The EPA has [ failed for 30 years to issue legally required rules ]( http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/groups-sue-epa-for-letting-polluters-pass-the-bill-for-their-spills-to-the-public ) to make polluters pay to clean up their pollution.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28EPA_fails_to_make_polluters_pay%29

Now that the UK charges workers [ almost $2000 ]( http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/aug/17/workers-cant-fight-employment-tribunals ) for filing a discrimination case, complaints have gone down by 80%. Only well-paid workers can afford to complain.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Cost_of_filing_worker_complaint_in_UK%29

Michael Brown's autopsy report says he was [ shot 6 times, all from the front ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ferguson-michael-brown-shot-multiple-times-autopsy-shows-including-in-head ) . Even if the thug's actions after stopping Brown were not wrong, it seems clear he would not have stopped a white man. US thugs will let you walk around with a weapon (in some states) … if you're white. If you're black, they order you to drop it, and shoot you before you have a chance to comply, [ even if it's a toy ]( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1320164/-Why-Black-Men-Don-t-Open-Carry ) . In other words, "open carry" laws potentiate the effect of racist attitudes.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Michael_Browns_autopsy_report%29

The Iraqi Kurds [ recaptured the Mosul dam ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/iraqi-kurdish-forces-recapture-mosul-dam-isis ) , with US air support.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#18_August_2014_%28Iraqi_Kurds_recapture_Mosul_dam%29

Update to [ On Hacking ]( https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html ) to recognize that "hacking" is not supposed to cover wit and art.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#19_August_2014_%28On_Hacking_updates%29

Amory Lovins claims we can switch entirely to renewable energy without on-grid storage by [ using time-shifting to make demand fit the momentary supply. ]( http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesignArticles/ArticleID/8272/Is-Storage-Necessary-for-Renewable-Energy.aspx ) We need to be careful to set up these systems so that they don't collect information about what systems we are using. For instance, if the goal is to tell 1/4 of the air conditioning systems in a substantial area to shut off, it isn't necessary to find out which ones happen to be on at the moment. Statistically, the result would be roughly the same if you make the decision based on which houses have such air conditioning.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28We_can_switch_entirely_to_renewable_energy%29

Everyone: call for your country to [ defend the rights of the Tibetan people under repression ]( http://freetibet.org/email_targets/1810?utm_source=Free+Tibet+email+updates&utm_campaign=295a7b1e86-News_update_China_spam&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8b3b75e260-295a7b1e86-39199397 ) . When 100 Tibetans protested, [ Chinese thugs shot several, then arrested them and denied them medical treatment ]( http://freetibet.org/news-media/na/two-tibetans-dead-whilst-chinese-custody?utm_source=Free+Tibet+email+updates&utm_campaign=295a7b1e86-News_update_China_spam&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8b3b75e260-295a7b1e86-39199397 ) . Some died from this.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Defend_the_rights_of_the_Tibetan_people%29

Obama is stretching the facts to [ avoid asking Congress for authorization to use military force in Iraq ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/08/humanitarian-emergency-does-not-suspend-constitution-war-powers ) . Congress should not accept this stretching. What's at stake is the US Constitution.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Obama_is_stretching_the_facts%29

Bringing home the fact that you don't control your mobile phone, there's an app to [ give someone else remote control over it ]( http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/aug/18/app-forces-teenagers-to-call-parents ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28You_don%27t_control_your_mobile_phone%29

Irom Sharmila has been in prison and on hunger strike for 14 years after witnessing a massacre by the Indian Army. I think she was never given a trial, but a [ court now ordered her release. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/indian-court-release-woman-hunger-strike-irom-sharmila )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Irom_Sharmila_ordered_for_release%29

Aug 19 is [ "Earth Overshoot Day" ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/19/earth-ecological-debt-earlier ) , the day when we've used, since the beginning of the year, as much resources as the Earth can sustain for the whole year. Just 14 years ago, that point was reached in October.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Earth_Overshoot_Day%29

Richard Nixon faced impeachment for [ undermining the Constitution with illegal spying and dirty tricks ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/08/richard-nixon-honk-if-you-think-he-was-guilty ) . Under Bushbama it's even worse.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Undermining_Constitution_with_illegal_spying_and_dirty_tricks%29

Republicans are [ blocking federal funds for processing the backlog of "rape kits" ]( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1320110/-Senate-Republicans-hold-up-money-to-test-evidence-in-rape-cases?detail=email ) containing evidence from complaints of rape. Those right-wingers don't care much about any sort of rights if they are for women.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Republicans_blocking_funds_for_processing_rape_kits%29

US citizens: support Amnesty International's call for the Ferguson thug chief to [ respect the rights of peaceful protesters ]( http://www.amnestyusa.org/W1408EAIAR1 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Respect_the_rights_of_peaceful_protesters%29

Extreme capitalism is the idea that [ every aspect of society has to be run as a business ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/18/carnage-capitalism ) . This is a major cause of what's wrong in US education and health care.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Extreme_capitalism%29

