Boycott AMAZON.com = Daniel Ellsberg = terminating Wikileaks website

[L. Coyote]

Will you boycott Amazon.com?

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/120610b.html

Ellsberg sent a letter of complaint to Amazon and an appeal to others who object to this act of corporate cowardice. The appeal and the letter are printed below:

I hope you will join me and others in boycotting Amazon -- inconvenient as that may be -- to provide some counter-pressure to efforts by Senator Lieberman and the Administration to demonize, hound, block and prosecute Wikileaks, and ultimately to control whistleblowing and dissent on the Internet.

Note: After sending this letter to Amazon.com and to the websites below, I looked on Google News and found that antiwar.com had already launched a boycott effort, citing reasons that I share: Moreover, I hadn't yet read this terrific column by Glenn Greenwald ... (http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/01/lieberman/index.html)

If you need more background, check out antiwar.com ....

http://antiwar.com/

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Thursday, Dec 2, 2010 02:02 ET
Joe Lieberman emulates Chinese dictators
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/01/lieberman/index.html

[Le Taz Hot]

1. K & R

[L. Coyote]

5. Defend WikiLeaks – Boycott Amazon = by Justin Raimondo

Defend WikiLeaks – Boycott Amazon

The online behemoth is an extension of the state
by Justin Raimondo, December 06, 2010
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A spontaneous movement to boycott Amazon.com, the online retailer, has taken off in response to the company’s decision to kick WikiLeaks off its servers. We at Antiwar.com unequivocally endorse this effort. In spite of attempts by some to claim the company was subjected to a threat “at gunpoint,” in reality, no one put a gun to Amazon’s head. They were more than happy to join the attack on WikiLeaks, as their statement made all too clear:

“There have been reports that a government inquiry prompted us not to serve WikiLeaks any longer. That is inaccurate.

“There have also been reports that it was prompted by massive DDOS attacks. That too is inaccurate. There were indeed large-scale DDOS attacks, but they were successfully defended against.

“Amazon Web Services (AWS) rents computer infrastructure on a self-service basis. AWS does not pre-screen its customers, but it does have terms of service that must be followed. WikiLeaks was not following them. There were several parts they were violating. … It’s clear that WikiLeaks doesn’t own or otherwise control all the rights to this classified content. Further, it is not credible that the extraordinary volume of 250,000 classified documents that WikiLeaks is publishing could have been carefully redacted in such a way as to ensure that they weren’t putting innocent people in jeopardy. Human rights organizations have in fact written to WikiLeaks asking them to exercise caution and not release the names or identities of human rights defenders who might be persecuted by their governments.”

“We’ve been running AWS for over four years and have hundreds of thousands of customers storing all kinds of data on AWS. Some of this data is controversial, and that’s perfectly fine. But, when companies or people go about securing and storing large quantities of data that isn’t rightfully theirs, and publishing this data without ensuring it won’t injure others, it’s a violation of our terms of service, and folks need to go operate elsewhere.”

They couldn’t be clearer: although no doubt Lieberman’s direct intervention contained the threat of government action, this isn’t a case of a private company being bullied by Washington, and complying for fear of retribution. Amazon agrees with the government campaign to shut down WikiLeaks, and they want to do all they can to help.

Echoing the government-Big Media lie that WikiLeaks is purveying “stolen property,” Amazon is making propaganda for the regime and its efforts to take down WikiLeaks.

........ http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/12/05/defend-wikileaks-%E2%80%93-boycott-amazon/

[EmilyKent]

2. It'll certainly be inconvenient,

but yes, I'm boycotting Amazon.

[Mudoria]

3. I have no intention of boycotting Amazon

[sabrina 1]

6. I do. And will make sure to let everyone I know what they have done

Holidays coming up and many of my friends and family use Amazon. But most of them do not like censorship.

[xultar]

8. me neither. I hate joementum just as much as the next person. but i'm

not boycotting amazon.

[kctim]

4. No thanks.

[hugo_from_TN]

7. Uhhh, no.

[sabrina 1]

9. Yes, when the government can interfere with corporations and use

them to censor information they are so desperately trying to hide from the public, the best way for the people to let their sentiments about Government censorship be known, is to not do business with that company.

Boycott Amazon and Paypal!

[SpiralHawk]

10. The k and the r

Support truth

[Metric System]

11. I just placed an order!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. I'm going to place an order there right now.

So, no. I won't.

[arikara]

13. This site will make it easier to boycott them

http://www.bookdepository.com

Comparable prices - cheaper in a lot of cases, a huge selection, free shipping anywhere in the world. Fast. I've ordered from them and have been very pleased.

[L. Coyote]

14. with FREE shipping worldwide on all books

Thanks

[sabrina 1]

15. Thanks, bookmarked n/t

[JonLP24]

16. Interesting Ellsberg is calling for this

Of course I support it. I believe he has A LOT of credibility in this area.

[L. Coyote]

17. His voice and actions are truly important in American history.

I thought it was worth the post, and expected more reaction in favor.

Has DU changed a lot or what?