Plutocratic extremists in the US want to [ set retired people and children against each other ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/23/if-children-are-being-crowded-out-it-being-done-rich-people ) , hoping parents will blame the retired and fight them for the dwindling share of the nation's production that plutocrats allow to everyone else.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Plutocratic_extremists_in_US%29

Walmart's security camera shows that John Crawford was not threatening anyone, bothering anyone, or pointing the BB rifle at anyone when thugs shot him. He was [ standing still, talking on his phone ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/surveillance-video-walmart-shooting-john-crawford-police ) . A passerby told the thugs that Crawford was pointing the BB rifle at people, and the thugs who killed Crawford falsely repeated that claim, but they shot him without taking a couple of seconds of care to check it. If thugs can get away with this sort of excuse, nobody is safe. However, whites are in less danger than blacks: people are less likely to falsely perceive whites as threatening others, and thugs are less likely to shoot whites before asking questions.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28John_Crawford_was_not_threatening_anyone%29

Australia's government is using far-away ISIS as an [ excuse for a massive and broad attack on Australians' freedom ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/tony-abbott-trade-freedom-security ) , including imprisonment of reporters and whistleblowers, massive surveillance, and punishment without trial. ISIS is a horrible threat to people in Iraq and Syria; for Australia, the danger of ISIS is a pinprick compared with this.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Massive_and_broad_attack_on_Australians%27_freedom%29

The ACLU is suing to free people that Mississippi jailed for as much as a year [ without charges or lawyers ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/mississippi-inmates-held-without-indictments-aclu-lawsuit ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Jailed_for_a_year_without_charges_or_lawyers%29

Talking about "inequality" [ covers up the painful reality of poverty ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/language-of-poverty-inequality-britain ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Painful_reality_of_poverty%29

Everyone: call on Amazon to [ make commitments for renewable energy ]( https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1709 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Make_commitments_for_renewable_energy%29

US citizens: call for [ strict limits on shipping oil on trains ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/oil_trains ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Strict_limits_on_shipping_oil_on_trains%29

Bill McKibben [ critiques ]( http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/23/bill-mckibben-reacts-president-obamas-climate-summit-speech ) Obama's speech about global heating.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Obamas_speech_about_global_heating%29

Sri Lanka continues to torture Tamils regularly, often demanding information about Tamil refugees in the UK. Meanwhile, the UK [ continues deporting those refugees to Sri Lanka ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/23/tamil-asylum-seekers-sri-lanka-torture ) . This is prima facie evidence that the UK minister in charge of deportations is callously blind to justice, law and humanity.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28UKs_deportation_of_Tamil_refugees%29

[ Over a million people could be infected with Ebola virus by January ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/23/ebola-cdc-millions-infected-quarantine-africa-epidemic ) if it keeps spreading at the current rate.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Spread_of_Ebola%29

The pro-business party in New Zealand won reelection through a long-term organized practice of [ smearing opponents through proxies ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/new-zealand-elections-dirty-tricks-helped-john-key-win-another-term ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28New_Zealand_election%29

What Obama says about fighting in Iraq is misleading due to [ perverse redefinitions of common terms ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/obama-misleading-war-isis-syria ) such as "imminent attack", "civilians", militants" and "ground troops".
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Perverse_redefinitions_of_common_terms%29

Egyptian "president" al-Sisi has made a decree that [ threatens human rights NGOs with prosecution ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/egypt-human-rights-crackdown-foreign-funding ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Human_rights_NGOs_threatened%29

Cameron says the UK plans to phase out old coal power plants over the next 15 years, but [ does not make a clear commitment to replace them with safe renewable power ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/24/uk-coal-power-plants-david-cameron-un-climate-pledge ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28UK_to_phase_out_old_coal_power_plants%29

Students in Colorado walked out and protested a [ right-wing plan for one-sided education in obeying authority ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/denver-students-walkout-protest-history-school-board ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Students_in_Colorado_protest%29

Facebook with its "real name" policy makes itself the [ arbiter of other people's selves ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/24/facebook-real-name-policy-drag-performers-outing ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Facebooks_real_name_policy%29

In Romania, the commander of a prison under Ceausescu is [ being prosecuted ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/romania-trial-prison-camp-alexandru-visinescu ) . When will the US prosecute people who presided over torture in Guantanamo?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Prosecution_of_Romanian_prison_commander%29

Egypt is [ systematically repressing gays ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/eight-men-trial-cairo-egypt-alleged-gay-marriage ) (extralegally) after a video was posted of an unofficial wedding of two men.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Repression_of_gays_in_Egypt%29

