# articles

title: LinkedIn setting up censored Chinese subsidiary
uri: 2014-03-02-LinkedIn-setting-up-censored-Chinese-subsidiary
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 26_February_2014_(LinkedIn_setting_up_censored_Chinese_subsidiary)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#26_February_2014_%28LinkedIn_setting_up_censored_Chinese_subsidiary%29

content:
<p>
LinkedIn is setting up a 
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-24/linkedin-expands-in-china-with-local-website-limiting-content">censored
Chinese subsidiary</a>.


title: Man in Japan tries and fails to kill without a gun
uri: 2014-03-02-Man-in-Japan-tries-and-fails-to-kill-without-a-gun
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 26_February_2014_(Man_in_Japan_tries_and_fails_to_kill_without_a_gun)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#26_February_2014_%28Man_in_Japan_tries_and_fails_to_kill_without_a_gun%29

content:
<p>
A man in Japan 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/23/1279803/-Random-Mass-Killing-Attempt-In-Japan">tried
to kill strangers</a>, but since he couldn't find a gun, he had to use
a car, and didn't succeed in killing anyone.


title: NYC postpones plan to wake up homeless people sleeping on train
uri: 2014-03-02-NYC-postpones-plan-to-wake-up-homeless-people-sleeping-on-train
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 26_February_2014_(NYC_postpones_plan_to_wake_up_homeless_people_sleeping_on_train)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#26_February_2014_%28NYC_postpones_plan_to_wake_up_homeless_people_sleeping_on_train%29

content:
<p>
New York City 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/new-york-subways-sleeping-homeless-people">postponed</a>
a plan to wake up all the homeless people sleeping on the E train
line.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Children_murdered_by_Boko_Haram)
title: Children murdered by Boko Haram
uri: 2014-03-02-Children-murdered-by-Boko-Haram
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Children_murdered_by_Boko_Haram%29

content:
<p>
Boko Haram 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/boko-haram-islamists-nigeria-killing-sleeping-children">murdered
school children sleeping in their dormitory</a>.


title: Advertising designed to look like news articles
uri: 2014-03-02-Advertising-designed-to-look-like-news-articles
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Advertising_designed_to_look_like_news_articles)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Advertising_designed_to_look_like_news_articles%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/25/yahoo-opens-gemini-native-advertising">Prestigious
journalistic outlets</a> now publish advertising designed to look just
like news articles.


title: Perpetrators of mass murder in Indonesia in power and honored
uri: 2014-03-02-Perpetrators-of-mass-murder-in-Indonesia-in-power-and-honored
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Perpetrators_of_mass_murder_in_Indonesia_in_power_and_honored)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Perpetrators_of_mass_murder_in_Indonesia_in_power_and_honored%29

content:
<p>
The perpetrators of mass murder in Indonesia in 1965/6 remain in power
and honored.  A documentary that offered them a chance to re-enact the
crimes they are proud of has started a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/25/the-act-of-killing-indonesia-past-present-1965-genocide">debate
about the crime</a>.


title: China's air pollution interferes with agriculture
uri: 2014-03-02-China-s-air-pollution-interferes-with-agriculture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Chinas_air_pollution_interferes_with_agriculture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Chinas_air_pollution_interferes_with_agriculture%29

content:
<p>
China's air pollution is so bad that it 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/china-toxic-air-pollution-nuclear-winter-scientists">interferes with agriculture</a>.


title: If Hillary Is the Only Candidate, Where Does She Stand on Keystone XL
uri: 2014-03-02-If-Hillary-Is-the-Only-Candidate-Where-Does-She-Stand-on-Keystone-XL
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(If_Hillary_Is_the_Only_Candidate,_Where_Does_She_Stand_on_Keystone_XL)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28If_Hillary_Is_the_Only_Candidate%2C_Where_Does_She_Stand_on_Keystone_XL%29

content:
<p>
If Hillary Is the Only
Candidate, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/25">Where
Does She Stand on Keystone XL?</a>
<p>
I won't vote for a right-winger like Hillary Clinton.  I did not vote
for her husband in 1996 after I had seen what a right-winger he was,
and I did not vote for Obama for the same reason.  It was clear even
in 2008 that he was talking about "Change" to avoid taking a stand for
any important change.
<p>
I think it will be an advance if a woman can get elected president,
just as it was an advance that a black man can get elected president,
but I won't support a candidate because of that person's sex or race.
Nor will I support the Democrats merely because Republicans might be
worse.  <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#17_August_2012_(Mistake_of_choosing_lesser_of_two_evils)">Voting
for the "lesser of two evils" is a road to ever worse.</a> If Ms
Clinton is the Democratic candidate, I will vote Green (again).
<p>
I hope to have the chance to vote for Elizabeth Warren.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Reparations_for_the_slave_trade)
title: Reparations for the slave trade
uri: 2014-03-02-Reparations-for-the-slave-trade
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Reparations_for_the_slave_trade%29

content:
<p>
Former plantation colonies of the UK
want <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/uk-resists-reparation-slavery">reparations
for the slave trade.</a>
<p>
The <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#7_May_2012_(Indian_Tribes)">descendants
of slaves in the US deserve reparations</a> because the effects
continue. Whether this applies to most of the countries in the
Caribbean, I don't know,
but <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#09_February_2014_(Haiti_deserves_reparations)">Haiti
certainly deserves reparations from France.</a>


title: Deal with EU would have limited benefits for Ukrainians
uri: 2014-03-02-Deal-with-EU-would-have-limited-benefits-for-Ukrainians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Deal_with_EU_would_have_limited_benefits_for_Ukrainians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Deal_with_EU_would_have_limited_benefits_for_Ukrainians%29

content:
<p>
The people of Ukraine 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/25">should think
carefully before making a deal with the EU</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(World-wide_fishing_police_force)
title: World-wide fishing police force
uri: 2014-03-02-World-wide-fishing-police-force
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28World-wide_fishing_police_force%29

content:
<p>
Proposing a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/25/david-miliband-international-oceans-police-force">world-wide
fishing police force</a>.


title: Yanukovych's millions hidden offshore
uri: 2014-03-02-Yanukovych-s-millions-hidden-offshore
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Yanukovychs_millions_hidden_offshore)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Yanukovychs_millions_hidden_offshore%29

content:
<p>
Yanukovych's 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/25/viktor-yanukovych-gone-where-ukraine-missing-millions">hidden
millions</a> spotlight how easy it is to hide the fruit of corruption
offshore.


title: Temporary cooling due to volcanic eruptions
uri: 2014-03-02-Temporary-cooling-due-to-volcanic-eruptions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Temporary_cooling_due_to_volcanic_eruptions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Temporary_cooling_due_to_volcanic_eruptions%29

content:
<p>
Volcanic eruptions since 2000 have caused a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/feb/25/global-warming-slowdown-volcanoes-contribute">temporary
cooling</a> that cancels out part of the heating effect of greenhouse
gases.
<p>
To cancel it out entirely would require a higher level of vulcanism.
However, that would work only for a time.  As we pump more greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere, cancelling them out would require a
steadily increasing level of vulcanism.
<p>
Setting aside the harm those eruptions would do if they occurred,
there is no reason to expect them to happen.
<p>
Moreover, 
<a href="http://stallman.org/notes/2013-mar-jun.html#28_March_2013_(Volcanic_Eruptions)">eruptions 
can also emit greenhouse gases</a>, so over the long term they can
make things worse.


title: Dirty tricks used by GCHQ to ruin people's reputations
uri: 2014-03-02-Dirty-tricks-used-by-GCHQ-to-ruin-people-s-reputations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Dirty_tricks_used_by_GCHQ_to_ruin_peoples_reputations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Dirty_tricks_used_by_GCHQ_to_ruin_peoples_reputations%29

content:
<p>
GCHQ uses 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/">dirty
tricks to ruin people's reputations</a>.  It uses this tactic against
dissidents who are in no sense terrorists.


title: Active whistleblower inside the NSA
uri: 2014-03-02-Active-whistleblower-inside-the-NSA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Active_whistleblower_inside_the_NSA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Active_whistleblower_inside_the_NSA%29

content:
<p>
There 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/24-4">may be an
active whistleblower</a> inside the NSA now.


title: Australians rally against gov't secrecy about treatment of refugees
uri: 2014-03-02-Australians-rally-against-gov-t-secrecy-about-treatment-of-refugees
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 25_February_2014_(Australians_rally_against_govt_secrecy_about_treatment_of_refugees)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#25_February_2014_%28Australians_rally_against_govt_secrecy_about_treatment_of_refugees%29

content:
<p>
Australians 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/light-the-dark-vigils-across-australia-following-asylum-seekers-death">rallied</a>
against the government's secrecy about how it is treating refugees.


title: Venezuelan TV channels give plenty of coverage to the opposition
uri: Venezuelan-TV-channels-give-plenty-of-coverage-to-the-opposition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Venezuelan_TV_channels_give_plenty_of_coverage_to_the_opposition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Venezuelan_TV_channels_give_plenty_of_coverage_to_the_opposition%29

content:
<p>
Venezuelan TV
channels <a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/does-venezuelan-television-provide-coverage-that-opposes-the-government">give
plenty of coverage to the opposition and to the opposition's
protests.</a>


title: Koch brothers pretend to be defenders of Americans with cancer
uri: Koch-brothers-pretend-to-be-defenders-of-Americans-with-cancer
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Koch_brothers_pretend_to_be_defenders_of_Americans_with_cancer)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Koch_brothers_pretend_to_be_defenders_of_Americans_with_cancer%29

content:
<p>
The Koch
brothers <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/27/1280939/-About-the-Koch-brothers-and-cancer-nbsp-victims?detail=email">pretend
to be defenders of Americans with cancer,</a> except when it comes to
releasing carcinogens from their factories.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(State_subsidies_to_movie_companies)
title: State subsidies to movie companies
uri: State-subsidies-to-movie-companies
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28State_subsidies_to_movie_companies%29

content:
<p>
State subsidies to movie
companies <a href="http://pando.com/2014/02/20/hollywood-handouts-how-subsidies-to-the-entertainment-industry-are-fleecing-taxpayers/">screw
the public to the tune of almost 2 billion dollars a year.</a>
<p>
The general practice of giving business tax cuts to win business away
from other cities, states or countries makes different regions compete
to kowtow to business.  It is nothing but dooH niboR, and every
company that asks for this should be told to jump in the lake.


title: US government's sleazy dealings with John Kiriakou
uri: US-government-s-sleazy-dealings-with-John-Kiriakou
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(US_government's_sleazy_dealings_with_John_Kiriakou)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28US_government%27s_sleazy_dealings_with_John_Kiriakou%29

content:
<p>
The US government's sleazy dealings with John Kiriakou about his
treatment in
prison <a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/02/24/visiting-cia-whistleblower-john-kiriakou-in-federal-prison/">have
convinced him he is a political prisoner.</a>
<p>
Even a hero can be slow to catch on to some things ;-).


title: Permission to unlock a portable phone
uri: Permission-to-unlock-a-portable-phone
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Permission_to_unlock_a_portable_phone)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Permission_to_unlock_a_portable_phone%29

content:
<p>
The US Congress seems likely
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/28/stupidest-law-illegal-to-unlock-your-phone">legislate
permission to unlock a portable phone from a phone company — but
only until 2015.</a>
<p>
The ban on unlocking portable phones is one specific case of a broad
injustice: the DMCA's prohibition on breaking digital handcuffs of any
kind, and on distributing software or hardware that can do so.  The
obsession with this tiny part of the injustice has distracted people
from the rest.  Instead of banning people from breaking digital
restrictions management (DRM), we should ban DRM.
<p>
Join our campaign against DRM!
<p>
<a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org">DefectiveByDesign.org</a>


title: Exploring for oil in the US Atlantic coast
uri: Exploring-for-oil-in-the-US-Atlantic-coast
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Exploring_for_oil_in_the_US_Atlantic_coast)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Exploring_for_oil_in_the_US_Atlantic_coast%29

content:
<p>
Exploring for oil in the US Atlantic coast
would <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/us/us-moves-toward-atlantic-oil-exploration-stirring-debate-over-sea-life.html">injure
and kill marine mammals including endangered whales.</a>
<p>
Burning the oil would endanger most species on Earth.


title: Background to the Dan River ash spill
uri: Background-to-the-Dan-River-ash-spill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Background_to_the_Dan_River_ash_spill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Background_to_the_Dan_River_ash_spill%29

content:
<p>
Background to the Dan River ash spill: business-subservient
Republicans ordered the water pollution inspectors
to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/us/coal-ash-spill-reveals-transformation-of-north-carolina-agency.html">think
of businesses as their "customers".</a>
<p>
Plutocratist politicians (mostly Republicans, but Democrats do it too)
aim to abolish "job-killing" regulations so as to open the door to
people-killing pollution.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Heat_waves_that_kill_lots_of_bats)
title: Heat waves that kill lots of bats
uri: Heat-waves-that-kill-lots-of-bats
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Heat_waves_that_kill_lots_of_bats%29

content:
<p>
Global heating in Australia
has <a href="http://theconversation.com/killer-climate-tens-of-thousands-of-flying-foxes-dead-in-a-day-23227">brought
heat waves that kill lots of bats.</a>
<p>
This is a sign of the massive extinction that we are bringing on the
world.  I've seen estimates that 2/3 of all species will be wiped out,
but nobody can really predict this; it might be as few as half, or it
could be a lot closer to 100%.


title: EPA says it will oppose the Pebble Mine
uri: EPA-says-it-will-oppose-the-Pebble-Mine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(EPA_says_it_will_oppose_the_Pebble_Mine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28EPA_says_it_will_oppose_the_Pebble_Mine%29

content:
<p>
The EPA says it
will <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/us/epa-says-it-will-fight-mine-project-in-alaska.html">oppose
the Pebble Mine.</a>
<p>
I have signed and posted several petitions against that mine.


title: Starvation wages of tea pickers in Assam
uri: Starvation-wages-of-tea-pickers-in-Assam
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Starvation_wages_of_tea_pickers_in_Assam)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Starvation_wages_of_tea_pickers_in_Assam%29

content:
<p>
The starvation wages of tea pickers in
Assam <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/india-tea-firms-urged-tackle-slave-traffic-plantations">makes
their children vulnerable to slave traffickers.</a>


title: Russian stooge in the Crimea is asking Putin for military assistance
uri: Russian-stooge-in-the-Crimea-is-asking-Putin-for-military-assistance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Russian_stooge_in_the_Crimea_is_asking_Putin_for_military_assistance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Russian_stooge_in_the_Crimea_is_asking_Putin_for_military_assistance%29

content:
<p>
A Russian stooge in the Crimea
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/crimea-crisis-threat-russian-intervention-ukraine-mounts">asking
Putin for military assistance,</a> which of course Russia says it will
grant.
<p>
It also appears someone in the Crimea is fighting back.
<p>
A few days ago I suggested that the Crimea should hold a plebiscite in
two years to choose whether to be part of Ukraine.  I still think that
would be the proper course.  If the Crimea's inhabitants are
determined to rejoin Russia, it would be wrong to stop them by force.
However, if Ukraine gets its democratic act together, a couple of
years' reflection may convince the Crimeans that being ruled by Putin
is undesirable.
<p>
Putin does not want them to have a chance to reflect.


title: Pakistani Taliban attacked the guards of a polio vaccination team
uri: Pakistani-Taliban-attacked-the-guards-of-a-polio-vaccination-team
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Pakistani_Taliban_attacked_the_guards_of_a_polio_vaccination_team)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Pakistani_Taliban_attacked_the_guards_of_a_polio_vaccination_team%29

content:
<p>
Pakistani
Taliban <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/bomb-attack-pakistani-police-polio-team">attacked
the guards of a polio vaccination team.</a>


title: Urgent: Allow Shuhada Street in Hebron to reopen
uri: Urgent-Allow-Shuhada-Street-in-Hebron-to-reopen
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Urgent:_Allow_Shuhada_Street_in_Hebron_to_reopen)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Allow_Shuhada_Street_in_Hebron_to_reopen%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Israel
to <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/open_shuhada_street_c/?bjlNcab&v=36574">allow
Shuhada Street in Hebron to reopen.</a>


title: The Service Employees International Union will picket the Oscar ceremony
uri: The-Service-Employees-International-Union-will-picket-the-Oscar-ceremo
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(The_Service_Employees_International_Union_will_picket_the_Oscar_ceremony)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28The_Service_Employees_International_Union_will_picket_the_Oscar_ceremony%29

content:
<p>
The Service Employees International Union
will <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/oscars-academy-awards-seiu-union-protests">picket
the Oscar ceremony to protest the company that was hired for
security.</a>


title: Ocean acidification has wiped out three years of production at a scallop farm
uri: Ocean-acidification-has-wiped-out-three-years-of-production-at-a-scall
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Ocean_acidification_has_wiped_out_three_years_of_production_at_a_scallop_farm)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Ocean_acidification_has_wiped_out_three_years_of_production_at_a_scallop_farm%29

content:
<p>
Ocean acidification
has <a href="http://www.pqbnews.com/news/247092381.html">wiped out
three years of production at a scallop farm</a> in British Columbia.
<p>
Since ocean acidification will get progressively worse with each
year's emission of CO2, you can see that there won't be a lot of
scallops growing in 30 years.  In 80 years they may be extinct, along
with clams and lots of species of fish.
<p>
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#14_June_2011_(Jellyfish_Increase)">There
will be plenty of jellyfish instead.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(The_proposed_Nicaragua_canal)
title: The proposed Nicaragua canal
uri: The-proposed-Nicaragua-canal
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28The_proposed_Nicaragua_canal%29
content:
<p>
The proposed Nicaragua canal, whose environmental impact study seems
to be being written in a corrupt
way, <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/nicaragua-canal/">threatens
lots of ecosystem damage.</a>


title: US Navy knew the USS Reagan was contaminated with radiation from Fukushima
uri: US-Navy-knew-the-USS-Reagan-was-contaminated-with-radiation-from-Fukus
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(US_Navy_knew_the_USS_Reagan_was_contaminated_with_radiation_from_Fukushima)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28US_Navy_knew_the_USS_Reagan_was_contaminated_with_radiation_from_Fukushima%29

content:
<p>
The US Navy knew the USS Reagan
was <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/27/1280845/-Stunning-New-Report-on-USS-Reagan-Radiation?detail=email">contaminated
with radiation from Fukushima.</a>
<p>
Lying to the public is the Reagan tradition.


title: "Scientific" arguments for pesticide-resistant GMOs
uri: Scientific-arguments-for-pesticide-resistent-GMOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Scientific_arguments_for_pesticide-resistent_GMOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Scientific_arguments_for_pesticide-resistent_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
Poking holes in
Monsanto's <a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29419.cfm">"scientific"
arguments for pesticide-resistant GMOs.</a>


title: US-imposed government of Haiti arbitrarily seized an island
uri: US-imposed-government-of-Haiti-arbitrarily-seized-an-island
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(US-imposed_government_of_Haiti_arbitrarily_seized_an_island)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28US-imposed_government_of_Haiti_arbitrarily_seized_an_island%29

content:
<p>
The US-imposed government of
Haiti <a href="http://www.ezilidanto.com/zili/2014/02/ilavach/">arbitrarily
seized an island,</a> Ilavach, inhabited by 16000 people, to turn it
into a resort that will provide income for business owners and a few
employees.
<p>
The inhabitants were not asked their opinion.  Colonial regimes see no
need to ask the colonized people what they want.


title: US courts absurdly grant corporations the rights of human beings
uri: US-courts-absurdly-grant-corporations-the-rights-of-human-beings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(US_courts_absurdly_grant_corporations_the_rights_of_human_beings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28US_courts_absurdly_grant_corporations_the_rights_of_human_beings%29

content:
<p>
US courts exempt corporations from the legal and moral
responsibilities of human beings even while 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/02/maryland-court-dismisses-landmark-case-sought-hold-cisco-responsible-violating">absurdly
granting them the rights of human beings</a>.
<p>
This is plutocracy at work: the rich demand society find an excuse to
place them legally above you and me.


title: Developments in Lidar threaten our privacy
uri: Developments-in-Lidar-threaten-our-privacy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Developments_in_Lidar_threaten_our_privacy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Developments_in_Lidar_threaten_our_privacy%29

content:
<p>
Developments
in <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech-national-security-technology-and-liberty/rapid-improvements-lidar-technology-could">Lidar</a>
threaten our privacy.
<p>
I wonder if we could regularly jam lidar.


title: Australia must cut carbon emissions 15% by 2020
uri: Australia-must-cut-carbon-emissions-15-by-2020
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Australia_must_cut_carbon_emissions_15_percent_by_2020)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Australia_must_cut_carbon_emissions_15_percent_by_2020%29

content:
<p>
Australia 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/coalition-must-treble-minimum-emissions-target-to-stay-relevant">must
cut carbon emissions 15% by 2020</a> to do its share to avoid global
heating disaster.
<p>
That is three times what the Australian government says it plans to
achieve.


title: Girl scouts commit to making cookies from ethically produced palm oil
uri: Girl-scouts-commit-to-making-cookies-from-ethically-produced-palm-oil
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Girl_scouts_commit_to_making_cookies_from_ethically_produced_palm_oil)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Girl_scouts_commit_to_making_cookies_from_ethically_produced_palm_oil%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/27/an-uplifting-girl-scouts-lesson-for-all-of-us-activism-works">Two
girl scouts launched a campaign</a> that eventually resulted in a
commitment to make girl scouts cookies from ethically produced palm
oil.
<p>
While commitments of this sort, from the girl scouts and from Kellogg,
are steps forward, I am skeptical that this sort of commitment can be
enough to end deforestation for palm oil production.  The problem is
that many companies buy palm oil, and if we convince the well-known
companies to reject palm oil made by deforestation, the other
companies will buy it instead.
<p>
For real victory we need stiff punishment for everyone that cuts down
rainforest and grows palm oil, together with a tax on palm oil to pay
for helping the forest reclaim land from seized plantations.
<p>
Steps like these can contribute by building a movement strong enough
to eventually succeed in enacting such laws.


title: Wettest recorded winter for England and Wales
uri: Wettest-recorded-winter-for-England-and-Wales
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Wettest_recorded_winter_for_England_and_Wales)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Wettest_recorded_winter_for_England_and_Wales%29

content:
<p>
This winter is the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/27/england-and-wales-hit-by-wettest-winter-in-nearly-250-years">wettest
ever recorded</a> for England and Wales.


title: Israel lobby presents massive collection of falsehoods
uri: Israel-lobby-presents-massive-collection-of-falsehoods
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Israel_lobby_presents_massive_collection_of_falsehoods)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Israel_lobby_presents_massive_collection_of_falsehoods%29

content:
<p>
Israel's lobby in the US has gone off the deep end, presenting a
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/02/26-2">massive
collection of falsehoods instead of history</a>.


title: Florida wants to send lone firemen to wildfires
uri: Florida-wants-to-send-lone-firemen-to-wildfires
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Florida_wants_to_send_lone_firemen_to_wildfires)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Florida_wants_to_send_lone_firemen_to_wildfires%29

content:
<p>
Florida's save-all-the-money-for-the-rich government 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/26/1280460/-Florida-s-Tea-Party-Government-Forcing-Firefighters-to-Fight-Wildfires-Alone">wants
to send just a single fireman</a> when a wildfire is reported.


