50 organizations have [ called on Google to stop supporting ALEC ]( http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/03/over-50-organizations-call-google-drop-membership-american-legislative-exchange ) . Google claims its motto is "Don't be evil", but there is little in US politics that is more evil than [ ALEC ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#30_May_2011_(ALEC_Organization) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Googles_support_for_ALEC%29

Pennsylvania, to facilitate fracking, has [ gutted its inspection system and rushed the approval of projects ]( http://www.earthworksaction.org/library/detail/blackout ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Pennsylvania_facilitating_fracking%29

A Koch-funded organization appears to have [ violated IRS regulations on electioneering in 2012 ]( http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/09/12584/leaked-audio-suggests-afp-violated-law-wisconsin ) . Will Obama and Holder bestir themselves to have this investigated?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Violation_by_Koch-funded_organization%29

The US government [ will investigate ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/ferguson-police-department-federal-inquiry ) the practices of Ferguson thugs, in general as well as relating to the killing of Michael Brown. In Ferguson, if you're black and not rich, simply driving is enough to get you [ fined over and over, and jailed because you can't pay ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=4182 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Practices_of_Ferguson_thugs%29

The idea of a "<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/sep/04/playable-cities-the-city-that-plays-together-stays-together'>playable city</a>".
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Playable_city%29

South Africa [ barred entry to the Dalai Lama ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/dalai-lama-denied-south-africa-visa-nobel-summit ) — again.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Dalai_Lama_barred_from_South_Africa%29

Stopping the Ebola outbreak [ will cost half a billion dollars and take up to 9 months ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/04/ebola-six-nine-months-control-who-margaret-chan ) . That's if we commit the resources now. [ Ashya King Case Shows How Parents Can Be Let Down by the Law ]( http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/sep/04/ashya-king-case-parents-let-down-law ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Stopping_the_Ebola_outbreak%29

Abbott continued right up to the Australian election a year ago being the [ suppository of false promises ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/-sp-tony-abbott-one-year-on-how-trust-won-and-lost ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Abott_the_suppository_of_false_promises%29

Billionaire Polluters will have to pay Billions in Penalties after a judge ruled [ BP guilty of "gross negligence" in the Big Spill ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/04/bp-reckless-conduct-oil-spill-judge-rules ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28BP_guilty_of_gross_negligence%29

Ukraine and Russia-lead rebels have [ agreed to a cease-fire ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/ukraine-nato-ceasefire-leaders-welcome-putin-poroshenko ) . The defeats suffered by Ukraine's forces, after weeks of slowly gaining, seem to prove by themselves that Russia gave the rebels armor, if not troops as well. Therefore, I don't think Putin is willing to let the matter end here.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Ukaine_and_Russia-lead_rebels_agreed_to_cease-fire%29

Asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei was [ apparently killed by Australia ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/asylum-seekers-family-mourn-son-declared-brain-dead ) , which sent him to an offshore prison in which prisoners got bad and delayed medical treatment.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Hamid_Kehazaei_was_apparently_killed_by_Australia%29

Naomi Klein: global heating and the plutocratic world order are [ hitting the world at the same time ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/03/naomi-klein-degrowth-conference-climate-change-can-deliver-peoples-shock ) . This means either disaster or perhaps opportunity. The plutocrats will seek to use the effects of global heating for shock capitalism, so as to drive most people in developed world into desperation such as we haven't seen since the 1930s. If ending plutocratic rule is necessary to avoid disaster, maybe that will spur people to do it Naomi, please don't call the plutocrats and their supporters "Liberals". A Liberal is someone like me, or (to cite a leader of Liberals) someone like FDR.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Global_heating_and_the_plutocratic_world_order%29

Refuges for women experiencing domestic violence are [ necessary so they don't have to stay with their abusers ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/04/refuges-close-domestic-abuse-women-violent-partners ) . Closing them down is part of the right-wing "family values" agenda, which values compelling people to be in families rather than the people as people.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Refuges_for_women_experiencing_domestic_violence%29

Seattle activists blocked a train line to [ protest the transport of oil by train through their state ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/03/climate-activists-stage-resistance-rail-yard-protest-fossil-fuel-takeover ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Seattle_activists_blocked_a_train_line%29

The downtrodden parts of the US systematically direct youth into prison, but some forms of aid have shown [ they can break the cradle-to-prison pipeline ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/03/lets-interupt-cradle-prison-pipeline-empowering-our-nations-youth ) . We also have an obligation to end the systems that constitute the pipeline: [ running the economy to keep most Americans poor ]( https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_July_2014_%28San_Francisco_workers_threatened%29 ) , [ racist thugs ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#26_August_2014_%28Racism%29 ) , the [ War on Drugs ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#28_July_2012_%28War_on_Drugs%29 ) , and thugs in schools [ shoving students into the school-to-prison pipeline ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#23_August_2014_%28School-to-prison_pipeline%29 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Cradle-To-Prison_pipeline%29

Human rights activists investigating enslavement of workers in Qatar appear to have been [ disappeared by the government ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/qatar-british-human-rights-activists-feared-detained-police ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Human_rights_activists_disappeared_by_gov%27t%29

