Salafi Arabia has jailed or forced into exile most of the women who campaigned for the right to drive a car.

It seems that that the ruler intends that to be the one and only step towards equal rights.

US citizens: Support Sen. Udall's new bill S.3517 to prevent war with Iran.

If you sign, please spread the word!

Peru: Decision to Overturn Fujimori Pardon Confirms That Victims’ Rights Must Take Priority Over Political Decisions.

Disappeared Chinese actress Fan Bingbing has communicated again after months, with a public confession.

I don't know whether Ms Fan is guilty of tax evasion. I won't claim that is not so. However, mere guilt can't possibly justify holding a prisoner incommunicado, nor torture.

I wish China would stop holding prisoners incommunicado in horrible circumstances. Even more, I wish the US would stop.

Arguing that the aim of everyone in capitalism is to escape from capitalism.

I think that idea has a lot of truth in it, but not 100%. To construct a single thing that nearly everyone in capitalism is trying to escape from, you need to put in more than just capitalism. You need to expand it to include the need to do work (whether for pay or not) and the constraints of living in a society with others. The billionaires are clearly aiming for all of that.