The euro-zone countries are reacting to a repeat recession by [ undermining workers' rights yet again ]( http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=817964&qid=4075299 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Workers_rights_undermined%29

[ More US cities are making it a crime ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/21/us-cities-criminalizing-sharing-food-homeless-report ) to give food to homeless people. The right-wing idea is that homeless people are homeless because they are lazy; they were punished enough, they would find jobs. Of course, other right-wing policies have made sure there are no jobs for them and that jobs don't pay enough to rent a place to live.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Giving_food_to_homeless_people%29

Canada has seen [ two attacks by isolated Islamists against soldiers in Canada ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/22/ottawa-shootings-canadian-intelligence-failure ) . Several responses that Canada will be tempted to make, but must not make:
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Attacks_on_Canada%29

[ An ISP in Australia ]( http://www.zdnet.com/iinet-in-new-legal-battle-against-film-studios-over-piracy-7000034940/ ) is resisting copyright industry demands to rat on their customers. [ One in the US ]( https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-internet-provider-refuses-to-expose-30000-alleged-pirates-140909/ ) is doing this too.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28ISPs_that_dont_rat_on_customers%29

Dredging the Great Barrier Reef for coal exports will endanger [ development of fish larvae ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/23/great-barrier-reef-dredging-could-damage-fish-populations-says-study ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Great_Barrier_Reef%29

University College London has set up a "sustainability institute" [ funded by a giant mining company ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/23/fossil-fuel-divestment-campaign-targets-ucl-and-bhp-billiton ) . It must be difficult for people at that institute to be honest about the damage caused by mining.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28UCLs_sustainability_institute%29

TVs will be designed to [ monitor their users ]( http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3581835/your-online-tv-watching-is-now-being-tracked-across-devices/ ) . This article uses the perverse concept of "consuming" video. That word enables the writer to demonstrate his sophistication in disregarding all aspects of a situation except the economics, and getting even that wrong.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28TVs_to_monitor_users%29

New [ pun in French ]( https://stallman.org/french_puns.html ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28French_Pun%29

In the US: [ tell NPR ]( https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=12160 ) to stop running pro-fracking ads.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_pro-fracking_ads_on_NPR%29

US citizens: [ call on the EPA ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/epa_refinery_comments ) to regulate toxic pollution from oil refineries.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Regulation_of_refinery_pollution%29

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and say, have Congress [ vote on whether the US should fight PISSI ]( http://act.credoaction.com/call/hconres114_calls/ ) . The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Have_Congress_vote_on_war%29

The permanent occupation of Palestine is accompanied by a permanent [ rejection of the idea that Palestinians under Israeli rule have human rights ]( http://972mag.com/how-the-very-concept-of-human-rights-has-failed-palestinians/97883/ ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Occupation_of_Palestine%29

Bush's appointed a paid global heating denialist as his chief of "environmental quality", whereupon he [ imposed changes on government scientific reports ]( http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08climate.html?_r=1& ) to minimize the danger. Are you a young person? That official was putting your life in danger.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Bushs_chief_of_environmental_quality%29

US spy agency personnel can get away with perjury, destruction of evidence, torture, kidnaping and assassination. The only unforgivable crime is telling the people how they are spitting on our rights. Laura Poitras talks about [ her experience working with Edward Snowden ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/20/edward-snowden-and-golden-age-spying ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28US_spy_agency_personnel%29

Blackwater security guards were [ convicted of manslaughter ]( http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/22/us-jury-convicts-blackwater-security-guards-iraq ) . However, the higher-ups who put them in a position to kill Iraqis are [ not being prosecuted ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=7242 ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Blackwater_guards_convicted%29

In Geneva, [ old fallout shelters ]( http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/22/new-cold-war-geneva-switzerland-fallout-bunkers-homeless-shelters ) are now in use as homeless shelters.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Geneva_homeless_shelters%29

An imprisoned Vietnamese blogger was removed from jail and [ put straight on a plane to exile in the US ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/22/vietnam-blogger-jailed-for-posts-about-china-deported-us ) . Ironically, it seems the statements that he was jailed for were a nationalistic criticism of China, not a campaign for freedom.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Vietnamese_blogger_exiled%29

