In Mexico, plutocratist politicians allied with drug gangs are [ killing students that oppose the abolition of rural schools ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/07/mass-grave-mexico-drug-war-killing-children ) . The plutocrats that dominate Mexico via NAFTA don't want any money to be spent on educating poor rural Mexicans.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Students_killed_in_Mexico%29

US citizens: [ tell Holder ]( http://other98.com/eric-holder-dont-ignore-wall-streets-crimes/ ) , send a bankster to jail before you leave office.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Send_a_bankster_to_jail%29

Twitter is suing to overturn the [ PAT RIOT act's gag provisions ]( http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/07/twitter-lawsuit-inform-users-us-government-surveillance ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Twitter_fighting_PAT_RIOT_act%29

Australia has [ destroyed the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's credibility as well as its ability to do is job ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/07/great-barrier-reef-dredge-approval-suicide-reef-authority ) . This was not suicide, it was murder: the government wants nothing to stand in the way of its plans that include destroying the reef.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28The_Great_Barrier_Reef%29

Nigeria quashed its Ebola outbreak quickly, because it had a [ strong enough medical system ]( http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/oct/07/nigeria-ebola-experience-teach-world ) to do what was necessary.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28How_Nigeria_quashed_Ebola_outbreak%29

The UK National Health Service is so underfunded that it [ will soon have to charge fees for hospital beds ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/07/fund-nhs-properly-or-charge-for-hospital-beds-says-senior-executive ) , fees which poor people can't pay.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28UK_NHS_grossly_underfunded%29

The Enxet people, in Paraguay, keep winning legal victories to get back the land they were kicked off. But [ the government has been reluctant to implement these decisions ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2014/oct/07/paraguay-supreme-court-historic-land-ruling ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Enxet_land%29

The UK freedom group Cage was almost forced to shut down by [ official harassment ]( http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/06/cage-complaint-bank-accounts-closed ) including closure of its bank accounts.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Harassment_of_US_freedom_group%29

New York Governor Cuomo had criticisms of fracking [ deleted from a scientific report ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/06/did-ny-govs-office-edit-politically-inconvenient-findings-fracking-study ) . Cuomo pretends to be neutral on the issue while secretly trying to impose fracking on the unwilling citizens of New York.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Criticisms_of_fracking_deleted%29

Daniel Ellsberg judges Obama's Iraq strategy against the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/06/ellsberg-sees-vietnam-risks-isis-war">facts of the Vietnam War<a>.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Ellsberg_on_Obamas_Iraq_strategy%29

How the Big Pharma companies [ make Americans pay more for medicines than people in any other country ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/06/why-we-allow-big-pharma-rip-us ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28How_Big_Pharma_bilks_Americans%29

The author of leaflets questioning the validity of "psychics"' claims to talk with the dead has been [ threatened with a lawsuit by a psychic ]( http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/oct/07/campaign-psychic-sally-morgan ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Questioning_the_claims_of_psychics%29

The chance that foreigners fighting for PISSI will return home and commit violence there has been [ exaggerated beyond what past experience suggests ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=6012 ) . Politicians seeking to abolish human rights [ persistently exaggerate the danger of terrorism ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2004-nov-feb.html#13%20February%202005%20(After%20seeing%20they%20were%20lied%20to) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Exaggeration_about_PISSI_foreigners%29

The US makes an abstract policy distinction between Iraq and Syria, and [ in Syria only attacks PISSI's logistical support, not its troops ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/07/us-kurds-iraq-isis-massacre-syria-kobani ) . This is why it has not provided close air support to the Kurds fighting to defend Kobani. Meanwhile, the US wants Turkey to fight this battle, but [ Turkey would rather fight Assad that PISSI ]( http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/07/us-turkey-diplomacy-isis-kurds-kobani ) . Close air support is the only sort of fighting that the US ought to do against PISSI. Once it starts attacking urban facilities, it causes [ civilian casualties ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_September_2014_(US_widening_air_bombing_in_Iraq) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28US_policy_distinction_between_Iraq_and_Syria%29

US officials, Republican and Democrat, have programmed an [ endless war all around the world ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=6278 ) . It is endless by nature, because its tactics generate more enemies, and have never won a victory anywhere.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#08_October_2014_%28Endless_war_programmed_by_US_officials%29

For the fascist plans of US officials, terrorism (real or imaginary) [ is the gift that keeps on giving ]( http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/america-panic-terror-isis-iraq ) . The author makes a mistake by saying that "we" have adopted these foolish attitudes, because that effectively insists the reader can't reject them. We can all reject them — it just takes a tiny bit of moral fiber. I reject them every time they come up, and you can, too.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Terrorism_is_gift_that_keeps_on_giving%29

Clinton has [ openly endorsed the policy of endless war ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/07/hillary-clinton-embraces-endless-war-doctrine ) . Put this together with NSA snooping and the systematic dishonesty of the mainstream press, and it adds up to 1984 lite. The main threat to Americans comes from plutocracy. Plutocracy could kill millions of Americans in the coming decade, mainly through the poverty it imposes. Compared with this, underground terrorists are a tiny threat. Back when Dubya was president, I speculated that he and al Qa'ida were both working to cause the endless war that suited them both. It seems the same for the US and PISSI. Not that they have explicitly conspired to do this together. Rather, each side expects to gain domestic power from endless war. So PISSI offers bait, and the US government jumps for it.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Clinton_endorsed_policy_of_endless_war%29

