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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Prisoner confessions

vendredi 6 avril 2018 à 02:00

Orange Country prosecutors recruited prisoners to beat confessions out of other prisoners.

MLK Jr's legacy

vendredi 6 avril 2018 à 02:00

Cornel West: "Martin Luther King Jr was a radical. We must not sterilize his legacy."

Martin Luther King's last campaign was to shift funds from war to a second New Deal. We still need that today.

William Barber, a leader of The Poor People’s Campaign, is inspired by King and carries on his struggle for various kinds of justice.

Airline seat demands

vendredi 6 avril 2018 à 02:00

Ultra-orthodox Jewish male airline passengers demand that women sitting next to them move seats. The women face pressure from other passengers to give in.

Business over science and health

vendredi 6 avril 2018 à 02:00

The Saboteur of Agriculture is systematically supporting business over science and public health.

Arrests in Turkey

vendredi 6 avril 2018 à 02:00

Turkish photojournalist Çağdaş Erdoğan was arrested in a park for taking a picture of a building. The building houses a spy agency. Now he is on trial for publishing photos of outdoor sex parties and faces 23 years in prison.

The banned band Grup Yorum has been imprisoned in Turkey for the words of its songs.

Naturally, the state says they are terrorists, but what Erdoğan says is proof of nothing in a state which no longer has an independent judiciary.