[ICANN-EU] New e-book available: The Internet belongs to everyone

[Eric Lee <ericlee@labourstart.org>]

Yesterday ICANN concluded an important phase of its Board elections with 
the selection of
the 7 candidates for each region.  I'd like to thank all those of you who 
supported my candidacy.  Of the 54 candidates in the North American region, 
I placed 4th -- but unfortunately, only the top three were selected.

This phase is now over -- but the struggle to democratize the governance of 
cyberspace and in particular to give labour a voice in that process has 
just begun.

As a contribution to that struggle, I have just published as an e-book, 
"The Internet belongs to everyone".  It is a 173 page volume addressing 
such matters as the governing bodies of cyberspace (and not only ICANN), 
the internationalization of the net, the role of the unions, and a critique 
of the proposal for a "unions" top level domain.

It can be downloaded for free from LabourStart's front page as of 
today.  LabourStart is located at http://www.labourstart.org

To read the book, you'll need Microsoft Reader, which is now also available 
for free, for downloading from Microsoft's website.  See the link for this 
too on the front page of LabourStart.

I look forward to reading your comments on the book and to working with you 
in the future on these important questions.

Eric Lee


Eric Lee
Information and Communications Technology Co-ordinator
Labour and Society International
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