AMATEUR COMPUTERIST INDEX
1988 to the Present
To access each issue, click on its link in blue.
1) Volume 1 No 1 (Feb. 1988) Newsletter:
Introduction; Dawn of a New Era; Dedication; World of Telecommunications; Try This (IBM); Future Belongs to
Programmers; The First Programmer (Picture); Why Learn Programming; Cover of Personal Computing (Picture);
Commodore Tips & Tricks.
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2) Volume 1 No 2 (Jun. 1988) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN1-2.html
The Big Machine; Pass the Profits, Please; Technology: Develop or Stagnate?; Cartoon by “DOC” Wilson; Sample
BASIC graphic program; Try This (IBM); The World of Telecom... Corrections; German Vocabulary Helper
Program; Programming in BASIC or C?; Configuring Your System; Letter to the Editor.
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3) Volume 1 No 3 (Oct. 1988) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN1-3.html
Letter Published in Radio-Electronics; Responses from Around the Country; Election & Computers (Editorial);
Savior in Waiting; How to Use the Merit Network?; Virtual Drives & Batch Files; Try This (Equation of a Straight
Line); As I Was Saying... (Why Computerism?); Computers and Free Speech; Letter to the Editor; Plant Life
(Picture).
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4) Volume 2 No 1 (Jan. 1989) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN2-1.html
Return to Sanity With the Amateur & the Pro; Letters from Readers; Problem Corner; Try This for IBM; System
Diagram for Quadraphonic Sound System); Response to October Editorial; Cartoons (Commodore County),
Welcome to Commodore County USA; Computer Hacking, A Crime?; IBM Key Assignments Using the
“PROMPT”; History of Computers Part I.
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5) Volume 2 No 2 (Apr. 1989) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN2-2.html
Why Learn to Program? (Discussion); Letters; Try This “Message” in BASIC for IBM; “SE Q” for IBM; As I Was
Saying (Jobs: Hours and Sense...); Overtime and Under Pay; May Day poem; Sample Batch File, Using a Text File
& Parameters; History of Computers Part II.
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6) Volume 2 No 3 (Summer 1989) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN2-3.html
Opposing Viewpoints, Impact of Computers On Society: A Debate; Letters to the Editor; CoCo Corner (Grail Quest-
Pip); Commodore County USA (Cursor Color Change); Out of the Heart of the Abacus Comes the Computer;
History of the Computer Part III.
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7) Volume 2 No 4 (Fall 1989) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN2-4.html
Letter from Prosecutor; Opposing Viewpoint...; Letters to the Editor; Wanted Alive (AD); CoCo Corner (Equation
Graphing Prg.); True Heroes; Trigonometry Lesson for IBM; History of the Computer Part IV.
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8) Volume 3 No 1 (Winter 1990) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN3-1.html
Letter from Editor of Detroit News; Don’t Replicate UAW-Ford School; When Will Their Walls Come Tumbling
Down; Letters to Editor; Commodore County USA (Cartoon); The Spirit of Babbage; CoCo Corner (Poke & Peak);
CAD/CAM/CIM; History of Computers Part V.
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9) Volume 3 No 2 (Spring 1990) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN3-2.html
The Laborer, Yes; Floyd Hoke-Miller (1898-1990); The Picket; In Honor of Labor’s Poet Laureate; Computer
Education and Government Regulation; Letter from Superintendent; Open Letter to Superintendent Bemis; Letter
to Governor; Commodore County U.S.A. (Shimmering Text); C-64 Music Digitizer; IBM Label Program; CoCo
Corner (Calorie Counter); Bulletin Board Numbers.
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10) Volume 3 No 3 (Fall 1990) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN3-3.html
What Criticisms Have You of the A.C.?; Tips and Tricks (IBM Boot Problem); Letter to Editor; Editorial; A
Common Man of Greatness; CoCo Corner (Correction); Excerpts from BBS (Discussion-trade Unions);
Commodore C-64 Reset Switch; Diagram #1.
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11) Volume 3 No 4 (Winter 1991) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN3-4.html
Hats Off to Patriot; Amateurs are Needed More Than Ever; CoCo Corner (More Poke & Peak); Bringing
Automation Home; Computer BBS Discussion on the War; Computers for the People: Part I.
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12) Volume 4 No 1 Fall 1991 Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN4-1.html
Computers for the People – A History Part II; Letters to the Editor; Ten Commandments of Good Networking; Try
This Program (Graphic “Hi”); USSR and the Computer; Command Line Calculator; The Question of Censorship.
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13) Volume 4 No 2-3 (Spring 1992) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN4-2-3.html
Computers Vs Plant Closures; Problem Corner; Union Forever; Cartoon (Shorter Hours); Letter To The Editor;
Letters to Amateur Computerist; Letter to Editor of Utne Reader; Review from the ì Peripheral; Tribute: Modern
Computer Pioneer; Interview with Staff Member; One Line Program; Computers For The People; Cartoon
(Commodore County); Pascal Program.