title: UK accuses human rights defender Moazzam Begg of "terrorism"
uri: UK-accuses-human-rights-defender-Moazzam-Begg-of-terrorism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(UK_accuses_human_rights_defender_Moazzam_Begg_of_terrorism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28UK_accuses_human_rights_defender_Moazzam_Begg_of_terrorism%29

content:
<p>
Moazzam Begg was inspired by his torture in Guantanamo to become a
human rights defender; now the UK has 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=1430">accused him of
"terrorism"</a>, apparently twisting that word in the usual way.


title: Honoring the persecuted dissidents who opposed fighting WWI
uri: Honoring-the-persecuted-dissidents-who-opposed-fighting-WWI
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 02_March_2014_(Honoring_the_persecuted_dissidents_who_opposed_fighting_WWI)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_%28Honoring_the_persecuted_dissidents_who_opposed_fighting_WWI%29

content:
<p>
Honoring the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/27/first-world-war-bravery-fight-for-peace">persecuted
dissidents</a> who opposed fighting World War I.
<p>
I won't say that the UK (or France, or the US) should have stayed out
of World War I, but even without totally agreeing with these
dissidents, I can condemn the way they were oppressed by the state.


title: Google will challenge decision that gave an actress a copyright claim
uri: Google-will-challenge-decision-that-gave-an-actress-a-copyright-claim
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 01_March_2014_(Google_will_challenge_decision_that_gave_an_actress_a_copyright_claim)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#01_March_2014_%28Google_will_challenge_decision_that_gave_an_actress_a_copyright_claim%29

content:
<p>
Google
will <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/27/google-fights-takedown-anti-muslim-video-innocence-of-muslims">challenge
the decision that gave an actress a copyright claim over the
controversial movie she participated in.</a>


title: UK academics condemn the attempt to turn them into visa police
uri: UK-academics-condemn-the-attempt-to-turn-them-into-visa-police
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(UK_academics_condemn_the_attempt_to_turn_them_into_visa_police)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28UK_academics_condemn_the_attempt_to_turn_them_into_visa_police%29

content:
<p>
UK
academics <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/02/universities-border-police-academics">condemn
the attempt to turn them into visa police.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Farming_elephants_for_ivory)
title: Farming elephants for ivory
uri: Farming-elephants-for-ivory
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Farming_elephants_for_ivory%29
content:
<p>
It
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/02/farming-wont-save-elephants-simon-jenkins-ivory-trade">impossible
to remove elephants' tusks and let them return to a normal life</a>.
That puts a crimp in the idea of farming elephants for ivory.


title: Global heating is projected to increase annual flood damage
uri: Global-heating-is-projected-to-increase-annual-flood-damage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Global_heating_is_projected_to_increase_annual_flood_damage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Global_heating_is_projected_to_increase_annual_flood_damage%29

content:
<p>
Global heating is projected
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/02/flood-damage-cost-europe">increase
annual flood damage costs in Europe to around 30 billion dollars a
year by 2050</a>.
<p>
After that it will get much worse.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Protests_in_Venezuela)
title: Protests in Venezuela
uri: Protests-in-Venezuela
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Protests_in_Venezuela%29
content:
<p>
Protests in
Venezuela <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/19-10">fit
a long pattern of US destabilization campaigns.</a>
<p>
The shortages and the general violence that plague Venezuela are real.
They don't justify US destabilization, but they provoke real
opposition.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Food_packaging_contaminants)
title: Food packaging contaminants
uri: Food-packaging-contaminants
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Food_packaging_contaminants%29
content:
<p>
Some possible food packaging contaminants are probably not dangerous
because <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/19/chemicals-food-packaging-scientists">they
occur also in traditional foods.</a>
<p>
As I recall, the claim that was made is not that "each of these
chemicals is poisoning you," but rather, "some of them might be
poisoning you, and this ought to be studied."


title: Urgent: Stop dishonest and illegal threats against John Kiriakou
uri: Urgent-Stop-dishonest-and-illegal-threats-against-John-Kiriakou
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_dishonest_and_illegal_threats_against_John_Kiriakou)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_dishonest_and_illegal_threats_against_John_Kiriakou%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell the Bureau of Prisons
to <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/kiriakou-bop">stop
its dishonest and illegal threats against John Kiriakou.</a>
<p>
John Kiriakou told us about the CIA's torture.


title: Arrested for crossing the street while listening to music
uri: Arrested-for-crossing-the-street-while-listening-to-music
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Arrested_for_crossing_the_street_while_listening_to_music)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Arrested_for_crossing_the_street_while_listening_to_music%29

content:
<p>
Austin
thugs <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/02/24-1">arrested
a jogger for crossing the street while listening to music.</a>
<p>
That can make you vulnerable to many sorts of dangers, which makes it
a bad idea, but it is no reason to arrest someone.


title: Dredging for a new coal port would cause unacceptable damage
uri: Dredging-for-a-new-coal-port-would-cause-unacceptable-damage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Dredging_for_a_new_coal_port_would_cause_unacceptable_damage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Dredging_for_a_new_coal_port_would_cause_unacceptable_damage%29

content:
<p>
The Great Barrier Reef Authority said
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/02/great-barrier-reef-authority-argued-against-dredge-dumping-foi-reveals">dredging
for a new coal port would cause unacceptable damage</a>.  They it
turned 180 degrees and approved the dredging.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(A_safe_replacement_for_alcohol)
title: A safe replacement for alcohol
uri: A-safe-replacement-for-alcohol
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28A_safe_replacement_for_alcohol%29
content:
<p>
David Nutt is working on
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/feb/27/david-nutt-drink-alcohol-substitute-safer-intoxicant">safe
replacement for alcohol</a> which has similar effects but only up to a
certain point, and is not addictive.
<p>
One drawback is that it spoils the taste of wine.  I loathe all
stronger drinks because they taste like alcohol.  I wonder what they
would taste like with this substitute instead.  But I still probably
wouldn't want to use it.


title: A campaign to pressure universities to disinvest from fossil fuels
uri: A-campaign-to-pressure-universities-to-disinvest-from-fossil-fuels
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(A_campaign_to_pressure_universities_to_disinvest_from_fossil_fuels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28A_campaign_to_pressure_universities_to_disinvest_from_fossil_fuels%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.endowmentethics.org/">campaign to pressure
universities to disinvest from fossil fuels.</a>


title: BBC promoting global heating denialism
uri: BBC-promoting-global-heating-denialism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(BBC_promoting_global_heating_denialism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28BBC_promoting_global_heating_denialism%29

content:
<p>
The
BBC <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/feb/27/bbc-false-balance-fox-news-global-warming">promoting
global heating denialism in the name of "balance".</a>
<p>
Only a fool wants balance between science and pseudoscience.


title: Urgent: Dragnet is unconstitutional and it must be dismantled
uri: Urgent-Dragnet-is-unconstitutional-and-it-must-be-dismantled
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Urgent:_Dragnet_is_unconstitutional_and_it_must_be_dismantled)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Dragnet_is_unconstitutional_and_it_must_be_dismantled%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Tell President Obama: The NSA telephone data dragnet is
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/end_nsa_dragnet?referring_akid=a14395930">unconstitutional
and it must be dismantled.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Bikini_Atoll_still_too_radioactive)
title: Bikini Atoll still too radioactive
uri: Bikini-Atoll-still-too-radioactive
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Bikini_Atoll_still_too_radioactive%29

content:
<p>
Bikini Atoll, 60 years after nuclear weapon testing,
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/bikini-atoll-nuclear-test-60-years">still
too radioactive for the exiles to return safely.</a>


title: What the rules will be for shooting students
uri: What-the-rules-will-be-for-shooting-students
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(What_the_rules_will_be_for_shooting_students)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28What_the_rules_will_be_for_shooting_students%29

content:
<p>
As the Idaho legislature considers legalizing carrying guns on campus,
a professor
asks <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/opinion/when-may-i-shoot-a-student.html?hp&rref=opinion">what
the rules will be for shooting students.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(I_Lost_My_Dad_to_Fox_News)
title: I Lost My Dad to Fox News
uri: I-Lost-My-Dad-to-Fox-News
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28I_Lost_My_Dad_to_Fox_News%29
content:
<p>
I Lost My Dad to Fox
News: <a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/02/27/i_lost_my_dad_to_fox_news_how_a_generation_was_captured_by_thrashing_hysteria/">How
a Generation Was Captured by Thrashing Hysteria.</a>
<p>
The Faux News fictional universe seems plausible to the people who get
information from nowhere else.


title: US government railroads young men into prison
uri: US-government-railroads-young-men-into-prison
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(US_government_railroads_young_men_into_prison)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28US_government_railroads_young_men_into_prison%29

content:
<p>
The US government railroads young men into prison for mere alleged
association with
terrorists, <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/178172/torture-flourishes-gitmo-american-supermax">then
subjects them to conditions tantamount to brainwashing.</a>


title: 30 Drone Strikes That Require Public Explanation
uri: 30-Drone-Strikes-That-Require-Public-Explanation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(30_Drone_Strikes_That_Require_Public_Explanation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%2830_Drone_Strikes_That_Require_Public_Explanation%29

content:
<p>
UN Report
Identifies <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/02">30
Drone Strikes That Require Public Explanation.</a>


title: Urgent: Oppose sale of bee-killing pesticides at Lowe's stores
uri: Urgent-Oppose-sale-of-bee-killing-pesticides-at-Lowe-s-stores
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_sale_of_bee-killing_pesticides_at_Lowes_stores)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_sale_of_bee-killing_pesticides_at_Lowes_stores%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15203">call
on the CEO of Lowe's stores</a> to stop selling bee-killing
pesticides.


title: Mass murder in Indonesia receives support of the US
uri: Mass-murder-in-Indonesia-receives-support-of-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Mass_murder_in_Indonesia_receives_support_of_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Mass_murder_in_Indonesia_receives_support_of_the_US%29

content:
<p>
Mass murder in Indonesia received the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/02">enthusiastic
support of the US</a>.
<p>
The US also supported the Indonesian takeover of East Timor and the
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2004-jul-oct.html#17%20September%202004%20(Clinton%20and%20the%20Indonesian%20Army)">repeated
massacres</a> there.


title: Mysterious burglars raid organizations involved with whistleblowers
uri: Mysterious-burglars-raid-organizations-involved-with-whistleblowers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Mysterious_burglars_raid_organizations_involved_with_whistleblowers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Mysterious_burglars_raid_organizations_involved_with_whistleblowers%29

content:
<p>
Shades of Watergate: mysterious burglars have 
<a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/178572/whistleblower-groups-increase-security-following-mysterious-break">raided
several organizations involved with whistleblowers</a>, including the
lawyers for some whistleblowers.


title: Thugs in Maryland attack man videotaping them
uri: Thugs-in-Maryland-attack-man-videotaping-them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Thugs_in_Maryland_attack_man_videotaping_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Thugs_in_Maryland_attack_man_videotaping_them%29

content:
<p>
Two thugs in Maryland 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/02/27/3341751/cop-man-filming-make-arrest-rights/">attacked
and threatened a man who was videotaping them</a>.


title: Woman elected head of Egyptian secularist party
uri: Woman-elected-head-of-Egyptian-secularist-party
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Woman_elected_head_of_Egyptian_secularist_party)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Woman_elected_head_of_Egyptian_secularist_party%29

content:
<p>
A woman was elected 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/egypt-christian-woman-leads-dostour-party">head
of an Egyptian secularist party</a>.
<p>
This would be heartening news if I could believe the military would
allow such parties any room for action.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Mining_nodules_from_the_ocean_floor)
title: Mining nodules from the ocean floor
uri: Mining-nodules-from-the-ocean-floor
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Mining_nodules_from_the_ocean_floor%29

content:
<p>
Mining nodules from the ocean floor is fine in principle, but 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/02/underwater-gold-rush-marine-mining-fears-ocean-threat">the
details</a> can destroy ecosystems.
<p>
If precautions made mining twice as expensive, it would still be
profitable (if not now, then in 10 years) and could extract all the
metal we need while avoiding the damage.
<p>
Speaking of ships and transponders, while it would be easy for a ship
to switch off its transponder, this would be easily detectable.
Unless the ship hid forever, it would be found later.  With a suitable
legal regime, captains would not dare do that.


title: US "public" television deeply corrupted
uri: US-public-television-deeply-corrupted
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(US_public_television_deeply_corrupted)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28US_public_television_deeply_corrupted%29

content:
<p>
Plutocrats and businesses have deeply corrupted US "public"
television; they 
<a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74">buy
coverage with the spin they want</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Vulnerabilities_of_US_nuclear_plants)
title: Vulnerabilities of US nuclear plants
uri: Vulnerabilities-of-US-nuclear-plants
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Vulnerabilities_of_US_nuclear_plants%29

content:
<p>
Many US nuclear plants have 
<a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11512">known
vulnerabilities</a> that could cause disaster.
<p>
The underlying problem is the attitude, "Just ignore possible
accidents that are rather unlikely."  When the unlikely happens, as at
Fukushima, you get screwed.


title: "Trigger-happy" Israeli Army and Police
uri: Trigger-happy-Israeli-Army-and-Police
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Trigger-happy_Israeli_Army_and_Police)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Trigger-happy_Israeli_Army_and_Police%29

content:
<p>
Amnesty: 
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/trigger-happy-israeli-army-and-police-use-reckless-force-west-bank-2014-02-27">"Trigger-happy"
Israeli Army And Police Use Reckless Force in the West Bank</a>.


title: Olympic games leave non-rich people worse off
uri: Olympic-games-leave-non-rich-people-worse-off
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Olympic_games_leave_non-rich_people_worse_off)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Olympic_games_leave_non-rich_people_worse_off%29

content:
<p>
Thanks to Olympics construction, it now takes 
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/02/25/akhshtyr-punished-village">2
hours to get from the village of Akhshtyr to a bus</a>.
<p>
They can't get water either.
<p>
This case is egregious, but it's standard practice for Olympic games
to 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2010-jan-apr.html#16%20February%202010%20(Business%20as%20usual%20for%20Winter%20Olympics)">leave
non-rich people in their vicinity worse off</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Oddball_Science_Has_Proven_Worth)
title: 'Oddball Science' Has Proven Worth
uri: Oddball-Science-Has-Proven-Worth
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Oddball_Science_Has_Proven_Worth%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/uoma-sh022714.php">'Oddball
Science' Has Proven Worth, Say UMass Amherst Biologists</a>.


title: Pentagon hands out cash to contractors but pays soldiers little
uri: Pentagon-hands-out-cash-to-contractors-but-pays-soldiers-little
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Pentagon_hands_out_cash_to_contractors_but_pays_soldiers_little)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Pentagon_hands_out_cash_to_contractors_but_pays_soldiers_little%29

content:
<p>
While the Pentagon hands out cash to contractors, it pays soldiers so
little that their families need food stamps.  But Congress is 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/27/1280110/-Troops-face-devastating-one-two-punch">cutting
their food stamps</a>.


title: Republicans give up talking about replacing Obama's health care plan
uri: Republicans-give-up-talking-about-replacing-Obama-s-health-care-plan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Republicans_give_up_talking_about_replacing_Obamas_health_care_plan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Republicans_give_up_talking_about_replacing_Obamas_health_care_plan%29

content:
<p>
Republicans are desperate to repeal Obama's health care plan but have
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/28/1281127/-Obamcare-reality-bites-Republican-nbsp-butts">given
up talking about what to replace it with</a>.


title: Questionable reporting from Venezuela
uri: Questionable-reporting-from-Venezuela
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Questionable_reporting_from_Venezuela)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Questionable_reporting_from_Venezuela%29

content:
<p>
Protesters and government supporters have been killed in Venezuela,
but
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/02/22/news-from-venezuela-but-where-is-it-coming-from/">not
many of either side</a>.


title: US force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike
uri: US-force-feeding-prisoners-on-hunger-strike
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(US_force-feeding_prisoners_on_hunger_strike)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28US_force-feeding_prisoners_on_hunger_strike%29

content:
<p>
The US is 
<a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/178564/colorados-federal-supermax-prison-force-feeding-inmates-hunger-strike">force-feeding
prisoners on hunger strike</a> in a prison that is "a cleaner version
of hell".
<p>
Some of these prisoners have been in solitary confinement for many
years.  No one deserves such treatment, not even a mass-murderer like
Dubya.  Everyone, even a prisoner, is entitled to the right to refuse
food and die.


title: Tennessee State University to track all staff and students
uri: Tennessee-State-University-to-track-all-staff-and-students
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Tennessee_State_University_to_track_all_staff_and_students)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Tennessee_State_University_to_track_all_staff_and_students%29

content:
<p>
Tennessee State University has 
<a href="http://tnstatenewsroom.com/archives/15021">ordered all staff
and students to wear visible ID tags at all times</a>, and plans to
equip them with pox chips to track them in all their activities.
<p>
I urge everyone to quit or transfer in protest.


title: Russia's declaration of war on Ukraine
uri: Russia-s-declaration-of-war-on-Ukraine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 03_March_2014_(Russias_declaration_of_war_on_Ukraine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_March_2014_%28Russias_declaration_of_war_on_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
Russia has effectively 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/ukraine-russia-war-crimea-nato">declared
war</a> on Ukraine.


title: The Welfare Dependents the UK Government Loves
uri: The-Welfare-Dependents-the-UK-Government-Loves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(The_Welfare_Dependents_the_UK_Government_Loves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28The_Welfare_Dependents_the_UK_Government_Loves%29

content:
<p>
The Welfare Dependents the UK Government
Loves?  <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/03/rich-landowners-farmers-welfare-nfu-defra">Rich
Landowners.</a>


title: Freedom of speech is threatened in South Korea
uri: Freedom-of-speech-is-threatened-in-South-Korea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Freedom_of_speech_is_threatened_in_South_Korea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Freedom_of_speech_is_threatened_in_South_Korea%29

content:
<p>
Freedom of speech is threatened in South Korea as citizens and even
elected officials
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/pyongyang-south-korea-jails-politician">imprisoned
for "supporting North Korea".</a>
<p>
It seems that some of these charges stretch the truth, which is
clearly wrong.  But even if some people really did make statements in
support of North Korea, that is part of their freedom of speech.  It's
utterly crazy, but it should not be illegal.


title: Difference between skepticism and denialism
uri: Difference-between-skepticism-and-denialism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Difference_between_skepticism_and_denialism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Difference_between_skepticism_and_denialism%29

content:
<p>
On
the <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/reinert20140223">difference
between skepticism and denialism.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(The_Pinocchio_test)
title: The Pinocchio test
uri: The-Pinocchio-test
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28The_Pinocchio_test%29
content:
<p>
Instead of the Turing test, the right test
for <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/searle20140224">human-level
AI might be the Pinocchio test.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Private_probation_companies)
title: Private probation companies
uri: Private-probation-companies
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Private_probation_companies%29
content:
<p>
Many poor Americans face jail for long periods
because <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/mar/02/poor-">they
can't pay private probation companies.</a>
<p>
Privatization of state functions usually means the public gets shafted
somehow.


title: Prudish Spanish bigots are flipping out
uri: Prudish-Spanish-bigots-are-flipping-out
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Prudish_Spanish_bigots_are_flipping_out)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Prudish_Spanish_bigots_are_flipping_out%29

content:
<p>
Prudish Spanish bigots are flipping out because
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/spanish-prostitution-workship-angers-feminists-spain-economic-crisis">training
course in how to succeed at prostitution is attracting plenty of
customers.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Growing_Reliance_on_Fewer_Crops)
title: Growing Reliance on Fewer Crops
uri: Growing-Reliance-on-Fewer-Crops
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Growing_Reliance_on_Fewer_Crops%29
content:
<p>
Growing Reliance on Fewer Crops
Will <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/03/growing-reliance-fewer-crops-increase-drought-disease">Increase
Risk of Drought And Disease.</a>


title: Sentenced to 7 years in prison for a peaceful protest
uri: Sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison-for-a-peaceful-protest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Sentenced_to_7_years_in_prison_for_a_peaceful_protest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Sentenced_to_7_years_in_prison_for_a_peaceful_protest%29

content:
<p>
Maryam Shafipour has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2014/mar/03/iran-sentences-student-activist-seven-years-prison-maryam-shafipour">sentenced
to 7 years in prison for a peaceful protest.</a>
<p>
Sad to
say, <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_February_2014_(US_protesters_sentenced_to_as_much_as_5_years_in_prison)">Iran
is not the only country that does things like this.</a>
<p>
In
Italy, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/beppe-grillo-jail-rail-protest">protesters
are being sentenced to shorter terms.</a>


title: Subsidizing flood repair and global heating
uri: Subsidizing-flood-repair-and-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Subsidizing_flood_repair_and_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Subsidizing_flood_repair_and_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
On <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/uk-government-playing-both-sides-climate-conflict">subsidizing
flood repair and global heating</a> (flood production) in parallel.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Exterminating_wolves_in_the_US)
title: Exterminating wolves in the US
uri: Exterminating-wolves-in-the-US
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Exterminating_wolves_in_the_US%29
content:
<p>
Exterminating wolves in the
US <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2014/mar/03/how-wolves-change-rivers">damaged
rivers and caused more erosion.</a>  Reintroducing them controlled the
erosion.
<p>
Too bad that people
are <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#03_January_2014_(The_plan_to_remove_grey_wolf_from_endangered_species_list)">set
on exterminating them again.</a>


title: Governments in southern Africa ignore sanitation and water supply
uri: Governments-in-southern-Africa-ignore-sanitation-and-water-supply
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Governments_in_southern_Africa_ignore_sanitation_and_water_supply)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Governments_in_southern_Africa_ignore_sanitation_and_water_supply%29

content:
<p>
Governments in southern
Africa <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/03/southern-africa-leaders-failing-prioritise-water-sanitation">ignore
sanitation and water supply for the majority of the population.</a>


title: When You Give Bush/Cheney a Pass, You Can't Lecture Putin
uri: When-You-Give-Bush-Cheney-a-Pass-You-Can-t-Lecture-Putin
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(When_You_Give_Bush%2FCheney_a_Pass,_You_Can't_Lecture_Putin)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28When_You_Give_Bush%252FCheney_a_Pass%2C_You_Can%27t_Lecture_Putin%29

content:
<p>
When You Give Bush/Cheney a
Pass, <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/03-4">You
Can't Lecture Putin.</a>
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/03">Heard the One
About Obama Denouncing a Breach of International Law?</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Cult_of_the_invisible_hand)
title: Cult of the invisible hand
uri: Cult-of-the-invisible-hand
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Cult_of_the_invisible_hand%29
content:
<p>
Comparing
the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/03-6">cult of
the invisible hand with the way free societies handled times of
shortage in the past</a>.
<p>
The cult of the invisible hand defines ethics in terms of the market
and the business world; if you are poor, you deserve poverty <em>by
definition</em>.


title: "Afghans Died in a War That s Not Ours"
uri: Afghans-Died-in-a-War-That-s-Not-Ours
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Afghans_Died_in_a_War_That_s_Not_Ours)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Afghans_Died_in_a_War_That_s_Not_Ours%29

content:
<p>
Karzai: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/03-0">"Afghans
Died in a War That s Not Ours".</a>
<p>
It's not literally true — this war between Afghan factions and
ethnic groups was going on in Afghanistan for many years before Bush
intervened.  But there is some truth in it.


