A meeting of Nobel peace prize winners was cancelled because [ South Africa would not give the Dalai Lama a visa to attend ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/02/nobel-peace-summit-south-africa-dalai-lama-visa ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Nobel_peace_summit_cancelled%29

US protests blocking unloading of Israeli ships have spread to [ Tampa ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/02/nobel-peace-summit-south-africa-dalai-lama-visa ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Protesters_block_Israeli_ship_in_Florida%29

[ Leaked recordings ]( http://m.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/10/elizabeth-warren-regulators-wall-street-cozy ) show that the Federal Reserve is too cozy with Goldman Sachs. This may be partly because the Federal Reserve is owned by private banks.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Goldman_Sachs_and_the_Federal_Reserve%29

A town in Florida is under the [ perpetual legal control of a rich religious extremist ]( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/30/1332354/-Ave-Maria-University-s-Strangle-Hold-on-Women-Goes-Way-Beyond-Suing-Obamacare ) who gets support from religious extremist elected officials and religious extremists on the Supreme Court.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Religious_extremists_in_Florida%29

New York City is building a [ 10-mile-long seawall/recreation-area ]( http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/1/6874925/can-a-massive-seawall-save-new-york-from-flooding ) to prevent flooding for a few decades. If we don't stop pumping CO2 into the air, no seawall will protect New York City.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28New_York_City_seawall%29

Railroad companies [ want to take 7 years to replace the explosion-prone tanker cars ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/01/despite-calls-immediate-ban-oil-rail-industry-bullies-regulators-keep-cars-tracks ) used for transporting oil. Instead, transporting oil should simply be banned starting now. Any time some activity with fossil fuel causes a second problem in addition to global heating, we should ban that activity. If we ban enough of them, it may reduce the use of fossil fuel enough to avert global heating disaster.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Transporting_oil_by_rail%29

US citizens: [ call on Congress ]( https://dailykos.com/campaigns/957?detail=email ) to pass the Smarter Sentencing Act.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Smarter_Sentencing_Act%29

US citizens: [ call on Georgia ]( http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=1061 ) to stop blocking 50,000 voters' registrations.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Unblock_voters_registrations%29

Everyone: [ Participate ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/01/ahead-global-frackdown-movement-ban-deadly-gas-drilling-gains-momentum ) in the Global Frackdown on Oct 11.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Global_Frackdown_on_Oct_11%29

Germany imposes internet filtering on routers (which I suppose includes those in ISPs as well as those in people's homes), blocking sites with no trial, and claims that the names of the censored sites are a "secret". A site that posted the list of blocked domains was [ threatened with blockage itself ]( https://neocities.org/blog/german-censorship ) . Germany also made a rather shocking claim that posting this list in the US is illegal under US law, on the grounds that some of the censored sites display "child pornography". Some works are disgusting, but censorship is more disgusting. "Child pornography" is an all-purpose excuse to attack human rights on the internet. The FBI and Holder are now using it as an excuse to demand to be able to snoop on everyone's computers. This "cure" is worse than the disease.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Germany_imposes_internet_filtering%29

A US judge [ rejected Obama's demand ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=6043 ) for a secret hearing about the torture of Guantanamo force feeding.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Obamas_demand_for_secret_hearing%29

Australia [ proposes to drop previous nuclear weapons controls ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/03/australias-uranium-deal-with-india-risks-weakening-safeguards ) when exporting uranium to India.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Export_of_uranium_from_Australia%29

Australia's record hot September, a year ago, would have been a freak occurrence 50 years ago. Global heating has made it a fairly likely event that will happen [ once every 6 years or so ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/oct/03/scientists-find-human-fingerprints-all-over-australias-hottest-year-on-record ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Global_heating%29

US citizens: [ call on Congress ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Fuller_Impeach ) to impeach judge Fuller.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Impeach_judge_Fuller%29

A court ruled the EPA [ has the power to ban mountaintop mines ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/02/victory-clean-water-blow-mountaintop-removal-west-virginia ) . Now the EPA needs to do this broadly. Civilization's survival depends on greatly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Making coal (and other fossil fuels) scare is a great way to make the market boost investment in renewables.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28EPA_has_power_to_ban_mountaintop_mines%29

Israel is pressuring the UN to [ strictly control all construction in Gaza on Israel's behalf ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/03/gaza-reconstruction-plan-un-israel-blockade ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Construction_in_Gaza%29

[ Thom Yorke Sells New Album via Paywall Protected Torrent ]( https://torrentfreak.com/thom-yorke-releases-album-via-bittorrent-140926/ ) . This is much more ethical than other internet music sale schemes. The only thing wrong with it is that paying requires identification and nonfree Javascript code. (We've verified that free bittorrent clients work.) If they accepted anonymous payment and didn't require Javascript to pay, I could endorse it.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Paywall_Protected_Torrent%29

The mass haul-out of walrus is a [ symptom of damage to a specific ocean ecosystem that depends on sea ice ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/03/walrus-alaska-beach-climate-change-arctic-ice ) . With more heating, eventually there won't be any sea ice.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Mass_haul-out_of_walrus%29