US politicians [ want to cancel the citizenship of people that support ISIS ]( http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/09/ted_cruz_and_scott_brown_think_being_an_american_citizen_is_about_ideology.html ) . There are crimes that we have good reason to punish, some by life imprisonment, but denial of citizenship is never legitimate. (It also violates treaties to make someone stateless.) Sad to say, the US has a history of revoking citizenship of immigrants for political reasons. For instance, Emma Goldman's US citizenship was revoked because of her political activities: draft resistance and birth control.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28US_politicians_want_to_cancel_citizenships%29

Seattle has [ banned neonicotinoid pesticides in the city ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/24/seattle-says-yes-compost-yes-bees ) . It also will fine people that don't do composting. I am not sure how this is supposed to work for people that live in apartments and have no gardens.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Seattle_bans_neonicotinoid_pesticides%29

Scottish protesters [ shut down a factory making components ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/23/another-scotland-possible-activists-shut-down-factory-behind-israeli-drones ) for Israeli military drones.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Disrupting_military_drone_manufacturing%29

A coal train protester says ending coal shipments is the government's job, but since it failed to do its job, [ the responsibility fell to him ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/25/blocked-coal-train-protest-britain-addiction-dirty-fuel ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Coal_train_protest%29

A thug that punched a woman in California with no grounds has [ agreed to resign ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/woman-punched-california-officer-settlement ) . Good, but he should be prosecuted.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28California_thug_agrees_to_resign%29

[ Both the US and Iran have their blind spots ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/25/obama-isis-coalition-iran-rouhani-un ) when talking about ISIS.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28ISIS%29

[ Fatah and Hamas Agree Deal for Unity Government to Take Control of Gaza ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/fatah-hamas-palestinian-unity-government-gaza ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Unity_Govt_control_of_Gaza%29

Sierra Leone has imposed [ quarantines on large zones ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/ebola-epidemic-sierra-leone-quarantine-un-united-nations ) containing more than 1/3 of the population. I am skeptical that this will be effective for stopping the spread of Ebola. Surely there are infected people in each of the zones that the country is now divided into.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Sierra_Leone_imposes_quarantines%29

A Briton in Pakistan, who has been charged with blasphemy, [ survived an assassination attempt by a thug ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/pakistani-police-officer-shoots-briton-blasphemy ) . This law is why I refuse to visit Pakistan. I recommend that the US and other countries require all visitors to make a public pledge in support of freedom of speech (which would include condemning laws against "blasphemy") before allowing them to enter.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Briton_charged_with_blasphemy_in_Pakistan%29

[ $26 Billion in US Aid Later, the Iraqi Military Is a Total Disaster ]( http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/iraq-army-security-force-billions ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Iraqi_military_a_total_disaster%29

The few remaining wolves in Wyoming are [ once again protected ]( http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/09/wolf-hunts-canceled-wyoming-endangered-species-gray-wolf ) . Protection enabled wolves to recover, but some states don't like that, and seek to use the successful recovery of the species as an excuse to wipe it out again.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Protection_of_wolves_in_Wyoming%29

[ Advice to distance yourself from painful experiences ]( http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/25/aspirin-stiff-upper-lip-best-remedies-broken-heart ) , not rehearse them as a grievance. If the painful experience was an injustice, the one feeling you shouldn't try to weaken is your support for others to whom such an injustice happens.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Painful_experiences%29

A hill in England that hosts [ old trees, nightingales and rare butterflies ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/25/-sp-nightingales-lodge-hill-sanctuary-conservation-britain ) is slated for building; all those things will be lost. The UK urgently needs more council housing, but that does not require destroying rare bits of nature. It is much better to replace low-density housing near train stations with apartment buildings.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Rare_bits_of_nature_to_be_destroyed%29

In Europe: [ join protests on Oct 11 ]( http://www.stop-ttip-ceta-tisa.eu/ ) against unfair trade treaties.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Protest_unfair_trade_treaties%29

Attacking ISIS in Syria, without authorization from the UN Security Council, [ violates the treaties that created the UN ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/24/obama-bombs-syria-and-threatens-wider-war-violation-un-charter ) , and Obama's argument that it is Iraq's right of self-defense is invalid. If it were valid, it would [ equally well authorize Assad to bomb Turkey ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/24/obamas-novel-lawyering-bomb-syria ) . The ethical argument that convinces me it is right to bomb ISIS forces in the field as they try to conquer cities and big dams is that we must protect those people from horrible oppression including mass murder. I don't know how that plays out against the UN charter, but that's not the argument Obama made.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Attacking_without_UN_authorization%29