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14) Volume 4 No 4 (Summer 1992) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN4-4.html
Impact of the Computer on Society: Two Views; Electronic Mail; Letters to the Editor; Desktop Publishing; On the
Question of Censorship; Computers for People: History Part IV; Try This: (Programs); (From the Shop Floor) I’d
Hate to Be a Foreman & Caterpillar Worker on UAW-Cat Strike; Cartoon (I Have a Grievance); America and the
Dollar; Problem Corner; Interview with Staff Member.
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15) Supplement (Fall 1992) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN4-5.html
The Wonderful World of Usenet News
Introduction; the Net Works; ‘Arte,’ Computers and Usenet News; Computer as a Democratizer; CityNet in New
Zealand; Learning About Usenet; Freenet BBS’s; Two Books to Help Users; Liberation Technology; Usenet News
Part II; In Memorial.
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16) Volume 5 No 1-2 (Spring 1993) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN5-1-2.html
Interview with Henry Spencer; Tradition of May 1, 1848; Social Forces Behind Usenet; The Net and the Labor
Movement; Letters to Editor; The New Dawn; Pittsburgh Press Strike; John G. Kemeny; Computers for the People;
Pascal Program; Try This Program in C; May Day in History; Charter for Newsgroup.
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17) Volume 5 No 3/4 (Fall 1993) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN5-3-4.html
Honoring the 25
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Anniversary of ARPAnet
From ARPAnet to Usenet News; Battle For Programming; Common Sense; Imminent Death of the Net; Letters To
The Editor; News From Europe; From The Shop Floor; Report: Summer 1993 USENIX; Proposals on NSF
Backbone; C Program; Computers for the People; Soul of the Internet.
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18) Volume 6 No 1 (Spring 1994) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN6-1.html
Celebrating 25 Years of UNIX
UNIX and Computer Science; An Interview with John Lions; An Interview with Berkley Tague; On the 25
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Anniversary of UNIX; Usenet News: The Poor Man’s ARPAnet; What the Net Means to Me; Plumbing The Depths
of UNIX; Using UNIX Tools; C Program; New Net Book; The Linux Movement; The Ten Commandments for C;
May Day in the Morning; Free Software Foundation.
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19) Volume 6 No 2-3 (Winter 1995) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN6-2-3.html
Netizens and the Internet
What is a Netizen?; Licklider’s Vision and the Future; Net Cultural Assumptions; Etiquette and the Internet; Ethics
and the Internet; The Internet Society; The Internet: Maintaining Diversity; Do You Want to Lose Your Voice?; The
Net: A Scientific Perspective; Book Proposal; Netizens: The Impact of the Net; Rights of Netizens.
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20) Volume 7 No 1 (Spring 1996) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN7-1.html
Netizens and Online Access
Net Access: A Privilege or a Right?; Canadian Community Networking; Netizens and Community Networks; Letter
to the Editor; Access For All FAQ; The Future of Democracy; Old Freedoms and New Technologies; Forming the
Usenet Online Community; History of Cleveland Freenet; Universal Access to E-Mail; Prototype for Policy
Decisions; In Honor of ‘Doc’ Wilson; (Picture of Doc Wilson); ( 3 Cartoons).
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21) Volume 7 No 2 (Winter 1997) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN7-2.html
Internet: Transforming Society
Power Tools of Our Times; Effect of Net on Professional News Media; Report from INET’96 Part I; CDA Decision
(Excerpts); E-mail Evangeladdict; Culture and Communication; Online Education; Report from INET’96 Part II;
Internet Impact on Daily Lives?; FCC Submission on Universal Service; Letter to the Editor; Freenets and Politics
of Community; Broadsides for Our Day; Genora (Johnson) Dollinger (1913-1995).
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22) Volume 8 No 1 (Spring 1998) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN8-1.html
Usenet, The Unsung Hero of the Internet
Interview with Tom Truscott; Editorial; Factsheet Five: ACN; Cooperative Nature of Usenet; Creating Broadsides;
History of the Net is Important; Netizens: Review of Reviews; Book Reviews: Netizens; Community in
k12.chat.teacher; Wiener and Licklider; Amateur Computerist Index: 1988-1998.
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23) Special Issue (July 1998) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN8-2.html
Controversy Over the Internet
Stakeholders in the DNS Controversy: Netizen List DNS Discussion; Study of the ARPAnet TCP/IP Digest; An
Introduction to TCP/IP.