The "CEO" of Hong Kong refused to resign [ but agreed to talks with the protest movement ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/03/hong-kong-protests-demonstrations-ebb-after-chief-executive-offers-talks ) . In Hong Kong, [ 1000 enemies of democracy attacked 100 democracy protesters ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/03/hong-kong-violent-clashes-residents-storm-protest-site ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Hong_Kong_protest_movement%29

Humanity is not on track to meet its commitment to slow down the [ rate of loss of biodiversity ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/03/global-biodiversity-targets-2020-habitat-wildlife-scientists-say ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Loss_of_biodiversity%29

Turkey will [ fight to protect Kobani from PISSI ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/03/isis-threat-kobani-turkey-prime-minister-ahmet-davutoglu ) . I too wonder why the US does not destroy PISSI's tanks that are operating there. There is very little danger of mistaking civilians for a tank.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Turkey_will_fight_to_protect_Kobani_from_PISSI%29

The Tories would [ withdraw the UK from the the European convention on human rights ]( http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/tories-plan-uk-withdrawal-european-convention-on-human-rights ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28European_convention_on_human_rights%29

Sweden will [ officially recognize Palestine ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/03/sweden-recognise-state-palestine ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Sweden_will_officially_recognize_Palestine%29

In Israel, even ministers [ describe the killing of Palestinians suspected of murder as an "assassination" ]( http://972mag.com/a-slightly-less-crazy-israel/96968/ ) , and the official in charge says he chose not to try to arrest them. (This is the last of several topics covered in the article.)
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28The_killing_of_Palestinians_suspected_of_murder%29

Sexism in everyday life [ manifests by judging women by their femininity ]( http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/oct/03/when-will-we-stop-calling-successful-women-abrasive ) , even in contexts where their capabilities and achievements are more pertinent.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Judging_women_by_their_femininity%29

Non-denial denials [ should make reporters suspicious ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=6068 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Non-denial_denials%29

US citizens: call on the other Democratic FCC commissioners to [ support network neutrality ]( http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=1065 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#03_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_network_neutrality%29

Obama [ says that PISSI is part of al-Qa'ida ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/02/isis-al-qaida-obama-administration-argument-same-strikes-break ) , as justification for attacking PISSI, even though the two are fighting each other. Reportedly al-Nusra recently said it was [ allying with PISSI ]( https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#30_September_2014_(Syrian_al_Qa%27ida_affiliate_joins_PISSI) ) . If that really happens, it would validate Obama's argument. However, I don't think the US should be authorized to make war everywhere in the world by a 13-year-old vote.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_October_2014_%28Obamas_justification_for_attacking_PISSI%29

Protesters oppose [ tar sand strip mining in Utah ]( http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/10/02/more-protesters-arrested-over-tar-sands-mining-utah ) . As in Canada, these mines cause tremendous local environmental damage while advancing global heating disaster.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_October_2014_%28Tar_sands_strip_mining_in_Utah%29

Now that the plutocrats have reduced UK workers to penury, they are [ targeting what's left of the middle class ]( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11109845/Why-arent-the-British-middle-classes-staging-a-revolution.html ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_October_2014_%28Plutocrats_targeting_middle_class%29

Keurig, the company that brought DRM to coffee machines, is being [ sued in Canada for it ]( http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/keurig-coffee-sued-for-600m-by-ontario-based-club-coffee-1.2783633a ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_October_2014_%28DRM_in_coffee_machines%29

US citizens: [ oppose Syngenta's request ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/syngenta_bees?nosig=1&t=1006 ) to increase the dose of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#04_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_neonicotinoid_dose_increase%29

US prisons make prisoners [ pay for food, medical care, even toilet paper ]( http://time.com/3446372/criminal-justice-prisoners-profit/ ) . If relatives want to give prisoners money for this, they have to go thru companies that take almost half the money. The other way prisoners can pay for this is by working, [ for a pittance ]( https://stallman.org/notes/2011-may-aug.html#23_July_2011_(US_Imprisonment_Rate) ) , for private companies, thus undermining the standard of living for Americans not in prison. It should be forbidden for the government to contract parts of its operations to companies in this way. They should all be done by people with civil service jobs. But prison should not make prisoners or their poor relatives pay for what they need either to live, to be healthy, or to be rehabilitated. And when prisoners work for companies, they must be paid the prevailing wage for the work they do.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Profiting_from_US_prisoners%29

The Russian proxy invasion of Ukraine is [ trying to capture Donetsk airport with tanks ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/03/pro-russia-rebels-donetsk-airport-ukraine ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Russian_proxy_invasion_of_Ukraine%29

Judge Kessler [ ordered the US government to publish ]( http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/03/guantanamo-force-feeding-videos-released ) videos of force-feeding in Guantanamo.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Guantanamo_force-feeding_videos%29

