[ Australia's National Security Proposals Will Criminalise Journalists, Says Union ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/australias-national-security-proposals-will-criminalise-journalists-says-union ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#16_August_2014_%28Criminalizing_journalism%29

A big spill of mine waste in Canada has [ led to repercussions against the mine ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/15/fallout-canadian-mining-disaster-continues-first-nation-delivers-eviction-notice ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Big_spill_of_mine_waste_in_Canada%29

Uri Avnery: [ Eyeless in Gaza ]( http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1408109792/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Eyeless_in_Gaza%29

Ferguson thugs' previous caper: they arrested the wrong man, jailed him even after they became aware of this, kicked him in the head, then [ charged him with the crime of damaging thug department property (bleeding on their uniforms). ]( http://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/08/ferguson-cops.html ) Maybe he didn't bleed on their uniforms at all — the thugs later said they had made it up. These thugs committed perjury. Why are they not in prison for that?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thugs%27_previous_caper%29

The UK government has [ blocked publication of the report into the cause of horsemeat in the "beef" ]( http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/15/official-report-horsemeat-scandal-delayed-new-food-safety-fears ) , because it will point the finger at the government's cuts in inspecting food. The deeper cause, which the report may not mention, is the EU's deregulation that makes it easy to ship meat from one company to another, in different countries, in a long sequence. Make the supply chain long enough, and there is sure to be a cheater in it at some point. The US wants to do both of these things: [ undermine inspections ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#01_May_2014_%28Plans_to_end_chicken_inspection%29 ) and deregulate [ meat imports ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#09_June_2014_%28Meats_imported_into_the_US%29 ) . Fraud is profitable, so when business determines the laws, it often legislates for fraud.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28UK_gov%27t_blocked_publication%29

Algorithmic filtering can affect history, not just hide history. Facebook's filtering algorithm [ suppressed news about the thug riot in Ferguson until after it became national news. ]( https://medium.com/message/ferguson-is-also-a-net-neutrality-issue-6d2f3db51eb0 )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Facebook%27s_filtering_algorithm_suppressed_news_about_thug_riot%29

Malaysia demonstrated contempt for human rights by threatening to jail a citizen for three years for [ "liking" a Facebook post that praises Israel. ]( http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1573819/teen-who-liked-pro-israel-facebook-page-probed-sedition-malaysia ) Being a [ used of Facebook is foolish ]( https://stallman.org/facebook.html ) , but expressing opinions there should not be a crime.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Threatening_to_jail_for_liking_a_Facebook_post%29

Fracking under the sea [ threatens coastal ecosystems ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/15/stop-fracking-our-oceans-californians-say ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Fracking_under_the_sea%29

The main group of Yazidis, on Mt Sinjar, escaped the siege of genocidal ISIS, but [ smaller groups caught in villages are being massacred ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/iraq-air-strikes-target-islamic-state-fighters-near-key-dam ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Yazidis%29

James Risen is epitome of how Obama (continuing Dubya's policy) [ threatens freedom of the press in the US ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/15/james-risen-surveillance-and-obamas-threat-journalism ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Obama_threatens_freedom_of_the_press_in_the_US%29

Ferguson's Days of Unrest Expose [ Stark Reality of a Segregated Society ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/ferguson-michael-brown-unrest-reality-segregated-society ) . One white resident says about black drivers who get stopped: "Tires gone, lights out, no insurance, pieces of junk, that's why." Perhaps it is true that black residents of Ferguson tend to have cars that are nearly junk, and leave things unrepaired. I wonder why. Perhaps because they don't get enough work, or their [ unemployment benefits were cut off ]( https://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#20_December_2013_%28The_unemployment_rate%29 ) , or they get paid minimum wage which is [ worth less and less ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#30_June_2012_%28Republicans_want_minimum_wage_reduction%29 ) , or they were [ victims of fraudulent foreclosure ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2010-jul-oct.html#22%20October%202010%20%28Caught%20pants%20down%29 ) . Or their relatives have these problems, and they have to help their relatives rather than get a nice new car.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson%27s_Days_of_Unrest%29