Fighting ISIS by [ making it look ridiculous ]( http://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/09/03/kill-bill-and-everyone-else-spoofing-isis ) . The Arab World's Version of the Ice Bucket Challenge: [ Burning ISIS Flags ]( http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/09/lebanon-isis-flag-burning-challenge ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Fighting_ISIS_by_making_it_look_ridiculous%29

Iranian Women's Magazine Editor [ Accused of Promoting Feminist Views ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2014/sep/05/iran-editor-feminist-views ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Accused_of_Promoting_Feminist_Views%29

A country can't admit torture was committed [ and then fail to do anything about it. ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=4350 ) Unless it is ruled by the Obama regime.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Torture%29

[ Lessons to draw from the Ashya King case ]( http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2014/sep/05/why-we-shouldnt-sneer-at-ashya-kings-parents ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Lessons_to_draw_from_the_Ashya_King_case%29

Russian TV [ Shows Funeral of Soldier Killed 'On Leave' in Ukraine ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/russia-tv-funeral-soldier-killed-ukraine-on-leave ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Russian_TV_Shows_Funeral_of_Soldier_Killed_%27On_Leave%27%29

Fast-food strikes are [ revitalizing the union movement in the US ]( http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/sep/04/fast-food-strike-work-unions-membership-restaurants ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Revitalizing_the_union_movement%29

Activists in Oakland and San Francisco are [ protesting the "Urban Shield" thug militarization conference ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/04/militarization-surveillance-and-profit-how-grassroots-groups-are-fighting-urban ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#05_September_2014_%28Activists_protesting_thug_militarization_conference%29

Movies trigger fads for unusual pets, which get [ abandoned by the dozens or hundreds ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/05/hapless-huskies-dumped-dalmatians-pets-game-thrones-twilight ) a few years later.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Fads_for_unusual_pets%29

The TTIP is providing an excuse for companies to [ bully the EU to accept GMO food imports ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/05/eu-gm-food-imports-us-canada ) . Modern free exploitation treaties, since the one that created the WTO, are harmful by nature. Politicians that endorse the project of making a new free exploitation treaties have their hearts in the wrong place.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Using_TTIP_to_bully_the_EU%29

US inner-ring suburbs such as Ferguson are full of blacks, partly because other suburban towns have adopted [ policies to keep poor people out ]( http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/sep/05/death-america-suburban-dream-ferguson-missouri-resegregation ) . Zoning laws are a big source of injustice, and play a major role in the high cost of renting housing in the US. I think we need to invalidate some aspects of zoning laws in a broad fashion.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Policies_that_keep_poor_people_out%29

A new data broker [ offers to pay people directly ]( http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/05/datacoup-consumer-sell-data-control-privacy-advertising ) for their personal data. Datacoup's existence by itself will not eliminate ordinary data brokers; something more is required. Supposing that something more appears, and other data brokers disappear, how much better will this be? I would not give any data to the services that Datacoup works with. In fact, the only one of them I might consider using is Twitter, precisely because one doesn't have to give real personal data to it. Therefore, I would not be interested in making such data available for a mere $10 or $100 or $1000 a month.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Data_brokers%29

Israel has announced plans for [ 300 more houses ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/israel-build-283-new-homes-west-bank ) in its colonies in Palestinian territory.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Israel_plans_more_houses_in_colonies%29

[ 60% of the world's children ]( http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/05/children-face-regular-physical-assault-unicef-report ) face regular physical violence, in many cases from their parents.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Children_facing_physical_violence%29

Obama says he wants to destroy ISIS, but [ will not escalate until there is an Iraqi army that is strong enough to win with help ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/obama-core-coalition-10-countries-to-fight-isis ) . This means he is rejecting the pressure to do something rash and foolish. However, he is [ straining the limits of the War Powers Act ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/us-troops-deployment-iraq-legal-justification ) to the breaking point. ISIS propaganda videos are [ designed to recruit individual supporters ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/03/isis-beheading-videos-propaganda-working ) by making ISIS look tough and harsh. It is a mistake to go to war because ISIS killed two Americans, or because ISIS kills people in a barbaric way. As has been pointed out, Saudi Arabia frequently kills people by beheading, and the practice is just as barbaric there. The murder of thousands of Iraqis and Syrians, and religious oppression of those that live, are much bigger reasons to fight ISIS, but only if that is likely to be effective. Could it be effective? [ This article ]( http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/02/a-broad-approach-to-countering-the-islamic-state/ ) , although it frames the issue in terms of "what do we need in order to win" rather than "does the approach make sense", points out that defeating ISIS is unlikely unless it is done by a more powerful army which is determined to fight and defeat ISIS, and which can cut off ISIS from its supply of recruits. A foreign army would tend rather to boost ISIS recruiting as a reaction, while the Iraqi army lacks the commitment that could enable it to win.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Defeating_ISIS%29

The blue whales of California have recovered their numbers almost to pre-whaling levels, [ thanks to lots of protection efforts ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/05/blue-whales-return-california-us-west-coast ) . However, globally the blue whale population is only around 2% of what it was 140 years ago.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Blue_whale_population_recovery%29

