:<br>
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For your information.<br>
Deirdre<br>
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From: Becky Lentz <<a href="mailto:roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca" target="_blank">roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca</a>><br>
Date: 26 March 2015 at 08:25<br>
Subject: [bestbits] The Real Cyber War The Political Economy of Internet<br>
Freedom - How the freedom-to-connect movement aids Western hegemony<br>
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*<a href="http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw</a> <<a href="http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/psf9dsw</a>>*<br>
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Discussions surrounding the role of the internet in society are dominated<br>
by terms such as *internet freedom*, *surveillance*, *cybersecurity,* and,<br>
most prolifically, *cyber war*. But behind the rhetoric of cyber war is an<br>
ongoing state-centered battle for control of information resources. Shawn<br>
Powers and Michael Jablonski conceptualize this *real* cyber war as the<br>
utilization of digital networks for geopolitical purposes, including covert<br>
attacks against another state’s electronic systems, but also, and more<br>
importantly, the variety of ways the internet is used to further a state’s<br>
economic and military agendas.<br>
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Moving beyond debates on the democratic value of new and emerging<br>
information technologies, *The Real Cyber War* focuses on political,<br>
economic, and geopolitical factors driving internet freedom policies, in<br>
particular the U.S. State Department's emerging doctrine in support of a<br>
universal freedom to connect. They argue that efforts to create a universal<br>
internet built upon Western legal, political, and social preferences is<br>
driven by economic and geopolitical motivations rather than the<br>
humanitarian and democratic ideals that typically accompany related policy<br>
discourse. In fact, the freedom-to-connect movement is intertwined with<br>
broader efforts to structure global society in ways that favor American and<br>
Western cultures, economies, and governments….<br>
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