title: Urgent: Amazon's relationship with the CIA
uri: Urgent-Amazon-s-relationship-with-the-CIA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 04_March_2014_(Urgent:_Amazon's_relationship_with_the_CIA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Amazon%27s_relationship_with_the_CIA%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on the Washington Post
to <a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8979">disclose
about Amazon's relationship with the CIA when it covers the CIA.</a>


title: Tim Cook dismisses pressure from global heating denialists
uri: Tim-Cook-dismisses-pressure-from-global-heating-denialists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Tim_Cook_dismisses_pressure_from_global_heating_denialists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Tim_Cook_dismisses_pressure_from_global_heating_denialists%29

content:
<p>
Tim Cook 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares">dismissed
with a sneer</a> the pressure from global heating denialists.
<p>
The article should not 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#04_March_2014_(Difference_between_skepticism_and_denialism)">confuse
denialists with "skeptics"</a>.
<p>
Cook's resolve to protect the environmental is admirable.  If 
<a href="http://stallman.org/apple.html">Apple's computers</a>
(including the software in them) treated their users ethically, the
company would be admirable.


title: Medical advance to enable detection of devastating genetic defects in fetuses
uri: Medical-advance-to-enable-detection-of-devastating-genetic-defects-in
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Medical_advance_to_enable_detection_of_devastating_genetic_defects_in_fetuses)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Medical_advance_to_enable_detection_of_devastating_genetic_defects_in_fetuses%29

content:
<p>
A medical advance will enable pregnant women to determine safely and
reliably whether their fetuses would have certain common and
devastating genetic defects.  Anti-abortion forces 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/02/1280992/-How-Republicans-will-try-to-block-new-tests-for-fetal-disorders">will
try to prevent the use of these tests</a>.
<p>
They are already trying to legalize malpractice and medical
dishonesty.  They will stop at nothing to oppress women, and don't
care what else they crush in the process.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(What_plutocratists_want)
title: What plutocratists want
uri: What-plutocratists-want
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28What_plutocratists_want%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/02/1281061/-The-Republican-Party-s-transparent-agenda-of-class-warfare">What
plutocratists want</a>.
<p>
The article says "Republicans", and Republican officials indeed
generally support this goal, but some Democrats support it more or
less too.


title: Last-ditch campaign to prevent action against global heating
uri: Last-ditch-campaign-to-prevent-action-against-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Last-ditch_campaign_to_prevent_action_against_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Last-ditch_campaign_to_prevent_action_against_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
A 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/28/1281136/-Ragingly-dishonest-climate-change-denial-rant-by-Ed-Rogers-in-Washington-Post">new
last-ditch campaign</a> to prevent action against global heating
pretends to be "prudent" and "rational".


title: Undercover thugs pressure high school students to buy and sell drugs
uri: Undercover-thugs-pressure-high-school-students-to-buy-and-sell-drugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Undercover_thugs_pressure_high_school_students_to_buy_and_sell_drugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Undercover_thugs_pressure_high_school_students_to_buy_and_sell_drugs%29

content:
<p>
Undercover thugs in US high schools 
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-entrapment-of-jesse-snodgrass-20140226">pressure
vulnerable students to buy drugs to sell to them</a>, in order to
prosecute them.
<p>
Undercover infiltration is legitimate as a way to catch people who
regularly commit crimes of their own volition.  Selling marijuana to
minors should perhaps be a crime even when it is legalized in general,
but teenagers who do this occasionally when pressured by other
teenagers are the wrong targets.
<p>
Juvenile punishment could perhaps be useful for teaching them to
change course in life, if they had a second chance.  However,
expelling these students from school is a punishment for life, denying
them that second chance.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(IMF_demands_more_poverty_in_Spain)
title: IMF demands more poverty in Spain
uri: IMF-demands-more-poverty-in-Spain
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28IMF_demands_more_poverty_in_Spain%29

content:
<p>
The IMF 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/christine-lagarde-spain-austerity-imf-madrid">demands
more poverty</a> in Spain.
<p>
"Reform" is the plutocratists' bland-sounding code word for making
workers weaker and poorer, to the benefit of business owners.


title: Imprisoned for being an employee of state-legal medical marijuana dispensaries
uri: Imprisoned-for-being-an-employee-of-state-legal-medical-marijuana-disp
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Imprisoned_for_being_an_employee_of_state-legal_medical_marijuana_dispensaries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Imprisoned_for_being_an_employee_of_state-legal_medical_marijuana_dispensaries%29

content:
<p>
The US government said it would not harass state-legal medical
marijuana
dispensaries, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/03/robert-duncan_n_4887520.html">then
imprisoned Robert Duncan for being an employee of one.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Suspicionless_Searches_at_US_Border)
title: Suspicionless Searches at US Border
uri: Suspicionless-Searches-at-US-Border
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Suspicionless_Searches_at_US_Border%29

content:
<p>
Suspicionless Searches at US
Border: <a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/story/shed-light-dhs/">the
Next Battleground for Press Freedom.</a>


title: Medical records uploaded to a Google server
uri: Medical-records-uploaded-to-a-Google-server
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Medical_records_uploaded_to_a_Google_server)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Medical_records_uploaded_to_a_Google_server%29

content:
<p>
A company that was given the medical records of the UK's National
Health
Services <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/03/nhs-england-patient-data-google-servers">uploaded
them to a Google server, effectively making the whole data base
available to the US</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Obama_regime_fired_Robert_MacLean)
title: Obama regime fired Robert MacLean
uri: Obama-regime-fired-Robert-MacLean
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Obama_regime_fired_Robert_MacLean%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime fired Robert MacLean for leaking information
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/war-on-whistleblowers-robert-maclean-fired-department-justice-supreme-court">on
the grounds that it was classified — later, retroactively.</a>


title: Paul Ryan's assessment of US government anti-poverty programs
uri: Paul-Ryan-s-assessment-of-US-government-anti-poverty-programs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Paul_Ryan's_assessment_of_US_government_anti-poverty_programs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Paul_Ryan%27s_assessment_of_US_government_anti-poverty_programs%29

content:
<p>
Paul Ryan's assessment of US government anti-poverty programs
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/03/03/3353541/ryan-poverty-report/">found
that several of them are very effective.</a>


title: Universities following Walmart model of job insecurity
uri: Universities-following-Walmart-model-of-job-insecurity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Universities_following_Walmart_model_of_job_insecurity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Universities_following_Walmart_model_of_job_insecurity%29

content:
<p>
Chomsky: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/chomsky-how-americas-great-university-system-getting?paging=off">US
universities are following the Walmart model of job insecurity.</a>


title: Chomsky: "security", for the US government
uri: Chomsky-security-for-the-US-government
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Chomsky:_security,_for_the_US_government)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Chomsky%3A_security%2C_for_the_US_government%29

content:
<p>
Chomsky: "security", for the US
government, <a href="http://www.alternet.org/chomsky-staggering-differences-between-how-people-and-powerful-define-security?paging=off">means
security for state power against the public.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Idaho_has_adopted_an_ag-gag_law)
title: Idaho has adopted an ag-gag law
uri: Idaho-has-adopted-an-ag-gag-law
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Idaho_has_adopted_an_ag-gag_law%29
content:
<p>
Idaho
has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/04-6">adopted
an ag-gag law</a>: the legislature and the governor have surrendered
to factory farm interests.


title: Indigenous people's rights a threat to mining
uri: Indigenous-people-s-rights-a-threat-to-mining
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Indigenous_people's_rights_a_threat_to_mining)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Indigenous_people%27s_rights_a_threat_to_mining%29

content:
<p>
The right-wing Canadian government
regards <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2014/mar/04/aboriginal-rights-canada-resource-agenda">indigenous
people's rights as a threat to mining.</a>


title: Medea Benjamin was arrested, injured and deported from Egypt
uri: Medea-Benjamin-was-arrested-injured-and-deported-from-Egypt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Medea_Benjamin_was_arrested,_injured_and_deported_from_Egypt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Medea_Benjamin_was_arrested%2C_injured_and_deported_from_Egypt%29

content:
<p>
Medea Benjamin
was <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/04">arrested,
injured and deported from Egypt as she was trying to go to Gaza</a>.


title: Urgent: Call on Costco not to sell GM salmon
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Costco-not-to-sell-GM-salmon
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Costco_not_to_sell_GM_salmon)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Costco_not_to_sell_GM_salmon%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15207">call
on Costco</a> to commit not to sell GM salmon.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Five_lies_by_Putin_about_Ukraine)
title: Five lies by Putin about Ukraine
uri: Five-lies-by-Putin-about-Ukraine
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Five_lies_by_Putin_about_Ukraine%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/vladimir-putin-interview-five-untruths">Five
lies</a> by Putin about Ukraine.


title: Redistribution of income from richer to poorer regions in Spain
uri: Redistribution-of-income-from-richer-to-poorer-regions-in-Spain
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Redistribution_of_income_from_richer_to_poorer_regions_in_Spain)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Redistribution_of_income_from_richer_to_poorer_regions_in_Spain%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/04/spain-economic-failure-federal-system-catalonia">Criticizing
some details</a> of how Spain redistributes income from richer regions
to poorer regions.
<p>
The point may be valid, but it's a secondary issue.  The primary issue
is that of redistributing from richer regions to poorer ones —
which is good and necessary.
<p>
I have little sympathy with the Catalan selfish objections, which are
being used by regional politicians who want to become the heads of a
new small state.  The real sources of poverty in Spain are austerity
and corruption.  If the people of various regions work together
against these, they can all be better off.


title: India's population growth still dangerous
uri: India-s-population-growth-still-dangerous
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Indias_population_growth_still_dangerous)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Indias_population_growth_still_dangerous%29

content:
<p>
India's population growth is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/treating-india-wastewater-inaction-technology-public-health">still
dangerous</a>.
<p>
While efforts to treat sewage deserve support, reducing the birth rate
is most important.


title: Egyptian army general declares intention to become president
uri: Egyptian-army-general-declares-intention-to-become-president
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Egyptian_army_general_declares_intention_to_become_president)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Egyptian_army_general_declares_intention_to_become_president%29

content:
<p>
General al-Sisi has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/egypt-army-chief-abdel-fatah-al-sisi-indicates-run-presidency
">declared his intention to run for president of Egypt</a> in an
election that clearly won't be fair.


title: Current Ukrainian gov't is hard to trust
uri: Current-Ukrainian-gov-t-is-hard-to-trust
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Current_Ukrainian_govt_is_hard_to_trust)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Current_Ukrainian_govt_is_hard_to_trust%29

content:
<p>
How Ukraine's new government has 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/03-9">menaced and
provoked citizens of Russian ancestry</a>, while threatening democracy
too.
<p>
Reportedly the Russian-installed government of the Crimea has demanded
a
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/03-0">referendum
on the Crimea's future</a>.
<p>
If that is true, this demand should be granted — on condition of
withdrawal of Russian troops, and with UN monitoring of the vote, and
with a reasonable waiting period.
<p>
It would be hard to have a free and fair vote under Russian control,
but the current Ukrainian government is hard to trust either.


title: Contamination from GMOs causing organic farmers substantial losses
uri: Contamination-from-GMOs-causing-organic-farmers-substantial-losses
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Contamination_from_GMOs_causing_organic_farmers_substantial_losses)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Contamination_from_GMOs_causing_organic_farmers_substantial_losses%29

content:
<p>
Organic farmers report that contamination from GMOs is causing them
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/03-1">substantial
losses</a>.


title: Students suspended for not ratting on those who cheered for Pakistan's cricket team
uri: Students-suspended-for-not-ratting-on-those-who-cheered-for-Pakistan-s
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Students_suspended_for_not_ratting_on_those_who_cheered_for_Pakistans_cricket_team)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Students_suspended_for_not_ratting_on_those_who_cheered_for_Pakistans_cricket_team%29

content:
<p>
A university in India 
<a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/67-kashmiri-students-packed-off-to-their-homes-for-celebrating-pakistan-win-in-cricket-match/article1-1190849.aspx">suspended
all its Kashmiri students</a> for not ratting on some of them who
cheered for Pakistan's team in a cricket game.


title: App designed to help people pretend to pay attention to other people
uri: App-designed-to-help-people-pretend-to-pay-attention-to-other-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(App_designed_to_help_people_pretend_to_pay_attention_to_other_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28App_designed_to_help_people_pretend_to_pay_attention_to_other_people%29

content:
<p>
Broapp is 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/02/outsourcing-humanity-apps/">designed
to help people pretend to pay attention to other people while not
really doing so</a>.
<p>
I don't think there would be anything wrong with using something
comparable to Broapp if you admitted that's what you were doing.  The
nasty aspect is that it's intended for pretending.
<p>
This is, however, disregarding all the things that are unjust about
the technology it depends on.  For instance, if it is obtained from an
app store, then it is obtained with nonfree software.  It probably
<em>is</em> nonfree software.


title: Recent pipeline spills raise concern for the Great Lakes
uri: Recent-pipeline-spills-raise-concern-for-the-Great-Lakes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Recent_pipeline_spills_raise_concern_for_the_Great_Lakes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Recent_pipeline_spills_raise_concern_for_the_Great_Lakes%29

content:
<p>
Recent pipeline spills have made people aware that underwater oil
pipelines carrying corrosive tar sands oil 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/great-lakes-michigan-oil-pipelines-spills-fear-keystone-pipeline-debate">could
pollute the Great Lakes</a>.
<p>
Can we believe the claim that these pipelines have never leaked?  How
would they know?  If the pipelines ran across the bridge, leaks would
be visible.  Putting the pipelines underwater allows leaks to go
unnoticed.  They are now planning to use robots to inspect the
pipelines 4 times a year.  That means 90 days between inspections.  I
suppose that until now inspections have been even more infrequent.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Threat_to_the_Great_Barrier_Reef)
title: Threat to the Great Barrier Reef
uri: Threat-to-the-Great-Barrier-Reef
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Threat_to_the_Great_Barrier_Reef%29
content:
<p>
The Australian government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/great-barrier-reef-government-website-to-justify-dredging-not-accurate">uses
falsehoods</a> to defend its decision to damage the Great Barrier Reef
for a new coal terminal.
<p>
The big threat to the Great Barrier Reef is the CO<sub>2</sub> that
the coal will release into the atmosphere.  CO<sub>2</sub> dissolves
in the ocean and makes it more acidic.  This and the higher
temperature both
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2010-sep-dec.html#9%20December%202010%20(No%20more%20coral%20reefs%20by%202050)">kill
coral</a>.  In a twisted way, this is rational.  If you assume that
coal is going to be burned, the Great Barrier Reef is toast and
there's no use protecting it.  (This is the
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#24_April_2013_(EPA_rubbished_State_Department%27s_statements_about_Keystone_XL)">same
assumption that the US State Department used</a> to disregard the harm
that the Keystone XL pipeline is going to do.)
<p>
This is tantamount to assuming that billions of humans and millions of
species are going to be wiped out.  The temperature will keep rising
(from CO<sub>2</sub> already in the atmosphere, methane released from
melting permafrost, etc.) long after civilization is no longer
functioning sufficiently to transport coal from Australia to China.
<p>
Here are some 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/world-wildlife-day-climate-deal-paris">other
ways that global heating threatens extinction</a>.
<p>
If the heating took place across a period of millennia, organisms might
adapt to it.  If so much land were not occupied by humans and their
farms, organisms might move to new places to find the conditions they
need.  But this can't happen now.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 05_March_2014_(Dangerous_diseases)
title: Dangerous diseases
uri: Dangerous-diseases
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#05_March_2014_%28Dangerous_diseases%29
content:
<p>
In some states, so many parents reject vaccinations for their children
that it
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/vaccine-exemptions-states-pertussis-map">
puts them at risk of dangerous disease</a>.


title: Washington DC council Voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana
uri: Washington-DC-council-Voted-to-decriminalize-possession-of-small-amoun
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Washington_DC_council_Voted_to_decriminalize_possession_of_small_amounts_of_marijuana)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Washington_DC_council_Voted_to_decriminalize_possession_of_small_amounts_of_marijuana%29

content:
<p>
The Washington DC
council <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/04-3">voted
to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.</a>
However, this cannot take effect unless approved by Congress.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Idaho's_War_on_Wolves_Escalates)
title: Idaho's War on Wolves Escalates
uri: Idaho-s-War-on-Wolves-Escalates
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Idaho%27s_War_on_Wolves_Escalates%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/04-6">Idaho's
War on Wolves Escalates.</a>


title: NSA seems to be trying to push a censorship bill
uri: NSA-seems-to-be-trying-to-push-a-censorship-bill
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(NSA_seems_to_be_trying_to_push_a_censorship_bill)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28NSA_seems_to_be_trying_to_push_a_censorship_bill%29

content:
<p>
The NSA seems to be trying
to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/04-7">push a
censorship bill to punish journalists that cover surveillance.</a>


title: Venezuela's opposition has not offered much to the poor majority
uri: Venezuela-s-opposition-has-not-offered-much-to-the-poor-majority
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Venezuela's_opposition_has_not_offered_much_to_the_poor_majority)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Venezuela%27s_opposition_has_not_offered_much_to_the_poor_majority%29

content:
<p>
Venezuela's opposition
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/04/venezuela-opposition-nicolas-maduro-chavez-poor-outreach">not
offered much to the poor majority that supports Chavismo</a>.
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/04-8">Venezuela is
not Ukraine.</a>


title: Why does Israel feel threatened by humanitarian workers
uri: Why-does-Israel-feel-threatened-by-humanitarian-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Why_does_Israel_feel_threatened_by_humanitarian_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Why_does_Israel_feel_threatened_by_humanitarian_workers%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=63442">Why does
Israel feel threatened by humanitarian workers?</a>
<p>
Anne Irfan says her treatment, as she was interrogated and eventually
blocked from entering the West Bank, shows that Israeli border guards
understood that she did not threaten any violence.  It can only be
that Israel fears exposure of its conduct.
<p>
Israeli soldiers <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/67143">raided a
Palestinian kindergarten and a high school.</a>


title: 3/4 of Israelis could support a peace agreement
uri: 3-4-of-Israelis-could-support-a-peace-agreement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(3%2F4_of_Israelis_could_support_a_peace_agreement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%283%252F4_of_Israelis_could_support_a_peace_agreement%29

content:
<p>
A poll says
that <a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-three-quarters-of-israeli-jews-would-accept-peace-deal/">3/4
of Israelis could support a peace agreement based on the Arab peace
plan.</a>
<p>
The US should appeal to them over the Israeli government's head,
because the government's policy is
to <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=63447">try to
silence international and domestic criticism through intimidation.</a>


title: When Shooting a 14-Year-Old Boy in the Neck Is a Minor Infraction
uri: When-Shooting-a-14-Year-Old-Boy-in-the-Neck-Is-a-Minor-Infraction
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(When_Shooting_a_14-Year-Old_Boy_in_the_Neck_Is_a_Minor_Infraction)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28When_Shooting_a_14-Year-Old_Boy_in_the_Neck_Is_a_Minor_Infraction%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://972mag.com/when-shooting-a-14-year-old-boy-in-the-neck-is-a-minor-infraction/87863/">When
Shooting a 14-Year-Old Boy in the Neck Is a Minor Infraction.</a>
<p>
This sort of impunity is par for the course in occupying armies.


title: A massacre of Palestinians by an Israeli soldier, or perhaps several
uri: A-massacre-of-Palestinians-by-an-Israeli-soldier-or-perhaps-several
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(A_massacre_of_Palestinians_by_an_Israeli_soldier,_or_perhaps_several)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28A_massacre_of_Palestinians_by_an_Israeli_soldier%2C_or_perhaps_several%29

content:
<p>
A massacre of Palestinians by an Israeli soldier, or perhaps several
who have gone unpunished, was
the <a href="http://972mag.com/a-city-of-devastation-hebron-20-years-after-the-massacre/87714/">excuse
for a permanent reprisal against the Palestinian inhabitants of
Hebron.</a>


title: Israel doubled its rate of constructing new colonies in Palestine
uri: Israel-doubled-its-rate-of-constructing-new-colonies-in-Palestine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Israel_doubled_its_rate_of_constructing_new_colonies_in_Palestine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Israel_doubled_its_rate_of_constructing_new_colonies_in_Palestine%29

content:
<p>
In 2013,
Israel <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/03/israel-doubles-west-bank-outpost-construction-201433143850913282.html">doubled
its rate of constructing new colonies in Palestine and increased its
rate of demolition of Palestinian homes.</a>
<p>
That expresses Netanyahu's contempt for Kerry, the US, and the idea of
peace.
<p>
Colonists are taking Palestinians' farmland
to <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=677160">extend
their "illegal" colonies.</a>
<p>
This means the colonies that the Israeli government winks at, as
distinguished from the ones it officially authorizes.  All the
colonies <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html#06_December_2011_(Illegal_West_Bank_Colonies)">violate
international treaties governing the behavior of occupying forces.</a>


title: Several bitcoin banks and exchanges have been forced to close
uri: Several-bitcoin-banks-and-exchanges-have-been-forced-to-close
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Several_bitcoin_banks_and_exchanges_have_been_forced_to_close)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Several_bitcoin_banks_and_exchanges_have_been_forced_to_close%29

content:
<p>
Several bitcoin banks and exchanges have
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/04/bitcoin-bank-flexcoin-closes-after-hack-attack">forced
to close by robberies recently.</a>
<p>
(Please don't use the word "hack" to mean "attack" or "break security"
— <a href="https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html">that
hurts us hackers.)</a>
<p>
I wonder whether some government is trying to make bitcoin hard to
use.


title: Obama has proposed some spending and tax proposals
uri: Obama-has-proposed-some-spending-and-tax-proposals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Obama_has_proposed_some_spending_and_tax_proposals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Obama_has_proposed_some_spending_and_tax_proposals%29

content:
<p>
Obama has proposed
some <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/obama-2015-budget-focus-young-workers">spending
and tax proposals that are good, though far too small.</a>
<p>
Republicans will block them, but proposing themn is crucial so that
the Republicans will suffer damage for blocking them.  I don't demand
that any president work wonders, only that he try his best.  Obama
generally has failed to do that, and even
has <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_May_2013_(Democrats_share_blame_for_sequester)">supported
right-wing plans such as cutting the deficit</a>
and <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-nov-feb.html#24_February_2014_(Obama's_men_continue_promoting_the_TPP)">the
TPP</a> Now at least he's doing some of the right thing.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 06_March_2014_(Arizona's_Project_ROSE)
title: Arizona's Project ROSE
uri: Arizona-s-Project-ROSE
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#06_March_2014_%28Arizona%27s_Project_ROSE%29
content:
<p>
Arizona's Project
ROSE <a href="http://www.vice.com/read/in-arizona-project-rose-is-arresting-sex-workers-to-save-them">imprisons
women for doing something that raises a suspicion of prostitution.</a>
<p>
All forms of legal repression of prostitution reflect bigotry.
Usually they pretend to be intended to help the prostitutes, but that
is nonsense.


title: Urgent: Support privacy bills for license plate scanners and drones
uri: Urgent-Support-privacy-bills-for-license-plate-scanners-and-drones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Urgent:_Support_privacy_bills_for_license_plate_scanners_and_drones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_privacy_bills_for_license_plate_scanners_and_drones%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of Massachusetts: 
<a href="https://ssl.capwiz.com/aclu/ma/issues/alert/?alertid=63075861&type=ST&etname=20140305+privacy&etjid=1301883">call
on your state legislators</a> to support privacy bills for license
plate scanners and drones.


