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Friday, November 07, 2003

MN ED COMM Denies Native American Genocide
Mn Education Commissioner Denies Native American Genocide. Genocide [Minneapolis/St Paul IMC]

MN Education Commissioner Denies Native American Genocide
by Kristina M. Gronquist 2:21pm Wed Nov 5 '03 (Modified on 3:53pm Fri Nov 7 '03)

address: 416 8th Ave NE Mpls. MN 55413 kgronquist@aol.com

MN Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke states on the MPR Midday Radio Program, 11/4, that there is no connection between Columbus and Native American Genocide, and argues that children's lesson plans should supress any such connection. She does not acknowledge that Columbus's advent to Indian lands initiated policies of genocide for the indigenous people of North America.

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Suing Diebold

& IN DIEBOLD NEWS Nov 5 2003

Students Sue Electronic Voting Company

Two Swarthmore College students and a nonprofit ISP are seeking a court order on Election Day to stop electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold Systems, Inc., from issuing specious legal threats. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Center for Internet and Society Cyberlaw Clinic at Stanford Law School are providing legal representation to Nelson Pavlosky and Luke Smith in this important case to prevent abusive copyright claims from silencing public debate about voting.
Diebold has delivered dozens of cease-and-desist notices to website publishers and ISPs, including Indymedia, demanding that they take down corporate documents revealing flaws in the company's electronic voting systems as well as difficulties with certifying the systems for actual elections. Pavlovsky and Smith have published an email archive of the Diebold documents which contain descriptions of these flaws written by the company's own employees. Swarthmore student groups Why War? and the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons have launched an electronic civil disobedience campaign, using file-sharing to ensure constant public access to the documents.

Online Policy Group v. Diebold case archive
Cease-and-desist letter Diebold sent to OPG
IndyMedia Web page subject to Diebold cease-and-desist letter
Link to Chilling Effects on DMCA safe harbor provisions
Media coverage of Diebold threats: Miami Herald and: Wired

[ FULL STORY | Indymedia Web page subject to Diebold cease-and-desist | Security flaws in e-voting system ]

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