Consumer Reports found that [ nearly all US food products containing soy or corn are made with GMOs ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/07/gmos-are-everywhere-and-should-be-labeled-consumer-reports-finds ) , even if they are misleadingly labeled as "natural".
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28US_food_products_containing_soy_or_corn%29

Baltimore's inner harbor will be [ flooded roughly 900 hours a year ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/08/us-east-coast-cities-face-frequent-flooding-due-to-climate-change ) , on the average, by 2045 — due to global heating. A few decades later, it will be permanently inundated. Many other US coastal cities and towns face similar problems that we are bringing on ourselves.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Baltimore%27s_inner_harbor%29

UK prisons have become [ so cruel that the government plans to fire the inspector of prisons ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/08/chief-inspector-prisons-nick-hardwick-denied-second-term ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Cruel_UK_prisons%29

Windows 10 [ requires users to give permission for total snooping ]( http://www.techworm.net/2014/10/microsofts-windows-10-permission-watch-every-move.html ) on their files, commands, text input, and voice.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Windows_10_total_snooping%29

Amazon's "digital editions" spy system [ sends users' complete reading logs to Amazon ]( http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/adobes-e-book-reader-sends-your-reading-logs-back-to-adobe-in-plain-text/ ) . Amazon says this is legitimate because users agree to it in the EULA, but pressuring people to click "Ok, spy on me" does not excuse it. This article focuses on the fact that the NSA can watch this data passing on the net, avoiding the need to use the PAT RIOT act to collect it directly from Amazon. It legitimizes Amazon's snooping by saying that's needed to [ enforce DRM ]( http://DefectiveByDesign.org ) , which legitimizes DRM too. According to the article's view, all this would be fine, if only Amazon didn't also leak everyone's dossier. As a defense of readers' rights, this is pitifully weak. DRM, being evil itself, can't justify anything.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Amazon%27s_digital_editions_spy_system%29

US citizens: call on the Pentagon to [ stop distributing military hardware to thug departments in the US ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/dod_police_militarization ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Distributing_military_hardware_to_thug_departments%29

Everyone: tell GoFundMe to [ allow requests for funds for abortions ]( https://dailykos.com/campaigns/967?detail=email ) . Abortion is not like terrorism, violence or addictive drugs.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Allow_requests_for_funds_for_abortions%29

Glasgow University [ voted to divest from fossil fuels ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/08/glasgow-becomes-first-university-in-europe-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Glasgow_University_voted_to_divest_from_fossil_fuels%29

Israeli soldiers told the inhabitants of the village of Khirbet Um al-Jimal that all their homes will be [ demolished at some undetermined date ]( http://www.imemc.org/article/69306 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Israel_to_demolish_homes%29

Israel has [ repeatedly attacked Palestinians' water supply and sewage systems ]( http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/219512-israels-water-war-crimes ) for more than a decade.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Attacks_on_Palestinians_water_supply%29

Jamal Jones is suing thugs for [ breaking car windows and attacking him only for not carrying identification ]( http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/08/police-sued-for-using-stun-gun-on-man-after-smashing-car-window ) (which he had no obligation to carry). It is not enough to sue the thugs and the city; that is no deterrent for thugs. We need to prosecute them. I hope, if you are ever on a jury, that you will reject any presumption that thugs are telling the truth. [ Lying in court is habitual with them ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#07_February_2013_(Testilying_thugs) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Thugs_sued%29

Extinction of wildlife is another problem that the US could partially solve by [ legalizing marijuana ]( http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/10/marijuana-fisher-threatened-rat-poison ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Helping_wildlife_by_legalizing_marijuana%29

The British tourist jailed in Morocco for being homosexual was [ released ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/08/british-tourist-ray-cole-morocco-homosexual-acts ) . His Moroccan friend or lover is not so fortunate.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Release_of_Brit_jailed_in_Morocco%29

[ Revolutionary Kurds ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/08/why-world-ignoring-revolutionary-kurds-syria-isis ) in Syria have established the sort of popular democracy we would hope that the whole Middle East could have.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Democracy_in_Syria%29

[ Australia Spying Law Meets Grassroots Resistance ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/07/australia-spying-law-meets-grassroots-resistance ) . The Australian government's duty is to keep Australians safe … from total surveillance.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Australia_spying_law%29

[ Superstition about witches ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/08/more-cases-ritual-child-abuse-linked-witchcraft-beliefs-reported-police ) leads to murder, even in the UK.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Superstition_leads_to_murder_in_UK%29

With 50,000 SWAT raids per year in the US, [ lots of people will inevitably get hurt badly ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/08/how-many-people-must-be-maimed-or-killed-we-end-militarization-our-police-forces ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%2850000_SWAT_raids_per_year%29