Michael Brown has been accused of [ stealing cigars from a store shortly before he was killed ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/ferguson-police-michael-brown-protesters ) . The thugs have given conflicting stories about whether his killer knew about that. The news of this ended the temporary peace between the thugs and the people of Ferguson, as the people took this as an attempt to smear the victim.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Michael_Brown_accused_of_stealing_cigars%29

[ The Rabaa massacre, one year later ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/rabaa-massacre-egypt-human-rights-watch ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28The_Rabaa_massacre%29

US citizens: Call for approval of the [ constitutional amendment to reverse the Corporations United decision ]( http://action.usaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=651 ) (to call them what they are, not what they pretended to be).
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reverse_Corporations_United%29

[ Hillary-The-Hawk Flies Again ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/16/hillary-hawk-flies-again ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Hillary-The-Hawk_Flies_Again%29

[ Communities, Individuals, and the Long Fight Against Poverty [in the US] ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/16/communities-individuals-and-long-fight-against-poverty ) . This fight would not be nearly so long if not for the rich that defend poverty for everyone else.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Poverty_in_the_US%29

A Ukrainian rebel leader [ claims to have 1200 soldiers who were trained in Russia ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/ukraine-fighters-russia-top-rebel-leader ) , as well as 30 tanks. They could not have captured 30 tanks from the Ukrainian army in that area. If the claim is true, most of those tanks must have come from Russia. Perhaps Russia captured Ukrainian tanks in the Crimea and sent them to Ukraine.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ukrainian_rebel_soldiers%29

Al Sharpton [ exhorted Ferguson protesters ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/sharpton-ferguson-protesters-smear-campaign-rioting ) to avoid weakening their case by engaging in crimes such as looting. This is wise advice: blacks of the 60s won advances in civil rights through discipline, and protesters today need discipline too. Since then, a curfew has been imposed. I don't expect the protesters to disperse quietly just because someone told them to.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson_protests%29

China released human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from prison, [ starved and with smashed teeth ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/chinese-human-rights-lawyer-starved-solitary-confinement ) . His teeth fell out because he was given limited food. He was [ tortured both physically and mentally ]( http://www.freedom-now.org/news/media-release-gao-zhisheng-tortured-in-custody-wife-pleads-for-u-s-help-to-get-him-urgent-medical-care/ ) . Now he can hardly speak.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Human_rights_lawyer_tortured_in_China%29

Apple is storing the data of iThing users in China [ on servers in China ]( http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/15/us-apple-data-china-idUSKBN0GF0N720140815 ) . Since Apple can [ extract lots of personal data from an iThing remotely ]( http://gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary/malware-apple.html ) , I think Apple will have great difficulty refusing when China demands that it do so.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28iThing_users_data_in_China%29

[ How US media spin the civilian casualties in Gaza ]( http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/08/12/death-in-gaza-some-counts-more-controversial-than-others/ ) — including claiming that civilians working for Hamas in non-military roles count as combatants.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28US_media_spin_on_Gazan_casualties%29

UK thugs want to be allowed to look at people's confidential medical records [ without getting a warrant (let alone permission) ]( http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/10/police-right-to-see-medical-records ) . They cite "vulnerable" people as an excuse, but the loss of rights would apply to everyone. Perhaps it is, in a sense, about vulnerable people. When undercover thugs infiltrate a dissident group, if they could check the medical records of everyone in the group, they could quickly find which ones are [ vulnerable to being pressured into a sexual relationship ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#18_March_2014_(Failure_to_ban_undercover_thug_seduction_tactics_in_the_UK) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28UK_thugs_want_peoples_medical_records%29

US citizens: [ call on Obama ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/stop_tax_inversions/ ) to eliminate the tax incentives for companies to move their headquarters outside the US.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Disincentivize_tax_avoidance%29

US citizens: [ thank Obama ]( http://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16310 ) for rethinking weapons deliveries to Israel.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Thank_Obama%29

