<div dir="ltr">When it comes to alternative ISPs, we are accustomed to thinking about the technical hurdles. However constructing a sustainable financial and social model is just as challenging. Alfredo gives valuable insight from his experience doing both, using socialist principles.<div>
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joly posted: "At the OpenITP Techno-Activism Third Monday on May 20, 2013 at CUNY Graduate Center NYC, OpenCUNY presented Alfredo Lopez, founder of May First/People Link (MF/PL), who shared his experience running a progressive and collaborative ISP. Video is below.
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<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><img border="0" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ta3m.png" alt="ta3m" style="max-width:100%;min-height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc">At the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://hacktivism.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">OpenITP Techno-Activism Third Monday</a> on May 20, 2013 at CUNY Graduate Center NYC, <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://opencuny.org/" target="_blank">OpenCUNY</a> presented Alfredo Lopez, founder of <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://mayfirst.org/" target="_blank">May First/People Link</a> (MF/PL), who shared his experience running a progressive and collaborative ISP. Video is below.</p>
<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UsGUUUHjtI?rel=0&w=600&h=338" target="_blank" class="playable"><img border="0" style="max-width:100%;min-height:auto;margin-bottom:12px" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/4UsGUUUHjtI/0.jpg"></a><br>
<strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://youtu.be/4UsGUUUHjtI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/4UsGUUUHjtI</a><br>
<strong>Transcribe on AMARA</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.amara.org/en/videos/vGSG6kkQMdCM/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amara.org/en/videos/vGSG6kkQMdCM/</a><br>
<strong>Twitter</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23TA3M" target="_blank">#TA3M</a></p>
<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">May First/People Link is a membership-led and driven organization comprised of about 450 organizations and another 400 individuals making for a total of nearly 3,000 people in the organization. We are a politically progressive organization, democratically run, and organized in both the United States and Mexico</p>
<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">Alfred explains: </p>
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<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Why you should care about what type of ISP you have (Hint: They can see and share your online traffic)</li>
<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Why MF/PL was setup as a unique alternative Internet provider. </li>
<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">How their infra-structure is different than most ISPs (support, server maintenance, and staffing) and why. </li>
<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">How democracy works in MF/PL and the success and challenges they have had. </li>
<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The political challenges they face including lack of diversity in technology. </li>
<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">How other movements, such as the Climate Change movement, interact and enrich the members of the collective.</li>
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