My heart’s in Accra | Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since ...

In 1984, a remarkable post caught the attention of users of Usenet, the distributed bulletin board system that served as a public square for the early Internet. Posted to one of the most active discussions, net.general, and to a small number of politics-focused newsgroups, it began, "Well, today, 840401, this is at last the Socialist Union of ... ................
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