title: Urgent: Reject palm oil made by destroying rainforests and peatlands
uri: Urgent-Reject-palm-oil-made-by-destroying-rainforests-and-peatlands
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Urgent:_Reject_palm_oil_made_by_destroying_rainforests_and_peatlands)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_palm_oil_made_by_destroying_rainforests_and_peatlands%29

content:
<p>
US residents: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=4033">Tell
major US companies</a> to reject palm oil made by destroying
rainforests and peatlands.


title: Urgent: Investigation of World Trade Center building 7 collapse
uri: Urgent-Investigation-of-World-Trade-Center-building-7-collapse
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Urgent:_Investigation_of_World_Trade_Center_building_7_collapse)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Investigation_of_World_Trade_Center_building_7_collapse%29

content:
<p>
New York City residents: 
<a href="http://highrisesafetynyc.org/">sign the initiative
petition</a> for an investigation of why World Trade Center building 7
collapsed.


title: Urgent: Protect Book Cliffs region from coal mining
uri: Urgent-Protect-Book-Cliffs-region-from-coal-mining
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Urgent:_Protect_Book_Cliffs_region_from_coal_mining)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_Book_Cliffs_region_from_coal_mining%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy;?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3363">call
for protection</a> of the Book Cliffs region form coal mining.


title: Immigrants to UK don't take jobs from Britons when economy is doing well
uri: Immigrants-to-UK-don-t-take-jobs-from-Britons-when-economy-is-doing-we
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Immigrants_to_UK_dont_take_jobs_from_Britons_when_economy_is_doing_well)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Immigrants_to_UK_dont_take_jobs_from_Britons_when_economy_is_doing_well%29

content:
<p>
A study finds that immigrants to the UK 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/06/report-foreign-migrants-british-workers-jobs-immigration">take
jobs from Britons during recession</a>, but not when the economy is
doing well.


title: Little gov't scrutiny of local approval for fracking in UK
uri: Little-gov-t-scrutiny-of-local-approval-for-fracking-in-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Little_govt_scrutiny_of_local_approval_for_fracking_in_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Little_govt_scrutiny_of_local_approval_for_fracking_in_UK%29

content:
<p>
The UK government pays strict attention to local approval for wind
farms, which can spoil the view, while 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/eric-pickles-double-standards-fracking-windfarm">disregarding
local approval for fracking</a> which can poison the water.
<p>
Parliament is starting to face the issue of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/carbon-bubble-threat-uk-economy-fossil-fuels-mps">the
carbon bubble in fossil companies' stock valuation</a>.
<p>
What can governments do about such a bubble?  Here's one idea: require
the prospectus of a company involved in extraction, transport, sale or
combustion of fossil fuel to mention the bubble, and its probable
future effects on the company's stock price.


title: EU to retreat again on CO2 emissions tax for intercontinental flights
uri: EU-to-retreat-again-on-CO2-emissions-tax-for-intercontinental-flights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(EU_to_retreat_again_on_CO2_emissions_tax_for_intercontinental_flights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28EU_to_retreat_again_on_CO2_emissions_tax_for_intercontinental_flights%29

content:
<p>
The EU is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/05/eu-deal-aviation-carbon-emissions">about
to retreat again</a> on taxing intercontinental flights for their
CO<sub>2</sub> emissions.


title: State legislators pretend not to know source of money for ALEC events
uri: State-legislators-pretend-not-to-know-source-of-money-for-ALEC-events
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(State_legislators_pretend_not_to_know_source_of_money_for_ALEC_events)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28State_legislators_pretend_not_to_know_source_of_money_for_ALEC_events%29

content:
<p>
When state legislators get money via ALEC to go to ALEC events, they
are 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/03/12414/peabody-energy-lobbyist-schooled-alec-legislators-getting-travel-perks">informed
which company really gave that money</a>, but they pretend not to
know.  Some state legislators take on secret responsibilities within
ALEC.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Special_UK_court_has_no_independence)
title: Special UK court has no independence
uri: Special-UK-court-has-no-independence
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Special_UK_court_has_no_independence%29

content:
<p>
The special UK court that is supposed to police the use of
interception has no independence.  It is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/05/independence-ipt-court-mi5-mi6-home-office-secrecy-clegg-miliband">controlled
by the ministry that controls the thugs</a>.


title: UK gov't cuts off funds for helping disabled old people
uri: UK-gov-t-cuts-off-funds-for-helping-disabled-old-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(UK_govt_cuts_off_funds_for_helping_disabled_old_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28UK_govt_cuts_off_funds_for_helping_disabled_old_people%29

content:
<p>
The UK's cruel government has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/06/age-uk-cuts-to-elderly-care">cut
off the funds for helping disabled old people with daily tasks
such as getting dressed</a>.
<p>
This is necessary to keep bankster's bonuses high.


title: Arizona Abortion Providers Sue Over Drug Limits
uri: Arizona-Abortion-Providers-Sue-Over-Drug-Limits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Arizona_Abortion_Providers_Sue_Over_Drug_Limits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Arizona_Abortion_Providers_Sue_Over_Drug_Limits%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/arizona-abortion-providers-sue-over-drug-limits">Arizona Abortion Providers Sue State Over Limits On Drugs</a>.


title: Australian refugee prison camp records falsified to cut corners
uri: Australian-refugee-prison-camp-records-falsified-to-cut-corners
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Australian_refugee_prison_camp_records_falsified_to_cut_corners)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Australian_refugee_prison_camp_records_falsified_to_cut_corners%29

content:
<p>
A whistleblower says that personnel guarding the Australian refugee
prison camp in Nauru 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/nauru-casework-files-copied-and-pasted-to-meet-targets-says-salvos-employee">falsified
records to cut corners</a>.
<p>
Even though the Salvation Army is not (unless I'm very misled) a
for-profit business, this situation is still a form of perverse
privatization since organizations compete to be chosen by the state to
handle a state function.  This is a recipe for fraud and should never
be allowed.


title: Godaddy takes down site for criticizing Mexican gov't
uri: Godaddy-takes-down-site-for-criticizing-Mexican-gov-t
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Godaddy_takes_down_site_for_criticizing_Mexican_govt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Godaddy_takes_down_site_for_criticizing_Mexican_govt%29

content:
<p>
Godaddy took down a site criticizing the Mexican government, refusing
to say why, but apparently 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/mexican-protest-site-censored-godaddy-us-embassys-help">at
the government's request</a>.
<p>
Godaddy is famous for taking sites down for questionable reasons.


title: US judge rules for Chevron against Ecuadorian court decision
uri: US-judge-rules-for-Chevron-against-Ecuadorian-court-decision
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(US_judge_rules_for_Chevron_against_Ecuadorian_court_decision)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28US_judge_rules_for_Chevron_against_Ecuadorian_court_decision%29

content:
<p>
A US judge 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/04/chevron-ecuador-court-ruling-rainforest-billions">ruled
for Chevron</a>, saying that the Ecuadorian court's decision that
Chevron was liable for pollution there was corrupt.
<p>
I have no way of gauging the validity of that assertion.


title: Two states protecting citizens from food-stamp cuts
uri: Two-states-protecting-citizens-from-food-stamp-cuts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Two_states_protecting_citizens_from_food-stamp_cuts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Two_states_protecting_citizens_from_food-stamp_cuts%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/03/1281840/-New-York-and-Connecticut-take-action-against-food-stamp-cuts">Two
states</a> are protecting their citizens from the food-stamp cuts
aimed at Democratic states.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Obamas_Ukraine_Critics)
title: Obama's Ukraine Critics
uri: Obama-s-Ukraine-Critics
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Obamas_Ukraine_Critics%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/03/obama-ukraine-russia-critics-credibility">Don't
Listen to Obama's Ukraine Critics: He's Not 'Losing' — And It's
Not His Fight</a>.


title: Italy has ordered ISPs to block access to 46 domains
uri: Italy-has-ordered-ISPs-to-block-access-to-46-domains
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Italy_has_ordered_ISPs_to_block_access_to_46_domains)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Italy_has_ordered_ISPs_to_block_access_to_46_domains%29

content:
<p>
Italy has ordered ISPs
to <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/italian-police-carry-out-largest-ever-pirate-domain-crackdown-140305/">block
access to 46 domains accused of facilitating sharing of files.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Charges_against_Barrett_Brown)
title: Charges against Barrett Brown
uri: 2014-03-08-Charges-against-Barrett-Brown
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Charges_against_Barrett_Brown%29
content:
<p>
Charges against Barrett Brown based on his activity as a journalist
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/eff-statement-dismissal-11-charges-against-barrett-brown">have
been dropped.</a>
<p>
He still faces three other charges and could
be <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/05/barrett-brown-us-government-drops-key-charges">imprisoned
for 70 years.</a>


title: Thug departments buy cell phone spy tools
uri: Thug-departments-buy-cell-phone-spy-tools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Thug_departments_buy_cell_phone_spy_tools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Thug_departments_buy_cell_phone_spy_tools%29

content:
<p>
Thug
departments <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/03/harris-stingray-nda/">buy
cell phone spy tools and sign contracts of secrecy.</a>


title: US has tried to gain political influence in Ukraine
uri: US-has-tried-to-gain-political-influence-in-Ukraine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(US_has_tried_to_gain_political_influence_in_Ukraine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28US_has_tried_to_gain_political_influence_in_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
The US has tried for many years
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/06/ukraine-crisis-great-power-oil-gas-rivals-pipelines">gain
political influence in Ukraine.</a>
<p>
Oil surely enters into the issue, but I don't think it is the main
motive for US initiatives there.  For transporting Caspian oil to
Europe, Ukraine is not essential: a pipeline from the Black Sea could
run through Romania.  The hard part would be getting that oil from the
Caspian region to the Black Sea, and Ukraine has nothing to do with
that.


title: Deceptive arguments from global heating denialists
uri: Deceptive-arguments-from-global-heating-denialists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Deceptive_arguments_from_global_heating_denialists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Deceptive_arguments_from_global_heating_denialists%29

content:
<p>
More <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/mar/06/lord-lawson-climate-sceptic-thinktank">deceptive
arguments from global heating denialists</a>.
<p>
They start from their chosen conclusion, and hunt for arguments that
might appear valid in a sound
bite.  <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#14_August_2013_(Koch-funded_Franklin_Center)">With
media funded</a> to present
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#23_October_2013_(Global_heating_is_increasing_danger_of_wildfires_in_Australia)">"balance"</a>
between science and denialism, that's sufficient to give the
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#17_February_2013_(Politicians_bought_and_destroyed_by_Koch_brothers)">fossil-funded
politicians</a> the backup they need.


title: Pro-Russian militia in the Crimea captured camera team
uri: Pro-Russian-militia-in-the-Crimea-captured-camera-team
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Pro-Russian_militia_in_the_Crimea_captured_camera_team)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Pro-Russian_militia_in_the_Crimea_captured_camera_team%29

content:
<p>
The Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 says that a pro-Russian militia in the
Crimea <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/mar/06/ukraine-censorship">captured
its camera team and threatened to use them as human shields</a>.


title: Alpha Natural Resources was fined a mere $27 million
uri: Alpha-Natural-Resources-was-fined-a-mere-27-million
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Alpha_Natural_Resources_was_fined_a_mere_$27_million)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Alpha_Natural_Resources_was_fined_a_mere_%2427_million%29

content:
<p>
Alpha Natural Resources
was <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/05-7">fined
a mere $27 million for over 6000 violations the Clean Water Act.</a>
<p>
I don't think that would do much to dissuade the company from future
violations.  The $200 million in spending to reduce future discharges
might be more effective.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Obama's_2015_budget)
title: Obama's 2015 budget
uri: Obama-s-2015-budget
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Obama%27s_2015_budget%29
content:
<p>
Obama's 2015 budget advances some good causes but in the context
of <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/05-5">overall
surrender to some right-wing ideas.</a>


title: Network neutrality should be permanent
uri: Network-neutrality-should-be-permanent
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Network_neutrality_should_be_permanent)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Network_neutrality_should_be_permanent%29

content:
<p>
Network neutrality should be permanent
— <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/06-1">"through
2018" is not good enough.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Asylum_seekers_in_Hong_Kong)
title: Asylum seekers in Hong Kong
uri: Asylum-seekers-in-Hong-Kong
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Asylum_seekers_in_Hong_Kong%29
content:
<p>
Asylum seekers in Hong Kong get
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/06/hong-kong-asylum-seekers-waiting-in-squalor">run-around
that convinces them they are better off in jail.</a>


title: Removing Russian insignia from uniforms
uri: Removing-Russian-insignia-from-uniforms
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 07_March_2014_(Removing_Russian_insignia_from_uniforms)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#07_March_2014_%28Removing_Russian_insignia_from_uniforms%29

content:
<p>
Disguising soldiers as civilians is a serious violation of
international law, but there is
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/defence-and-security-blog/2014/mar/06/ukraine-gross-violation-russian-troops">dispute
about whether removing Russian insignia from uniforms is a
violation</a>.
<p>
However, it is clearly a lie.


title: Alice-in-Wonderland trial of journalists in Egypt
uri: Alice-in-Wonderland-trial-of-journalists-in-Egypt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Alice-in-Wonderland_trial_of_journalists_in_Egypt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Alice-in-Wonderland_trial_of_journalists_in_Egypt%29

content:
<p>
The 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/al-jazeera-journalists-trial-egypt">Alice-in-Wonderland
trial</a> of the al-Jazeera journalists (and miscellaneous random
unfortunates) in Egypt.


title: Would My Blood Test Still Cost $1,132 If the US Had a Public Health Option?
uri: Would-My-Blood-Test-Still-Cost-1-132-If-the-US-Had-a-Public-Health-Op
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Would_My_Blood_Test_Still_Cost_$1,132_If_the_US_Had_a_Public_Health_Option)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Would_My_Blood_Test_Still_Cost_%241%2C132_If_the_US_Had_a_Public_Health_Option%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/05/obamacare-costs-still-too-high">Would
My Blood Test Still Cost $1,132 If the US Had a Public Health
Option?</a>


title: Dam in Ethiopia could nearly wipe out lake in Kenya
uri: Dam-in-Ethiopia-could-nearly-wipe-out-lake-in-Kenya
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Dam_in_Ethiopia_could_nearly_wipe_out_lake_in_Kenya)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Dam_in_Ethiopia_could_nearly_wipe_out_lake_in_Kenya%29

content:
<p>
A dam in Ethiopia could nearly 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/05/ethiopian-dam-gibe-iii-aral-sea-disaster">wipe
out Lake Turkana in Kenya</a>.


title: Islamic council issues fatwa against trafficking in endangered animals
uri: Islamic-council-issues-fatwa-against-trafficking-in-endangered-animals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Islamic_council_issues_fatwa_against_trafficking_in_endangered_animals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Islamic_council_issues_fatwa_against_trafficking_in_endangered_animals%29

content:
<p>
An Islamic council in Indonesia has issued a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/05/indonesia-clerics-fatwa-illegal-wildlife-trade">fatwa
against trafficking in endangered animals</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(China_to_start_a_war_on_pollution)
title: China to start a "war on pollution"
uri: China-to-start-a-war-on-pollution
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28China_to_start_a_war_on_pollution%29

content:
<p>
China will start a
"<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/china-pollution-economic-reform-growth-target'>war
on pollution</a>".
<p>
China needs one, and so do the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.


title: Former slave-prostitutes of Japanese army rebuke plans to retract apology
uri: Former-slave-prostitutes-of-Japanese-army-rebuke-plans-to-retract-apol
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Former_slave-prostitutes_of_Japanese_army_rebuke_plans_to_retract_apology)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Former_slave-prostitutes_of_Japanese_army_rebuke_plans_to_retract_apology%29

content:
<p>
Former slave-prostitutes of the Japanese army 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/japan-comfort-women-abe-apology">rebuke
the Abe's plans to retract Japan's apology for this</a>.


title: Goldman Sachs trying to buy forgiveness
uri: Goldman-Sachs-trying-to-buy-forgiveness
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Goldman_Sachs_trying_to_buy_forgiveness)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Goldman_Sachs_trying_to_buy_forgiveness%29

content:
<p>
Goldman Sachs is trying to buy forgiveness by using 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/05-2">1% of its
ill-gotten gains</a> for "philanthropy".


title: Russia Today TV anchor condemns Russia's military intervention
uri: Russia-Today-TV-anchor-condemns-Russia-s-military-intervention
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Russia_Today_TV_anchor_condemns_Russias_military_intervention)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Russia_Today_TV_anchor_condemns_Russias_military_intervention%29

content:
<p>
Abby Martin, an anchor on Russia Today TV, 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/04/1282152/-Russia-Today-Anchor-Protests-Ukraine-Invasion">condemned
Russia's military intervention in her show</a>.
<p>
It appears she still has a show.
<p>
This means that 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/04/rt-host-abby-martin-condemns-russian-incursion-crimea-rt/">RT
compares favorably</a> to the way US mainstream media treated the US
intervention in Iraq.
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/05-4">Americans'
hypocrisy</a>: condemning Russia's intervention in Ukraine while
advocating past and future US interventions.


title: More global heating would affect UNESCO world heritage sites
uri: More-global-heating-would-affect-UNESCO-world-heritage-sites
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(More_global_heating_would_affect_UNESCO_world_heritage_sites)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28More_global_heating_would_affect_UNESCO_world_heritage_sites%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/05/sydney-opera-house-statue-liberty-sea-level-climate-change-unesco">3C
more of global heating</a> would affect 1/5 of the UNESCO world
heritage sites.
<p>
These include Westminster Abbey, Bruges, Naples, the leaning tower of
Pisa, the Statue of Liberty.  As for Venice, we're already losing
that.


title: Survey in EU reports high levels of sexual violence
uri: Survey-in-EU-reports-high-levels-of-sexual-violence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Survey_in_EU_reports_high_levels_of_sexual_violence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Survey_in_EU_reports_high_levels_of_sexual_violence%29

content:
<p>
A survey in the European Union reports 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/violence-against-women-eu">high
levels of sexual violence against women</a>.


title: US must stop throwing people away with avoidable imprisonment
uri: US-must-stop-throwing-people-away-with-avoidable-imprisonment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(US_must_stop_throwing_people_away_with_avoidable_imprisonment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28US_must_stop_throwing_people_away_with_avoidable_imprisonment%29

content:
<p>
ACLU: the US
must <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/07-3">stop
throwing people away with avoidable imprisonment.</a>


title: Before Reagan, capitalism as practiced in the US created a large middle class
uri: Before-Reagan-capitalism-as-practiced-in-the-US-created-a-large-middl
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Before_Reagan,_capitalism_as_practiced_in_the_US_created_a_large_middle_class)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Before_Reagan%2C_capitalism_as_practiced_in_the_US_created_a_large_middle_class%29

content:
<p>
Before
Reagan, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/07-1">capitalism
as practiced in the US created a large middle class</a>, and even
workers could get by.  We could make this happen again, if we defeat
plutocracy.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Cancerous_Culture)
title: Cancerous Culture
uri: Cancerous-Culture
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Cancerous_Culture%29
content:
<p>
Cancerous
Culture: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/03/06-1">Top
Army Prosecutor For Sexual Assault Cases Suspended For…guess
what?</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(DRM_on_coffee_containers)
title: DRM on coffee containers
uri: DRM-on-coffee-containers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28DRM_on_coffee_containers%29
content:
<p>
DRM on coffee
containers <a href="http://www.wired.com/business/2014/03/copyrighted-coffee-undermine-whole-internet-things/">illustrates
one of the dangers of the "internet of things"</a> — if it runs
nonfree software.
<p>
This article does not recognize the danger of massive surveillance.
Even if your coffee maker allows you to order whatever brand beverage
you choose, your order will inevitably be reported to Big Brother.
That's enough to convince me not to use the system.


title: Supporters of the Venezuelan government held large rallies
uri: Supporters-of-the-Venezuelan-government-held-large-rallies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Supporters_of_the_Venezuelan_government_held_large_rallies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Supporters_of_the_Venezuelan_government_held_large_rallies%29

content:
<p>
Supporters of the Venezuelan
government <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/05-11">held
large rallies.</a>


title: The huge US military and "security" budget
uri: The-huge-US-military-and-security-budget
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(The_huge_US_military_and_security_budget)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28The_huge_US_military_and_security_budget%29

content:
<p>
The huge US military and "security" budget, 73% of all discretionary
spending, <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22304-5-reasons-the-already-obscene-national-security-budget-is-larger-than-it-appears">is
disguised by putting large pieces into other categories.</a>


title: Europe is taking an increasing risk of nuclear disaster
uri: Europe-is-taking-an-increasing-risk-of-nuclear-disaster
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Europe_is_taking_an_increasing_risk_of_nuclear_disaster)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Europe_is_taking_an_increasing_risk_of_nuclear_disaster%29

content:
<p>
Europe is taking an increasing risk of nuclear disaster
by <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/06-5">allowing
aging nuclear power plants to keep running.</a>
<p>
The environment inside a nuclear power plant degrades many materials.
When things break the operators can't make them as good as new (or are
unwilling to spend what that would cost), so
the <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#7_August_2012_(Old_Nuclear_Power_Plants)">reactors
get ever further from their designs and intended functioning.</a>


title: Proposed deregulation of poultry processing factories
uri: Proposed-deregulation-of-poultry-processing-factories
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Proposed_deregulation_of_poultry_processing_factories)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Proposed_deregulation_of_poultry_processing_factories%29

content:
<p>
Proposed deregulation of poultry processing factories
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/07-0">would
endanger workers' health as well as consumers'.</a>
<p>
The main danger to consumers' health is from contamination, but if the
measure makes chicken any cheaper, that could increase the tendency of
Americans to eat too much meat, which is massively bad for their
health.
<p>
It would also be bad for employment.  That alone is enough reason to
reject it.


title: Madrid's mayor wants to restrict the right to protest
uri: Madrid-s-mayor-wants-to-restrict-the-right-to-protest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Madrid's_mayor_wants_to_restrict_the_right_to_protest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Madrid%27s_mayor_wants_to_restrict_the_right_to_protest%29

content:
<p>
Madrid's mayor wants
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/07/madrid-central-square-protests-puerta-del-sol">restrict
the right to protest for the sake of the poor little rich businesses
that lose sales due to protesters.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Evolved_decision_algorithms)
title: "Evolved" decision algorithms
uri: Evolved-decision-algorithms
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Evolved_decision_algorithms%29
content:
<p>
"Evolved" decision algorithms that nobody
understands <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/computers-escape-logic-privacy-implications">can
disguise discrimination that is despised and even illegal.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(CIA_spying_on_the_US_Senate)
title: CIA spying on the US Senate
uri: CIA-spying-on-the-US-Senate
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28CIA_spying_on_the_US_Senate%29
content:
<p>
CIA spying on the US
Senate <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/03/04/220161/cia-monitoring-of-senate-computers.html">relates
to the report of a Senate investigation into CIA torture and CIA
lies.</a>
<p>
The CIA is blocking the Senate from publishing this report.  Congress
should pass a law saying that it is allowed to release this report
regardless of what the CIA or Obama say, and then do so.  The
torturers, arrogant enemies of our constitution, deserve to be knocked
down.


