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My Parents Were Executed


From Democracy Now

Son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: “My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act — Here’s Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange”:

As the U.S. Department of Justice considers charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917, we speak with Robert Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg—the only U.S. citizens to be executed under the Espionage Act, in what’s been described as the most controversial death sentence in U.S. history. This week, Meeropol released a widely read statement in support of WikiLeaks called, “My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act—Here’s Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange.” [includes rush transcript]

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Image Management on Blogs

I’ve jumped around a bit with how to store photos on my blogs. Flickr seemed good as it tied in with an instant community, but uploading to flickr is not quick, and getting the photos back to show in a post is a bit messy. WordPress uploads (to WordPress on my server) seemed ok for a while but it is too complex. I also had some flash based displays & uploads that were ok. But now I am experimenting with putting them all on my own server just with FTP and using open source Zenphotos. It seems I am more in control and it is quick with FTP.

The 2010 image are here.

In 2011 I will link back from the photos site to the blog posts as well. As I’ve already done on the one new photo in the album:

https://psyberspace.walterlogeman.com/zenphoto/psyber/2010/mokihinui.jpg.php

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Mokihinui Plans

Ah, more recent news (October 2010) and it confirms that there is a plan, to build and to oppose the dam.

POWER struggle | Stuff.co.nz:

Meridian has the project on first base by obtaining the required resource consents from the West Coast Regional and Buller District councils. In March, commissioners decided, two to one, to grant the consents. The Department of Conservation (DOC), Forest & Bird and Whitewater NZ are appealing and the Environment Court is expected to hear the case in 2012.

On it & onto it

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Save the Mokihinui River

Mokihinui

I am appalled at the prospect that one of the last unspoilt rivers in New Zealand has been given government blessing to be damned for hydro power. ( A report by Mike McGavin detailing the April 2010 decision. Decision) . We just saw Craig Potton Rivers DVD episode that shows the river and exposes the threat.

The Mokihinui is in the heart of country where I have tramped and camped, just south of the Whangapeka. I love this land. Google Map. I can’t bear it’s destruction, the country should not loose this land, the animals including endangered native snails and fresh water eels and fish will loose their habitat, trees will die, the permanent loss of trees and the building and concrete will add to carbon to the atmosphere.

Damming this river rides rough-shot over New Zealand culture and Maori traditions as the Craig Potton video makes clear. Meridian (the NZ state and who else?) are a power to reckoned with and will spare no efforts as what went on here with money to Iwi might indicate: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10637348 Sounds like a case of divide and rule.

This dam will happen to our shame, we can stop this dam! Stop the Mokihinui dam, save the Mokihinui river. What to do? This is what I have in mind.

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Next

The next and needed social network will have the the following qualities:

Purposeful
The ethos will be present and overt. There will be a statement of vision and purpose about equity and compassion.

Strategic
It will aim to bring together the activist left, the digital communication forms and specialist communication and relationship skill groups.

Process Orientation
Respectful of difference in vision and desired outcomes. Strong on adherence to principles of process. Dialogical.

Sustainable Organisation
There will be a balance between being stable and being able to evolve by the actions of participants. Overt governance.

Systemic
Relates to a principle of isomorphism so that the same principles apply at the micro level operate at the macro. Enact principles consciously at all levels in the system.

Principled
Overt guidelines on privacy, transparency, confidentiality.

Ideology
Loose endorsement of charters and manifestos. Eg Compassion, Imediatist.

Digital and Physical
The system will foster effective online and face-to-face participation all within the framework of defining next actions that adhere to the ethos.

Distributed
The leadership is distributed via chapters and hubs and the digital information is not all be on one server or central hub or on one platform. (Diaspora)

Open Source
(Linux)

Not for Profit
(Wikipedia) (Linux)

Global and Local

Dialogical
Will have overt guidelines for effective participation. (Dynamic Facilitation) (NVC) (Imago) (Psychodrama)

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New Photo Page

I wonder how many other people decided to look at alternatives to flickr?

I’ve made a new photo page.

Photos

Looks OK – it is all on my own server… but keep a copy as well. I see there is a pluging to import flickr data. However it is not all that social, or is it? it has comments and it must be easy to share stuff. Hmmm using the Internet, that is social.

and pasting an image here is easy!

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