Nowadays, being self-employed mostly means doing an [ unglamorous job with no job security and does not get a living wage ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/03/self-employed-osborne-entrepreneurs ) . Being an entrepreneur (not counting funded startups) means taking a risk with your money — gambling on your success. There's a small chance you will make a lot, and a big chance you will lose all. You shouldn't gamble what you can't afford to lose, and nowadays most Americans (and Britons) are so close to the edge that they can't afford to lose anything. Therefore, it is foolish for them to be "entrepreneurial". When politicians say they want most people to be "entrepreneurial," it means they intend to make most people's lives risky.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Being_self-employed%29

Margaret Thatcher was [ planning to call striking miners, and the whole Labour Party, "the enemy within", more or less traitors ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/03/miners-strike-thatcher-real-enemy-within-extremism ) . Only an opportune terrorist bombing led her to change her rhetoric. But her systematic state violence and frame-ups made her the real "enemy within". Millions of Britons had [ good reason to celebrate Thatcher's death ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#14_April_2013_(BBC_omits_Ding-Dong!_The_Witch_is_Dead_from_top_20_broadcast) ) , but her successors today are pushing far beyond Thatcher to push them into penury. Today's Tories don't speak with venom about the non-rich but kick them harder. [ Companies with Links to Tories "Have Won £1.5bn Worth of NHS Contracts." ]( http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/healthcare-companies-links-tories-nhs-contracts ) If the NHS contracts work out to companies, the companies will get their profits by squeezing either the patients or the employees. Such contracts should not be allowed at all.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Thatcher%29

[ Debunking the myth ]( http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/live/2014/oct/02/the-greatest-brain-myth-there-ever-was ) that we "only use 10% of our brains". Every part of the brain gets used in various kinds of mental processes.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Brain_myth%29

[ Holder's Disappointing Tech Legacy ]( http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/holders-disappointing-tech-legacy ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Holders_Disappointing_Tech_Legacy%29

Lessig: Americans [ should be protesting for democracy ]( http://www.lessig.org/2014/10/we-should-be-protesting-too/ ) like the people of Hong Kong.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Americans_should_be_protesting%2C_too%29

Bloodthirsty republicans [ want to kill people who try to get into the White House ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=5998 ) , rather than arresting them.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Bloodthirsty_republicans%29

Labeling food with GMOs will cost food businesses a total of [ less than a penny per day per consumer ]( http://oregonrighttoknow.org/uncategorized/consumers-union-gmo-labeling-will-cost-consumers-less-than-a-penny-a-day/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Labeling_food_with_GMOs%29

The Koch brothers' toxic empire is [ toxic to the financial system as well as to the biosphere ]( http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Koch_brothers_toxic_empire%29

Sunni tribal leaders in Iraq [ do not trust Obama's new "Iraqi government" not to oppress them ]( http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/isis-iraq-airstrikes.html?_r=0 ) , so they feel they must stay on the side of PISSI.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Sunni_tribal_leaders_distrust_Obama%29

Naomi Klein says, although private businesses invest in renewable energy for their own interests, [ we need four times as much investment as what they are doing ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/03/yep-strawmen-do-keep-coming ) , and there is no reason to expect businesses to go that far without the state's help or pressure. The enormous government [ subsidies for fossil fuels ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#10_July_2014_(US_govt_subsidies_for_fossil_fuels) ) are pertinent here, because they push the market towards fossil fuels, and will continue to do so. Transferring the subsidy to renewables would push the market towards renewables, and a carbon tax would do likewise.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Investment_in_renewable_energy%29

Uri Avnery: [ What do Netanyahu's and Abbas's UN speeches mean? ]( http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1412339094/ )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Netanyahus_and_Abbass_UN_speeches%29

The more subtle form of global heating denial: rather than denying outright that fossil fuels are making the Earth hotter, [ simply ignoring this in discussing issues where it is significant ]( http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/09/29/the-other-kind-of-climate-change-denial/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Ignoring_global_heating%29

A Hong Kong opposition legislator accuses the government of [ sending gangsters to attack the protesters ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/04/hong-kong-legislator-accuses-government-triads-against-protesters ) . It looks like the thugs, or some of them, [ cooperated with the gangsters ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/04/hong-kong-protesters-cleared-monday-chief-executive ) . Even if some of the anti-protesters are being honest about their motives, they are unpatriotic to put their immediate income above democracy. Shame on them! Naturally, China's imposed "chief executive" cites the danger of more such nonuniformed attacks against the protests as an excuse to order a uniformed attack against the protest. That's tyrant logic for you. We should be prepared to denounce it when we see it in our own countries.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_October_2014_%28Hong_Kong_anti-protesters%29

As PISSI closes in on Kobani, Turkish troops [ have not intervened. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/04/turkey-troops-isis-siege-kobani-refugees-rape-and-murder )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#5_October_2014_%28Turkish%29

Four cities have dropped their bids for the 2022 Olympic Games, because the [ IOC demands too much money. ]( http://m.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/29455789 ) The only remaining bids are from corrupt, tyrannical countries which don't care.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#5_October_2014_%282022_Olympic_Games%29