title: "Experts" about Venezuela with a conflict of interest
uri: Experts-about-Venezuela-with-a-conflict-of-interest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Experts_about_Venezuela_with_a_conflict_of_interest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Experts_about_Venezuela_with_a_conflict_of_interest%29

content:
<p>
The mainstream
press <a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=1491">cites
"experts" about Venezuela with a conflict of interest.</a>


title: Bogus right-wing figure, published in the New York Times
uri: Bogus-right-wing-figure-published-in-the-New-York-Times
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Bogus_right-wing_figure,_published_in_the_New_York_Times)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Bogus_right-wing_figure%2C_published_in_the_New_York_Times%29

content:
<p>
A bogus right-wing figure, published in the New York Times,
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/07-5">exaggerates
Venezuela's inflation by a factor of 6.</a>


title: UK protesters say a thug set a fire in a store
uri: UK-protesters-say-a-thug-set-a-fire-in-a-store
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(UK_protesters_say_a_thug_set_a_fire_in_a_store)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28UK_protesters_say_a_thug_set_a_fire_in_a_store%29

content:
<p>
UK protesters
say <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/07/activists-appeal-convictions-involvement-police-spy">a
thug set a fire in a store for which they were then convicted.</a>


title: Urgent: Rehire Reza Abolhassani, who was fired for getting robbed
uri: Urgent-Rehire-Reza-Abolhassani-who-was-fired-for-getting-robbed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_rehire_Reza_Abolhassani,_who_was_fired_for_getting_robbed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_rehire_Reza_Abolhassani%2C_who_was_fired_for_getting_robbed%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell Papa Johns
to <a href="http://lowpayisnotok.org/papajohns0305?utm_campaign=LowPay&utm_medium=email&utm_source=papajohns-0305">rehire
Reza Abolhassani, who was fired for getting robbed.</a>


title: Ukraine is in a standoff between two empires
uri: Ukraine-is-in-a-standoff-between-two-empires
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Ukraine_is_in_a_standoff_between_two_empires)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Ukraine_is_in_a_standoff_between_two_empires%29

content:
<p>
Ukraine is in
a <a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=412093&qid=2592641">standoff
between two empires each of which would be glad to drag it down.</a>
<p>
Resisting the pressure to understand the Crimea
by <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/07/ukraine-debate-both-sides-wrong">"taking
the side" of Russia or the US.</a>


title: The need to eliminate cholera from Haiti
uri: The-need-to-eliminate-cholera-from-Haiti
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(The_need_to_eliminate_cholera_from_Haiti)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28The_need_to_eliminate_cholera_from_Haiti%29

content:
<p>
The UN is talking about
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/07/haiti-cholera-epidemic-major-threat-latin-america-caribbean">need
to eliminate cholera from Haiti.</a>


title: Afghanistan is still one of the worst places to be a woman
uri: Afghanistan-is-still-one-of-the-worst-places-to-be-a-woman
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Afghanistan_is_still_one_of_the_worst_places_to_be_a_woman)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Afghanistan_is_still_one_of_the_worst_places_to_be_a_woman%29

content:
<p>
Afghanistan is
still <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/07/hamid-karzai-afghanistan-women-eu-mellbin">one
of the worst places to be a woman.</a>


title: Sentenced to prison for homosexuality
uri: Sentenced-to-prison-for-homosexuality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Sentenced_to_prison_for_homosexuality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Sentenced_to_prison_for_homosexuality%29

content:
<p>
A leading Malaysian opposition politician has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/07/malaysian-opposition-leader-anwar-ibrahim-sodomy-jailed-five-years">sentenced
to prison for homosexuality.</a>
<p>
If the accusation is a frame-up to keep him out of government, this
sentence is an injustice.  If the accusation is true, the sentence is
still an injustice.


title: Regional heating causes malaria to spread
uri: Regional-heating-causes-malaria-to-spread
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Regional_heating_causes_malaria_to_spread)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Regional_heating_causes_malaria_to_spread%29

content:
<p>
A study shows
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/07/climate-change-malaria-africa-study">regional
heating causes malaria to spread.</a>


title: Easier to hide political campaign spending
uri: Easier-to-hide-political-campaign-spending
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Easier_to_hide_political_campaign_spending)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Easier_to_hide_political_campaign_spending%29

content:
<p>
Wisconsin Republicans plan
to <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/03/12416/midst-investigation-wi-fast-tracks-dark-money-bill">make
it easier to hide political campaign spending.</a>


title: Carbon tax has been very effective in cutting emissions
uri: Carbon-tax-has-been-very-effective-in-cutting-emissions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Carbon_tax_has_been_very_effective_in_cutting_emissions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Carbon_tax_has_been_very_effective_in_cutting_emissions%29

content:
<p>
Australia's carbon tax has
been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/07/carbon-taxed-companies-cut-emissions-by-7-in-past-year-investor-group-says">very
effective in cutting emissions.</a>
<p>
That must be why Abbott wants to repeal it.


title: Urgent: Confirm Debo Adebgile to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division
uri: Urgent-Confirm-Debo-Adebgile-to-head-the-Justice-Department-s-Civil-R
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_Confirm_Debo_Adebgile_to_head_the_Justice_Department's_Civil_Rights_Division)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Confirm_Debo_Adebgile_to_head_the_Justice_Department%27s_Civil_Rights_Division%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the Senate
to <a href="http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/ConfirmAdegbile/">confirm
Debo Adebgile to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights
Division.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Laws_against_revenge_porn)
title: Laws against "revenge porn"
uri: Laws-against-revenge-porn
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Laws_against_revenge_porn%29
content:
<p>
Laws against "revenge
porn" <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/03/06/286388840/race-to-stop-revenge-porn-raises-free-speech-worries?ft=1&f=1001">need
to be written carefully to protect freedom of speech.</a>
<p>
Fundamentally, the job should be doable.


title: Poor workers rent closets to sleep in
uri: Poor-workers-rent-closets-to-sleep-in
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Poor_workers_rent_closets_to_sleep_in)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Poor_workers_rent_closets_to_sleep_in%29

content:
<p>
Housing in Paris is so expensive
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/07/paris-storage-cupboard-illegal-renting-expensive">poor
workers rent closets to sleep in.</a>
<p>
High taxes on living space that isn't a residence might help, but if
that proves insufficient, it will be necessary to build a lot more
living space in Paris.  Banning the rental of these tiny spaces will
only make the problem worse.


title: Even NSA employees feel the chill when they are subject to surveillance
uri: Even-NSA-employees-feel-the-chill-when-they-are-subject-to-surveillanc
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Even_NSA_employees_feel_the_chill_when_they_are_subject_to_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Even_NSA_employees_feel_the_chill_when_they_are_subject_to_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Even NSA
employees <a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?post_type=article&p=1548">feel
the chill when they are subject to surveillance.</a>


title: Australian gov't should investigate the dangers of coal mines too
uri: Australian-gov-t-should-investigate-the-dangers-of-coal-mines-too
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Australian_gov't_should_investigate_the_dangers_of_coal_mines_too)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Australian_gov%27t_should_investigate_the_dangers_of_coal_mines_too%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government investigation into the dangers of wind
turbines
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/06/tim-flannery-coal-communities-kept-dark">should
investigate the dangers of coal mines too.</a>


title: Urgent: Regulate toxic pollution from oil refineries
uri: Urgent-Regulate-toxic-pollution-from-oil-refineries
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_Regulate_toxic_pollution_from_oil_refineries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Regulate_toxic_pollution_from_oil_refineries%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: Call on the EPA
to <a href="http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=jwuAlZJCkNWEAktyRfCIyg">regulate
toxic pollution from oil refineries.</a>


title: Urgent: Criticizing Russia for "violating international law" appears hypocritical
uri: Urgent-Criticizing-Russia-for-violating-international-law-appears-h
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_Criticizing_Russia_for_violating_international_law_appears_hypocritical)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Criticizing_Russia_for_violating_international_law_appears_hypocritical%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell Obama that criticizing Russia for "violating
international
law" <a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9412">appears
hypocritical when the US does it so much.</a>


title: New medicines for hepatitis C may be denied to millions by patents
uri: New-medicines-for-hepatitis-C-may-be-denied-to-millions-by-patents
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(New_medicines_for_hepatitis_C_may_be_denied_to_millions_by_patents)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28New_medicines_for_hepatitis_C_may_be_denied_to_millions_by_patents%29

content:
<p>
New medicines for hepatitis
C <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/mar/07/hepatitis-c-medicines-hiv-aids-drugs">may
be denied to millions by patents.</a>


title: Fired for reporting his coworkers for acting like thugs
uri: Fired-for-reporting-his-coworkers-for-acting-like-thugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Fired_for_reporting_his_coworkers_for_acting_like_thugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Fired_for_reporting_his_coworkers_for_acting_like_thugs%29

content:
<p>
The Burbank Thug
department <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/07/49075.htm">fired
Detective Angelo Dahlia because he reported his coworkers for acting
like thugs.</a>
<p>
Most thugs may not attack suspects, protesters and bystanders, but
nearly all of them cover up for those who do.  The few exceptions
deserve the title of "policeman".


title: Urgent: Oppose the Keystone XL pipeline
uri: 2014-03-09-Urgent-Oppose-the-Keystone-XL-pipeline
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_the_Keystone_XL_pipeline)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_the_Keystone_XL_pipeline%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell Kerry
to <a href="http://other98.com/secretary-kerry-you-want-public-comments-on-keystone-xl-heres-mine">oppose
the Keystone XL pipeline.</a>


title: Urgent: Make it safe for exiled US journalists to return to US
uri: Urgent-Make-it-safe-for-exiled-US-journalists-to-return-to-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_Make_it_safe_for_exiled_US_journalists_to_return_to_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Make_it_safe_for_exiled_US_journalists_to_return_to_US%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Holder
to <a href="http://act.freepress.net/sign/press_freedom_holder/?source=FPblog">make
it safe for exiled US journalists to return to US.</a>


title: Texas taxes the rich lightly and the rest heavily
uri: Texas-taxes-the-rich-lightly-and-the-rest-heavily
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Texas_taxes_the_rich_lightly_and_the_rest_heavily)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Texas_taxes_the_rich_lightly_and_the_rest_heavily%29

content:
<p>
Because Texas uses sales and property taxes rather than an income tax,
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/03/texas-turns-out-be-not-so-miraculous-after-all">it
taxes the rich lightly and the rest heavily.</a>


title: Poison gas used in Syria came from the regime's weapons stocks
uri: Poison-gas-used-in-Syria-came-from-the-regime-s-weapons-stocks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Poison_gas_used_in_Syria_came_from_the_regime's_weapons_stocks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Poison_gas_used_in_Syria_came_from_the_regime%27s_weapons_stocks%29

content:
<p>
Reportedly chemical analysis shows that
the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/06/sarin-gas-attack-civilians-syria-government-un">poison
gas used in Syria came from the regime's weapons stocks.</a>


title: Cutting down most of Tasmania's wild forests
uri: Cutting-down-most-of-Tasmania-s-wild-forests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Cutting_down_most_of_Tasmania's_wild_forests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Cutting_down_most_of_Tasmania%27s_wild_forests%29

content:
<p>
Abbott is using lies
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/06/tasmania-a-death-warrant-against-pristine-forests-abbott-has-never-seen">justify
cutting down most of Tasmania's wild forests.</a>


title: Great Barrier Reef will cease to be a coral reef
uri: Great-Barrier-Reef-will-cease-to-be-a-coral-reef
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Great_Barrier_Reef_will_cease_to_be_a_coral_reef)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Great_Barrier_Reef_will_cease_to_be_a_coral_reef%29

content:
<p>
With 2C of global
heating, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/06/great-barrier-reef-damage-irreversible-unless-radical-action-taken">the
Great Barrier Reef will cease to be a coral reef.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on McDonalds to rehire Heather Levia
uri: Urgent-Call-on-McDonalds-to-rehire-Heather-Levia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_McDonalds_to_rehire_Heather_Levia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_McDonalds_to_rehire_Heather_Levia%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/justice-for-heather-1">call
on McDonalds</a> to rehire Heather Levia.


title: Urgent: Tax businesses' advertising spending
uri: Urgent-Tax-businesses-advertising-spending
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Urgent:_Tax_businesses_advertising_spending)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tax_businesses_advertising_spending%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12436">call
for taxing</a> businesses' advertising spending.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Private_prison_defrauds_Idaho)
title: Private prison defrauds Idaho
uri: Private-prison-defrauds-Idaho
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Private_prison_defrauds_Idaho%29
content:
<p>
My Private Idaho Prison: CCA appears to have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/07/fbi-idaho-private-prison-firm">systematically
defrauded</a> the state.
<p>
Will its employees and managers be prosecuted and sent to that prison?
Or will the "security" establishment protect them on the grounds that
enriching the company was the purpose of privatization all along?


title: Defenses against analysis of HTTPS traffic
uri: Defenses-against-analysis-of-HTTPS-traffic
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Defenses_against_analysis_of_HTTPS_traffic)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Defenses_against_analysis_of_HTTPS_traffic%29

content:
<p>
Traffic analysis can identify which page a user is visiting through
HTTPS with up to 90% accuracy, but there are 
<a href="https://threatpost.com/new-attacks-on-https-traffic-reveal-plenty-about-your-web-surfing/104667">defenses
that greatly reduce it</a>.
<p>
I think these defenses should be implemented standardly in free
HTTPS servers.
<p>
<a href="media/5e5377eb.1403.0297.pdf" data-original-source="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.0297.pdf">More info</a>.


title: NSA has made computers vulnerable to all attackers
uri: NSA-has-made-computers-vulnerable-to-all-attackers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(NSA_has_made_computers_vulnerable_to_all_attackers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28NSA_has_made_computers_vulnerable_to_all_attackers%29

content:
<p>
The NSA has made computers 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/07/nsa-spying-harmed-digital-crime-fight">vulnerable
to all attackers</a>.  Government malware = criminal malware.


title: Population growth exacerbates environmental problems
uri: Population-growth-exacerbates-environmental-problems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Population_growth_exacerbates_environmental_problems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Population_growth_exacerbates_environmental_problems%29

content:
<p>
Population growth exacerbates a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/mar/07/environment-groups-problem-population">wide
range of environmental problems</a>, from food shortage to flooding.
<p>
The cruel right-wing response to 
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/children.html">population
growth</a> is, "Let them starve now so that the population goes down
to what that region can support."  The humane (progressive) response
is, "Give them the food they need now, along with contraception and
abortion so that the population goes down to what that region can
support."


title: Louisiana's bogus trademark lawsuit against MoveOn
uri: Louisiana-s-bogus-trademark-lawsuit-against-MoveOn
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Louisianas_bogus_trademark_lawsuit_against_MoveOn)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Louisianas_bogus_trademark_lawsuit_against_MoveOn%29

content:
<p>
Louisiana hopes to silence MoveOn with a 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/07/1282814/-Louisianna-Threatens-To-Sue-MoveOn-Over-Billboard">bogus
trademark lawsuit</a> over the state's slogan, "Pick your passion".
<p>
Is Governor Jindal anti-gay?  Anti-abortion?  Anti-contraception?  The
slogan "Pick your passion" offers great possibilities.


title: Republican equates love to hungry kids carrying brown paper lunch bags
uri: Republican-equates-love-to-hungry-kids-carrying-brown-paper-lunch-bags
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Republican_equates_love_to_hungry_kids_carrying_brown_paper_lunch_bags)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Republican_equates_love_to_hungry_kids_carrying_brown_paper_lunch_bags%29

content:
<p>
Paul Ryan: stop giving poor schoolchildren lunch; make their parents
scrounge a 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/06/1282611/-Paul-Ryan-Poor-kids-should-go-hungry-so-they-know-they-re-loved">paper
bag to be their "lunch"</a>.


title: Crisis in Ukraine takes heat off Netanyahu's colonization policy
uri: Crisis-in-Ukraine-takes-heat-off-Netanyahu-s-colonization-policy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Crisis_in_Ukraine_takes_heat_off_Netanyahus_colonization_policy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Crisis_in_Ukraine_takes_heat_off_Netanyahus_colonization_policy%29

content:
<p>
Uri Avnery comments on Ukraine, and (by the way) how opportune it was
for Netanyahu to have another crisis take the heat off his
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1394214313/">colonization
policy</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Urgent:_Free_Robert_Ducan)
title: Urgent: Free Robert Ducan
uri: Urgent-Free-Robert-Ducan
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Free_Robert_Ducan%29
content:
<p>
US Citizens: Sign 
<a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/free-robert-duncan/czRrS2hr">this
petition</a> to free Robert Duncan.


title: Democracy Now covers Crimean intervention
uri: Democracy-Now-covers-Crimean-intervention
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Democracy_Now_covers_Crimean_intervention)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Democracy_Now_covers_Crimean_intervention%29

content:
<p>
Democracy Now covers the 
<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2014/3/3/who_is_provoking_the_unrest_in">Crimean
intervention</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(The_Washington_Post)
title: The Washington Post
uri: The-Washington-Post
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28The_Washington_Post%29
content:
<p>
If Bezos does not impose editorial changes on the Washington Post, its
<a href="http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/jeff-bezos-and-the-imperial-paper/">past
militarism and support for the security state</a> will carry forward.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Mainstream_media_on_GMOs)
title: Mainstream media on GMOs
uri: Mainstream-media-on-GMOs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Mainstream_media_on_GMOs%29
content:
<p>
Mainstream media have repeatedly touted GMOs for tremendous supposed
benefits that were 
<a href="http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/imaginary-organisms/">pure
fiction</a>.


title: Baptist churches in Kentucky giving away guns
uri: Baptist-churches-in-Kentucky-giving-away-guns
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Baptist_churches_in_Kentucky_giving_away_guns)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Baptist_churches_in_Kentucky_giving_away_guns%29

content:
<p>
Baptist churches in Kentucky are 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/04/1282114/-What-Would-Jesus-Shoot-Kentucky-Baptists-giving-away-25-guns-to-attract-converts?detail=email">recruiting
by giving away guns</a>.


title: US gov't condemns plans for plebiscite on secession of Crimea
uri: US-gov-t-condemns-plans-for-plebiscite-on-secession-of-Crimea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(US_govt_condemns_plans_for_plebiscite_on_secession_of_Crimea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28US_govt_condemns_plans_for_plebiscite_on_secession_of_Crimea%29

content:
<p>
The US government 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/06-3">condemned
the plans for a plebiscite</a> on secession of the Crimea.
<p>
I agree that the current plans deserve condemnation.  I hope the US
does not reject the idea of a future plebiscite under negotiated
circumstances.


title: Comparing distortions on RT TV with distortions on CNN International
uri: Comparing-distortions-on-RT-TV-with-distortions-on-CNN-International
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Comparing_distortions_on_RT_TV_with_distortions_on_CNN_International)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Comparing_distortions_on_RT_TV_with_distortions_on_CNN_International%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/03/06/what-the-us-medias-celebration-of-protesting-rt-anchors-conveniently-ignores/">Comparing
distortions</a> on RT TV with distortions on CNN International.
<p>
What this shows is that there is a difference between the station's
main editorial slant and whether it censors anyone that disagrees.  RT
(from what I've heard) has a main editorial slant that includes
falsehoods about the Crimea, but doesn't require all show hosts to go
along with that slant.


title: Local parliament of Crimea to hold referendum on annexation by Russia
uri: Local-parliament-of-Crimea-to-hold-referendum-on-annexation-by-Russia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 08_March_2014_(Local_parliament_of_Crimea_to_hold_referendum_on_annexation_by_Russia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28Local_parliament_of_Crimea_to_hold_referendum_on_annexation_by_Russia%29

content:
<p>
The local parliament of Crimea says it 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/06/ukraine-crisis-crimea-part-of-russia-local-parliament-declares">will
hold a referendum</a> in 10 days on annexation by Russia.
<p>
It's legitimate to have a referendum on the question, but holding it
under these circumstances is as ridiculous as the elections run by US
puppets in 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#05_December_2013_(EU_monitors_wanted_to_report_election_rigging_in_Honduras)">Honduras</a>,
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#16_June_2011_(Haiti_Election_Cable)">Haiti</a>
and
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2010-sep-dec.html#20%20September%202010%20(Another%20shaky%20election%20in%20Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a>.


title: Urgent: Ban keeping orcas in captivity in California
uri: Urgent-Ban-keeping-orcas-in-captivity-in-California
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Urgent:_Ban_keeping_orcas_in_captivity_in_California)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_keeping_orcas_in_captivity_in_California%29

content:
<p>
California citizens: 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/seaworld-orcas-captivity-california-ban-blackfish/">support
the proposed ban</a> on keeping orcas in captivity.


title: Urgent: Pass the extended Bottle Bill in Massachusetts
uri: Urgent-Pass-the-extended-Bottle-Bill-in-Massachusetts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Urgent:_Pass_the_extended_Bottle_Bill_in_Massachusetts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Pass_the_extended_Bottle_Bill_in_Massachusetts%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of Massachusetts: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=10351&autologin=true">call
on your state legislators</a> to pass the extended Bottle Bill.


title: Urgent: Limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants
uri: Urgent-Limit-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-existing-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Urgent:_Limit_greenhouse_gas_emissions_from_existing_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Limit_greenhouse_gas_emissions_from_existing_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/letter/carbonrule/">call on the
EPA</a> to hurry to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power
plants.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Closure_of_abortion_clinics_in_Texas)
title: Closure of abortion clinics in Texas
uri: Closure-of-abortion-clinics-in-Texas
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Closure_of_abortion_clinics_in_Texas%29

content:
<p>
Poor women in a part of Texas will now have to travel 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/07/texas-abortion-clinics-close-women">hundreds
of miles</a> for an abortion or many other services.


title: Documents proving Japanese gov't forced women into prostitution
uri: Documents-proving-Japanese-gov-t-forced-women-into-prostitution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Documents_proving_Japanese_govt_forced_women_into_prostitution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Documents_proving_Japanese_govt_forced_women_into_prostitution%29

content:
<p>
Japanese historians say they have 
<a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/07/national/japanese-historians-slam-sex-slave-apology-review/">documents
proving the government's direct responsibility</a> for forcing women
from occupied countries into prostitution, and say the Japanese
government is hiding more documents.


title: US gov't wants to shield UN from liability for bringing cholera to Haiti
uri: US-gov-t-wants-to-shield-UN-from-liability-for-bringing-cholera-to-Hai
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(US_govt_wants_to_shield_UN_from_liability_for_bringing_cholera_to_Haiti)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28US_govt_wants_to_shield_UN_from_liability_for_bringing_cholera_to_Haiti%29

content:
<p>
The US government 
<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/un-has-immunity-from-haiti-cholera-lawsuit-us-114030800070_1.html">wants
to shield the UN from liability for bringing cholera to Haiti</a>.
This makes sense since it was the US that 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2010-sep-dec.html#20%20September%202010%20(The%20threat%20of%20a%20good%20example)">overthrew 
Aristide because he opposed privatization</a> and then brought the UN
to Haiti as "peacekeepers" (although there was no fighting except the
government against the poor).