Civil liberties organizations in Australia warn that [ human rights are threatened by the new "counter-terrorism" proposals ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/counter-terrorism-proposals-greatly-concerning-say-civil-liberties-groups ) . There is very little danger of terrorism in Australia. It's just an excuse to attack human rights.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28New_counter-terrorism_proposals_in_Australia%29

The [ pollution and resource scarcity problems ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/18/towards-new-co-existence-reframing-our-ecological-crises ) that humanity is creating can be seen as a failure in coexistence with the natural world.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Failure_to_coexist%29

[ Arms companies have effectively paid Congress ]( http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/08/how-defense-industry-made-room-militarized-police-today ) to support militarization of US thugs.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Militarization_of_US_thugs%29

[ Ten Facts About Police Violence in Ferguson Sunday Night ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/08/18/ten-facts-about-police-violence-ferguson-sunday-night ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Ferguson_thug_violence_facts%29

[ Ukraine and rebels accuse each other ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ukraine-refugees-die-as-convoy-hit-by-rockets ) of firing rockets at a convoy that was evacuating civilians. I expect that neither side attacked them intentionally, but this is the sort of thing that happens in war, and even more so when care is not taken. However, firing the inaccurate Grad rockets into urban areas is a war crime, and I have seen accusations that Ukraine regularly does that.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Civilians_in_convoy_hit_by_rockets%29

M. L. King: [ A riot is the language of the unheard ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/18/ferguson-violence-martin-luther-king-michael-brown ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Language_of_the_unheard%29

Two Iranians [ will be whipped for criticizing a book ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/iranian-photographers-face-lash-criticising-officials-book ) published by a local official on artistic grounds.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Whipped_for_criticizing_book%29

A gang of thugs (not cops this time) [ attacked an editor in Sudan ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/sudan-newspaper-editor-attacked-by-armed-men ) that had advocated normalizing relations with Israel, and trashed the newspaper office.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Gang_of_thugs%29

The UK ambassador to the US has been [ lobbying the US Senate since 2012 to conceal the UK's complicity ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/16/uk-ambassador-senators-hide-diego-garcia-rendition-cia ) in CIA torture.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28UKs_complicity_in_CIA_torture%29

The wealth of the 1% is [ literally beyond measure ]( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1319980/-The-1-are-wealthy-beyond-measure ) , because they hide so much of it. What they sequester has prevented economic recovery for the rest.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Wealth_of_the_1-percent%29

One of the thugs who [ accused Henry Davis of "destruction of property" for bleeding on their uniforms ]( http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/ferguson-cop-who-charged-suspect-bleeding-her-uniform-now-city-councilwoman ) is now a city councilor in Ferguson.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28City_councilor_of_Ferguson%29

The UK's environmental department is [ lobbying the EU to keep a very dirty coal power plant running ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/19/uk-lobbying-to-keep-open-one-of-europes-dirtiest-coal-power-stations ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Lobbying_by_UK_environmental_dept%29

US citizens: [ support the bill ]( https://youpower.democracyforamerica.com/petitions/union-organizing-a-civil-right ) to make firing union organizers a matter of discrimination. It's already forbidden, but this would make it easier and faster to enforce the ban.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Union_organizing_bill%29

The Man Who Ran Contra Propaganda for Reagan Is [ Guatemala's New DC Lobbyist ]( http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/08/guatemala-lobbyist-otto-reich-reagan-contras-propaganda ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Guatemala%27s_New_DC_Lobbyist%29

The Committee to Protect Journalists [ Condemns Ongoing Harassment, Arrests of Reporters in Ferguson. ]( http://www.cpj.org/2014/08/cpj-condemns-ongoing-harassment-arrests-of-reporte.php )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Arrests_of_Reporters_in_Ferguson%29

Other countries that trample human rights more than the US [ find in Ferguson an opportunity to retort ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/aug/19/americas-foes-using-ferguson-to-troll-on-twitter-egypt ) . I wish the US would clean up its act so it could criticize oppression without making people laugh.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Countries_that_trample_human_rights_given_opportunity_to_retort%29

A journalist [ reports on his arrest in Ferguson ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=3610 ) . Thugs shot him first. They did not really care why he was there; they were arresting anyone who could be found. Note the sleazy excuse for denying the journalist the right to phone his lawyer. Just the sort of behavior I'd expect from a thug. Then a press photographer was arrested, for [ not standing where the thugs wanted photographers to stand ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/ferguson-police-arrest-photographer-scott-olsen ) . These thugs think they are entitled to control protests and control the press. I am glad that some of the protesters tried to control random violence by other protesters. That sort of indiscipline leads to defeat. While it is less serious, intrinsically, than the thugs' violence, it gives the thugs an excuse to pretend that they are protecting the town rather than occupying it. Some suspect that the [ few violent protesters are outsiders ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/ferguson-outsiders-protesters-riots-peaceful-unrest ) . The next night, they [ arrested 78 people, protesters and bystanders and journalists I suppose ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/ferguson-call-quiet-78-arrests-protests-clashes ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Journalist_reports_on_his_arrest_in_Ferguson%29

ICANN is considering giving governments almost [ total power over its decisions ]( http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/08/government-control-internet-governance-icann-proposes-giving-gac-increased-power-board-decisions/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28ICANN_considering_giving_gov%27ts_total_power%29

