US citizens: sign [ this petition ]( http://petitions.moveon.org/votevets/sign/arming-the-syrian-rebels ) not to arm the Syrian rebels.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#16_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_arming_Syrian_rebels%29

[ Obama Has Indeed Learned Some Foreign Policy Lessons, Just Not the Ones the Establishment Likes ]( http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/09/obama-has-indeed-learned-some-foreign-policy-lessons-just-not-ones-establishment- )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Foreign_policy_lessons_learned%29

The US Chamber of Commerce is backing some "Democrats", [ the sort who are almost like today's Republicans ]( http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/democratic-candidates-chamber-commerce-endorsement ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Democrats_backed_by_Chamber_of_Commerce%29

California has [ banned stores from handing out gratis one-use plastic bags ]( http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/california-bans-plastic-bags ) . We need to make bags, and other food packaging, out of plastics that will truly biodegrade in a few years. I taught myself a couple of years ago to reuse larger, tougher plastic bags. I carry 3 of them in my computer bag and mostly avoid single-use bags.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28One-use_plastic_bags%29

Users of Comcast are reporting that Comcast says they are not allowed to use Tor and [ threatening to terminate their service ]( http://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/09/13/comcast-declares-war-tor/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Comcast_threatens_Tor_users%29

US citizens: call on Kerry to [ block another Enbridge pipeline plan for exporting Canadian tar sands oil ]( https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3586 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Block_another_Enbridge_pipeline%29

[ Sacrificing the Vulnerable ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/15/sacrificing-vulnerable-gaza-america ) , From Gaza to America.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Sacrificing_the_Vulnerable%29

An autopsy suggests that a Palestinian prisoner was [ tortured to death in an Israeli prison ]( http://www.imemc.org/article/69107 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Tortured_to_death_in_an_Israeli_prison%29

US citizens: call on Obama to [ put a stop to blanket use of antibiotics on farm animals ]( https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=11985 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Blanket_use_of_antibiotics_on_farm_animals%29

Obama will send [ 3000 US military personnel to Africa to fight Ebola ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/16/obama-to-announce-ebola-force-of-3000-us-military-personnel ) . I can't judge the details but it seems to be a necessary job.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28US_military_to_fight_Ebola%29

Human Rights Watch identified several Israeli actions in Gaza that [ appear to be war crimes and must be investigated ]( http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=66061 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Israeli_war_crimes_in_Gaza%29

For the First Time, U.S. Agencies [ Consider a Diet for a Healthy Planet ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/15/first-time-us-agencies-consider-diet-healthy-planet ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28A_Diet_for_a_Healthy_Planet%29

Web sites for that make desperate people bid to do jobs for the lowest pay move society [ another step towards near-universal poverty ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/alfred-app-sharing-economy-poor-work ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Another_step_towards_near-universal_poverty%29

Senator Machin says he will [ oppose Obama's misguided Syria intervention plans ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=4972 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Syria_intervention_plans%29

California has [ enacted groundwater management ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/california-groundwater-jerry-brown-drought-basins ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Groundwater_management%29

Look at the companies donating money to [ oppose the Oregon referendum to require labeling GMOs ]( http://oregonrighttoknow.org/no-on-92-coalition-donors/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Labeling_GMOs%29

Large [ protests for democracy continue in Hong Kong ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/15/pro-democracy-movement-grows-thousands-march-hong-kong ) after China rejected free elections there.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Large_protests_for_democracy_continue_in_Hong_Kong%29

"Defense" secretary Hagel proposes sending US troops into combat in Iraq [ to fight an unending war with no concept of victory ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/us-war-isis-iraq-hagel-dempsey-congress-combat ) . Chelsea Manning — who was an Iraq intelligence analyst before becoming a heroic whistleblower — [ explains why this won't work ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/chelsea-manning-isis-strategy ) . If the goal is to win Iraqi Sunnis away from supporting ISIS, sending US troops to attack them [ again ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2004-nov-feb.html#17%20November%202004%20%28Falluja%20in%20ruins%29 ) is the stupidest possible strategy. However, if the goal is to distract Americans with war fervor from the way plutocracy is oppressing them, it might work.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Hagel_proposes_sending_US_troops_into_combat_in_Iraq%29

A former guard at Auschwitz has been [ charged as an accessory to 300,000 murders ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/auschwitz-guard-charged-with-being-accessory-to-300000-murders ) . It turns out that this guard has [ campaigned against holocaust deniers ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/case-oskar-groning-auschwitz-highlight-german-judiciary-holocaust-problem ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Former_guard_at_Auschwitz_charged%29