US public TV governing boards are [ dominated by business executives ]( http://wp.me/p2AI9o-nnrO ) . Business also dominates public TV stations through its [ money ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#29_May_2011_(Commercials_on_PBS) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Business_domination_of_public_TV%29

Turkey is [ blocking Kurds from joining the defense of Kobani ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/08/kobani-isis-turkey-kurds-ypg-syria-erdogan ) , while allowing reinforcements to join PISSI.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Turkey_allows_reinforcements_to_join_PISSI%29

Ebola virus [ may persist a human's semen and milk ]( http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/how-long-ebola-sperm ) months after the person has recovered from it.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#09_October_2014_%28Ebola%29

Facebook and Master Card will join forces to [ profile Master Card customers so banks can push them to spend more ]( http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/mastercard-to-mine-facebook-user-data-20141006-10qrqy.html ) . By doing this, Master Card is ratting on its customers. This reinforces the point that using a credit card enables others to take advantage of you. It also interferes with your efforts to limit your spending. Don't be tracked — pay cash.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Facebook_and_Master_Card_will_join_forces%29

A [ thug in St Louis shot a black teenager ]( http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/09/st-louis-police-officer-shoots-dead-black-teenager-off-duty ) , then claimed the teenager had fired shots with the sandwich his friends said he was carrying. It would not be beyond a thug to plant a gun on the deceased.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28A_thug_in_St_Louis_shot_a_black_teenager%29

A Shi'ite rebel group [ has taken the capital of Yemen ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/09/yemen-rebellion-intrigue-syria-iraq ) , perhaps with the cooperation of the president. It opposes the Wahhabi missionaries sent by Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia seems to be the root of a large part of the theocratic cruelty in the Arab world, and [ spreads this with the backing of the US ]( https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#24_September_2014_%28US_allied_with_vicious_regimes%29 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Rebel_group_has_taken_the_capital_of_Yemen%29

Italy's prime minister Renzi pushed through [ a law making it easier for businesses to fire workers ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/09/italy-pm-matteo-renzi-wins-confidence-vote-labour-reforms ) , hoping that in exchange the EU will avoid punishing Italy more. These "reforms" are part of the world-wide campaign by business to set countries against each other in a competition for letting business have more power and workers less power. Step by step, business gets to do want it wants, leaving most people poor. I doubt that the plutocrats will keep their side of this deal. Appeasing them is foolish; the more power they get, the more they can demand more power.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28A_law_making_it_easier_for_businesses_to_fire_workers%29

Former Oil Mogul [ Confirmed as EU Climate and Energy Commissioner ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/09/former-oil-mogul-confirmed-as-eu-climate-and-energy-commissioner ) . He will surely find ways to obscruct progress in decarbonization; whoever proposed him for the post must have done so with this goal in mind. Whatever controls are set up to make sure he does his job, they can't stop him from dragging his feet. Thus, I fear, the fossil fuel companies have neutralized the only center of political power that was sincerly trying to avert global heating. I fear that they have murdered many of those who are reading this.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28EU_Climate_and_Energy_Commissioner%29

The World Bank says 20 billion dollars must be provided to [ quash the Ebola epidemic ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/08/ebola-crisis-world-bank-president-jim-kim-failure ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Ebola_epidemic%29

The Jewish National Fund is activily involved in [ trying to kick a Palestinian family out of its home near Jerusalem ]( http://972mag.com/despite-denials-jnf-to-continue-eviction-effort-of-jerusalem-palestinians/28489/ ) . Some of the JNF's tree planting campaigns were [ carried out over former Arab villages whose inhabitants had either fled or been expelled ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#21_June_2013_%28Ishmael_Coovadia_incensed_over_trees_planted_in_his_honor%29 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Jewish_National_Fund%29

Inside the [ $7 Million Fight to Tax Soda in San Francisco ]( http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/inside-san-franciscos-7-million-soda-tax ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Fight_to_Tax_Soda_in_San_Francisco%29

Employers plead for sympathy because they can't find people to hire, but [ really it's just that they won't pay enough ]( http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/10/if-you-pay-them-they-will-come ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Employers_plead_for_sympathy%29

65 million Americans have a criminal record; [ many US colleges exclude all of them in blanket fashion ]( http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26576-applying-to-college-with-a-criminal-record ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Criminal_record%29

Mercury pollution [ damages the brains of songbirds ]( http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26679-heavy-metal-songs-contaminated-songbirds-sing-the-wrong-tunes ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Mercury_pollution_hurts_songbirds%29

[ Massive Mongolian Mine Endangers Nomads' Water, Way of Life ]( http://truth-out.org/news/item/26655-massive-mongolian-mine-endangers-nomads-water-way-of-life ) . However, the bigger culprit is global heating, which is hitting Mongolia more than most of the world, and drying it up.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28Massive_Mongolian_Mine%29

The ACLU won a legal victory: the Ferguson thugs are [ not allowed to arrest protesters just for standing still ]( http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/10/07/3577001/judge-to-ferguson-police-you-cant-arrest-protesters-for-standing-still/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#10_October_2014_%28ACLU_legal_victory_in_Ferguson%29