Any campaign against information repression must start with the premiss that the world, our planet, is bigger than the limits plotted by the multi-nationals and the conglomerates who on this issue have been shown to have disproportionate control. The United Nations Organisation istle needs to be active. Even though the recent UNO-linked initiative on information democracy was sabotaged by the very interests who want to restrict this to their liens, we, the whole world and its peoples, would be better off if the realities of the world outside of the military-industrial complexes based in North America and Western Europe are included.

Let us also not misrepresent the huge numbers of ordinary peoples of the Asian continent by miscasting them as just the conglomerate-codes of China and India.

In both China and India, the overwhelming numbers of peoples are deprived of access and economic capacity.

The issues of the two continents of Asia and Africa are substantially different from those that are envisaged in the post by Clare. I wonder if she would extend her parameters and consider those wider issues which are very much linked with any effective opposition to the particular piece of USA legislation that in fact typifies a trend that covers non-'internet' aspects of economic and social control and denial.

The realities across the African continent cannot be addressed by typically racist tokenistic gestures attributable to the likes of Geldof.

The whole world needs to be involved in defence of rights.

Are we ready and willing to go forward along these lines?


Any campaign against information repression must start with the premiss that the world, our planet, is bigger than the limits plotted by the multi-nationals and the conglomerates who on this issue have been shown to have disproportionate control. The United Nations Organisation istle needs to be active. Even though the recent UNO-linked initiative on information democracy was sabotaged by the very interests who want to restrict this to their liens, we, the whole world and its peoples, would be better off if the realities of the world outside of the military-industrial complexes based in North America and Western Europe are included.

Let us also not misrepresent the huge numbers of ordinary peoples of the Asian continent by miscasting them as just the conglomerate-codes of China and India.

In both China and India, the overwhelming numbers of peoples are deprived of access and economic capacity.

The issues of the two continents of Asia and Africa are substantially different from those that are envisaged in the post by Clare. I wonder if she would extend her parameters and consider those wider issues which are very much linked with any effective opposition to the piece of legislation that in fact typifies a trend that covers non-'internet' aspects of economic and social control and denial.

The realities across the African continent cannot be addressed by typically racist tokenistic gestures attributable to the likes of Geldof.

The whole world needs to be involved in defence of rights.

Are we ready and willing to go forward along these lines?