To comply with the principles of human rights, the [ US must stop claiming that the law is secret ]( https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/secret-law-not-law ) . Secret "law" is really arbitrary rule. The "13 Necessary and Proportionate Principles" that the EFF advocates may be necessary and proportionate, but they are not sufficient to achieve their goal: to protect society from massive total surveillance. They were designed for a different context, before Snowden showed us how far surveillance really goes even in "free" countries; then they were transferred to this issue without rethinking them. What we really need is to [ redesign digital systems so they don't surveil and track people ]( http://gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28US_must_stop_claiming_that_the_law_is_secret%29

An insider accuses Giganews of [ logging all accesses to newsgroups for the FBI ]( http://cryptome.org/2014/09/giganews-fbi.htm ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Giganews_logging_accesses_to_newsgroups_for_FBI%29

Indonesia has agreed to do more to [ stop the forest fires that people set for the purpose of deforestation ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/indonesia-forest-fire-pollution-haze-singapore-palm-oil ) . Indonesia should make it illegal to farm land that was forest less than 10 years ago, use satellite photos to identify such farms, and destroy them so that the forest can come back.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Forest_fires%29

An Australian state is [ moving to legalize medical marijuana but only for people who are dying ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/medical-marijuana-closer-legal-nsw ) . The people who need this most are the ones that might be saved by chemotherapy if they can stand the suffering it causes.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Medical_marijuana%29

US citizens: phone your congresscritter to [ support H.Con.Res.114 ]( http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/syria-iraq-call-in ) , which says that any sustained US combat in Iraq or Syria requires congressional authorization. The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_H.Con.Res.114%29

The New Climate Economy report claims it is [ possible to curb global heating without harming economic growth ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/7-things-we-learned-from-lord-sterns-new-climate-economy-report ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Curbing_global_heating_without_harming_economic_growth%29

Teenagers in many countries are [ drinking less, using drugs less, even getting pregnant less ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/teenage-kicks-young-people-future-teacher-generation-sensible ) . Perhaps that's because they expect to be punished all their lives if they do those things, and expect the adult world to be one that condemns all but a small fraction winners to hopeless poverty. It's good that teenagers do less of these harmful things, but not good at all that plutocracy has made adult life so hard.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#17_September_2014_%28Teenagers_doing_less_harmful_things%29

Qatar has made a deal to [ reduce its support for Islamist parties ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/qatar-orders-expulsion-exiled-egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-leaders ) . The deal also includes ordering al-Jazeera to stop criticizing Egypt for its bloody suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood. I shed no tears for those religious extremists, but al-Jazeera has been hurt by this. [ We have seen evidence of bias in al-Jazeera imposed from above ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#28_December_2012_(Senior_Al_Jazeera_journalist_quits) ) , but this blatant censorship is shameful nonetheless.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Deal_made_with_Qatar%29

44 economically powerful countries are [ drawing up a plan ]( http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/sep/16/international-tax-rule-updates-g20-countries ) to make multinational companies pay taxes.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Tax_rules_for_multinational_companies%29

Jihadi groups in north Mali run on [ funds obtained by smuggling drugs north ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/islamist-groups-african-drug-smuggling-operation ) . I seem to recall that Islam disapproves of these drugs. It would be hard to reconcile the smuggling with being an "Islamist".
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Drug_smuggling_funds_Jihadi_groups%29

Google [ refuses to respond to public criticism ]( http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/09/12595/google-refuses-respond-letter-questioning-alec-ties ) of its support for ALEC.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Googles_support_for_ALEC%29

Israeli "settlers" invaded Hebron and [ pepper-sprayed two Palestinian children ]( http://www.imemc.org/article/69123 ) , who had to be taken to a hospital.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Invasion_by_Israeli_settlers%29

Noam Chomsky: [ The Fate of the Gaza Ceasefire ]( http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175892/tomgram%3A_noam_chomsky%2C_the_fate_of_the_gaza_ceasefire ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28The_Fate_of_the_Gaza_Ceasefire%29

Ghoncheh Ghavami has been imprisoned in Iran for 3 months [ for asking to be allowed to watch a sporting event alongside men ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/iran-uk-citizen-prison-ghoncheh-ghavami ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Imprisonment_of_Ghoncheh_Ghavami%29

New Chinese pollution controls on coal [ will cut into Australian coal exports ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/17/chinas-ban-on-dirty-coal-could-cost-australian-mining-almost-15bn ) . This is a great opportunity for Australia to cancel all the [ planned expansions ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#28_July_2014_(Australia_approves_new_coal_mine) ) in [ coal mining ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#22_August_2014_(New_Australian_coal_mine) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28New_pollution_controls_cut_Australian_coal%29