Boko Haram has seized towns and held them, and the Nigerian army is [ not fighting back very well ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/hundreds-flee-homes-nigeria-islamic-extremists-boko-haram ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Towns_controlled_by_Boko_Haram%29

The cease fire in Ukraine is [ holding so far ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/ukraine-ceasefire-holds-but-leaders-sceptical ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Cease_fire_in_Ukraine_holding%29

The ICC case against Uhuru Kenyatta has collapsed because [ Kenya's refusal to cooperate ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/kenya-president-uhuru-kenyatta-icc-trial-collapses ) has prevented collecting evidence.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Collapse_of_case_against_Kenyatta%29

A US bombing [ killed a leader of al-Shabaab ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/05/al-shabaab-leader-godane-killed-us-airstrike-somalia ) . I predict this will have as little effect as the killing of the previous leader. These groups don't depend on one person.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Bombing_kills_a_leader_of_al-Shabaab%29

US oil production is rising, due to [ extraction of shale oil ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/04/precisely-worst-moment-big-oil-america-back-vengeance ) , and short-sighted politicians are claiming this is a good thing.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28US_oil_production_rising%29

US citizens: [ oppose ]( https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3575 ) oil drilling in the Beaufort Sea, off the coast of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_drilling_in_Beaufort_Sea%29

In the US: [ support ]( http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/whatever-it-takes-for ) the fast food workers strike.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_fast_food_workers%29

The supporters of harmful educational reform are [ asking for a less polarized discussion ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/04/conversation-corporate-education-reformers-want-versus-one-they-get ) . That's what right-wingers say when they are in the driver's seat and the people are getting angry enough to kick them out.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Harmful_educational_reform%29

In San Jose, California, the thug department decided to act a little more like a police department, by [ getting rid of the armored repression vehicles ]( https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140901/20135428389/ferguson-debacle-results-armored-vehicles-being-removed-two-california-police-departments.shtml ) that the US government gave it. In Davis, it was the city council that made this wise decision, over the opposition of the thugs.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Reducing_militarization_of_thugs%29

The UK has cut funds for inspection of food and prosecution of food fraud to the point where [ fraud is easy and profitable ]( http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/04/horsemeat-scandal-report-urgent-comprehensive-reforms ) . That's the Tory philosophy: make crime pay, when business wants it to.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28UK_cuts_funds_for_food_inspection%29

Koch Operative: [ Raise the [minimum] Wage, Totalitarianism and Terrorism Follow ]( http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/09/12588/koch-strategist-connects-minimum-wage-fascism-suicide-bombers ) ?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Koch_Operative%29

State representatives and even a congresswoman joined in [ fast food workers' strike protests ]( http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/09/12590/fight-15-gets-ring-taco-bell ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Fast_food_workers_strike%29

[ waterboarded its captives ]( http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/captives-held-by-islamic-state-were-waterboarded/2014/08/28/2b4e1962-2ec9-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html ) . What a shame it is to America to have set an example of barbarity for barbarians. The US must punish its torturers, starting with Bush. As for the prisoners that can't be put on trial because torture taints the case against them, we must release them! So what if they go to ISIS or some affiliate of al Qa'ida? They won't add much to the strength of those organizations, but releasing them is crucial for the moral strength of the US.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28ISIS_barbarity%29

Cell phone "interceptors", special modified cell towers, [ can take over a phone through the back door ]( http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/mysterious-phony-cell-towers-could-be-intercepting-your-calls ) in the baseband processor.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Cell_phone_interceptors%29

At a Moral Mondays protest, thugs [ arrested a black politician for handing out voting rights leaflets ]( http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/09/02/3477768/police-arrest-young-black-politician-at-moral-mondays-rally/ ) (which is not a crime). Right-wing Americans don't want people of minority groups to be able to vote, and in many states have passed [ laws designed to stop them ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-mar-jun.html#01_April_2014_(Voter_suppression_laws) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Arrest_at_Moral_Mondays_protest%29

Abbott treats Australia's environment as an enemy. These are his [ ten worst attacks ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/sep/05/abbott-first-year-environment-climate-ten-worst-decisions ) against the environment.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Abbotts_attacks_against_environment%29

Sierra Leone has declared a four-day "lockdown" in about two weeks to [ try to halt the spread of Ebola ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/06/sierra-leone-lockdown-ebola-outbreak ) . I think the need is sufficient to justify such a measure, but is it likely to work?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28Sierra_Leone_lockdown%29

The UK Green Party is broadening its concerns to include [ opposing plutocracy ]( http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/05/green-party-conference-natalie-bennett ) . It could replace the former UK Labour Party, which has transformed itself into a center-right party on economic issues.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#06_September_2014_%28UK_Green_Party_opposes_plutocracy%29

US citizens: Tell the Department of Housing to [ stop selling off people's mortgages to the same sort of "securitized" market that screwed them ]( http://www.commongoodaction.org/hud_stop_selling_our_neighborhoods ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#07_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_selling_off_people%27s_mortgages%29