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Today it's the turn of <strong>The Cyberunions Podcast</strong>, <a href="https://cyberunions.org/">https://cyberunions.org/</a>. <em>Cyberunions is a project exploring the intersection between trade union organising and new technology. Rather than seeing technology as a set of tools, we see cyberspace as a space, where people work, organise politically, are entertained and educated, and engage in many fields of human endeavour.</em>
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Todays show is <em>The Cyberunions Podcast - Episode 46: gIMMI net freedomz</em> <a href="https://cyberunions.org/the-cyberunions-podcast-episode-46-gimmi-net-freedomz/">https://cyberunions.org/the-cyberunions-podcast-episode-46-gimmi-net-freedomz/</a>
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<p>We speak to <a href="https://www.smarimccarthy.is/about/">Smári McCarthy</a> of the <a href="https://immi.is/Home">International Modern Media Institute</a></p>
<p><em>1:30 May Day updates</em></p>
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<li>Good day in Mexico City</li>
<li><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/03/may-day-chicago" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','https://www.breitbart.com']);">Good article</a> about the new and old left coming together in the US</li>
<li>Interesting times across Europe</li>
<li>Elections in the UK (local), France and Greece</li>
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<p><em>6:00 Tech update</em></p>
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<li>Apple finally credits <a href="https://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/how-openstreetmap-got-apple-to-give-it-due-credit.php" >Open Street Maps</a></li>
<li>Duckduckgo searches Open Street Maps if you search !osm</li>
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<p><em>8:00 Interview with <a href="https://www.smarimccarthy.is/about/" >Smári McCarthy</a></em></p>
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<li><a href="https://immi.is/Home" >International Modern Media Institute</a> builds media freedom best practice</li>
<li>Makes Iceland the best country in the world to host information</li>
<li>Time to go on the offensive to assert net freedom</li>
<li>In the US, free speech is easy to suppress at local level</li>
<li>Free speech laws are 200 years out of date and not fit for the information age</li>
<li>Never waste a good crisis - it’s an opportunity for change</li>
<li><a href="https://this.is/birgitta/">Birgitta Jonsdottir</a> helped promote media freedom in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing" >Alþingi</a></li>
<li>The financial crisis means Iceland can no longer rely on is finance sector</li>
<li>Data services become a new economic sector, which is diversified and encourages entrepeneurship</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement" >ACTA</a> is a threat to a large portion of human endeavour and must be stopped</li>
<li>Lobbyists have succeeded in entrenching intellectual monopoly protections into the Kenyan constitution - allows them to leverage East Africa</li>
<li>How do unions fit into this? Where is the digital labour movement?</li>
<li>The labour movement is paralysed by hierarchy - the internet challenges this and can unlock union power</li>
<li>The industrial revolution was a tragic mistake</li>
<li>How do you protect whistleblowers?</li>
<li>You can get hosting in Iceland through <a href="https://ecodis.net/" >Ecodis</a></li>
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<h2>Links</h2>
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<li><a href="https://immi.is/Home">https://immi.is/Home</a></li>                                                       
<li><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/03/may-day-chicago">https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/03/may-day-chicago</a></li>                                                                              
<li><a href="https://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/how-openstreetmap-got-apple-to-give-it-due-credit.php">https://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/how-openstreetmap-got-apple-to-give-it-due-credit.php</a></li>              
<li><a href="https://www.smarimccarthy.is/about/">https://www.smarimccarthy.is/about/</a></li>                         
<li><a href="https://immi.is/Home">https://immi.is/Home</a></li>                                                       
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing</a></li>                   
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement</a></li>                                                                                
<li><a href="https://ecodis.net/">https://ecodis.net/</a></li>
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