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Operation Condor

vendredi 4 septembre 2020 à 02:00

Prosecutors increasingly pursue the surviving perpetrators of the international terrorist plot known as Operation Condor, a conspiracy of dictators in South America that operated with the support of the US.

Collection of phone records about all Americans

vendredi 4 septembre 2020 à 02:00

An appeals court has ruled that the collection of phone records about all Americans was illegal.

This is but one of many systems of surveillance that Snowden revealed to us. That is why we need to repeal that part of PAT RIOT act.

Foreign workers in Dubai being left to starve

vendredi 4 septembre 2020 à 02:00

Foreign workers in Dubai who have lost their jobs are being left to starve.

The recently announced policy change would allow foreign workers to quit their jobs, and get new work or depart. That is a good thing, but it does not help those who can't find new work, and can't afford to depart.

The UK does something similar to unauthorized foreign workers: they have to beg for food and shelter.

Urgent: Stop the sale of Ancestry to Blackstone

jeudi 3 septembre 2020 à 02:00

US citizens: call on Congress and the Federal Trade Commission to Stop the sale of Ancestry to Blackstone

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

If you call, please spread the word!

Tell Gilead your publicly-funded COVID-19 treatment must be gratis

jeudi 3 septembre 2020 à 02:00

Everyone: tell Gilead: Your publicly-funded COVID-19 treatment must be gratis.

This argument is not the best one to use, because it only works some of the time. Should a company be allowed to gouge on medical treatments merely because it did not use public funds? I don't think so.