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Bhavana Varun Nov 8, 2019

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! 💜

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Dr Nikhil P Bhagwat Nov 9, 2019

@BhavanaVarun this is how a single person can change world for better. He wanted information to be free like it should be but was harassed by govt and power that controls the world.
Rest in Peace Aaron. Your legacy still lives on

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॥स्वक्ष॥Nov 9, 2019

@DrNikhil_P_B @BhavanaVarun Alexandra, #scihub (-free papers from #academia) founder is in the same boat with cases against her in USA.

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Bhavana Varun Nov 9, 2019

@svaksha @DrNikhil_P_B True! Shameful how activists are made to run for life! While criminals and chrony capitalists take leisures being in power.

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॥स्वक्ष॥

@BhavanaVarun @DrNikhil_P_B In this case it's publishing companies profiting off the unpaid labor of #researchers writing papers for free and reviewing it for free. Ironically, you need to do research for a PhD but today it's all about citations. Here #capitalism capitalizes on PhD students doing near slavery labour as they have no rights to the paper they wrote. The irony of #academia!