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Edward Snowden, NSA whistle-blower
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Malkia Cyril, Founder of the Center for Media Justice, cofounder of Media Action Grassroots Network
PEOPLE GENERALLY ASSOCIATE the word radical with extreme. But I prefer to think of the word in reference to its Latin origin: radix, the root of the issue.
My friend Malkia Cyril is a radical in the truest sense of the word. Malkia’s work goes right to the root of government surveillance: that it’s fundamentally about power and control, not simply safety and security.
Malkia is the founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice and cofounder of the Media Action Grassroots Network, a national network of racial and economic justice organizations working to ensure equal access to technology and communication. Among other things, they give digital security training to black activists, immigrant activists, and Muslim Americans.
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- Date Published:09/18/2018
- Original Publication:Wired