James Risen Calls Obama [ 'Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom in a Generation' ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/james-risen-obama-greatest-enemy-press-freedom-generation ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Greatest_Enemy_of_Press_Freedom_in_a_Generation%29

Advocates of greater regional autonomy in Russia have been [ arrested and their demonstrations banned ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/pro-federalism-protests-banned-siberia-russia-nine-activists-held ) . I think it is proper for wealthier regions to support the development of poorer regions; thus, I disagree with demands for independence from the wealthier regions based on objection to this; for example, in Catalunya because its taxes help poorer parts of Spain. If Siberia is proportionally richer than other parts of Russia, I would object likewise in Siberia's case. But I don't know whether that is so, and I don't know what Putin is doing with the tax money.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Advocates_of_greater_regional_autonomy_in_Russia%29

California "Kill Switch" Bill [ Could Be Used to Disrupt Protests ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/17/california-kill-switch-bill-could-be-used-disrupt-protests ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28California_Kill_Switch_Bill%29

Ecuador's foreign minister asks why the Swedish government fails to use the opportunity to [ question Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/17/julian-assange-ecuador-political-asylum-stalemate ) , and thus denies justice both to Assange and to the women who made a complaint against him. Of course, we can infer the answer easily.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Question_Assange_in_the_Ecuadorian_embassy%29

Afghan thugs raided a coffee shop because [ women and men were allowed to sit and talk there ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/kabul-cafe-raid-young-afghans ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Afghan_thugs_raided_a_coffee_shop%29

Poisonous algae in Lake Erie seem to result from [ a change in the form of phosphorus used in fertilizer ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/03/toledo-water-pollution-farming-practices-lake-erie-phosphorus ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Poisonous_algae_in_Lake_Erie%29

French MPs propose to [ require supermarkets to donate unsold but still edible food to charities ]( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11018960/French-MPs-propose-forcing-supermarkets-to-hand-over-all-unsold-food-to-charity.html ) . In principle, the idea seems good.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Require_supermarkets_to_donate_unsold_but_still_edible_food%29

US citizens: sign [ these two petitions ]( http://org.salsalabs.com/o/161/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16312 ) to [ stop militarizing US thugs ]( http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/demilitarizethepolice/?t=1001&akid=5140.1906019.RaHjU-bcc: ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_militarizing_US_thugs%29

Union activists blocked an Israeli ship from docking in Oakland as a [ protest against the bombardment of Gaza ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/israeli-ship-remains-at-sea-thousands-protesters-gather ) . Australian thugs are trying to [ arbitrarily ban a protest against an Israeli film festival in Australia ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/nsw-police-try-to-stop-pro-palestinian-protest-at-israeli-film-festival ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Union_activists_blocked_an_Israeli_ship_from_docking_in_Oakland%29

On Race, America Has Far to Go. [ Ferguson Won't Be The Last Flash Point ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/17/barack-obama-race-strategy-protests-ferguson-mike-brown ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Ferguson_Won%27t_Be_The_Last_Flash_Point%29

US citizens: call on the EPA to [ protect farm workers from dangerous pesticides. ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/dont-poison-farmworkers?t=1004&akid=11428.1183552.GIEOLU )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_farm_workers_from_dangerous_pesticides%29

The slogan "We don't talk with terrorists" is often an [ excuse to continue war ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2014/aug/15/good-to-talk-terrorists ) . Negotiating ransom with terrorists is what one should never do. Negotiating peace, that's different.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#17_August_2014_%28We_dont_talk_with_terrorists%29

A US woman accused in Indonesia of murdering her mother says that thugs are [ beating her and threatening to deny her water unless she confesses ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/chicago-teenager-accused-mother-bali-abused-by-police ) . I have no opinion about whether she is guilty of those charges. There may be valid reasons to prosecute her, but suspects should not be tortured.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Torture_of_suspects%29

A desperate woman in Ireland was [ forced to have a cesarean section ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ireland-woman-forced-birth-denied-abortion ) , when she threatened to starve herself after being denied an abortion. Abortion is a basic right.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Cesarean_section_forced_on_woman%29