Note to Canada: it is not "terrorism" to kill [ soldiers of a country at war ]( https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=7196 ) . One can argue it is treason for a Canadian to thus take sides against his own country. The ethics of this are a complicated question. Was Mr Rouleau fighting on behalf of Iraqis devastated by Bush's conquest and occupation of Iraq (done with Canada's help), or was he fighting on behalf of the PISSI which is more cruel than Bush ever dreamed of being?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Terrorism%29

Facebook juggles its books to [ claim that it has "lost money" in the UK ]( http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/22/facebook-uk-corporation-tax ) . Make Facebook lose money for real! [ Don't be a used of Facebook ]( https://stallman.org/facebook.html ) !
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Facebook_claims_loss_in_UK%29

India is railroading a large dam project through [ slipshod environmental review ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/india-untamed/2014/oct/22/indias-largest-dam-given-clearance-but-still-faces-flood-of-opposition ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Large_dam_project_in_India%29

[ Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Poses Global Threat, Warn Doctors ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/22/drug-resistant-tuberculosis-tb-global-threat ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Drug-resistant_TB%29

An Australian MP [ asked the ICC to investigate ]( http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/22/asylum-seekers-andrew-wilkie-takes-australia-to-international-criminal-court ) Australia's treatment of asylum seekers.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Australias_treatment_of_asylum_seekers%29

Just about everyone is exposed to phthalates that seep out of plastics, and they have various [ harmful effects on people ]( http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/oct/21/how-household-plastics-could-ruin-your-sex-life-phthalates ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Phthalates%29

Rising sea levels due to global heating are affecting gondolas in Venice: [ they have trouble getting under the old bridges ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/21/venice-gondola-rising-waters-iron-ornament-stern-risso ) . By and by, Venice will have to be dammed off from the Adriatic Sea, and water pumped out of the lagoon all the time.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Rising_sea_levels_in_Venice%29

Afghanistan's poppy production [ has hit a record level ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2014/oct/21/the-indigenous-land-rights-ruling-that-could-transform-canada ) . Since the government tries to destroy poppies, they are grown mainly in areas controlled by the Taliban.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Afghanistans_poppy_production%29

The UK will have the "risks and benefits" of fracking investigated by a team [ funded by frackers ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/21/former-environment-agency-head-to-lead-industry-funded-fracking-task-force ) . The team says it will be "impartial", the way Faux News is "fair and balanced".
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28UK_fracking_investigators%29

Canadian indigenous people are using their traditional land title to protect the environment, so the Canadian government is [ trying to force them to sell nearly all their land for a pittance ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2014/oct/21/the-indigenous-land-rights-ruling-that-could-transform-canada ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Canadian_indigenous_peoples_land%29

[ "Cleansing the Stock" And Other Ways Governments Talk About Human Beings ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/21/cleansing-stock-doublespeak-people-killing ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Euphemisms_that_dehumanize%29

Right-wing US school boards are banning [ books about poverty and social classes ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/21/us-adds-poverty-to-dangerous-reading-lists ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28Books_banned_by_US_schools%29

The drugstore chain CVS [ owns a company that reimburses drug stores from insurance companies ]( http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/20/7017031/cvs-reportedly-plans-to-punish-pharmacies-that-still-sell-tobacco ) . The idea of penalizing people for using drug stores that cell cigarettes might be good, but one drug store should not be able to decide on such policies towards its competitors.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#23_October_2014_%28CVS_to_penalize_competitors%29

US citizens: [ call on Congress ]( http://act.credoaction.com/sign/fuller_impeach ) to impeach Judge Fuller, who pled guilty to attacking his wife.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Impeach_Judge_Fuller%29

[ The future of journalism in the US: will "official sources" be the only sources? ]( http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/official-sources-may-be-the-only-sources/ )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Future_of_journalism_in_the_US%29

[ How to rebel against "inverted totalitarianism" ]( http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/20/imperative-revolt ) ?
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Inverted_totalitarianism%29

