PROJET AUTOBLOG


Richard Stallman's Political Notes

Site original : Richard Stallman's Political Notes

⇐ retour index

Looting of ancient artifacts

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

Reporting progress in stopping the looting of ancient artifacts from Cambodia.

In the case of the statue that was stolen from Koh Kher, it sounds like people know exactly where it came from. Therefore scholars can learn from the fact of its prese at that spot. That is unusual — looters do not normally record where exactly they found each object, nor the non-valuable things that they disturbed. and the result is the loss of precious information about the past, information that could eventually help us understand ancient peoples' way of life.

Child slavery lawsuit

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

*Mars, Nestlé and Hershey [and other large companies that sell chocolate] to face child slavery lawsuit in US.*

This is because the farms they buy from use forced labor of children, and the companies can't help knowing it.

New York Sate rest home Covid-19 deaths

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

Governor Cuomo of New York State is responsible for covering up the number of deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes.

His aide said that the reason for covering it up was to stop the wrecker from launching a politically motivated investigation. I sympathize, but I don't think that justifies the course of action.

If the Senate does not convict the wrecker

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

If the Senate does not convict the wrecker, Republicans will have declared that they endorse overturning elections by force.

Override Moderna's patent

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

Calling on Biden to override Moderna's patent and thus allow low-cost production of vaccine.

Forget squabbling over which country gets how many doses: this is what we really need.