A Jewish Israeli woman converted to Islam and is marrying an Arab. This has [ brought out various sorts of racists ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/israeli-court-protesters-picket-palestinian-jewish-wedding ) . I find it hard to imagine a greater folly than for a woman to convert to Islam. But she has a right to do it, and a right to get married.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Racist_response_to_wedding_in_Israel%29

Australian PM Abbott's plan to stop promoting renewable energy would amount to a [ 10 billion dollar gift to the fossil fuel companies he serves ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/17/tony-abbotts-push-to-ditch-renewables-could-hand-coal-and-gas-industry-10bn ) . And without even achieving the promised insignificant side benefit of a reduction in electricity prices.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Abbott_serving_fossil_fuel_companies%29

A mob attacked a clinic in Liberia and drove out [ 29 people infected with Ebola ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/17/ebola-liberia-clinic-raided ) . Now they are likely to infect other people. Way to go, idiots!
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Mob_drives_out_Ebola_patients%29

Facebook is [ ordering users to switch to a different Messenger app ]( http://mashable.com/2014/07/29/facebook-messenger-switch/ ) which demands access to lots of [ personal information ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/17/tony-abbotts-push-to-ditch-renewables-could-hand-coal-and-gas-industry-10bn ) . It's proprietary software, thus inherently [ untrustworthy ]( http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html ) , so using it is an act of folly. The same is true of Facebook's main app, and the nonfree program (in either iThings or Android) for accessing the app store where it is released. In Android, that program is called [ Google Play ]( http://gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html ) , and it has a back door that is more or less universal. Of course, you shouldn't be used by [ Facebook ]( https://stallman.org/facebook.html ) at all, because it extracts personal data that nobody ought to know.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Facebook_forcing_app_on_users%29

[ Over 100 SWAT raids occur each day ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/14/terrify-and-occupy ) in the US, and most of them are for nothing more serious than searching a house for drugs. This is accompanied by training thugs to act like an occupying army. If they expect to shoot people down, they will find opportunities to do it. Here is [ data about the military equipment ]( https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2014/aug/15/we-have-pentagon-1033-program-data/ ) that the US has given to thugs.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28SWAT_raids_in_the_US%29

The curfew in Ferguson was obeyed by recognized leaders and organizers, but [ hundreds of people stayed past midnight in pouring rain ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ferguson-curfew-protesters-looting-michael-brown ) rather than let thugs chase them out of their town. This article says the thugs did use tear gas.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Curfew_in_Ferguson%29

Western news media have a [ superficial view of many countries ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/17/congo-reporting-media-war-anjan-sundaram ) , because reporters nowadays don't stay in a place long enough to know what's what.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Western_medias_superficial_view%29

10,000 Israelis [ demonstrated for peace with Gaza ]( http://972mag.com/10000-protest-in-tel-aviv-for-a-just-peace-end-to-occupation/95569/ ) . It was a good try, but I think it will take more than 10,000 to influence the government, and the Arab-hating people.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%2810%2C000_Israelis_protest_for_peace%29

Explaining the background of ISIS in [ radicalization of Sunnis ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/isis-salafi-menace-jihadist-homeland-syria ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28The_background_of_ISIS%29

Australia's government said it would maintain the renewable energy target but is clearly [ making plans to create an excuse to eliminate it ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/aug/18/renewable-energy-target-abolish-abbott-hunt-warburton ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Australias_renewable_energy_target%29

The US is [ pressuring the ICC and Mahmoud Abbas ]( http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/aug/18/hague-court-western-pressure-gaza-inquiry ) not to request an investigation into Israeli and Palestinian war crimes.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28US_pressure_against_Gaza_inquiry%29

Just living near a place where coal ash is handled or dumped [ can give people asthma ]( http://earthjustice.org/blog/2014-july/ash-in-lungs-how-breathing-coal-ash-is-hazardous-to-your-health ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Coal_ash_and_asthma%29