Belgium has [ granted a prisoner's petition for euthanasia ]( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29209459 ) . I understand and sympathize with a prisoner's wish to die rather than spend life in prison. It worries me that there's a danger this will encourage prison conditions designed to encourage suicide, a de-facto death penalty. However, such conditions exist in many countries, [ including the US ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html#6%20January%202011%20(Solitary%20confinement%20as%20torture) ) , where euthanasia is not allowed.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Prisoner_granted_euthanasia%29

The president of Botswana is [ persecuting journalists ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/17/trouble-paradise-botswana-journalist ) that reported on his car accident.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Persecution_of_Botswana_journalists%29

Attorney General Holder launched a [ study of racism among US thugs ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/eric-holder-justice-department-racial-bias-study-police ) . It is a good idea. If only he went after the banksters and the torturers, he'd be doing a good job.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Racism_among_US_thugs%29

Thugs said they shot Darrien Hunt because he lunged at them with a sword. However, an autopsy found he was [ shot in the back ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/darrien-hunt-shot-in-the-back-by-utah-police-says-family-attorney ) . Surveillance camera recordings have been [ provided to the thugs but not to Hunt's family ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/darrien-hunt-surveillance-footage-utah-police-shooting ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Man_shot_in_the_back_by_thugs%29

Sea level rise could cause over [ 200 billion dollars ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/17/rising-sea-levels-sleeping-giant-could-cost-226bn-australia ) in damages to buildings and infrastructure in Australia in this century. For the US, I would guess it is ten times that. Has anyone seen a recent estimate?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Cost_of_sea_level_rise%29

The US government continues trying to smear Snowden with [ falsified claims ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=4961 ) that his disclosures aided terrorists. Even if they had been of some use to underground enemies of Americans, that harm would be small compared with the [ positive contribution of giving us a chance to recover democracy ]( http://gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28US_govt_still_trying_to_smear_Snowden%29

New Zealand Prime Minister Key is [ changing and contradicting his statements to try to deny revelations ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=4926 ) about the massive surveillance he started.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Mass_surveillance_in_New_Zealand%29

A New Mexico sheriff faces charges for [ two cases of attacking passing drivers ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/15/new-mexico-sheriff-indicted-as-federal-charges-mount-in-case ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28New_Mexico_sheriff_faces_charges%29

Some US states provide fewer resources to voting places with more minority groups, causing [ long waiting lines ]( http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/15/new-study-lack-voting-resources-leads-long-lines-delays-longer-minority ) . One must suspect this is another method of Republican voter suppression.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Resource_distribution_for_voting_places%29

Agents of the Theater of Security Agency [ demanded to grope a passenger after he got off a flight ]( https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140913/06350828511/tsa-not-sure-if-it-groped-man-before-flight-demands-to-grope-him-after-flight-is-over.shtml ) , claiming it was because they had forgotten to do this before the flight.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28TSA_gropes_passenger_after_flight%29

Lots of iThing users are complaining that they did not want the U2 album "gift" that Apple stuck them with — and that it was [ hard to delete ]( http://www.cnet.com/news/apples-free-u2-album-perplexes-and-annoys-some-users/ ) . These complaints focus on a superficial problem, which reflects the shallow thinking that Apple instills in its users. Ironically, though, this superficial problem reflects a much deeper problem that the complainers have failed to notice: the unjust power that Apple has imposed on whoever uses an iThing or iTunes.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Apples_unjust_power_over_users%29

Ukraine's government has adopted [ partial autonomy ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/ukraine-votes-more-power-separatist-east ) for the Eastern region where the rebellion is occurring. This limited autonomy seems natural to me, given that every part of the United States has it. Did Ukraine offer this limited autonomy at the beginning?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Limited_autonomy_in_Eastern_Ukraine%29

Texas is [ trying to rewrite textbooks ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/texas-proposes-rewriting-school-text-books-to-deny-manmade-climate-change ) to deny global heating.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Global_heating_denial_for_kids%29

Professor Ilham Tohti, who wrote in favor of Uighurs' rights, is [ being tortured ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/uighur-academic-ilham-tohti-separatism-charges-china-shackles ) as preparation for his show trial.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28China_torturing_professor%29

August 2014 was the [ hottest August ever recorded ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/august-was-hottest-on-record-worldwide-says-nasa ) , just like May and June.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Hottest_August_ever_recorded%29

The German government [ allowed the intrusion software FinFisher to be sold to governments that trample human rights ]( http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/16/wikileaks-finfisher-files-malware-surveillance ) . The article errs in talking about "Linux computers"; the context shows that this refers to the [ GNU/Linux ]( http://gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html ) system.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28FinFisher%29