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24) Volume 9 No 1 (Winter 1999) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN9-1.html
Battle Over the Future of the Internet
Editorial: 25 Years of TCP/IP; Role of Govt in the Internet; Report from INET’98 and IFWP; The Internet: Public
or Private?; Report from the Front; The Internet a Public Treasure; Testimony Submitted to Congress; Letter to
Congressman Bliley; E-mail Message from Becky Burr; Letter to Wm. Daley Sec. of Commerce; Letter: Tom Bliley
to Ira Magaziner; Letter to the NTIA; Herding Cats and Sacred Cows; DNS: Short History and Short Future
MsgGroup Mailing List.
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25) Volume 9 No. 2 (Special 1999) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACN9-2.html
Lifting the Veil of Silence from ICANN
ISOC Silencing the Press; Cone of Silence; U.S. Press Censorship; Letter from the DOC.; Letter from Ira
Magaziner; Report from SIGCAS/POLICY 98; GAO Review.
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26) Volume 10 No. 1 (Summer 2000) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn10-1.html
Celebrating the 25
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Anniv. of TCP/IP
Welcoming the Millennium; Who Can Watch the Watchdog?; Internet Pioneers Panel; Citizens’ Agenda 2000
Forum; Cleveland Freenet Closed; From the Internet; Oral History of the Internet; 30 Years of RFCs; Principles of
the Internet; ARPAnet Mailing Lists.
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27) Volume 10 No 2 (Spring 2001) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn10-2.html
Editorial; Internet: A Laboratory for Democracy?; Ford Model E Program; Battle over Computer Classes; State of
the Net in Hungary; A Loss for Netizens; Moment of Silence for Michael Muuss; Culture Clash over Usenet
Archive; Privatization of the Internet; MsgGroup.
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28) Volume 11 No 1 (Special 5/1/02) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn11-1.html
In Memory of Michael Hauben: Discoverer of Netizens
Introduction; The Emergence of the Netizen; Michael, Computers and the Net; Work And Life of Michael Hauben;
Some of Michael’s Accomplishments; In Memoriam: a Netizen; Giving Back to the World; Thoughts Regarding
Michael’s Work; Mike: Sketches; “Netizens” in Hebrew Dictionary; A Tribute; Writings by Michael Hauben;
Preface: What is a Netizen?; What the Net Means to Me; Declaration of the Rights of Netizens; Democracy: SDS
and the Net; The Untold History of the ARPAnet; Berlin Report: The Vision Lives.
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29) Volume 11 No 2 (May 2003) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn11-2.html
Netizens: Then & Now
Introduction; J. C. R. Licklider to Michael Hauben; Netizenship Today: An Interview; Jr GII Web Chat 1995; What
It Means to be a Netizen; Letters to the Editor; Poem about poetry Forums; The E-DRUM: An Ode; Letter from the
Poet; In Memoriam: Akos Herman; Review of Netizens; Letter to the Editor; Netizens Then and Now; 15 Years
of the Amateur Computerist; Communication Not Annihilation.
30) Volume 12 No 1 (Winter 2004) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn12-1.html
15 Years of the Amateur Computerist
Editorial; Doing Democracy; Reality Behind E-democracy; OhmyNews.com: A Case Study; 2004 U.S. Election;
Fifteenth Anniversary of ACN; Letters, Net and the Netizens; Reprints: Introduction; Dawn of a New Era; Cartoon;
Computers & Free Speech; True Heros; Impact of the Computer on Society; The Spirit of Babbage; Interview with
Staff Member.
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31) Volume 12 No 2 (Spring 2004) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn12-2.html
Netizen Empowerment & 30
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Anniversary of TCP/IP
Editorial; Netizens and Internet Governance; International Origin of the Internet; Emergence of Netizens in Japan.
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32) Volume 13 No 1 (Spring 2005) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn13-1.html
Netizenship Around the World
Netizens and the News; Korean Netizens Change Journalism; Crisis in U.S. Media & the 2004 Election; Netizen
and Professional Journalism; Effect of Net on Professional News Media; International Origin of the Internet &
WSIS; WSIS Post; First Korean Post to International Usenet; China-Germany E-mail Connection; Domain Name
for Viet Nam; Netizens in Korea; XXII International Congress.
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33) Volume 13 No 2 (Fall 2005) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn13-2.html
The Internet and WSIS
From Public Internet to WSIS; Who Will Control Internet Infrastructure; International Origins of the Internet; IFWP
1998: No Consensus; Internet an Int’l Public Treasure Proposal; Who Are the Stakeholders; Netizen List DNS
Discussion; Cone of Silence.
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34) Volume 14 No 1 (Spring 2006) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn14-1.html
Back to Our Roots; Voice of the UAW Worker; Constitutional Death of the UAW; GM Buyouts No ‘Christmas’;
French Youth Up in Arms; NYC Transit Strike; Origin of the Net; Emergence of Netizen, Michael Hauben:
Columbia 250
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Birthday; Misunderstanding about ‘Netizen’; Advancing “News guerrillas”; Impact of Net on
Chinese Press Politics.