The Australian state of Victoria proposes US-style [ seizure of possessions on a system of guilty-until-proven-innocent ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/denis-napthines-law-and-order-drive-is-making-no-difference-to ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Australian_state_proposes_guilty-until-proven-innocent%29

Australia is going to "unthinkable" lengths to [ force Syrian refugees back to Syria ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/australia-going-to-unthinkable-lengths-to-return-syria-detainees-emails-show ) , where they face torture or death.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Australia_forcing_Syrian_refugees_back_to_Syria%29

US citizens: call on the DOT to [ protect Americans from oil trains ]( https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=14253 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_Americans_from_oil_trains%29

The Iraqi government [ failed in an attempt to retake Tikrit ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/isis-fighters-iraq-army-fails-tikrit ) ; Isis soldiers gave hard resistance. US air strikes are easy and effective in open country, but not in cities. If Tikrit is indeed controlled by Baathists and Sunni militants, as the article says, it should be possible to make a peace with them. They can't be very happy with Isis; they must regard it as a last resort to get out from under the Maliki's sectarian rule. The challenge will be to convince them that a new Iraqi government won't be equally bad.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Iraqi_gov%27t_failed_in_an_attempt_to_retake_Tikrit%29

Two artist/hackers who put white flags on the Brooklyn Bridge [ fear they will be permanently excluded from the US ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/german-artists-brooklyn-bridge-white-flag ) . It sure looks like the US has no sense of humor.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Artist%252FHackers_who_put_white_flags_on_Brooklyn_Bridge%29

US citizens: call for the US to [ tighten rules on ivory, to protect elephants ]( https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3563 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tighten_rules_on_ivory%29

ISIS is [ advancing territory in Syria ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/20/islamic-state-isis-foreign-hostages-syria-aleppo ) using weapons captured from the Iraqi army. It seems the West must attack ISIS in Syria to protect Assad. Murderous as he is, letting ISIS defeat him would be even worse.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28ISIS_advancing_in_Syria%29

An Israeli sociologist tries to explain the psychology of fear that enables Israelis to [ see themselves as humane while dehumanizing Palestinians ]( http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-sociologist-eva-illouz-about-gaza-and-israeli-society-a-984536.html ) . The article also offers explanations for how Israel became almost entirely hawkish, racist and right-wing. If 40% of Israelis wish to emigrate, I suspect that it's because those who are more or less secular expect the religious fanatics to take over and oppress them.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israeli_sociologist_tries_to_explain_psychology_of_fear%29

Israeli soldiers [ arrested 64 Palestinians from the West Bank ]( http://www.imemc.org/article/68848 ) , clearly for political reasons. Israeli soldiers [ demolished a Palestinian home in Jerusalem without warning ]( http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26288 ) , and did not allow the inhabitants to take out any of their property.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israeli_soldiers_arrested_64_Palestinian%29

Israel is systematically [ campaigning to undermine international humanitarian law ]( http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/18/globalizing-gaza/print ) — the treaties about war crimes which Israel has been condemned for violating.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israel_campaigning_to_undermine_international_humanitarian_law%29

Israel [ kills Gazans all the time ]( http://972mag.com/how-journalists-become-complicit-in-gazas-suffering/95393/ ) , not just when there is a war.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Israel_kills_Gazans_all_the_time%29

Dennis Kucinich explains what is needed to [ undo militarization of US thugs ]( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-j-kucinich/police-militarization_b_5687598.html ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Undo_militarization_of_US_thugs%29

US thugs [ keep on killing unarmed black men, then fabricating excuses ]( http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/3-unarmed-black-african-american-men-killed-police ) . Here's [ What Happens to Police Officers Who Shoot Unarmed Black Men ]( http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/darren-wilson-ferguson-police-officers-shoot-unarmed-black-men ) . White Supremacy Is the [ Real Culprit in Ferguson ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/20/white-supremacy-ferguson-black-excuses ) . The Excuses Just Prove It.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28US_thugs_keep_on_killing_unarmed_black_men%29

Someone in Gaza [ fired rockets at Israel, breaking the cease fire ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/20/gaza-war-resumes-as-talks-break-down ) . Israel responded by killing the family of a Hamas leader, and another family.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Someone_in_Gaza_fired_rockets_at_Israel%29

[ Saudi Arabia's role in creating ISIS ]( http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/iraq-crisis-how-saudi-arabia-helped-isis-take-over-the-north-of-the-country-9602312.html ) , the monster that it can no longer control.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Saudi_Arabia%27s_role_in_creating_ISIS%29

US cities, and senators, are asking the FCC to [ override state laws purchased by ISPs that ban municipal broadband networks ]( http://motherboard.vice.com/read/lawmakers-ask-fcc-to-preempt-states-on-municipal-broadband ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Override_state_laws_purchased_by_ISPs%29

In the US, or where US TV networks are available: Call on TV networks to [ stop choosing McCain as a pundit ]( http://action.votevets.org/mccain ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#21_August_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_choosing_McCain_as_a_pundit%29