How Indiana Jones, Rambo, and others ended up in 1980s Czechoslovak

A little political, but good reminder that computing is also a form and conduit of expression:

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Technology in the service of popular societal movements! (See also the typewriter, the duplicator, the photocopier.)

Computers were indeed revolutionary - Ted Nelson’s 1974 dual-titled work uses ‘Computer Lib’ as a catchphrase:

In Computer Lib. You can and must understand computers NOW, Nelson covers both the technical and political aspects of computers.

Dr Dobb’s Journal too has a political attitude, published by The People’s Computer Company:

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