Everyone: [ call on Bumble Bee ]( https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1675 ) to take positive action to avoid killing sharks when it catches tuna.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Avoid_killing_sharks%29

Everyone: call on the Justice Department to [ investigate the thugs of Ferguson. ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/mike_brown_justice )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Investigate_thugs_of_Ferguson%29

Appeals for "calm" are not enough; the [ occupation of Ferguson and other parts of the US by armed thugs must be ended ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/ferguson-occupation-peace-calm ) . Police Brutality Must Be Punished If We Want [ Real Justice for Michael Brown. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/police-brutality-punished-justice-for-michael-brown-ferguson ) We need to unmilitarize the thugs, too.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28The_occupation_of_Ferguson%29

Russian military vehicles were seen [ crossing the border into Ukraine ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/russian-military-vehicles-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Russian_military_vehicles_seen_crossing_border_into_Ukraine%29

We may be able to [ stop the TPP, but we must reject Democratic pressure to "give Obama a victory" ]( http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/critical-moment-stop-tpp-other-rigged-trade-agreements ) which would be a defeat for the American people.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28We_may_be_able_to_stop_the_TPP%29

Child Asylum Seekers' Rights on Nauru [ 'Systematically Violated' ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/child-asylum-seekers-rights-on-nauru-systematically-violated-inquiry-told ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Child_Asylum_Seekers%27_Rights_on_Nauru%29

Comcast and Time Warner are [ putting lots of money into "honoring" the FCC commissioner in charge of reviewing their merger ]( https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140812/06363528189/comcast-time-warner-cable-spend-big-to-honor-fcc-commissioner-overseeing-their-merger-review.shtml ) . To such large companies in the same field should never be allowed to merge. That ought to be a no-brainer.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Comcast_and_Time_Warner_honoring_the_FCC_commissioner%29

The NSA's automatic counterattack device presumes that the NSA is [ intercepting all internet traffic into the US ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/13/snowden-reveals-nsa-program-described-last-straw-leak ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28NSA%27s_automatic_counterattack_device%29

When a musical recording is released solely under iTunes, [ it is off limits to libraries ]( http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/07/28/planning-for-musical-obsolescence/ ) … and [ oppressive for individuals too ]( https://stallman.org/internet-music.html ) . The only way you should ever accept copy of that recording is by file-sharing, so that you do not agree to their unjust contract.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Musical_recordings_released_solely_under_iTune%29

Exposing Walmart spin [ about its economic power ]( HTTP://WWW.PRWATCH.ORG/NODE/12566 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Exposing_Walmart_spin_about_its_economic_power%29

Poor people have cultural patterns, but the "culture of poverty" is a [ fabrication designed to prove that poverty is caused by bad habits ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/culture-poverty-poor-power-welfare-sanctions-cuts ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28The_culture_of_poverty%29

Shipping lots of oil by train is dangerous even at low speed, but [ US railroads want the trains to travel at 60mph. ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/rail-ceos-investors-bomb-trains-safe-almost-any-speed )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Shipping_lots_of_oil_by_train_is_dangerous%29

The US wants school children to eat vegetables, but [ won't make the effort needed to prepare them to be edible ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/14/no-appetite-fixing-school-lunch ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28US_won%27t_make_effort_to_prepare_vegetables_for_school_children%29

In Many US Communities, [ Cops are the 'Terrorists' ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/14/many-us-communities-cops-are-terrorists ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#14_August_2014_%28Cops_are_the_%27Terrorists%27%29

[ Interviews ]( http://www.vice.com/read/slaves-of-happiness-island-0000412-v21n8 ) with the enslaved foreign workers building Abu Dhabi's branches of the Louvre, the Guggenheim Museum and New York University.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Enslaved_workers_in_Abu_Dhabi%29

Comcast seems to have a systematic practice of telling customers that some repair will be gratis, then charging for it anyway — [ unless the customer has a recording to prove it ]( http://consumerist.com/2014/08/10/comcast-tells-customer-the-only-reason-hes-getting-bogus-charges-refunded-is-because-he-recorded-call/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Comcast%29

"Social media" seem to make many people more [ narcissistic ]( http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/mar/13/selfie-social-media-love-digital-narcassism ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Social_media%29

[ Why research ethics are necessary ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/ebola-epidemic-research-ethics ) even in the midst of an epidemic.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Research_ethics%29