A scholar argues that US "security" policy is [ decided by an entrenched bureaucracy, not by elected officials ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/20/reality-national-security-state-trumps-delusions-us-democracy ) . This may be true in practice, but a president opposed to massive surveillance could stop it.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28US_security_policy%29

It appears [ Ukraine dropped cluster bombs on Donetsk ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/21/cluster-bombs-ukraine-human-rights-watch ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Cluster_bombs_dropped_on_Donetsk%29

How Nigeria's vigorous response [ quashed Ebola in that country ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/nigeria-ebola-crackdown-example-to-world ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Nigerias_vigorous_response_to_Ebola%29

Putin has [ reestablished the Soviet practice ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/russian-artist-cuts-off-earlobe-protest-forced-psychiatric-treatment-dissidents ) of declaring dissidents mentally incompetent and imprisoning them in mental hospitals.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Putting_dissidents_in_mental_hospitals%29

[ Housing First: the 'Counterintuitive' Method for Solving Urban Homelessness ]( http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/20/housing-first-the-counterintuitive-method-for-solving-urban-homelessness ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Solving_Urban_Homelessness%29

Democracy protesters have occupied Parliament Square in London for several days. Recently they were [ attacked by thugs using a law designed pre-emptively to criminalize protest camps ]( http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/19/occupy-protesters-parliament-square-london ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Occupy_Parliament_Square_in_London%29

The US dropped weapons and supplies [ to Kurds in Kobani. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/us-drops-weapons-to-kurds-in-syria ) and appears to have convinced Turkey to let Kurdish [ reinforcements in. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/turkey-iraqi-kurds-kobani-isis-fighters-us-air-drops-arms )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Kurdish%20reinforcements%29

"Cost savings" obtained by screwing the poor and sick often cost society dearly. For instance, the UK could save 8 billion pounds a year by spending a mere 1/3 billion [ on mental health care for mothers. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/20/mental-health-care-new-mothers-cost-study ) Reducing spending or deficits is only an excuse. When right-wingers succeed in doing this, they turn around and cut taxes for the wealthy or businesses, thus creating another deficit that they "need" to reduce by screwing the poor and sick.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Cost_savings_costing_society%29

The Canadian government is punishing NGOs with audits for writing to the government about issues, [ which is supposed to be legal for them. ]( http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/revenue-canada-targets-birdwatchers-for-political-activity-1.2799546 )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Canada_punishes_NGOs_with_audits%29

[ Deceptive practice ]( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/14/deceit-default-setting-hedge-fund-tax-haven ) has become standard practice for many businesses.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Deceptive_business_practices%29

A democratic primary/secondary [ school in the US. ]( http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/students-lead-the-learning-experience-at-democratic-schools/ )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Democratic_school%29

Everyone: Tell McDonalds to adopt a policy to make sure its palm oil does [ not cause deforestation. ]( http://act.sumofus.org/go/6113?t=1001&akid=7531.881131.je9vOW )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Urgent%3A_No_palm_oil_from_deforestation%29

Western-imposed privatization and spending cuts in Africa produced weak health care systems that can't cope with <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/16/assassination-public-health-systems-driving-ebola-crisis-experts-warn"> epidemics such as Ebola.</A>
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Privatization_in_Africa%29

The UK is cutting the budget for education for teenagers in prison, but it proposes to build a privatized prison for teenagers as an [ excuse to legalize using force against them. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/17/super-prison-children-ministry-justice-physical-punishment )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28UK_proposes_privatized_prison_for_teenagers%29

The rate of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest [ has doubled since a year ago. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/19/amazon-deforestation-satellite-data-brazil )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Amazon_deforestation_doubles%29

Beware the [ BitLicense. ]( https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/beware-bitlicense-new-yorks-virtual-currency-regulations-invade-privacy-and-hamper )
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Beware_the_BitLicense%29

Erdogan says Turkey will not help the [ US defend Kurds. ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/19/turkey-will-not-cooperate-us-support-kurds-erdogan ) This formalizes what was already apparent. So much for Obama's dream coalition. However, the US can bring food, arms and Kurdish fighters to Kobani by air without Turkey's help.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#20_October_2014_%28Erdogan_refuses_to_help_defend_Kurds%29