China needed a good excuse on censorship. The United States provided that excuse when it went after Wikileaks, showing that liberal democracies, if powerful enough, will also not hesitate to shut down internet gadflies. Of course, hypocrisy by the U.S. does not undo China's obligations. But it makes the argument of rights activists that much harder.
Wikileaks is now banned from the Library of Congress computers. The site's temporary host, Amazon.com, has been pressured (successfully) to drop it. Funding for Wikileaks via Paypal and even Swiss banks has been cut off.
Beijing must be sighing a big sigh of relief.
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Keeping track: Glad you picked it up again. Looked at the Tavis Smiley show last night and found him interviewing an old lawyer of MLK. The lawyer suggested that the the progressives bring their own candidate to the primaries to challenge Obama. What do you think? Is it not time to test his convistions?
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I don't think we should primary Obama. But I like what Bernie Sanders did. Highlight the choices.
Great blog!
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