50 years ago, students at UC Berkeley defeated an attempt to control them with censorship. Today, under plutocratic rule, students are [ controlled with debt they can't pay ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/24/fifty-years-later-who-really-won-battle-berkeley ) , because the plutocrats got out of paying taxes.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Cal_students_under_control%29

One giant beer conglomerate [ controls half the US market ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/24/giant-corporations-want-control-all-your-beer ) . Four companies control almost 80%. That's about as bad as the ISP market, the book publishing market, and the recorded music market. I think we should take whatever steps are needed so that no company, unless it is a regulated monopoly, controls more than 5% of any field.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28US_beer_market%29

Students in many US high schools protested the dress rules [ imposed on girls by the American Taliban ]( http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/24/us-high-schools-dress-codes-protest-sexism-hemline ) , and the nasty punishments used to enforce them.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28US_high_school_dress_rules%29

Germany's first 20th century genocide, in Namibia, [ trained many of the people who carried out Nazi genocide ]( http://www.countercurrents.org/vltchek240914.htm ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Germanys_genocide_in_Namibia%29

A large EU research project for containing oil spills from undersea oil wells [ has the stated goal of encouraging public support for such wells ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/25/row-over-eu-marine-protection-fund-tasked-with-lobbying-for-oil-drilling ) . Research on containing spills is a valid goal; risking the spills is not.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28EU_research_on_oil_spill_containment%29

UK schools teach [ creationist pseudoscience ]( http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/sep/25/pseudoscience-creationist-schools-uk-accelerated-christian-education-ace ) and some universities recognize it academically.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28Pseudoscience_in_UK_schools%29

The US attacked ISIS oil wells and refineries to [ cut off its funding ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/analysis-syria-us-air-strikes-oil-wells ) . It seems like an intelligent way to damage ISIS, but it risks causing horrible pollution.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#26_September_2014_%28US_attack_on_ISIS_oil_wells%29

Australians held 30 protests to [ keep the existing target for renewable energy ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/26/renewable-energy-target-rallies-held-across-australia ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Australians_protest_for_renewable_energy%29

Indonesia's lame duck parliament [ voted to abolish direct presidential elections ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/indonesia-scraps-direct-elections-democracy-fears ) — which seem to offer too much democracy.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Indonesia_abolishes_direct_presidential_elections%29

[ The West Has No Plan for Winning the War against Isis — Only Avoiding Defeat ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/26/plan-winning-war-against-isis-obama-success ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28No_plan_for_winning_war_against_ISIS%29

The reaction to Ebola is [ crippling food production in Liberia ]( http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/26/ebola-food-shortage-fears-liberia ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Liberian_food_production_crippled%29

UK cuts in legal aid are supposedly meant to save money, but they won't do much of that; rather they will [ deny justice to the non-rich ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/26/legal-aid-cuts-britains-justice-system-legal-profession-reforms-fairness ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28UK_cuts_in_legal_aid%29

Cambodian protesters say Cambodia [ doesn't respect human rights enough ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/cambodians-protest-australia-using-country-refugee-dumping-ground ) to be a fit place to send refugees who went to Australia.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Cambodia_unfit_to_take_refugees%29

Los Angeles legislated a [ $15/hr minimum wage ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/los-angeles-hotel-minimum-wage-city-council ) for hotel workers in large hotels. If some hotels move to nearby towns, that will show the whole region ought to have a higher minimum wage.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Minimum_wage%29

US citizens: sign [ this petition ]( http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/help-the-progressive?source=c.em&r_by=1135580 ) for Congress to limit US war in Iraq and Syria, regarding both time and methods.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Limit_US_war_in_Iraq_and_Syria%29

Turkey has started blocking the smuggling of oil from ISIS in Syria, but it is also [ blocking refugees from leaving that part of Syria ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/25/turkey-syria-border-crossing-harder-movement-isis-smugglers ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28Turkey_blocks_Syrian_border%29

The CIA helped a few major US newspapers [ nitpick the CIA-cocaine scandal story to death ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=5282 ) . It seems unlikely that the people in charge of each of those newspapers ordered the major biased efforts spontaneously. It must have been coordinated somehow. Since these CIA documents don't show how, it remains to be investigated.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#27_September_2014_%28The_CIA-cocaine_scandal_story%29