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35) Volume 14 No 2 (Summer 2006) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn14-2.html
Netizens, Democracy and Labor
Editorial: Is Democracy Working?; Critique Of Democratization In S. Korea; Delphi: Fight that Confronts;
Suppression of a VOICE; We are the workers (song); Delphi: Live Bait & Ammo; “Who Killed the Electric Car”;
Internet: Citizen Model.
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36) Volume 15 No 1 (Winter 2007) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn15-1.html
Citizen and Netizen Journalism
Editorial: “Will This Kill That?”; Welcome to Korea and OhmyNews; Media War in Denmark; Citizen Journalists
and the New ‘News’; Cit-J and Its Place in Journalism; Reporting From Nepal; Citizen Journalism Brought to
Germany; Citizen Reporting in Brazil; Netizens in Japan Take Step Forward; Exporting Citizen Journalism;
Netizens Critical to Citizen Journalism; Cit J Not About ‘Amateurs’ or ‘Pros’; Where Do You Head; Cit J?; OMN
Changed My Perspective; Researching the ‘My’ in OhmyNews; Cit J: Holding Power to Account; Time to Think;
Great Expectations; On Being a Citizen Journalist; Citizen Journalism in Indonesia.
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37) Volume 15 No 2 (Spring 2007) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn15-2.html
On the Origin of the Net and the Netizen
Netizens and WSIS; Origins of the Internet; Bush; Licklider: Libraries of the Future; Brief History of the Internet
in Korea; How China was Connected to Int’l Net; Public Interest in Management of Internet.
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38) Volume 16 No 1 (Winter 2008) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn16-1.html
Netizen Journalism and the United Nations
Challenging the False Narrative; Security Council Problem Facing the U.N.; Future of the Korean Peninsula; Attack
on UNDP Aid to North Korea; U.N. Reform: What Role Will Ban Play?; El Baradei: Negotiation With Iran; U.S.;
N. Korea Move to Open Ties; North Korea and Banco Delta Asia; Behind the Blacklisting of BDA; WMD
Syndrome and the Press; Does Ban Ki-Moon Have a U.N. Vision?; Status of the Six-Party Talks; North Korea
Addresses U.N.; U.N. Supporting Inter-Korean Summit; Net Gives Netizens Reporter Power.
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“Across the Great Wall”
Celebration; Panel Discussion; Werner Zorn Interview; Cordial Thanks to our Friends; Steps Toward China on the
Internet; Netizens and the New News; Conference Presentation Videos Online; Context for the Spread of CSNET;
Netizen Journalism: An Interview.
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40) Volume 17 No 1 (Spring 2009) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn17-1.html
Netizens and New Forms of Journalism
Editorial, Homo Neticus not Homo Economicus; Internet, Netizens, and Journalism; Candlelight 2008; China:
Netizen Impact; Citizen Journalism Organizational Context; Democratizing Innovation; Report on IR9.0 Netizen
Session; Report from Copenhagen IR9.0; One Decade of the Net Citizen; Honoring Ronda Hauben.
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41) Volume 17 No 2 (December 2008) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn17-2.html
Journalism Award
Silver Medal Awarded for ‘Interesting and Provocative Coverage’ of U.N.; Announcing the Thirteenth Annual
UNCA Award Winners!; Introduction and Remarks at Award Ceremony; OMNI Interview; U.N. No Longer Seen
as Impartial, Independent; Security Council Fails to Act on Gaza Crisis; At Legal Crossroads; International Cartoon
Exhibit Opens at U.N.; Changing Culture of U.N. Media.
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Netizen Journalism and North Korea
Editorial: Netizen Journalism Counters Media Myths; Overseas Koreans Remember 6.15; U.S. Policy Fails to
Engage; UN SC Increases Tension on Korean; UN SC Controversy: N.K. Satellite; U.S. Media: Breakdown in 6-
Party Talks; NY Philharmonic: Between 2 Peoples; NY Philharmonic Accepts N.K. Invitation; Review: Hidden
History of Korean War; N.K. Woodblock Prints Exhibit.
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43) Volume 19 No 1 (Summer 2010) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn19-1.html
In the Shadow of Deep Crises
Editorial; Farewell Speech; UN Security Council Reform in Focus; Changed Model Needed to Solve Crisis;
Response to Israeli Attacks on Gaza; The World Has Been Watching; Israel Attempts to Justify Attack on Gaza;
Need to End Siege of Gaza; Principles to Guide UN Framework; Responsibility to Protect?; G192 Emerges at UN
Conference; We, the Different are Here; The People are the Sovereign.
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44) Volume 20 No 1 (Winter 2011) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn20-1.html
OhmyNews International 2004-2010
OMNI Pioneer of Transnational Journalism; Background: OhmyNews Korea; Closure is Sad Event; From the
Frontline; Long-Lasting Impacts; Unfinished Journey; Reporting from the United Nations; Thanks for the Memory;
Participatory Journalism; Focus Was Too Broad?; OMNI’s Legacy; Every Citizen Is a Reporter; Comments on the
Closing.
