David Alexander Sugar

                 
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I spend my free time traveling, reading, occasionally speaking at scientific conferences, and working with various social and political organizations. I principally work on free software, and my primary interest is in solutions for enabling intercept-free communications.

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Monday, October 4, 2010
GNU Telephony Statement on new Internet Surveillance Laws
It is not simply that we will choose to publicly defy the imposition of such an illegitimate law, but that we will explicitly continue to publicly develop and distribute free software (that is software that offers the freedom to use, inspect, and modify) enabling secure peer-to-peer communication privacy through encryption that is made available directly to anyone worldwide.

Saturday, January 3, 2009
Alas poor Canada, you will not be missed
(3 comments) Prof. Panarin's theory in the context of existing indigenous struggles.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
What is Freedom
A discussion on the meaning of freedom as responsibility.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Che Guevara and the Peril of Power
(1 comments) Some thoughts on revolution and power near the anniversary of Che's capture and execution in Bolivia.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Why I Struggle
(1 comments) Some thoughts on our shared struggle for basic human dignity in this "thing" called America.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
A letter for Hugo Chavez in support of Lakotah Sovereignty
This letter was delivered earlier this year to the office of the president of the republic of Venezuela and the chancellor of the national assembly, along with a petition seeking formal diplomatic recognition for the provisional national government of the Republic of Lakotah.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Revisiting the Bolivarian Revolution
(2 comments) Notes on my most recent visit to Venezuela.

Monday, September 22, 2008
Jeffrey Luer and the American identity
(2 comments) Always when I read one of Jeffery "Free" Luer's prison letters I am left with thoughts and questions of what both courage and cowardice truly mean, and how often these two are not the opposites as they at first seem, but rather may be intertwined. Sometimes I also find I must ponder what is freedom and identity, and what does and should mean to be "American."

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