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Prosecuting journalists

mercredi 23 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Laura Poitras tells the US that by prosecuting journalists like Assange under the Espionage Act, it threatens to prosecute other journalists, including her. As the article shows, that law is fundamentally unjust. We must change it to protect whistleblowers, and the journalists like Poitras that report their revelations.

Not electable

mercredi 23 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Democratic primary voters, are you thinking of voting for a "moderate" center-right Democrat because the progressive that stands for Medicare for All is "not electable"? Yes they are. On the contrary, if corporate Democrats set an uninspiring agenda, that could give Republicans a big victory. It happened to Carter and Obama.

Cruel hoax

mercredi 23 décembre 2020 à 01:00

*Does Biden Really Understand That Trickle-Down Economics Is a Cruel Hoax?* The US needs more public investment. That is what makes a country great. We can get the money by taxing the rich, or by expanding the money supply as far as the economy can use it.

Torture team

mercredi 23 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Calling on senators to vote against Biden's torture team, Avril Haines and Mike Morell.

90 year old copyright

mercredi 23 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, but the copyright on his writing is still screwing people today, 90 years later. This demonstrates the absurdity of the unjustified restrictions imposed by copyright as it exists today.

I say we should shorten copyright to 10 years from the work's date of publication. See https://gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-vs-community.html for a long explanation of why.