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45) Volume 20 No 2 (Summer 2011) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn20-2.html
Netizen News
Introduction; Collected Works of Michael Hauben; China Host To First Netizen Day; China in the Era of the
Netizen; Netizens Defy Western Media Fictions; Need for Netizen Journalism; Chinese Netizens Question Obama;
Netizen Impact on Gov't & Media in China; Netizens in Egypt; Watchdog/Challenge the Abuse of Power; Internet
Model of Socio-Econ Development; Alternative Model for Internet Access to All; Netizenship; Effect of Net on
Professional News Media.
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46) Volume 21 No 1 (Winter 2012) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn21-1.html
Libya, The UN, and Netizen Journalism
Introduction; Int’l Media: 16
th
Member of the Security Council; Security Council Libya Mtg: Smoke and Mirrors;
UN SC on Libya: Killing the International Law; Abuse of UN Processes by Security Council; U.S. Uses UN to
Bypass Congress to Go to War; Journalism as a Weapon of War in Libya; Open Letter From Concerned Africans
on Libya; What Does Gaddafi’s Fall Mean For Africa?; ALBA Declaration on Libya and Syria; UNGA Debates
NATO Attack on Libya; Lies of the Mainstream Media: TeleSUR; Munich to Tripoli: Aiding Aggression; Statement
by Concerned Africans; Appendix: What Libya Achieved 1969-2011; Libya and the Big Lie; What NATO Did to
Libya 2011; What Will Happen in Libya Now?
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In Honor of Michael Hauben and the Emergence of the Netizens
Introduction; Participatory Democracy: SDS into Future Online; Researching the “Net,” Computer as a
Democratizer; What the Net Means to Me; Culture and Communication; Printing Press and the Net; Effect of the
Net on Professional News Media; New York City Civic Culture; Does Progress Result from Technology?
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May 1 Netizen Celebration
Greetings on the 15
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Anniversary; Netizens and Communication; Netizens Expose Distortions; My thinking on
Netizens.
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Netizen Journalism and International Relations
Netizen Journalism and International Relations; Netizens Expose Media Fabrications and Distortions; UN, China
and Journalism in the Era of the Netizen; Korea and the Era of the Netizen; Netizen Journalism in the Media War
at the UN; UN Role in Korea 1947-1953: Is it Being Repeated?
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50) Volume 23 No 1 (Spring 2013) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn23-1.html
Netizen Journalism and the Crisis in Syria
Introduction; SC Vote Challenges Hidden Agenda on Syria; Lessons from SC Implementation of RES 1973; AL
Observer Report Corrects Media Narratives Defending UN Charter by Use of Veto; Using UN GA to Endorse
Regime Change; UN Charter and Kofi Annan’s Role in Syria; Struggle against Parallel Track to Annan Plan; SC
Approves 90 day Observer Mission; “We Need Eyes and Ears on the Ground;” UN and Houla: The Information
Battlefield, Journalism in the Era of the Netizen; Why is the UNSMIS Houla Report Missing?
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Netizen Journalism in the Era of the Netizen
Introduction; On the 15
th
Anniversary of Print Edition of Netizens; Korea and the Era of the Netizen; Netizen
Journalism, Libya and the UN; UN and Houla Massacre: The Information Battlefield; ‘New News’ Challenges False
Narratives of Reality; Ever Evolving Netizen – News – Net Symbiosis; UN, China and Journalism in the Era of the
Netizen; Challenging False Narratives Basis for Netizen Press; Netizens and Communication A New Paradigm;
Anti-cnn Forum Challenges Media Distortions.
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Upcoming Book “In the Era of the Netizen”
Editorial; Participatory Democracy; Culture and Communication; New Dynamics of Democratization; Rise of
Netizen Democracy; Candlelight 2008; Graduation Presentation; Is This a New Era?
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53) Volume 25 No 1 (Spring 2015) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn25-1.html
DPRK: Out-of-the-Box Diplomacy
Introduction; Diplomacy to Build a Dialogue with North Korea; Women Plan Peace Walk Across DMZ; Media War
Why Netizen Journalism Matters; DPRK UN Briefing Challenges U.S. Strategy; Contesting UN HR Report on
North Korea; 13 Observations about North Korea; Enemy Image: What the DPRK Is Really Like; USA, North
Korea and Hollywood, Global Citizens’ Declaration and Call.
