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Three bridges blocked in London

mardi 23 novembre 2021 à 05:06

Protesters blocked three bridges in London in solidarity with the climate protesters of Insulate Britain, who were jailed for blocking a highway as a protest to demand specific climate defense actions.

Insulate Britain's demands are valid, and the inconvenience their protest caused was trivial compared with the inconvenience they are trying to avert. However, their method of protest backfired, so they need to find a more effective method.

UAE official becoming head of Interpol

mardi 23 novembre 2021 à 05:06

Two former prisoners of the UAE, jailed and tortured for supporting the wrong football team, campaign to stop a UAE official from becoming the head of Interpol, because he was the inspector general in charge of preventing and stopping torture.

University of Austin's personnel

mardi 23 novembre 2021 à 05:06

The University of Austin's roster of personnel is full of right-wing thinkers, and has no progressives. Nadine Strossen says that that's not by choice.

The author suggests that the progressive propensity to cancellation has made academics with leftist views scared to get involved. It would be a shame if the founders really want to welcome all views, and a self-fulfilling prophecy dooms the University of Austin to be the right-wing advocacy group that its current roster suggests.

Amazon's efforts killed state privacy bills

mardi 23 novembre 2021 à 05:06

Amazon's lobbying, and funds to buy legislators, has killed many US state bills to increase privacy requirements.

Electric cars the first step

mardi 23 novembre 2021 à 05:06

To reduce greenhouse emissions from transport, electric cars are just the first step.