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Cantina virtual de los COLombianos en el EXTerior
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ME PARECE INCREIBLE QUE ESTE TIPO DE COSAS OCURRAN. Sera que soy muy
ingenuo ?. Juzguen ustedes si esto tiene piso o es un distractivo mas a
nuestros problemas Locombianos. Mauro
Radical Internet Server
Under Attack
Please forward this message widely to all friends
and
lists
The Burn web-server based at the University of
California at San
Diego has been shut down as the result of a
campaign by right-wing
Colombians. The Burn server hosted the web site
of the FARC, the
major left-wing guerrilla organization in
Colombia. It also hosted
web sites dedicated to the Zapatistas in Mexico,
a variety of other
revolutionary groups around the world, and a
number of
progressive/radical groups in the U.S. that would
otherwise not have
a presence in cyberspace. It is a vital resource
for many activists and
organizers.
A statement from BURN! had this to say:
"BURN! has survived many attempts at censorship
since we came
online in March 1993. About 2 weeks ago, the
Colombian Right
began an organized campaign to get the UCSD
communication
department to shut us down. They have succeeded
for now, as the
chair of the department, Carol Padden, has
ordered our machine
disconnected.
"We believe she can be influenced (obviously!!)
and we are asking
for letters and phone calls to the chair of the
department, Carol
Padden, to express dismay at her willingness to
aid attempts to
censor dissenting voices, and pointing out the
value to academics
and others of the web pages and mailing lists on
burn. If BURN is to
survive, we need to be twice as loud as the
Right!!"
Please take a minute to drop a note or make a
call to the head of the
UCSD Communications Department and request that
they reverse
this decision.
Carol Padden,
Chair Department of Communication, 0503 UCSD 9500
Gilman
Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 phone: (858) 534-2843
e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm very concerned about your decision to shut
down the BURN!
web-server. It is my understanding that you have
submitted to the
demands of right-wing Colombians who disagree
with some of the
material hosted on burn.
No media source should submit to that kind of
censorship, but
especially an academic institution. Many
University of Minnesota
students rely on resources, like those on the
Burn server, to access
information about the social conflicts in
Colombia, Mexico, and
elsewhere.
Specifically, the site that Burn hosted for the
FARC (Colombian
guerrilla organization), should not be kept off
the web because of
pressure from those who oppose them. The FARC is
recognized by
most nations in the world as a legitimate
"belligerent force," meaning
they have a legitimate political claim and the
right to have diplomatic
relations with the world, on par with
organizations like South
Africa's African National Congress under
apartheid.
Moreover, the FARC is a significant force that is
shaping the history
of Colombia, and Sout h America. Students of
Latin America,
political science, peace studies and related
areas will benefit greatly
from access to information directly from the FARC
about their plans
for Colombia, and, for example, the peace process
there.
I urge you to act QUICKLY to put the BURN server
back
on-line.
Sincerely, Jessica Sundin
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