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(The_brown_paper_lunch_bag_story)
title: The brown paper lunch bag story
uri: The-brown-paper-lunch-bag-story
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28The_brown_paper_lunch_bag_story%29
content:
<p>
How Paul Ryan 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/07/1282789/-Paul-Ryan-s-brown-bag-lunch-story-wasn-t-entirely-untrue-Just-the-part-that-nbsp-mattered">distorted
a book about helping poor children</a> into a falsified claim that a
poor child did not want help.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Nuclear_weapons_thinking)
title: "Nuclear weapons thinking"
uri: Nuclear-weapons-thinking
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Nuclear_weapons_thinking%29
content:
<p>
Is "nuclear weapons thinking" partly responsible for 
<a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/swanson20140307">other
aspects of the imperial presidency</a>?


title: Dropbox's sleazy forced arbitration clause
uri: Dropbox-s-sleazy-forced-arbitration-clause
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Dropboxs_sleazy_forced_arbitration_clause)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Dropboxs_sleazy_forced_arbitration_clause%29

content:
<p>
Dropbox's sleazy forced arbitration clause has an 
<a href="http://publicjustice.net/blog/dropbox%E2%80%99s-forced-arbitration-clause-and-phony-opt-out-term">"opt
out" designed only as a legal excuse</a>.


title: Evidence that snipers tried to inflame tensions at protest in Kiev
uri: Evidence-that-snipers-tried-to-inflame-tensions-at-protest-in-Kiev
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Evidence_that_snipers_tried_to_inflame_tensions_at_protest_in_Kiev)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Evidence_that_snipers_tried_to_inflame_tensions_at_protest_in_Kiev%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/08-3">Evidence
from wounds inflicted by snipers</a> in Kiev suggests their goal was
to inflame tensions between the protesters and Yanukovych's men.
<p>
It would not be the first time.  The killers in Tlaltelolco in 1968
shot at the "security forces" as well as at protesters.  Those killers
were sent by the President of Mexico, who did not hesitate to kill his
own men.


title: CIA spied on the Senate committee investigating CIA torture
uri: CIA-spied-on-the-Senate-committee-investigating-CIA-torture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(CIA_spied_on_the_Senate_committee_investigating_CIA_torture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28CIA_spied_on_the_Senate_committee_investigating_CIA_torture%29

content:
<p>
The
CIA <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_March_2014_%28CIA_spying_on_the_US_Senate%29">spied
on the Senate committee investigating CIA torture.</a>
<p>
This is
the <a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/05/congress-intelligence-community-whos-overseeing/">reverse
of the congressional oversight of the CIA</a> which is supposed to
happen.
<p>
If Congress has enough guts it can knock the spy agencies out.
Congress can legislate for itself the power to demand any and all CIA
documents and to declassify those it chooses.  With a 2/3 majority, it
can do this over Obama's opposition.
<p>
Does Congress have the guts?


title: Rugby involves injuries that can lead to major brain damage
uri: Rugby-involves-injuries-that-can-lead-to-major-brain-damage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Rugby_involves_injuries_that_can_lead_to_major_brain_damage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Rugby_involves_injuries_that_can_lead_to_major_brain_damage%29

content:
<p>
Rugby, like American
Football, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/08/rugby-sport-head-games-film-brain-damage-dementia">involves
injuries that can lead to major brain damage.</a>


title: Digital records and books are vulnerable to malicious erasure
uri: Digital-records-and-books-are-vulnerable-to-malicious-erasure
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Digital_records_and_books_are_vulnerable_to_malicious_erasure)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Digital_records_and_books_are_vulnerable_to_malicious_erasure%29

content:
<p>
Digital records and books
are <a href="http://theconversation.com/in-cyber-war-you-could-change-history-at-the-touch-of-a-button-23324">vulnerable
to malicious erasure.</a>


title: Privacy Advocates Want To Halt Facebook Acquisition of WhatsApp
uri: Privacy-Advocates-Want-To-Halt-Facebook-Acquisition-of-WhatsApp
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Privacy_Advocates_Want_To_Halt_Facebook_Acquisition_of_WhatsApp)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Privacy_Advocates_Want_To_Halt_Facebook_Acquisition_of_WhatsApp%29

content:
<p>
Privacy Advocates Want
To <a href="https://threatpost.com/privacy-advocates-want-to-halt-facebook-acquisition-of-whatsapp/104673">Halt
Facebook Acquisition of WhatsApp.</a>
<p>
Given the U SAP AT RIOT Act, no company can be trusted to keep any
secrets about you from Big Brother.  The only protection is not to
give a company any data about you.  Nonetheless, this merger could
increase the total effect of surveillance, and blocking it could be a
good thing to do.


title: Punishing juvenile bullying as a crime
uri: Punishing-juvenile-bullying-as-a-crime
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Punishing_juvenile_bullying_as_a_crime)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Punishing_juvenile_bullying_as_a_crime%29

content:
<p>
Punishing juvenile bullying as a
crime <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/03/07/3372181/florida-bill-would-put-bullies-in-jail-for-a-year/">can
do more harm that good.</a>


title: Bringing oligarchs (plutocrats) into the government
uri: Bringing-oligarchs-(plutocrats)-into-the-government
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Bringing_oligarchs_(plutocrats)_into_the_government)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Bringing_oligarchs_%28plutocrats%29_into_the_government%29

content:
<p>
Some Ukraine democracy advocates
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/08/ukraine-oligarchs-appointments-new-fairness">unhappy
with the idea of bringing oligarchs (plutocrats) into the
government.</a>


title: Spy Services of EU Member States Independently Hawk Domestic Access to NSA, GCHQ
uri: Spy-Services-of-EU-Member-States-Independently-Hawk-Domestic-Access-to
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Spy_Services_of_EU_Member_States_Independently_Hawk_Domestic_Access_to_NSA,_GCHQ)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Spy_Services_of_EU_Member_States_Independently_Hawk_Domestic_Access_to_NSA%2C_GCHQ%29

content:
<p>
Snowden: <a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/03/07/snowden-spy-services-of-eu-member-states-independently-hawk-domestic-access-to-nsa-gchq/">Spy
Services of EU Member States Independently Hawk Domestic Access to
NSA, GCHQ.</a>


title: Court ruled there are no FAA regulations about drones
uri: Court-ruled-there-are-no-FAA-regulations-about-drones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Court_ruled_there_are_no_FAA_regulations_about_drones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Court_ruled_there_are_no_FAA_regulations_about_drones%29

content:
<p>
A court ruled there are no FAA regulations about drones, which means
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/03/07/3375831/judge-faa-drones/">anyone
can run drones in the US.</a>


title: Offering gratis contraception and abortion
uri: Offering-gratis-contraception-and-abortion
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Offering_gratis_contraception_and_abortion)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Offering_gratis_contraception_and_abortion%29

content:
<p>
A study in St Louis found
that <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/07/3375301/birth-control-risky-sex/">offering
gratis contraception and abortion did not encourage women to have
risky sex.</a>
<p>
US
women <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom-religion-belief-womens-rights/i-cant-afford-let-my-boss-interfere-my">can't
afford sterilization.</a>


title: What Snowden said to the European Parliament
uri: What-Snowden-said-to-the-European-Parliament
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(What_Snowden_said_to_the_European_Parliament)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28What_Snowden_said_to_the_European_Parliament%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140307/05485226476/snowden-gives-testimony-to-european-parliament-inquiry-into-mass-surveillance-asks-eu-asylum.shtml">What
Snowden said to the European Parliament.</a>


title: Some chefs are using the term "intellectual property"
uri: Some-chefs-are-using-the-term-intellectual-property
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Some_chefs_are_using_the_term_intellectual_property)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Some_chefs_are_using_the_term_intellectual_property%29

content:
<p>
Some chefs are using the term "intellectual property" to make it seem
legitimate for them to
claim <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140306/13232626468/some-chefs-still-insisting-that-photographing-meals-steals-some-their-intellectual-property.shtml">it
is an injustice to post photos of the food they prepare.</a>
<p>
The bogus concept of "intellectual property", which confuses various
unrelated existing laws and misrepresents them all, lends itself to
attempts to stretch them.  For the sake of clear understanding let's
firmly refuse to use that propaganda term.
<p>
See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html.</a>


title: Staying at an "all-inclusive" resort hotel
uri: Staying-at-an-all-inclusive-resort-hotel
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Staying_at_an_all-inclusive_resort_hotel)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Staying_at_an_all-inclusive_resort_hotel%29

content:
<p>
Staying at an "all-inclusive" resort
hotel <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/mar/08/all-inclusive-holidays-travel-ethical-tourism">means
less money for the local people in the place you are visiting.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Anonymity_on_the_internet)
title: Anonymity on the internet
uri: Anonymity-on-the-internet
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Anonymity_on_the_internet%29
content:
<p>
Anonymity on the
internet <a href="http://chrishateswriting.com/post/76431353368/the-anonymity-i-know">makes
possible a special kind of creativity.</a>


title: Fined a mere $1500 for contaminating an aquifer with uranium
uri: Fined-a-mere-1500-for-contaminating-an-aquifer-with-uranium
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Fined_a_mere_$1500_for_contaminating_an_aquifer_with_uranium)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Fined_a_mere_%241500_for_contaminating_an_aquifer_with_uranium%29

content:
<p>
A fossil fuel project in Australia
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/08/santos-fined-coal-seam-gas-contaminates-aquifer-uranium">fined
a mere $1500 for contaminating an aquifer with uranium.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(The_US_2014_trade_agenda)
title: The US 2014 trade agenda
uri: The-US-2014-trade-agenda
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28The_US_2014_trade_agenda%29
content:
<p>
The US 2014 trade agenda aims to distract attention from the harm done
by existing free exploitation treaties
by <a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/03/the-2014-trade-agenda-what-hole-keep-digging.html">pretending
new ones will do some sort of good.</a>


title: US media led public to believe Keystone XL would mean lots of jobs
uri: US-media-led-public-to-believe-Keystone-XL-would-mean-lots-of-jobs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(US_media_led_public_to_believe_Keystone_XL_would_mean_lots_of_jobs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28US_media_led_public_to_believe_Keystone_XL_would_mean_lots_of_jobs%29

content:
<p>
US media have led the public
to <a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/03/07/new-keystone-poll-reveals-media-failure/">believe
the Keystone XL pipeline would mean lots of jobs.</a>
<p>
Ignoring the protests against the
pipeline <a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/03/05/a-protest-in-the-capital-and-a-media-blackout/">has
surely helped mislead.</a>
<p>
Even a million jobs wouldn't justify the damage that the pipeline will
do in the long term.  We could create a million jobs installing
renewable energy systems.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 09_March_2014_(Ban_GMO_foods,_or_require_labeling_)
title: Ban GMO foods, or require labeling?
uri: Ban-GMO-foods-or-require-labeling
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#09_March_2014_%28Ban_GMO_foods%2C_or_require_labeling_%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29448.cfm">Ban
GMO foods, or require labeling?</a> It turns out that the effect is
almost the same.
<p>
I am not necessarily opposed to all GMOs foods, but each one requires
careful testing and we can't trust a company to test its own product
honestly.  Meanwhile, for the sake of farmers' rights, we cannot allow
the genes be patented.
<p>
We also cannot allow a GMO which is likely to contaminate other farms
with the artificial genes.  The likelihood of such contamination
depends on the species of plant.


title: Urgent: Contact your MEPs by Wednesday about privacy and civil liberties
uri: Urgent-Contact-your-MEPs-by-Wednesday-about-privacy-and-civil-liberti
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Urgent:_Contact_your_MEPs_by_Wednesday_about_privacy_and_civil_liberties)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Contact_your_MEPs_by_Wednesday_about_privacy_and_civil_liberties%29

content:
<p>
EU
citizens: <a href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/03/big-votes-in-european-parliament-please-contact-meps/index.htm">contact
your MEPs by Wednesday about privacy and civil liberties.</a>


title: Will go to jail rather than serve in the occupation army
uri: Will-go-to-jail-rather-than-serve-in-the-occupation-army
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Will_go_to_jail_rather_than_serve_in_the_occupation_army)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Will_go_to_jail_rather_than_serve_in_the_occupation_army%29

content:
<p>
60 Israeli teenagers said they
will <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/10-5">go to
jail rather than serve in the occupation army.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(A_creative_use_for_drones)
title: A creative use for drones
uri: A-creative-use-for-drones
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28A_creative_use_for_drones%29
content:
<p>
A creative use for
drones: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/10/drone-used-in-attempt-to-smuggle-drugs-into-melbourne-prison-say-police">smuggling
drugs into prison.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Patent_trolls)
title: Patent trolls
uri: Patent-trolls
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Patent_trolls%29
content:
<p>
Apple and Microsoft are not patent
trolls, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/patent-war-goes-nuclear-microsoft-apple-owned-rockstar-sues-google/">but
they own one.</a>


title: Urgent: Call for maintaining the protection of wolves
uri: Urgent-Call-for-maintaining-the-protection-of-wolves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_for_maintaining_the_protection_of_wolves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_maintaining_the_protection_of_wolves%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=EFD23B43BEDACAC57B5D20B6820065C4.app322b?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1487&utm_source=Convio&utm_content=PlainTop">call
for maintaining the protection of wolves.</a>


title: Thug raped a woman who had reported domestic violence
uri: Thug-raped-a-woman-who-had-reported-domestic-violence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Thug_raped_a_woman_who_had_reported_domestic_violence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Thug_raped_a_woman_who_had_reported_domestic_violence%29

content:
<p>
A Detroit
thug <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/03/10-0">raped
a woman who had reported domestic violence.</a>
<p>
Shall we nominate him for US thug of the year?


title: How Comcast Plans to Rule American Cable and Internet
uri: How-Comcast-Plans-to-Rule-American-Cable-and-Internet
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(How_Comcast_Plans_to_Rule_American_Cable_and_Internet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28How_Comcast_Plans_to_Rule_American_Cable_and_Internet%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/business/2014/03/comcast-opinion/">Here's
How Comcast Plans to Rule American Cable and Internet.</a>
<p>
Although Netflix is being mistreated by non-neutral ISPs, it deserves
no sympathy with its DRM and other mistreatment
<em>of the users</em>.


title: Google says that forbidden sharing is an "availability and pricing problem"
uri: Google-says-that-forbidden-sharing-is-an-availability-and-pricing-pro
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Google_says_that_forbidden_sharing_is_an_availability_and_pricing_problem)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Google_says_that_forbidden_sharing_is_an_availability_and_pricing_problem%29

content:
<p>
Google says
that <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/google-piracy-availability-pricing-problem-140310/">forbidden
sharing is an "availability and pricing problem."</a>
<p>
I disagree.  Authorized copies of music, books and movies on the
internet have a freedom problem: they impose DRM, require signing
contracts, and in most cases demand users identify themselves.
(For <a href="media/d0e54868.ebooks.pdf" data-original-source="http://stallman.org/ebooks.pdf">books</a>,
for <a href="http://stallman.org/internet-music.html">music</a>.)
<p>
We should reject any distribution system that commits even one of
those three injustices.  For many works, the only copies that respect
your freedom are the unauthorized copies of file sharing.


title: John Kiriakou points out CIA officials that committed the same "crime"
uri: John-Kiriakou-points-out-CIA-officials-that-committed-the-same-crime
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(John_Kiriakou_points_out_CIA_officials_that_committed_the_same_crime)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28John_Kiriakou_points_out_CIA_officials_that_committed_the_same_crime%29

content:
<p>
John Kiriakou points out CIA officials
that <a href="http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/03/10/john-kiriakous-prosecution-is-an-important-precedent-to-cia-senate-intelligence-committee-spat/">committed
the same "crime" he did, but were not prosecuted.</a>


title: Copyright industry pressuring companies to accept SOPA voluntarily
uri: Copyright-industry-pressuring-companies-to-accept-SOPA-voluntarily
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Copyright_industry_pressuring_companies_to_accept_SOPA_voluntarily)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Copyright_industry_pressuring_companies_to_accept_SOPA_voluntarily%29

content:
<p>
The copyright industry, after its defeat on
SOPA, <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/10/sopa_copyright_voluntary_agreements_hollywood_lobbyists_are_like_exes_who.html">is
pressuring companies to accept SOPA voluntarily.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Damage_done_by_global_heating)
title: Damage done by global heating
uri: Damage-done-by-global-heating
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Damage_done_by_global_heating%29
content:
<p>
Bangladesh needs more than a billion dollars a year
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/climate-change-talks-bangladesh-donors">cope
with the damage done by global heating.</a>
<p>
Naturally, the cost increases each year.  In a few decades it may cost
5 billion dollars a year to compensate for the damage to Bangladesh.


title: Pakistan will pay parents for getting their children vaccinated
uri: Pakistan-will-pay-parents-for-getting-their-children-vaccinated
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Pakistan_will_pay_parents_for_getting_their_children_vaccinated)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Pakistan_will_pay_parents_for_getting_their_children_vaccinated%29

content:
<p>
Pakistan
will <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/10/pakistan-pay-parents-polio-vaccination-drive">pay
parents for getting their children vaccinated against polio.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(The_London_thug_force)
title: The London thug force
uri: The-London-thug-force
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28The_London_thug_force%29
content:
<p>
The London thug force, a "gang of 23000 people" as one of its capos
put it, is a perverted organization with a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/09/met-abolish-stephen-lawrence-ian-tomlinson-metropolitan-police">systematic
tendency to cover up its aggressions with false accusations</a>.
<p>
It was the people who have 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/09/lawrences-sins-of-surveillance-exposed-inquiry-undercover-policing">forced
a public inquiry into this gang</a>.  Courts provided little help,
because they catered to the thugs' demands for secrecy.


title: Venezuelan agents being prosecuted for murdering protesters
uri: Venezuelan-agents-being-prosecuted-for-murdering-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Venezuelan_agents_being_prosecuted_for_murdering_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Venezuelan_agents_being_prosecuted_for_murdering_protesters%29

content:
<p>
Several Venezuelan intelligence agents are being 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/venezuela-intelligence-agents-arrested-murder-protesters">prosecuted
for murdering Venezuelan protesters</a>.
<p>
That thugs attack protesters, even kill them, occurs in many
countries.  That they get prosecuted for this is what's unusual.


title: The CIA Has Brought Darkness to America by Fighting in the Shadows
uri: The-CIA-Has-Brought-Darkness-to-America-by-Fighting-in-the-Shadows
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(The_CIA_Has_Brought_Darkness_to_America_by_Fighting_in_the_Shadows)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28The_CIA_Has_Brought_Darkness_to_America_by_Fighting_in_the_Shadows%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/09/cia-america-fighting-shadows">The
CIA Has Brought Darkness to America by Fighting in the Shadows</a>.


title: Large protest in Tokyo demands end to nuclear power plants
uri: Large-protest-in-Tokyo-demands-end-to-nuclear-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Large_protest_in_Tokyo_demands_end_to_nuclear_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Large_protest_in_Tokyo_demands_end_to_nuclear_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/09">large
protest in Tokyo</a> demanded an end to nuclear power plants.


title: CIA and Senate Committee leave public in dark about torture
uri: CIA-and-Senate-Committee-leave-public-in-dark-about-torture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(CIA_and_Senate_Committee_leave_public_in_dark_about_torture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28CIA_and_Senate_Committee_leave_public_in_dark_about_torture%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/08-1">As CIA
Fights w/ Senate Panel Over Torture, Public Left in Dark</a>.


title: Libyan rebels' plan to export oil to North Korea
uri: Libyan-rebels-plan-to-export-oil-to-North-Korea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Libyan_rebels_plan_to_export_oil_to_North_Korea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Libyan_rebels_plan_to_export_oil_to_North_Korea%29

content:
<p>
Libya's central government and regional rebels are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/09/libyan-government-besiege-north-korea-tanker">coming
to blows</a> about the latter's plan to export oil to North Korea.


title: Obama wants to increase spending on nuclear weapons
uri: Obama-wants-to-increase-spending-on-nuclear-weapons
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Obama_wants_to_increase_spending_on_nuclear_weapons)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Obama_wants_to_increase_spending_on_nuclear_weapons%29

content:
<p>
Obama 
<a href="http://warisacrime.org/content/president-requests-unprecedented-spending-nuclear-weapons-maintenance-design-production">wants
to increase spending</a> on nuclear weapons.


title: Drone attacks in Yemen stir up terror and hatred
uri: Drone-attacks-in-Yemen-stir-up-terror-and-hatred
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Drone_attacks_in_Yemen_stir_up_terror_and_hatred)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Drone_attacks_in_Yemen_stir_up_terror_and_hatred%29

content:
<p>
Drone attacks in Yemen 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/05-5">stir up
terror and hatred</a>.


title: Urgent: Oppose Obama's nomination of a public school privatizer
uri: Urgent-Oppose-Obama-s-nomination-of-a-public-school-privatizer
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_Obamas_nomination_of_a_public_school_privatizer)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_Obamas_nomination_of_a_public_school_privatizer%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://activism.thenation.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13320">oppose
Obama's nomination</a> of a public school privatizer as undersecretary
of education.


title: Taking children out of imposed standardized tests
uri: Taking-children-out-of-imposed-standardized-tests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Taking_children_out_of_imposed_standardized_tests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Taking_children_out_of_imposed_standardized_tests%29

content:
<p>
A mother writes about the educational experience of 
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/03/standardized_testing_i_opted_my_kids_out_the_schools_freaked_out_now_i_know.single.html">taking
her children out of an imposed standardized test</a>.
<p>
One way to assuage teachers' anxiety about the school's scores is to
encourage the worse students to opt out ;-).  However, we must not let
down our resistance to an oppressive system just because it has taken
hostages.


title: Study finds that LSD helps terminally ill people cope
uri: Study-finds-that-LSD-helps-terminally-ill-people-cope
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Study_finds_that_LSD_helps_terminally_ill_people_cope)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Study_finds_that_LSD_helps_terminally_ill_people_cope%29

content:
<p>
A 
<a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/health/lsd-reconsidered-for-therapy.html">Swiss
study</a> found that LSD helped many terminally ill people cope better
with their situations.


title: School forces wet student to stand outside in sub-zero temperatures
uri: School-forces-wet-student-to-stand-outside-in-sub-zero-temperatures
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(School_forces_wet_student_to_stand_outside_in_sub-zero_temperatures)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28School_forces_wet_student_to_stand_outside_in_sub-zero_temperatures%29

content:
<p>
When there was a fire in Como Park High School, one student who had
been in the swimming pool 
<a href="http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/02/28/teen-teachers-made-me-stand-outside-in-wet-bathing-suit-barefoot/">got
frostbite from waiting outside wet in the cold</a>.  It was against
the rule for teachers to let students sit in their cars.


title: Recovery of sea otter population in Prince William Sound
uri: Recovery-of-sea-otter-population-in-Prince-William-Sound
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Recovery_of_sea_otter_population_in_Prince_William_Sound)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Recovery_of_sea_otter_population_in_Prince_William_Sound%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/sea-otters-took-25-years-to-recover-from-exxon-valdez-oil-spill-140304.htm">25
years</a> after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the sea otter population
in Prince William Sound has recovered.
<p>
Some genetic damage remains.  It will take some more generations to
clear out deleterious mutations caused by the oil, and perhaps the oil
remaining on the beaches


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Overwork_shortens_peoples_lives)
title: Overwork shortens peoples lives
uri: Overwork-shortens-peoples-lives
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Overwork_shortens_peoples_lives%29
content:
<p>
Overwork 
<a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/01/working-hours">shortens
people's lives</a>.  People should work fewer hours.
<p>
Why, usually, do people work so many hours?  Professionals might be
happy to work fewer hours, but employers usually demand long hours,
and those who refuse long hours may not get hired at all.  Meanwhile,
the increasing fraction of Americans that work for very low wages need
to work a lot to get enough to live on.  We should change our laws to
help these people work at a healthier pace.


