Shaheen Bagh is like pilgrimage site for pro democracy people. Groups coming in from all directions chanting slogans, having talks at main stage, thousands spread across the road, people showing their creativity in diverse ways, standing around campfire in the cold winter night of Delhi and most of us were women. For sometime, I felt like I was at the greatest place on earth.
What are we planning to do after this? Even if we succeed?
Should we continue trusting the current political system that allowed this to happen? Or should we get out and be part of creating a new culture of politics?
Passive participation in politics is proved not working, we need active participation. We need to do more than voting every once a while.
Today is the 33rd birthday of #aaronswartz, he fought to free #knowledge and killed by flawed unjust system that valued money over humanity. Let's remember him, and continue the battle he has started #knowledgefreedom #creativecommons
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Who decides what is against the integrity of India? When there are #hatefactories running in plain sight working to divide people, why a 21year old activist is in jail for a farmer protest #toolkit?
https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/02/15/we-infiltrated-the-telegram-groups-of-the-bjp-leaders-online-network-to-see-what-they-do
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https://fsf.org.in/article/better-than-whatsapp/
#WhatsApp #Telegram #Signal #matrix #xmpp #p2p #element #quicksy #FreeSoftware
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HER TALES WITH AISWARYA AND GCOMPRIS | by Pehia Foundation | Jan, 2021 | Medium
https://pehiaorg.medium.com/her-tales-with-aiswarya-and-gcompris-11933bcbcee2
ഡെബിയനുൾപ്പെടെ എല്ലാ സ്വതന്ത്ര സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയറും കാടും കടലും ശുദ്ധവായുവും പോലെ എല്ലാ മനുഷ്യരുടേയും പൊതുവായ സ്വത്താണു്.
നമ്മൾ ഇത് മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്തുമ്പോൾ എല്ലാവർക്കും ഉപകാരപ്പെടും. ---പൈററ്റ് പ്രവീൺ
@praveen
(2/3) Likes of Shri Goswami get special treatment while ordinary Indians are made to suffer , including Imprisonment, which are many times illegal and unauthorised".
- Advocate Dushyant Dave
(1/3) "While thousands of Citizens remain in jails languishing for long periods while their matters filed before the Honble Supreme Court are not getting listed for weeks and months, it is, to say the least, deeply disturbing as to how and why every time Mr Goswami approaches the Supreme Court, his matter gets listed instantly.
People, everyone needs to read the whole parent thread. This is important.
Copyright is encroaching on everything from right-to-repair do the right to communicate freely; #youtubedl situation is just the latest of a long string of abuses.
We need to reform copyright.
This not only questions ministry's attempt to blindly promote Ayurveda, it also explains what scientific methods are and how modern medicines should work.
RT @sruthisagar@twitter.com
High Court said family should not be coerced in any manner. Mobiles removed, village locked down, media blocked, brother had to escape to speak to media.
Mere tweets led to contempt case and conviction only recently. Wonder what the courts should do for this. #HarthasHorror
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sruthisagar/status/1312099900172066816
RT @free_thinker@twitter.com
Will @Uppolice@twitter.com act against @amitmalviya@twitter.com? Will the courts take suo-moto congnisance of what the BJP IT Cell head has done?
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/free_thinker/status/1312099438261747714
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