Thugs, some armed with assault rifles, [ attacked protesters and journalists ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/ferguson-police-teargas-rubber-bullets-michael-brown ) in Ferguson. The thugs fired rubber-coated steel bullets at a protester with his arms in the air, and at journalists. They arrested journalists too. Firing tear gas canisters at people's bodies is a tactic well known from Palestine, where soldiers sometimes succeed in [ killing people with these "nonlethal" weapons that way ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#11_September_2013_(Israel_closes_inquiry_into_death_of_protester_killed_by_soldier) ) . That's not how tear gas canisters are supposed to be used, but try telling thugs that. The repression in Ferguson highlights the effect of the general [ militarization of US thugs ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/14/ferguson-cops-military-weapons-michael-brown-shooting-protests ) since 2001. Thugs with military weapons now [ create a war-zone atmosphere at protests they wish to repress ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3471 ) . The thug in Ferguson who arrested a reporter, and bashed his head against a car window, was wearing armor that prevented identifying him. Handy, if you want to hurt and injure people and get away with it. These thugs are the nascent occupying army of the plutocratic state. As the state imposes [ more "free trade" treaties to cement the power of big business and serve the interests of the 1% ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#19_February_2014_(Free_trade_agreements_block_vital_regulations_on_banks) ) , it needs to repress the people somehow. Just [ stopping poor and minorities from voting ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#25_June_2013_(Disenfranchising_minority_group_voters_now_much_easier) ) may not be enough.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Attack_by_thugs_in_Ferguson%29

Abbott's business adviser prominently called climate science a hoax and [ warns of an imaginary threat of global cooling ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/14/tony-abbott-adviser-warns-of-threat-of-global-cooling ) . I suspect he is being paid somehow to do this by the coal industry. I wonder if he has ties to those suppositories of all climate folly, the Koch brothers.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Abbotts_business_adviser%29

The black residents of Ferguson report that the city government is [ controlled by whites that persistently oppress them ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/michael-brown-ferguson-murder-race-relations-white-police ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Ferguson_city_government%29

The US [ continues to oppose ]( http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/us-continues-block-chinese-russian-proposal-ban-weapons-space ) the proposed treaty against weapons in space.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Treaty_against_weapons_in_space%29

Customers of Market Basket: [ demand restoration ]( http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/market-basket-customer ) of the CEO that treated workers and customers decently.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_CEO_of_Market_Basket%29

"Stand your ground" laws have lead to an [ increase in number of killings ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/stand-your-ground-laws-linked-rise-homicides-extreme-racial-bias-study ) , and in a racially biased way.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Stand_your_ground_laws%29

A new commander convinced the thugs in Ferguson to [ stop attacking the protesters ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/ferguson-disarming-tactics-of-highway-patrol-pay-dividends-as-calm-descends ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28New_Ferguson_thug_commander%29

Azerbaijan's tyrant has [ arrested human rights activists ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/azerbaijan-detains-human-rights-activists-fresh-crackdown ) . The excuse about NGO funding has been used to suppress civil society in several other countries, most recently [ Russia ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#24_July_2012_(Human_rights_in_Russia) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Human_rights_activists_arrested%29

How the thugs in Ferguson [ intentionally attacked TV crews ]( http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/08/14/crews-hit-with-bean-bags-tear-gas/14042747/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thugs_attacked_TV_crews%29

Public pressure, criticizing cruelty to whales, has made SeaWorld agree to change [ some practices ]( http://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/aug/14/sea-world-killer-whales-changes-habitats-wall-street ) . Will it do enough?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28SeaWorld_agrees_to_some_changes%29

The UK government talks up community wind energy co-ops but has [ tightened the rules ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/15/green-energy-co-ops-blocked-by-government-regulator ) , blocking new ones.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#15_August_2014_%28UK_govt_blocks_wind_energy_co-ops%29

The main cause of glacial shrinkage nowadays is [ human activity ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/15/humans-now-strongest-driver-of-glaciers-melting-study-finds ) . Way to go, homo sap! This will lead to growing scarcity of fresh water in the areas that get their water from glacial runoff, such as California and northern India.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Glacial_shrinkage%29

Busted: [ the myth ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/germany-world-cup-triumph-fails-net-economic-rewards ) that winning the soccer world cup leads to some economic benefit for a country. Even if that were true, this would be a lousy way to make most people better off, since only one country can win. There are lots of better ways to use that same amount of money for the general good.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Soccer_world_cup%29

Children are [ more likely to encounter bullying and harm while at school than on the internet ]( http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/15/online-safety-internet-sexting-cyberbullying-children ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Bullying%29

Creeping privatization of Britain's National Health Service is resulting in [ corruption, waste, and injuries to patients ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/nhs-privatisation-failing-patients-warnings ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Privatization_of_NHS%29

Everyone: [ call on Detroit ]( http://turnthewateron.dailykos.com/?code=WFO ) to implement the 2005 water affordability plan and switch on everyone's water.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Detroit_water_affordability%29

US citizens: [ call on the EPA ]( http://democrats.com/disclose-fracking-chemicals ) to require disclosure of the chemicals used in each frack well.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Disclose_frack_well_chemicals%29

