Archive for the 'Politics' Category

The Iraq war has been going on for 5 years

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Walked through a disturbing and moving installation in the Harvard Law School quad on my way to the office. Labeled the Iraqi Freedom Trail (no link because I can’t find them on the web – do they actually exist?), it was a series of laminated placards with stories and statistics documenting the history of sanctions and the war. Meanwhile, the lawn was populated by thousands of sticks in different colors representing specific numbers of Iraqi and US deaths. Rows upon rows.

My Broadband Valentine

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FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein calls for more and better broadband! I’m sending him virtual chocolates.

Jan. 11 – Why I am wearing orange

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Because today is the sixth anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Gitmo.
Because I want the United States to CLOSE GUANTANAMO NOW.

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Back to classifying participatory media tomorrow.
Persephone