Aaron Swartz. Born on this day! November 8, 1986. He would have been 33 today.

November 9 will be observed all over the world as Aaron Swartz Day — an annual event to celebrate Aaron Swartz’s legacy as an activist, programmer, entrepreneur & political organizer.

Hackathons would be organised, where diverse & passionate folks would gather & exchange ideas with each other, who believe in Freedom of #Information & #Education and Securing Digital Space for all.

Remember 9th November! 💜

@BhavanaVarun @Lawandemotions and I am in tears. Again. Every time I think of Aaron.
@ashwink @BhavanaVarun
He would have been 33 today. 😢
@Lawandemotions @BhavanaVarun sigh. Went to the memorial screening in SF a few years back. Every single person in the audience was crying.
@ashwink @Lawandemotions He'll be missed forever! His deeds and legacy stands tall. In our hearts and our actions, he'll be always with us. 💜
@BhavanaVarun @ashwink @Lawandemotions Spoke to him on email multiple times on long threads. arranged his live remote talk once in NIT Calicut. We almost planned an India visit too , but couldn't materialize. A big loss

@anivar
Visionary, Genuine soul & a crusader. That's how the world must remember Aaron Swartz.

"Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves,” Aaron wrote in his Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto.
“Forcing academics to pay money to read the work of their colleagues? Providing scientific articles to those at elite universities in the First World, but not to children in Global South? It’s outrageous & unacceptable.”

We remember him! 💗