title: US Rep. Jared Polis mocks a call to ban bitcoin
uri: US-Rep-Jared-Polis-mocks-a-call-to-ban-bitcoin
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(US_Rep._Jared_Polis_mocks_a_call_to_ban_bitcoin)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28US_Rep._Jared_Polis_mocks_a_call_to_ban_bitcoin%29

content:
<p>
US Representative Jared Polis 
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140305/14182926445/rep-polis-asks-treasury-to-ban-dollar-bills-mocking-senators-request-to-ban-bitcoins.shtml">mocks
a call to ban bitcoin</a> with a call to ban dollar bills.
<p>
The horrible thing is that other governments are limiting use of cash.


title: Delhi thug department has ignored complaints since 2006
uri: Delhi-thug-department-has-ignored-complaints-since-2006
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Delhi_thug_department_has_ignored_complaints_since_2006)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Delhi_thug_department_has_ignored_complaints_since_2006%29

content:
<p>
The Delhi thug department has 
<a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/vigilance-complaints-pile-up-as-delhi-police-doesnt-know-password/">ignored
complaints since 2006</a>; nobody knew how to access the computer
account where the complaints were delivered.
<p>
I get the impression that the thugs were not unhappy with this state
of affairs and saw no urgency in gaining access to the complaints.
<p>
This is one of many reasons why the thug department should not handle
complaints about the thug department.


title: Research confirms thesis of The Spirit Level
uri: Research-confirms-thesis-of-The-Spirit-Level
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 10_March_2014_(Research_confirms_thesis_of_The_Spirit_Level)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_%28Research_confirms_thesis_of_The_Spirit_Level%29

content:
<p>
Further research confirms the thesis of The Spirit Level: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/09/society-unequal-the-spirit-level">greater income inequality in society makes many kinds of
social problems worse and more frequent</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Free_speech)
title: Free speech
uri: Free-speech
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Free_speech%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=16517">Free
Speech, RIP: A Relic of the American Past</a>.


title: Agribusiness-based food system hopeless for the poor
uri: Agribusiness-based-food-system-hopeless-for-the-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Agribusiness-based_food_system_hopeless_for_the_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Agribusiness-based_food_system_hopeless_for_the_poor%29

content:
<p>
A UN report on the right to food says that the agribusiness-based food
system is hopeless for the poor, and needs 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/10/food-system-poor-countries-reform-olivier-de-schutter">fundamental
changes</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(EU-US_trade_deal)
title: EU-US trade deal
uri: EU-US-trade-deal
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28EU-US_trade_deal%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/10/eu-us-trade-deal-give-corporations-take">Give
And Take in the EU-US Trade Deal? Sure. We Give, the Corporations
Take</a>.


title: Palestinian-Jordanian judge shot by Israeli soldiers
uri: Palestinian-Jordanian-judge-shot-by-Israeli-soldiers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Palestinian-Jordanian_judge_shot_by_Israeli_soldiers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Palestinian-Jordanian_judge_shot_by_Israeli_soldiers%29

content:
<p>
A Palestinian-Jordanian who is a judge in Jordan was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/10/israeli-troops-shoot-palestinian-jordanian-judge-border-crossing">shot
by Israeli soldiers who say he tried to take a soldier's gun</a>.
<p>
This story strikes me as totally fishy.  Only a thug could say it with
a straight face.


title: UK has arrested people who went to Syria possibly to help rebels
uri: UK-has-arrested-people-who-went-to-Syria-possibly-to-help-rebels
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(UK_has_arrested_people_who_went_to_Syria_possibly_to_help_rebels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28UK_has_arrested_people_who_went_to_Syria_possibly_to_help_rebels%29

content:
<p>
The UK
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/11/four-people-arrested-syria-related-offences">arrested
people who went to Syria possibly to help rebels.</a>
<p>
If they supported a group that fights to impose Islamist tyranny, that
was evil, but the UK
law <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_February_2014_(Volunteers_who_fought_against_Franco_and_fascism_would_be_charged_with_terrorism)">equally
punishes fighting for a good cause.</a>


title: An excuse to permit developers to destroy wild areas
uri: An-excuse-to-permit-developers-to-destroy-wild-areas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(An_excuse_to_permit_developers_to_destroy_wild_areas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28An_excuse_to_permit_developers_to_destroy_wild_areas%29

content:
<p>
The UK government is eager to use "environmental offsetting" as an
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/11/owen-paterson-bidiversity-offsetting">excuse
to permit developers to destroy wild areas.</a>
<p>
Theoretically the "offsets" will replace what is destroyed, but the
government seems to regard this more as an excuse than as a serious
goal.


title: Maoist rebels in India are fighting the state
uri: Maoist-rebels-in-India-are-fighting-the-state
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Maoist_rebels_in_India_are_fighting_the_state)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Maoist_rebels_in_India_are_fighting_the_state%29

content:
<p>
Maoist rebels in India
are <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/11/indian-police-killed-maoist-rebel-ambush-raipur">fighting
the state.</a>
<p>
I don't think I'd want to live in the polity that the Naxalites would
set up, but what these villagers experience today could well be worse.
India's government is in general allowing big corporations to run
roughshod over people that live in the lands they want to take or
pollute.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Farmed_salmon_are_equally_fertile)
title: Farmed salmon are equally fertile
uri: Farmed-salmon-are-equally-fertile
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Farmed_salmon_are_equally_fertile%29

content:
<p>
Research shows that farmed salmon, which are genetically inferior to
wild salmon, are equally fertile, which
means <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/10/sterilise-farmed-salmon-breeding-wild-fish">escaping
fish have the power to drag down the wild salmon gene pool.</a>


title: Poor Americans can't afford doxycycline
uri: Poor-Americans-can-t-afford-doxycycline
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Poor_Americans_can't_afford_doxycycline)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Poor_Americans_can%27t_afford_doxycycline%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/09/1283383/-The-Poor-Can-No-Longer-Afford-Pneumonia-Treatment-in-the-U-S?detail=email">Poor
Americans can't afford doxycycline</a>, which used to be so cheap that
it was easy for them to get.
<p>
What has changed?  I think it is a reduction in the number of
suppliers.  If so, this is yet another result of allowing businesses
to merge when it ought to be banned.
<p>
The market is a useful mechanism, but it is subject to instabilities.
One of them is the tendency for all the producers of a certain good to
merge.  Without energetic government regulation, the market will go
all wrong.


title: Mob of Israeli "settlers" stoned a Palestinian journalist's car
uri: Mob-of-Israeli-settlers-stoned-a-Palestinian-journalist-s-car
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Mob_of_Israeli_settlers_stoned_a_Palestinian_journalist's_car)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Mob_of_Israeli_settlers_stoned_a_Palestinian_journalist%27s_car%29

content:
<p>
A mob of Israeli
"settlers" <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/67199">stoned a
Palestinian journalist's car while soldiers looked on.</a>


title: Many world academics have condemned Israel's plans to censor calls for boycott
uri: Many-world-academics-have-condemned-Israel-s-plans-to-censor-calls-for
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Many_world_academics_have_condemned_Israel's_plans_to_censor_calls_for_boycott)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Many_world_academics_have_condemned_Israel%27s_plans_to_censor_calls_for_boycott%29

content:
<p>
Many world academics
have <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/67184">condemned Israel's
plans to censor calls for boycott.</a>


title: Koch brothers got 88 million dollars in corporate welfare
uri: Koch-brothers-got-88-million-dollars-in-corporate-welfare
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Koch_brothers_got_88_million_dollars_in_corporate_welfare)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Koch_brothers_got_88_million_dollars_in_corporate_welfare%29

content:
<p>
A study has totaled up the handouts from US states and cities to
businesses, and found that
the <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/09/1283390/-Koch-Brothers-Takes-88-Million-in-Corporate-Welfare?detail=email">Koch
brothers got 88 million dollars in corporate welfare.</a>
<p>
A lot of these handouts are part of schemes to draw businesses away
from other states and cities, which pull back by offering their own
handouts.  All the states and cities lose from this, while the rich
gain.


title: Palestinians denied municipal water for 3 days
uri: Palestinians-denied-municipal-water-for-3-days
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Palestinians_denied_municipal_water_for_3_days)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Palestinians_denied_municipal_water_for_3_days%29

content:
<p>
50,000 Palestinians in "Jerusalem" have
been <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/67198">denied municipal
water for 3 days.</a>
<p>
They are probably not in the city of Jerusalem but rather in areas of
the West Bank that Israel claims to have annexed and added to
Jerusalem.


title: Boycott campaign against Sabra hummus
uri: Boycott-campaign-against-Sabra-hummus
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Boycott_campaign_against_Sabra_hummus)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Boycott_campaign_against_Sabra_hummus%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://thefulcrum.ca/2014/03/students-want-ban-on-sabra-hummus-on-campus/">boycott
campaign against Sabra hummus</a>, since the company directly supports
an army unit involved the occupation.


title: Drone attacks that kill civilians require investigations
uri: Drone-attacks-that-kill-civilians-require-investigations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Drone_attacks_that_kill_civilians_require_investigations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Drone_attacks_that_kill_civilians_require_investigations%29

content:
<p>
The UN Human Rights Council says that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/10/un-report-independent-investigations-drone-attacks">states
have an obligation</a> to investigate drone attacks that kill
civilians.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Banksters_pay_going_up_this_year)
title: Banksters' pay going up this year
uri: Banksters-pay-going-up-this-year
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Banksters_pay_going_up_this_year%29
content:
<p>
Banksters' pay is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/11/banking-bonuses-rise-city-of-london">going
up</a> this year.
<p>
We are not doing enough to make banking boring again.


title: Chinese gov't reports on US human rights violations
uri: Chinese-gov-t-reports-on-US-human-rights-violations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(Chinese_govt_reports_on_US_human_rights_violations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28Chinese_govt_reports_on_US_human_rights_violations%29

content:
<p>
The Chinese government 
<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-02/28/c_133150579_7.htm">scathingly
reports</a> on US human rights violations.
<p>
I reject a few of the items.  The mass shootings in the US were not
carried out by the state, and the number of people affected were not
very many.  The thousands of other violent crimes were not carried out
by the state either, and if weak gun control paved the way for them,
paving the way for crimes is not the same thing as committing them.
Racist statements are nasty but banning them is censorship.
<p>
Nonetheless, the bulk of the report's rebukes are valid.  US
criticisms of China's human rights record are generally valid too.
<p>
The point is not which state is worse.  The point is that Americans
and Chinese deserve better.


title: US moving back to dark unregulated days of a century ago
uri: US-moving-back-to-dark-unregulated-days-of-a-century-ago
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(US_moving_back_to_dark_unregulated_days_of_a_century_ago)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%28US_moving_back_to_dark_unregulated_days_of_a_century_ago%29

content:
<p>
The US is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/10-2">moving
back</a> to the dark unregulated days of a century ago.


title: 80% of Japanese want to reduce number of nuclear power plants
uri: 80-of-Japanese-want-to-reduce-number-of-nuclear-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 11_March_2014_(80_percent_of_Japanese_want_to_reduce_number_of_nuclear_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#11_March_2014_%2880_percent_of_Japanese_want_to_reduce_number_of_nuclear_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/03/10">80% of
Japanese</a> want to scrap some of the country's nuclear power plants.
<p>
I guess that's why the government, which is pro-nuclear, is provoking
foreign conflict by 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#10_March_2014_(Documents_proving_Japanese_govt_forced_women_into_prostitution)">denying 
the facts about women forced into prostitution during World War
II</a>: to manipulate people through their patriotism and distract
them from the threat to them.


title: Buying out the coal industry to shut it down
uri: Buying-out-the-coal-industry-to-shut-it-down
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Buying_out_the_coal_industry_to_shut_it_down)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Buying_out_the_coal_industry_to_shut_it_down%29

content:
<p>
Buying out the coal industry could be a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/us-coal-industry-buyout">cheap
way to shut it down</a>.
<p>
Rather than beg a few billionaires to carry out this important public
function, we should tell our elected representatives to have the state
do it.  That would avoid the danger that other coal companies would
start up and try to resume the mining that had been shut down.


title: CIA undermined constitution by searching senate computers
uri: CIA-undermined-constitution-by-searching-senate-computers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(CIA_undermined_constitution_by_searching_senate_computers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28CIA_undermined_constitution_by_searching_senate_computers%29

content:
<p>
Senator Feinstein says the CIA undermined the constitution by
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=1622">searching senate
computers</a>.
<p>
This is a big turnaround for her, since thus far she has firmly
defended the intelligence agencies and their snooping on everyone
else.  Her denunciation goes against the spirit of her previous views.
<p>
Rather than condemning her for "self-contradiction" or "hypocrisy", we
should invite her to change her previous views.
<p>
Congress should change the law so that it is clearly not a crime for
congressional staff investigating the intelligence agencies to get and
look at their documents.


title: Promoting girls' self-esteem vs banning words
uri: Promoting-girls-self-esteem-vs-banning-words
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Promoting_girls_self-esteem_vs_banning_words)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Promoting_girls_self-esteem_vs_banning_words%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/11/bossy-banned-boost-girls-self-esteem-facebook-sheryl-sandberg-beyonce">Promoting
girls' self-esteem with substance</a> rather than banning words.
<p>
There's one point I dispute: the idea that there is such a thing as
"ban-worthy hate speech".  That concept reflects disrespect for a
right essential to women as well as men: freedom of speech.


title: Divesting from fossil fuels for the benefit of people's future
uri: Divesting-from-fossil-fuels-for-the-benefit-of-people-s-future
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Divesting_from_fossil_fuels_for_the_benefit_of_peoples_future)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Divesting_from_fossil_fuels_for_the_benefit_of_peoples_future%29

content:
<p>
If you are investing for the benefit of people's future, divesting
from fossil fuels is 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/11-2">absolutely
necessary</a>.


title: Number of deaths from car crashes vs plane crashes
uri: Number-of-deaths-from-car-crashes-vs-plane-crashes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Number_of_deaths_from_car_crashes_vs_plane_crashes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Number_of_deaths_from_car_crashes_vs_plane_crashes%29

content:
<p>
If the Malaysian Airlines flight crashed, and if 239 people on board
were killed, that's less than 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/11-3">2 hours'
death toll for cars crashes</a>.
<p>
But the bigger danger of cars may be that they encourage people
to get less exercise.
<p>
In September 2001, car crashes killed more Americans than terrorist
attacks did.  Terrorists have killed only a handful of Americans since
then, but cars do it again every month.  So why are Americans so
scared of terrorists and not scared of cars?
<p>
Partly it is due to human psychological tendencies.  Many victims from
one event attract more attention than many separate events with the
same total number of victims.  Violence attracts attention too.
Conversely, whether you have a car crash is partly under your own
control, which reduces the fear caused by that danger.
<p>
This is exacerbated by the mainstream media's exploitation of fear of
terrorists, and by the written and voice announcements in trains and
buses reminding us to be very afraid of the (probably nonexistent)
terrorists.


title: US broke 1990 commitment by pushing NATO to borders of Russia
uri: US-broke-1990-commitment-by-pushing-NATO-to-borders-of-Russia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(US_broke_1990_commitment_by_pushing_NATO_to_borders_of_Russia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28US_broke_1990_commitment_by_pushing_NATO_to_borders_of_Russia%29

content:
<p>
The US broke a 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/11-1">1990
commitment</a> by pushing NATO to the borders of Russia.  Putin's
adventurism is partly a response to this.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(California_drought)
title: California drought
uri: California-drought
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28California_drought%29
content:
<p>
Cities and towns in California are trying 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/11/california-drought-water-conservation">desperate
measures</a> to conserve water.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Increase_in_Antarctic_sea_ice)
title: Increase in Antarctic sea ice
uri: Increase-in-Antarctic-sea-ice
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Increase_in_Antarctic_sea_ice%29
content:
<p>
The increase in Antarctic sea ice is caused by other 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/mar/11/climate-change-antarctic-sea-ice-expedition">effects
of global heating</a>, including the slowly accelerating melting of
the ice cap.


title: The underestimated heating effect of CO2
uri: The-underestimated-heating-effect-of-CO2
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(The_underestimated_heating_effect_of_CO2)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28The_underestimated_heating_effect_of_CO2%29

content:
<p>
The discovery that volcanic emissions have cooled the Earth
significantly during the past decade implies that the heating effect
per ton of CO<sub>2</sub> is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/mar/11/climate-change-sensitivity-shindell">stronger
than the estimate from a year ago</a>.
<p>
In effect, our boat has been drifting slowly towards the waterfall,
and we just discovered that one engine was on and trying to push us
away for the past decade.  That implies the current is faster than we
thought.
<p>
The analogy is limited.  The current in this case is the result of our
greenhouse gas emissions, and we could reduce them greatly if we take
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/reducing-europe-carbon-targets">bold
measures</a>.


title: Lack of action against food fraud in UK after fake beef scandal
uri: Lack-of-action-against-food-fraud-in-UK-after-fake-beef-scandal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Lack_of_action_against_food_fraud_in_UK_after_fake_beef_scandal)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Lack_of_action_against_food_fraud_in_UK_after_fake_beef_scandal%29

content:
<p>
UK supermarkets' response to the fake beef scandal was talk but 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/beef-farmers-horsegate-let-down">no
lasting action</a>.
<p>
The way to prevent food fraud is with simpler food chains and more
inspection.  Both of these 
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html">require
action by the state</a>.


title: High voltage power cables emit UV light visible to many mammals
uri: High-voltage-power-cables-emit-UV-light-visible-to-many-mammals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(High_voltage_power_cables_emit_UV_light_visible_to_many_mammals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28High_voltage_power_cables_emit_UV_light_visible_to_many_mammals%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/12/animals-powerlines-sky-wildlife">Many
species of mammals</a> can see ultraviolet light, so high voltage
power cables look like bright flashing lights to them.  Sometimes they
don't dare cross under one.
<p>
Parrots can also see UV light; I wonder what influence power lines
have on parrots.


title: Journalist sentenced to 27 years in prison for "terrorism"
uri: Journalist-sentenced-to-27-years-in-prison-for-terrorism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Journalist_sentenced_to_27_years_in_prison_for_terrorism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Journalist_sentenced_to_27_years_in_prison_for_terrorism%29

content:
<p>
Ethiopia has sentenced an exiled Somali journalist to 
<a href="http://www.ifex.org/somalia/2014/03/11/anti_terror/">27 years
in prison</a> on vague charges of "terrorism".


title: Copyright trolls running wild in Germany
uri: Copyright-trolls-running-wild-in-Germany
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Copyright_trolls_running_wild_in_Germany)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Copyright_trolls_running_wild_in_Germany%29

content:
<p>
Copyright trolls are 
<a href="http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/03/germany-offers-frightening-glimpse-copyright-trumping-privacy/">running
wild</a> in Germany.
<p>
We must put an end completely to the war on sharing by legalizing
sharing (noncommercial redistribution of exact copies) for any
published work.
<p>
In the mean time, Germans should run WiFi networks without passwords
to resist being conscripted as enforces in this oppressive scheme.


title: How the NSA Plans to Infect 'Millions' of Computers with Malware
uri: How-the-NSA-Plans-to-Infect-Millions-of-Computers-with-Malware
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(How_the_NSA_Plans_to_Infect_Millions_of_Computers_with_Malware)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28How_the_NSA_Plans_to_Infect_Millions_of_Computers_with_Malware%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?post_type=article&p=1618">How
the NSA Plans to Infect 'Millions' of Computers with Malware</a>.


title: Pressure on World Bank not to lend money to palm oil company
uri: Pressure-on-World-Bank-not-to-lend-money-to-palm-oil-company
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Pressure_on_World_Bank_not_to_lend_money_to_palm_oil_company)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Pressure_on_World_Bank_not_to_lend_money_to_palm_oil_company%29

content:
<p>
The World Bank is being 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/12/world-bank-honduras-loan-palm-oil-company-dinant">pressured</a>
not to lend money to a palm oil company in Honduras.
<p>
Considering the problems that palm oil causes, and the profit it gets,
any public support for palm oil is a ridiculous handout to business.


title: Urgent: Eliminate Pentagon's war slush fund
uri: Urgent-Eliminate-Pentagon-s-war-slush-fund
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Urgent:_Eliminate_Pentagons_war_slush_fund)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Eliminate_Pentagons_war_slush_fund%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.usaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=610">call
on Congress</a> to eliminate the Pentagon's war slush fund.


title: Turks hold massive protest about death of teenager shot by thugs
uri: Turks-hold-massive-protest-about-death-of-teenager-shot-by-thugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Turks_hold_massive_protest_about_death_of_teenager_shot_by_thugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Turks_hold_massive_protest_about_death_of_teenager_shot_by_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Turks held a massive protest about the death of a teenager who was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/funeral-turkish-boy-berkin-elvan-thousands-istanbul-streets-protests-tear-gas-canister">hit
in the head by a tear gas canister fired by thugs</a> as he was
passing by a previous protest.
<p>
In Turkey as in Israel,
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html#16_December_2011_(Israeli_Troops)">tear
gas canisters don't hit people's heads by accident</a>.  The thugs are
trained to shoot and hit a target, and they are supposed to fire these
canisters at the ground.  They hit people's heads when they aim at
people's heads.


title: Guantanamo prisoner sues to demand end to force-feeding
uri: Guantanamo-prisoner-sues-to-demand-end-to-force-feeding
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Guantanamo_prisoner_sues_to_demand_end_to_force-feeding)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Guantanamo_prisoner_sues_to_demand_end_to_force-feeding%29

content:
<p>
A prisoner on hunger strike in Guantanamo is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/11/guantnamo-hunger-strike-water-cure-torture">suing
to demand an end to gruesome force-feeding</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Computer_and_network_security)
title: Computer and network security
uri: Computer-and-network-security
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Computer_and_network_security%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://boingboing.net/2014/02/21/break-up-the-nsa-and-save-amer.html">Computer
and network security</a> is like public health: we have to maintain it
as a community, not individually.
<p>
The article doesn't say this, but we need to use free software if
we're to do this.


title: Deforestation continues in Asian countries
uri: Deforestation-continues-in-Asian-countries
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Deforestation_continues_in_Asian_countries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Deforestation_continues_in_Asian_countries%29

content:
<p>
Asian countries 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/11/asia-pacific-countries-forest-loss-un">have
not ended deforestation</a>.
<p>
A large part of the impetus is production of palm oil.
Although campaigns to pressure companies can help, what we really
need is to tax palm oil to the point that there is no demand
for increased production.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 12_March_2014_(Feinstein_has_not_learned_much)
title: Feinstein has not learned much
uri: Feinstein-has-not-learned-much
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#12_March_2014_%28Feinstein_has_not_learned_much%29
content:
<p>
It appears that Feinstein 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/11/cia-double-life-dianne-feinstein">has
not learned much</a> from having the CIA spy on her office.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Freed_after_30_years_on_death_row)
title: Freed after 30 years on death row
uri: Freed-after-30-years-on-death-row
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Freed_after_30_years_on_death_row%29

content:
<p>
Prisoner Glen Ford
was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/death-row-inmate-glenn-ford-released-30-years-after-wrongful-conviction">exonerated
and freed after 30 years on death row.</a>
<p>
The big scandal is the unfair trial that put him there, and the judges
that subsequently chose to uphold the authority of the system even
though they realized it it had not provided grounds for conviction.


