Episode 7: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

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2024-11-10 04:00:22

We got a lot of bad news this last week when we learned that Donald Trump had been re-elected president. It’s so strange to wake up and find yourself at the dawn of what will basically be an authoritarian regime run by the same criminals that just got done fleecing our country a mere 4 years ago.

To make matters worse, it seems that racism, misogyny, xenophobia and transphobia are more widespread than ever in the United States. We are having our Brexit moment, where fear and uncertainty have driven people to make decisions that are ultimately against their own best interests – they just don’t know it yet.

With all this in mind, it’s more important than ever now for us to continue our important work, stay true to each other and stay true to our ideals, during what is sure to be a dark and tumultuous period in the history of the world.

Our first speaker will be Ryan Shapiro, co-founder of the national security  transparency non-profit Property of the People, and the researcher who discovered why the FBI had such an interest in Aaron in the years right before the JSTOR fiasco. Ryan will talk with us about the catastrophic situation in which we now find ourselves as the fascists behind the failed January 6 coup seize control of the country.

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