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Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:24:46 +0100
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+title: Help Chile write free software values, privacy, and digital sovereignty into their constitution
+date: 2022-01-19
+---
+
+For those out of the loop, a group which included myself up until recently,[^1]
+Chile is in the midst of a revolution. They're fighting against the increased
+cost of living, privatization of essential services, and worsening inequality
+— problems facing everyone who lives under capitalism around the world
+— but in Chile's case, the people actually seem to be winning. The
+Chilean people voted overwhelmingly in favor (80% with a 50% turnout) of
+rewriting the constitution, a constitutional convention has been assembled, and
+a call has been made for the Chilean people to re-define their country's values.
+
+[^1]: No surprise given that promising popular political movements like this are deliberately under-reported in western media, especially when they're happening in the global south. We can't have anyone wondering if we could make similar changes here!
+
+One of the answers to this call arrived in my inbox courtesy of Felix Freeman, a
+Chilean hacker and activist for free software, free culture, and free knowledge,
+who asked me to signal boost [Propuestas constitucionales para Chile en la era
+de la información][6], three proposals to establish the following principles in
+the most foundations of Chilean law:
+
+1. [Access to knowledge][3]
+2. [Technological and digital sovereignty][4]
+3. [Internet privacy][5]
+
+[3]: https://www.EraDeLaInformacion.cl/acceso
+[4]: https://www.EraDeLaInformacion.cl/soberania
+[5]: https://www.EraDeLaInformacion.cl/privacidad
+[6]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/
+
+Each of these proposals needs 15,000 Chilean signatures to be proposed at the
+constitutional convention, and I'd like you to help Felix and other advocates
+for digital freedoms in Chile get the attention they need. These links provide
+the canonical Spanish text and the appropriate place for Chileans to register
+their support. Felix was also kind enough to provide me with English
+translations for your reading pleasure:
+
+1. [Access to knowledge][0]
+2. [Technological and digital sovereignty][1]
+3. [Internet privacy][2]
+
+[0]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/docs/acceso_eng.pdf
+[1]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/docs/soberania_eng.pdf
+[2]: https://www.eradelainformacion.cl/docs/privacidad_eng.pdf
+
+This is exactly the kind of political action we need to enshrine the values of
+free software, free culture, and free knowledge within Chilean law. I hope you
+will support their efforts to score a victory for the Chilean people and for
+global digital freedom. Opportunities like this one are vanishingly rare, and
+need to be taken advantage of before they're gone. The call for signatures ends
+on February 1st — act fast!