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Netizens Belong in Internet Governance
Introduction; Internet of Netizens, Not of Things; Netizen Participation in IG; Citizens and Netizens in
Decision-Making; Developing-Country Perspective; Democracy OR Multi-stakeholderism; What Future
Governance?; Letter to Congress: NTIA and ICANN; UNESCO Obscures ICANN Controversy; UN to
Consider IGF Future (2010); WSIS+10: Problems Revealed; Observations on 2
nd
WSIS+10 Prep Mtg;
Internationalized Oversight.
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55) Volume 27 No 1 (Summer 2016) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn27-1.html
The Internet, Netizens and China 2005-2015
Introduction; Internet: Int'l Origins & Impact on Its Future; WGIG: China On Internet Governance; China-
CSNET E-mail Link History Corrected; Origins of Internet and Emergence of Netizens; Anti-CNN: Media
Watchdog & Netizen Debate; Power of Chinese Netizens; Netizens Challenge Media Distortions; First Netizen
Celebration Day; China in the Era of the Netizen; My Thinking on Netizens; Proposal for World Internet
Conference.
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56) Volume 28 No 1 (Fall 2016) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn28-1.html
Ten Years: Ban Ki-moon, UN, Tension in Korea
Introduction; Security Council Problem Facing the UN; UN Reform: What Role Will Ban Play?; Does Ban
Ki-moon Have a UN Vision?; North Korea and Banco Delta Asia; Behind the Blacklisting of Banco Delta Asia;
Status of the Six-Party Talks; UN Resolution Supporting Inter-Korean Summit; UN SC Controversy: North
Korea Satellite; UN SC Increases Tension in Korea; U.S. Policy Toward N. K. Fails to Engage; U.S.
Misrepresents Role as ‘UN Command’; United Nations Command As Camouflage; Review: The Hidden
History of the Korean War.
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57) Volume 28 No 2 (Winter 2017) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn28-2.html
Forces Working for Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Introduction; Netizens Question Cause of Cheonan Tragedy; Questioning Cheonan Investigation Stirs
Controversy; Security Council Acts in Accord with UN Charter; UN Acts to Calm Tension on Korean
Peninsula; BKM Asked to Initiate Korea Peace Process; Diplomacy to Build Dialogue with North Korea; Media
War at UN: Netizen Journalism Matters; BKM's Idea of Leadership vs Candlelight Model.
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58) Volume 29 No 1 (Spring 2017) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn29-1.html
Tribute to Vitaly Churkin: Ten Years at the UN
Introduction; Georgia: Resolutions Spark Controversy; Can the Security Council Calm Tension in Korea?;
UNSC Helped Calm Tension in Korea; Lessons from UNSC Resolution 1973 on Libya; Defending UN Charter
by Veto; UNSC Approves 90 Day Syria Observer Mission; UN Fails to Condemn Ukraine Attack on RF
Embassy; Amb. Churkin’s 2015 SC Presidency Press Briefing; Women Ask BKM to Initiate Korea Peace
Process; UNSC Tribute to Memory of Vitaly Churkin.
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Netizens, South Korea, and Participatory Democracy
Introduction; Celebrate 20
th
Anniversary of Netizens; South Korea’s Candlelight Protests; South Korea’s Blue
House Scandal; Korean Candlelight Model for More Democracy; Candlelight Demos: Laboratory for
Democracy; Significance of the Net and the Netizens; Rise of Netizen Democracy; What Is of Value to Me On
the Net; New News Forms Can Improve Policy Making; Doing Democracy; Celebrate a Decade of Activism;
Welcome to the 21
st
Century.
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DPRK, UN Security Council and the UN Charter
Introduction; Behind SK Bringing the Cheonan to UNSC; UNSC Response to NK Nuclear Test; Path for UNSC
to Resolve the Conflict; SC Violates Article 32 of UN Charter; Channel to Send Communication to UNSC; Art.
32: Right to Due Process Violated by SC; Appeal for Diplomatic Solution in N.E. Asia; Letter: Wm to UNSG
Guterres on Korea Crisis.
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A Look at the Start of the Amateur Computerist
The Story of the Amateur Computerist; The 1984-1987 Battle Over Computer Classes; Lest We Forget: The Flint
Sit-Down Strike; Subversive (Poem); Were You There? (Poem); Volume 1 No. 1 (Reproduced): Introduction;
Dawn of a New Era; Dedication; World of Telecommunications; Try This (IBM);
Future Belongs to Programmers; Why Learning Programming; Commodore Tips &
Tricks.
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The Candlelight Revolution Continues
Introduction; Gwanghwamun Song; Panmunjom Declaration; Joint Statement at the Singapore Summit; Welcoming
the Singapore Summit; Kim Jong-un’s Pass & Trump’s Reverse Dunk; Peace with Pyongyang; Role of Civil Society
on the Korean Peninsula; Era of Great Transformation.
