From: Adri (j.hoogestege@hccnet.nl)
Date: 06/05/00
> >From > sentto-1246311-640-960149314-j.hoogestege=hccnet.nl@returns.onelist.com > Sun Jun 4 22:08:43 2000 >X-eGroups-Return: >sentto-1246311-640-960149314-j.hoogestege=hccnet.nl@returns.onelist.com >To: <redskin@egroups.com>, <marxist-leninist-list@buo319b.econ.utah.edu> >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 >From: "hkb" <hkb@supanet.com> >Mailing-List: list redskin@egroups.com; contact redskin-owner@egroups.com >Delivered-To: mailing list redskin@egroups.com >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:redskin-unsubscribe@egroups.com> >Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 21:01:07 +0100 >Reply-To: redskin@egroups.com >Subject: [redskin] Fw: [WW] FARC Web server shut down by UC-San Diego > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:ww@wwpublish.com>WW >Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 4:56 PM >Subject: [WW] FARC Web server shut down by UC-San Diego > >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: cpadden@weber.ucsd.edu > > >*** SAMPLE LETTER *** > >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. > > >---------- > >---------- ---kraken-post@dvxs.nl ----------- http://www.dvxs.nl/~skwot http://www.dvxs.nl/kraaklinks
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