Modi focused a speech on condemnation of rape in India and [ calling for better treatment of girls ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/india-shamed-sexual-violence-narendra-modi-prime-minister-independence-day ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Modi_speech_condemns_rape_in_India%29

Verizon is [ harassing phone customers ]( http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/why-verizon-is-trying-very-hard-to-force-fiber-on-its-customers/ ) to make them switch from copper lines to fiber cables that will be useless in a protracted emergency.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Verizon_harassing_customers%29

[ Michael Brown's Death Was No Anomaly. We Cannot Stay Silent ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/michael-brown-death-black-americans-police ) . We must somehow end the impunity of thugs that attack citizens.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Impunity_of_thugs%29

Iraq has a new prime minister, Haidar al-Abadi, but is there any chance he can [ win support from all sectors of the country ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/iraq-doomed-if-prime-minister-fails-unite-factions-haidar-al-abadi ) ? The US proved it is possible to buy the support Sunni clan leaders, but it's not enough to pay them for a couple of years; one needs to keep paying them permanently. That may be worth the price.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Iraqs_new_prime_minister%29

Even if the page you visit isn't malware, various governments [ can replace it with malware ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3513 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Govt_malware_web_pages%29

New York City is [ directing some of its spending towards worker-owned co-ops ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/15/how-americas-largest-worker-owned-co-op-lifts-people-out-poverty ) instead of businesses that profit mainly the boss.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28NYC_worker-owned_co-ops%29

A leak shows that the secret proposed Canada-EU free exploitation treaty, CETA, has [ investor-state injustice ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/leaked-doc-puts-spotlight-corporate-friendly-trade-deal ) comparable to TPP and TTIP. For instance, if a city privatizes its water, it would be unable to make the water public again. We should not be distracted by precisely where lines are drawn. All such treaties are fundamentally inimical to democracy, and we must abolish them, not sign more.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Canada-EU_free_exploitation_treaty%29

[ Making thugs wear cameras ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/police-body-worn-cameras-liberal-democrats-proposals-policies ) is just part of what is needed to curb their violence. These cameras won't stop other abuses, such as searching people without grounds.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Making_thugs_wear_cameras%29

The Australian government hopes a [ meaningless apology ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/joe-hockey-apology-welfare-budget-poor-people ) will mollify those it intends to push into poverty on the street.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Australia_to_push_more_into_poverty%29

Due to militarization of US thugs, [ Ferguson looks like Iraq ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/ferguson-iraq-politicans-missouri-highway-patrol ) . For US blacks, being killed by thugs is not unusual, and being harassed by thugs is an [ everyday occurrence ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/15/michael-brown-ferguson-america-racism ) . However, while racial profiling is unfair, that's not the central issue here. It's a fact that the people killed by thugs for no reason tend to belong to certain minority groups, but that's not what makes these killings wrong. The killing of Michael Brown would have been equally wrong if he were of some other ethnic group. The unjustified violence of thugs, exacerbated by their militarization, is the central issue.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Militarization_of_US_thugs%29

The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, which monitors violations of Palestinians' human rights and called for peace in Gaza, has been [ singled out for punishment by the state ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/israel-btselem-service-aid-gaza-human-rights ) because of its peace advocacy. This fits into the general pattern in Israel of repression of those that oppose the occupation. Israel boasted of being the only free society in the Middle East, but it isn't much of a free society any more.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Israel_punishes_peace_advocacy%29

[ A California Hospital Charged $10,000 for a Cholesterol Test ]( http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/08/california-hospital-charged-10000-cholesterol-test ) . This is an extreme case of a standard practice of [ gouging people who don't have an insurance company to push for a lower price ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_May_2014_(Obama_allowed_medical_insurance_plans_to_limit_what_they_will_pay) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Gouging_uninsured_people%29

US frackers continue [ injecting diesel fuel ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/14/fracking-operators-illegally-injecting-diesel-fuel-study-finds ) even though it is illegal.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28US_frackers_injecting_diesel%29

The widely acknowledged (though not officially) "Hannibal Directive", by which the Israeli army [ risks killing its own soldiers to make sure they are not taken prisoner ]( http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4557951,00.html ) , means that the Israeli government will kill Israelis to avoid annoying negotiations. When you get accustomed to dehumanizing the enemy, you tend to dehumanize your friends too by force of habit.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Israels_Hannibal_Directive%29

Australia plans to tell asylum seekers they should [ go to Cambodia instead ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/australia-close-to-refugee-resettlement-deal-with-cambodia-reports-claim ) . It might be a valid response, except that Cambodia treats asylum seekers almost as badly as Australia does.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Australias_plan_for_asylum_seekers%29