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Upholding the Singapore Kim-Trump Statement
Introduction; Towards Nuclear-Weapon-Free Northeast Asia; Open Letter to the UN Security Council; Joint
Statement at the Singapore Summit; Send Communication to the UN Security Council; Support for Peaceful North-
South Relations; Korean Peninsula: Unusual Signs of Hope; Olympic Truce as a Support for Peace; Korean
Peninsula Provides A Ray of Hope; Security Council Members Support Dialogue; Opera Performance for UN
Delegates; Glyn Ford on Talking with North Korea; Kim Jong Un’s 2019 New Year’s Speech; How Did UN SG
Treat Korean Peninsula; In Memory of Dumisani Kumalo; Michael Lynk Questions Israeli Occupation; On Israel’s
Annexation of Palestinian Territory; Tackling the Problem of Frozen Dialogue.
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The Net, Netizens and Netizenship
Introduction; Researching the “Net”; Significance of the Net and the Netizens; Michael Hauben; Netizens and the
Vision for the Future; Culture and Communication; Emerging New Form of Citizenship; Experiences at 6
th
World
Internet Conference; Rise of Social Media in the Philippines.
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Obstacles to Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Introduction; Letter to UN SG about ‘UN Command’s’ Use of UN Flag; ‘Peace–Forwarding Actions’ with DPRK;
Chinese and Russian Draft DPRK Resolution; U.S. Misrepresents its Role in Korean War; ‘United Nations
Command’ As Camouflage; Article 32: Right to Due Process in UN Charter; The Problem Facing the U.N.; Behind
the Blacklisting of Banco Delta Asia; UN SC Controversy over North Korean Satellite Launch; Position of the UN
SG on the Use of the UN Flag; Open Letter to the UN Security Council Members; Letter to UN SC Regarding
Sanctions on North Korea; Call to Ease or Suspend the Sanctions Against the DPRK; Resolution Proposes Easing
Some UN Sanctions; Dissolution of the ‘United Nations Command’.
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Toward a Second Netizen Book
Forward; Introduction; What is a Netizen; What the Net Means to Me; Participatory Democracy From the 1960s;
Culture and Communication; The Net and Netizens.
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Toward a Second Netizen Book (Part 2)
Forward; Rise of Netizen Democracy; New Dynamics of Democratization; Critique of the Transition Paradigm;
Candlelight Demos: Laboratory for Democracy; Netizen Journalism.
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Toward a Second Netizen Book (Part 3)
Forward; First Netizen Celebration Day; China in the Era of the Netizen; Anti-cnn to Challenge Media Distortions;
Netizen Impact on China’s Gov’t & Media; China-CSNET E-mail Link History Corrected.
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Toward a Second Netizen Book (Part 4a)
Forward; Netizen Pressure for a New Journalism; Netizen and the Republic of Tahrir Square; Interview with Ronda
and Jay Hauben; Netizens in Media War at the United Nations; Significance of the Net and the Netizens.
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Toward a Second Netizen Book (Part 4b)
Forward; Doing Democracy; Netizens and the Vision for the Future; Netizen Journalism and the UN*; United
Nations, China and Journalism; Netizens Expose Media Fabrications & Distortions.
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Toward a Second Netizen Book (Part 5)
Netizens & Communication; New Forms of News Can Improve Policy Making; Declaration of the Rights of
Netizens; Graduation Presentation; Netizens Providing Hope for Future Development; Struggle Over Internet
Governance.
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Toward a Second Netizen Book (Part 6)
Forward; Internet Model of Socio-Economic Development; Citizen Model for the Study of the Internet; Int'l Origins
of Internet and its Future; Int'l Scientific Origins of Internet and Netizens; Commodifying Usenet or Cooperative
Culture; Norbert Wiener’s Cybernetics.
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Toward 25 Years of the Netizen Book
Introduction; Interview with Staff Member Michael Hauben 1; Interview with Staff Member Michael Hauben 2;
Netizens Book Review by Boldur Barbat ; Netizens Then and Now; Netizenship Today: An Interview; Netizens
Celebrate a Decade of Activism; Welcome to the 21
st
Century; First Netizen Celebration Day; My Thinking on
Netizens; Greetings on the 15
th
Anniversary of Netizens; Netizens and Communication; Internet A New
Communication Paradigm.
74) Volume 35 No 2 (Fall 2022) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn35-2.html
Toward 25 Years of the Netizen Book (Part 2)
Introduction; Computers & Society Class; Researching the “Net”; New Net-Book; Graduation Presentation; Good
Press Coverage of the Net and Netizens; Original Call for a Netizens Association; New List: Netizens Association;
Proposed Netizens List Charter; Netizens Netbook Finally in a Print Edition; Bastille Day Celebration in NYC; Call
for Submissions; Oral History of the Internet.
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Toward 25 Years of the Netizen Book (Part 3)
Introduction; What is a Netizen?; Net and Netizens; Social Forces Behind Development of Usenet; Vision of
Interactive Computing And the Future; Untold Story of ARPANET & Computer Science.
