Not everyone familiar with Julian Assange or Aaron Swartz has heard of Barrett Brown. Animated by a similar mission, this Texan now sits locked up in a cage awaiting trial on some rather dubious charges. Here's why he's there, and why his life's work ought to concern us all. |
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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)