Last week saw the 248th celebration of the founding of the United States on July 4th … recognition of the colonies declaring their independence from England. And it saw the first ever celebration of Repair Independence Day as some 49 million U.S. residents - 13% of the population - won the freedom to fix their own stuff.
That came as two states, Minnesota and California saw recently enacted electronics right to repair laws go into effect. To celebrate the occasion, Fight to Repair Newsletter held a live, online chat with two central figures in the years-long campaign to win a legal right to repair: Nathan Proctor, the director of the national right to repair campaign at US PIRG; and Elizabeth Chamberlain, the Director of Sustainability at iFixit.
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