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Toward 25 Years of the Netizen Book (Part 4)
Introduction; Effect of the Net on the Professional News Media; The Net and the Future of Politics; Exploring New
York City’s Online Community.
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Toward 25 Years of the Netizen Book (Part 5)
Introduction; The Expanding Commonwealth of Learning; The Computer as a Democratizer; Proposed Declaration
of the Rights of Netizens; Participatory Democracy From 1960s and SDS.
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Toward 25 Years of the Netizen Book (Part 6)
Introduction; Special Interview: “Netizen” Michael Hauben; First Internet History Workshop; Appendix: The OHI
Project: 50 Years of the Internet; Then, Now and Into the Future; Context for the China-CSNET Link; What the
Internet Can Do for People.
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79) Volume 36 No 1 (Summer 2023) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn36-1.html
Memories of Michael Hauben
Introduction; Michael, Computers and the Net; Memories of Michael from Japan; Memories of Michael from a
Friend; Michael Hauben; Michael’s Development of Concept of Netizens; Proposed Declaration of the Rights of
Netizens; Participatory Democracy: SDS and Online; Significance of Net and Netizens, Culture and Communi-
cation.
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80) Volume 37 No 1 (Winter 2023) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn37-1.html
The Question of Palestine at the UN
Introduction; Security Council Fails to Act on Gaza Crisis; Response to Israeli Attacks on Gaza; The World Has
Been Watching; Israel Attempts to Justify Its Attack on Gaza; Need to End Israeli Siege of Gaza; Principles to
Guide a Palestinian-Israeli Peace; Fr. Brockmann In the Shadow of Deep Crises; Resolution Condemning Israeli
Settlements; Questions Legality of Israeli Occupation; In Memory of Dumisani Kumalo; On Israel’s Annexation
of Palestinian Territory.
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81) Volume 37 No 2 (Spring 2024) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn37-2.html
U.S., the UN and Korea
Introduction; Problem Facing the U.N; North Korea’s $25 Million and Banco Delta Asia; Net Gives Power of the
Reporter to the Netizen; Behind the Blacklisting of Banco Delta Asia; United Nations Command As Camouflage;
Overseas Koreans Remember 6.15; U.S. Policy Toward North Korea Fails to Engage; Netizens Question Cause of
Cheonan Tragedy; Questioning Cheonan Investigation Stirs Controversy; Security Council Acts in Accord with UN
Charter; U.S. Misrepresents its Role in Korean War; Send Communication to the UNSC.
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82) Volume 38 No 1 (Summer 2024) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn38-1.html
Support for Student Encampments Spring 2024
Introduction; Solidarity Encampments at 130+ Universities; Faculty and Staff of University of California;
Wesleyan University President Michael Roth; Connecticut College Faculty and Staff; Members of the UCLA
Department of History; Organizations in Solidarity With Protests for Gaza; In Defense of Free Speech and
Peaceful Protest; Over 1400 Int’l Faculty Support CU Students; UW-Madison in Solidarity With Student
Protest; CCR: Solidarity With Calling for End to Genocide; CU Alumni Boycott Reunion to Aid Palestine; UTS
Trustees Endorse Divestment Plan; Solidarity Statement CU Library Workers; Independent CU Student
Workers Statement; Gaza: Killing of Hind Rajab; Students File Civil Rights Complaint; Call for a National
Week of Rage; “I Can’t Sleep.”
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83) Volume 39 No 1 (Winter 2025) Newsletter: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ACn39-1.html
Netizen Journalism, the UN and Korea
Introduction; Media War at the UN; U.S. Policy Toward North Korea Fails to Engage; Netizens Question Cause
of Cheonan Tragedy; Questioning Cheonan Investigation Stirs Controversy; What’s Behind SK Bringing
Cheonan Issue to UNSC?; In Cheonan Dispute UN SC Acts in Accord Charter; Behind the Blacklisting of
Banco Delta Asia.
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Michael Hauben – The Net and Netizens
Introduction; Researching the “Net”; Vision of Interactive Computing and the Future; Computer as a
Communications Device; Chapter 1 The Net and Netizens; Significance of the Net and the Netizens; Netizens
Providing Hope; Communication Not Annihilation.
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Reporting about Korea, North and South
Introduction; Participatory Nature of OhmyNews; Ban Ki-moon Inaugurated; Lunch with Ban Ki-Moon; Ban
Ki-Moon’s Role of UN Secretary General 1; Ban Ki-Moon’s Role of UN Secretary General 2; U.S., North
Korea Move to Open Ties; North Korea’s $25 Million and Banco Delta Asia; Behind the Blacklisting of Banco
Delta Asia; Netizens Are Critical to Citizen Journalism; The Future of the Korean Peninsula; Citizen
Journalism, Past and Future; The Problem Facing the UN.
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