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Animal rights activists who released thousands of minks from farms have been charged with "terrorism".
It is legitimate to charge them with property damage, and releasing animals in areas where they are not native can do permanent ecological damage. However, calling this "terrorism" is a distortion and an absurdity.
Two giant US medical insurance companies want to merge.
Companies which together have more than 5% of a market should not be allowed to merge. However, in this case, the merger would paradoxically take a step in the direction of single-payer health care. Once the major companies all merge, we could nationalize the merged company and presto: single-payer health care.
Two billionaires have funded a campaign in US universities against divestment aimed at the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Australia has charged a nurse who did medicine for PISSI for some sort of crime.
It is barbaric to prosecute medical professionals for giving medical treatment, no matter what the context.