title: Population of New York City's homeless shelters has hit a record
uri: Population-of-New-York-City-s-homeless-shelters-has-hit-a-record
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Population_of_New_York_City's_homeless_shelters_has_hit_a_record)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Population_of_New_York_City%27s_homeless_shelters_has_hit_a_record%29

content:
<p>
The population of New York City's homeless shelters
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/homeless-new-york-city-shelters-all-time-high">hit
a record of 53,000, including some 20,000 children.</a>
<p>
Between 15% and 20% of the homeless adults have jobs but can't afford
a place to live.  This is the result of dooH niboR policies such as
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/12-6">raising
banksters' bonuses while letting the minimum wage decline with
inflation, </a>on one end, and shortage of housing on the other.


title: Deceptive ads attacking Obama's medical coverage plan
uri: Deceptive-ads-attacking-Obama-s-medical-coverage-plan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Deceptive_ads_attacking_Obama's_medical_coverage_plan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Deceptive_ads_attacking_Obama%27s_medical_coverage_plan%29

content:
<p>
Deceptive ads attacking Obama's medical coverage plan present a woman
with close Republican political ties
who <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/11/1283809/-Koch-Obamacare-victim-debunked-nbsp-again?detail=email">pretends
that it costs her money, when in fact it saves her money.</a>


title: Putin taking tight control of the Russian press
uri: Putin-taking-tight-control-of-the-Russian-press
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Putin_taking_tight_control_of_the_Russian_press)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Putin_taking_tight_control_of_the_Russian_press%29

content:
<p>
Putin
is <a href="http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/03/crackdown-russian-media/">taking
tight control of the Russian press at the corporate level.</a>


title: Manager told a sick employee to "put a bullet through her head"
uri: Manager-told-a-sick-employee-to-put-a-bullet-through-her-head
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Manager_told_a_sick_employee_to_put_a_bullet_through_her_head)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Manager_told_a_sick_employee_to_put_a_bullet_through_her_head%29

content:
<p>
Workers protested after a McDonald's manager told a sick employee
to <a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/Worker-Claims-McDonalds-Manager-Told-Her-to-Put-a-Bullet-in-Her-Head-249151051.html">"put
a bullet through her head".</a>
<p>
Workers should not have to <em>ask</em> for permission to leave when
they get sick.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(A_compromise_for_boat_people)
title: A compromise for boat people
uri: A-compromise-for-boat-people
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28A_compromise_for_boat_people%29
content:
<p>
Proposing
a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/12/on-refugees-both-the-left-and-the-right-are-wrong-the-solution-compromise">compromise
for boat people that have tried to flee to Australia</a>.
<p>
They are coming from Indonesia, but they are not Indonesians.  One
possibility is to convince Indonesia to offer them asylum.


title: Heidegger's diaries display strong antisemitism
uri: Heidegger-s-diaries-display-strong-antisemitism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Heidegger's_diaries_display_strong_antisemitism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Heidegger%27s_diaries_display_strong_antisemitism%29

content:
<p>
Heidegger's
diaries <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/13/martin-heidegger-black-notebooks-reveal-nazi-ideology-antisemitism">display
strong antisemitism.</a>
<p>
I don't think this needs to affect anyone's evaluation of Heidegger's
other unrelated positions, which I don't know and have no opinion
about.


title: UK's Universities and Colleges Admissions Service sells students' personal information
uri: UK-s-Universities-and-Colleges-Admissions-Service-sells-students-pers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(UK's_Universities_and_Colleges_Admissions_Service_sells_students'_personal_information)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28UK%27s_Universities_and_Colleges_Admissions_Service_sells_students%27_personal_information%29

content:
<p>
The UK's Universities and Colleges Admissions
Service <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/12/ucas-sells-marketing-access-student-data-advertisers">sells
students' personal information to companies.</a>
<p>
Since those companies evidently have money to spare, they could pay
higher taxes to fully fund this service.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Predictive_policing)
title: "Predictive policing"
uri: Predictive-policing
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Predictive_policing%29
content:
<p>
"Predictive
policing" <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/22357-predictive-policing-from-fallujah-to-the-san-fernando-valley-military-grade-software-used-to-wage-wars-abroad-is-making-its-impact-on-americas-streets">incorporates
racial bias and skews in crime reporting.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 13_March_2014_(Feinstein's_alarm_over_CIA_spying)
title: Feinstein's alarm over CIA spying
uri: Feinstein-s-alarm-over-CIA-spying
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#13_March_2014_%28Feinstein%27s_alarm_over_CIA_spying%29

content:
<p>
Feinstein's alarm over CIA spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee
demonstrates
that <a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11579">this
committee can't check what the intelligence agencies tell them.</a>


title: European Parliament fails to react strongly to surveillance programs
uri: European-Parliament-fails-to-react-strongly-to-surveillance-programs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(European_Parliament_fails_to_react_strongly_to_surveillance_programs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28European_Parliament_fails_to_react_strongly_to_surveillance_programs%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/european-parliament-fails-to-react-strongly-to-us-and-eu-surveillance-programmes">European
Parliament Fails to React Strongly to US and EU Surveillance
Programmes</a>.


title: Ukraine's Neo-Fascist Threat from Within
uri: Ukraine-s-Neo-Fascist-Threat-from-Within
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Ukraines_Neo-Fascist_Threat_from_Within)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Ukraines_Neo-Fascist_Threat_from_Within%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/13-0">Ukraine's
Neo-Fascist Threat from Within</a>.


title: Obama denies access to documents about CIA torture
uri: Obama-denies-access-to-documents-about-CIA-torture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Obama_denies_access_to_documents_about_CIA_torture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Obama_denies_access_to_documents_about_CIA_torture%29

content:
<p>
Obama is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/13">denying the
Senate Intelligence Committee access</a> to documents about CIA
torture.


title: Rutgers students and faculty vote against honoring Condoleeza Rice
uri: Rutgers-students-and-faculty-vote-against-honoring-Condoleeza-Rice
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Rutgers_students_and_faculty_vote_against_honoring_Condoleeza_Rice)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Rutgers_students_and_faculty_vote_against_honoring_Condoleeza_Rice%29

content:
<p>
Rutgers students and faculty have 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/13-0">voted
against inviting Condoleezza Rice to be honored</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Gays_attacked_by_mobs_in_Nigeria)
title: Gays attacked by mobs in Nigeria
uri: Gays-attacked-by-mobs-in-Nigeria
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Gays_attacked_by_mobs_in_Nigeria%29
content:
<p>
In Nigeria, gays are being 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/nigeria-anti-gay-law-hiv">attacked
by mobs</a>.


title: China Arrests Citizen Journalists for Reporting Tiananmen 'Self-Immolation'
uri: China-Arrests-Citizen-Journalists-for-Reporting-Tiananmen-Self-Immola
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(China_Arrests_Citizen_Journalists_for_Reporting_Tiananmen_Self-Immolation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28China_Arrests_Citizen_Journalists_for_Reporting_Tiananmen_Self-Immolation%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/china-arrests-citizen-journalists-reporting-tiananmen-square">China
Arrests Citizen Journalists for Reporting Tiananmen
'Self-Immolation'</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Business_schools)
title: Business schools
uri: Business-schools
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Business_schools%29
content:
<p>
Business schools are a motor for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/business-schools-deadly-sustainability-agenda">business
practices that damage the world</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Chagos_islands)
title: Chagos islands
uri: Chagos-islands
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Chagos_islands%29
content:
<p>
The UK has launched a study that will consider whether it is possible
to allow Chagosians to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/chagos-islands-uk-experts-resettlement-study">return
to the homes they were forcibly expelled from</a>.
<p>
Whatever is done in the coming few years, I expect that Britain and
the US, along with China and other industrialized countries, will have
the last laugh — CO<sub>2</sub> emissions will kill the coral in
a few decades, making most of the fish disappear, and later inundate
the islands.


title: Whoever Wins Turkey's Power Struggle, Democracy Is Already a Casualty
uri: Whoever-Wins-Turkey-s-Power-Struggle-Democracy-Is-Already-a-Casualty
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Whoever_Wins_Turkeys_Power_Struggle,_Democracy_Is_Already_a_Casualty)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Whoever_Wins_Turkeys_Power_Struggle%2C_Democracy_Is_Already_a_Casualty%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/13/turkey-democracy-power-struggle-democracy-youtube-facebook-twitter">Whoever
Wins Turkey's Power Struggle, Democracy Is Already a Casualty</a>.


title: European spy agencies keep political leaders in dark about collusion with NSA
uri: European-spy-agencies-keep-political-leaders-in-dark-about-collusion-w
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(European_spy_agencies_keep_political_leaders_in_dark_about_collusion_with_NSA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28European_spy_agencies_keep_political_leaders_in_dark_about_collusion_with_NSA%29

content:
<p>
European spy agencies have kept their political leaders in the dark
about collusion with the NSA in 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?post_type=article&p=1587">spying
on their own countries' citizens</a>.


title: Right-wing politicians try to vilify the poor
uri: Right-wing-politicians-try-to-vilify-the-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Right-wing_politicians_try_to_vilify_the_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Right-wing_politicians_try_to_vilify_the_poor%29

content:
<p>
Right-wing politicians want to condemn poor Americans for having
children and for eating badly, as an
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/12/conservative-poverty-plan-birth-control-food-stamps">excuse
to cut the programs meant to help them avoid those problems</a>.


title: Investigation of CIA may have received help from whistleblower
uri: Investigation-of-CIA-may-have-received-help-from-whistleblower
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Investigation_of_CIA_may_have_received_help_from_whistleblower)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Investigation_of_CIA_may_have_received_help_from_whistleblower%29

content:
<p>
Senator Feinstein's investigation of the CIA may have received a
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/cia-senate-row-documents-feinstein-brennan">secret
CIA torture confession</a> with the help of a CIA whistleblower.
<p>
I hope this will teach Feinstein something about the ethics of
whistleblowing.
<p>
It should also teach us that the Intelligence Committee has allowed
itself to be cut off from the facts that it needs to investigate.  If
we want that committee to have a ghost of a chance of stopping the CIA
from committing crimes against humanity, it must be given unrestrained
access to any facts it considers pertinent, and must be empowered to
jail officials for contempt of Congress if they obstruct the
investigation.


title: European Parliament excepts fracking from tighter limits
uri: European-Parliament-excepts-fracking-from-tighter-limits
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(European_Parliament_excepts_fracking_from_tighter_limits)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28European_Parliament_excepts_fracking_from_tighter_limits%29

content:
<p>
The European Parliament voted for tighter limits on mining
conventional oil and gas, but excepted fracking on 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/12/eu-parliament-shale-gas-environmental-code">perverse
grounds</a>.


title: ALEC organizing domestic state legislators
uri: ALEC-organizing-domestic-state-legislators
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(ALEC_organizing_domestic_state_legislators)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28ALEC_organizing_domestic_state_legislators%29

content:
<p>
ALEC is 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/03/12420/oil-industry-conjures-illusion-public-support-kxl-using-alec-politicians">organizing
its domesticated state legislators</a> to boost the Keystone XL
pipeline.


title: Human rights activist died in prison after being denied needed medical care
uri: Human-rights-activist-died-in-prison-after-being-denied-needed-medical
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Human_rights_activist_died_in_prison_after_being_denied_needed_medical_care)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Human_rights_activist_died_in_prison_after_being_denied_needed_medical_care%29

content:
<p>
Chinese human rights activist Cao
Shunli <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/china-activist-cao-shunli-dies-human-rights">died
in prison after being denied needed medical care.</a>
<p>
The shameful thing, for Americans, is that US prisons also frequently
deny prisoners needed medical care.
<p>
Torture of Tibetan prisoners is
frequent; <a href="http://www.freetibet.org/news-media/na/tortured-prisoner-critical-condition#arrest">one
Tibetan stabbed himself to death to avoid being imprisoned.</a>
<p>
I wish
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#24_October_2013_(Prisoner_asks_UN_to_investigate_US_practice_of_solitary_confinement)">US
did not torture prisoners.</a>


title: Non-Waste food is being diverted into biogas
uri: Non-Waste-food-is-being-diverted-into-biogas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Non-Waste_food_is_being_diverted_into_biogas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Non-Waste_food_is_being_diverted_into_biogas%29

content:
<p>
Biogas made from anaerobic digestion of plant wastes is a great idea,
but lack of proper regulation means
that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/mar/14/uk-ban-maize-biogas">non-waste
food is being diverted into biogas.</a>


title: Iraq is about to pass a law making women second-class citizens
uri: Iraq-is-about-to-pass-a-law-making-women-second-class-citizens
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Iraq_is_about_to_pass_a_law_making_women_second-class_citizens)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Iraq_is_about_to_pass_a_law_making_women_second-class_citizens%29

content:
<p>
Iraq is about to pass a
law <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/14/jafari-law-iraqi-violation-women-rights-marital-rape">making
women second-class citizens.</a>
<p>
Americans may feel somewhat chastened to see this result of Dubya's
invasion of Iraq.


title: BP to be allowed to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
uri: BP-to-be-allowed-to-resume-drilling-in-the-Gulf-of-Mexico
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(BP_to_be_allowed_to_resume_drilling_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28BP_to_be_allowed_to_resume_drilling_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico%29

content:
<p>
BP has made a deal to
be <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/14/bp-us-operations-deal-epa-gulf-of-mexico-drilling">allowed
to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.</a>
<p>
For EPA monitoring to make BP act safely, it will have to be very
strict.  I am not confident the US government will be strict with a
Big Polluter.


title: Palm oil plantations have set massive fires
uri: Palm-oil-plantations-have-set-massive-fires
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Palm_oil_plantations_have_set_massive_fires)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Palm_oil_plantations_have_set_massive_fires%29

content:
<p>
Palm oil plantations in Sumatra
have <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/14/fires-indonesia-highest-levels-2012-haze-emergency">set
massive fires that are making people sick.</a>


title: Most teachers in the UK think of quitting
uri: Most-teachers-in-the-UK-think-of-quitting
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Most_teachers_in_the_UK_think_of_quitting)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Most_teachers_in_the_UK_think_of_quitting%29

content:
<p>
Making school focus on standardized tests, together with long hours
for teachers,
is <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/14/teachers-life-inside-the-exam-factory">making
most teachers in the UK think of quitting.</a>
<p>
This system is designed as an excuse for privatization.


title: Report claiming that GMOs are needed to keep up the food supply
uri: Report-claiming-that-GMOs-are-needed-to-keep-up-the-food-supply
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Report_claiming_that_GMOs_are_needed_to_keep_up_the_food_supply)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Report_claiming_that_GMOs_are_needed_to_keep_up_the_food_supply%29

content:
<p>
The UK government commissioned advisors connected with the GMO
industry
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/14/scrap-dysfunctional-gm-regulations-uk-government-science-advisers-food">make
a report claiming that GMOs are needed to keep up the food supply.</a>
<p>
This not only ignores the risks of GMOs, but presumes
the <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-may-aug.html#27_August_2011_(Killing_Beneficial_Fungi)">dubious
assumption that GMOs increase yields.</a>
<p>
Many GMOs contain patented genes; when they spread to other farms,
that causes patent pollution which is not a threat in the case of
non-GMO crops.
<p>
Organic farmers report that contamination from GMOs
is <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/03-1">causing
them substantial losses.</a>
<p>
The widely used GMOs are designed to work with pesticides; they
increase pesticide use, and this is dangerous to farm workers and to
wildlife.
<p>
I do agree that each GMO raises different issues regarding safety, for
those who eat it, for those who grow it, for wildlife, and for
contamination of other farms.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Exposing_Illegal_Things)
title: Exposing Illegal Things
uri: Exposing-Illegal-Things
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Exposing_Illegal_Things%29
content:
<p>
<a href="media/e0a471ab.Exposing-Illegal-Things.png" data-original-source="http://www.commonsenseevaluation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Exposing-Illegal-Things.png">Exposing
Illegal Things.</a>


title: Urgent: Release the names of the US tax dodgers
uri: Urgent-Release-the-names-of-the-US-tax-dodgers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Urgent:_Release_the_names_of_the_US_tax_dodgers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Release_the_names_of_the_US_tax_dodgers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call on Credit Suisse
to <a href="http://other98.com/credit-suisse-ceo-brady-dougan-release-the-names-of-your-tax-dodgers/">release
the names of the US tax dodgers that have accounts there.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Too_Much_Voting_and_Not_Enough_Cash)
title: Too Much Voting and Not Enough Cash
uri: Too-Much-Voting-and-Not-Enough-Cash
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Too_Much_Voting_and_Not_Enough_Cash%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://WWW.PRWATCH.ORG/NODE/12419">Too Much Voting and Not
Enough Cash, Say (Republican) Wisconsin Legislators.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Urgent:_Electricity_from_solar_power)
title: Urgent: Electricity from solar power
uri: Urgent-Electricity-from-solar-power
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Electricity_from_solar_power%29

content:
<p>
Massachusetts citizens: call for extension of the program that allows
electricity customers
to <a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/keep-solar-shining-in-massachusetts">generate
electricity from solar power and sell that to the grid.</a>


title: Australian government has lied about pristine Tasmanian forests
uri: Australian-government-has-lied-about-pristine-Tasmanian-forests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Australian_government_has_lied_about_pristine_Tasmanian_forests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Australian_government_has_lied_about_pristine_Tasmanian_forests%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government
has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/coalition-misled-un-heritage-listing-tasmanian-forest">lied
about pristine Tasmanian forests that it wants to cut down.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on the Senate to declassify its torture report
uri: Urgent-Call-on-the-Senate-to-declassify-its-torture-report
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_the_Senate_to_declassify_its_torture_report)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_the_Senate_to_declassify_its_torture_report%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on the Senate
to <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/senate-declassify-the?source=c.tw&r_by=1135580">declassify
its torture report.</a>


title: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
uri: The-Consumer-Financial-Protection-Bureau
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(The_Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28The_Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau%29

content:
<p>
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
is <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/elizabeth-warren-consumer-financial-protection-bureau">doing
a lot to protect Americans who borrow.</a>
<p>
Of course, to give all Americans a decent life requires changes
outside of that area.


title: Ukraine protesters covered a broad spectrum of views
uri: Ukraine-protesters-covered-a-broad-spectrum-of-views
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Ukraine_protesters_covered_a_broad_spectrum_of_views)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Ukraine_protesters_covered_a_broad_spectrum_of_views%29

content:
<p>
The Ukraine
protesters <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/ukraine-uprising-fascist-coup-grassroots-movement">covered
a broad spectrum of views.</a>
<p>
The fascist party is dangerous, but the revolution overall is not
fascist.  It is worth paying attention to preventing it from becoming
so.


title: Possible to learn a substantial amount about real people from their metadata
uri: Possible-to-learn-a-substantial-amount-about-real-people-from-their-me
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Possible_to_learn_a_substantial_amount_about_real_people_from_their_metadata)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Possible_to_learn_a_substantial_amount_about_real_people_from_their_metadata%29

content:
<p>
A study found it is possible
to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/13/phone-call-metadata-does-betray-sensitive-details-about-your-life-study">learn
a substantial amount about real people from their phone call records
(metadata).</a>


title: If Feinstein And the CIA Kiss And Make Up
uri: If-Feinstein-And-the-CIA-Kiss-And-Make-Up
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(If_Feinstein_And_the_CIA_Kiss_And_Make_Up)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28If_Feinstein_And_the_CIA_Kiss_And_Make_Up%29

content:
<p>
If Feinstein And the CIA Kiss And Make
Up, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/13/feinstein-cia-torture-report-oversight-america-forget">Will
America Up And Forget Torture?</a>
<p>
The Obama
regime <a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=1727">covers up
policy documents about assassination as well as torture.</a>


title: Urgent: Call on the legislature to close a tax loophole
uri: Urgent-Call-on-the-legislature-to-close-a-tax-loophole
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_the_legislature_to_close_a_tax_loophole)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_the_legislature_to_close_a_tax_loophole%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of Massachusetts: call on the legislature
to <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/a-79-million-tax-heist?source=mo&id=92999-2794606-xdIWNSx&=&=">close
a tax loophole that permits companies to offshore their profits to tax
havens.</a>


title: Guantanamo prisoner has been released
uri: Guantanamo-prisoner-has-been-released
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Guantanamo_prisoner_has_been_released)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Guantanamo_prisoner_has_been_released%29

content:
<p>
One
more <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/american-government-ahmed-belbacha-guantnamo-bay">Guantanamo
prisoner has been released, but to what?</a> The article does not say
whether he will be freed in Algeria, or tried there, or imprisoned
there without trial.
<p>
It appears the US and Algeria have been negotiating for a long time
about this question.  The Algerian government is not known as a
champion of human rights.


title: Urgent: Call on Obama to ban fracking on US public lands
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Obama-to-ban-fracking-on-US-public-lands
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_Obama_to_ban_fracking_on_US_public_lands)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Obama_to_ban_fracking_on_US_public_lands%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="http://www.webaction.org/site/R?i=OiygyhngenmehGtg1_JIiw">call
on Obama to ban fracking on US public lands.</a>


title: Former head of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission calls for the elimination of nuclear power
uri: Former-head-of-the-US-Nuclear-Regulatory-Commission-calls-for-the-elim
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Former_head_of_the_US_Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission_calls_for_the_elimination_of_nuclear_power)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Former_head_of_the_US_Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission_calls_for_the_elimination_of_nuclear_power%29

content:
<p>
The former head of the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/13-3">calls
for the elimination of nuclear power.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(McDonald's_Accused_of_Stealing_Wages)
title: McDonald's Accused of Stealing Wages
uri: McDonald-s-Accused-of-Stealing-Wages
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28McDonald%27s_Accused_of_Stealing_Wages%29

content:
<p>
McDonald's Accused
of <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/03/mcdonalds-wage-theft-lawsuit">Stealing
Wages From Already Underpaid Workers.</a>
<p>
I don't think the workers would make these things up.
<p>
You shouldn't eat fast food anyway
— <a href="http://stallman.org/puns.html">it's made for fasting,
not for eating.</a>


title: Major Loopholes Remain in European Parliament's Data Protection Regulation
uri: Major-Loopholes-Remain-in-European-Parliament-s-Data-Protection-Regula
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Major_Loopholes_Remain_in_European_Parliament's_Data_Protection_Regulation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Major_Loopholes_Remain_in_European_Parliament%27s_Data_Protection_Regulation%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/major-loopholes-remain-in-european-parliaments-data-protection-regulation">Major
Loopholes Remain in European Parliament's Data Protection
Regulation.</a>


title: Japanese nuclear industry has sued a journalist
uri: Japanese-nuclear-industry-has-sued-a-journalist
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(Japanese_nuclear_industry_has_sued_a_journalist)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28Japanese_nuclear_industry_has_sued_a_journalist%29

content:
<p>
The Japanese nuclear industry
has <a href="http://en.rsf.org/japan-nuclear-lobby-still-gagging-11-03-2014,45980.html">sued
a journalist for saying that inviting people to live in slightly
irradiated areas is a "human experiment".</a>
<p>
Regardless of the level of danger of those experiments, it can't be
denied that they are experiments.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 14_March_2014_(RSF:_Enemies_of_the_Internet_2014)
title: RSF: Enemies of the Internet 2014
uri: RSF-Enemies-of-the-Internet-2014
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#14_March_2014_%28RSF%3A_Enemies_of_the_Internet_2014%29

content:
<p>
RSF: Enemies of the Internet
2014: <a href="http://12mars.rsf.org/2014-en/enemies-of-the-internet-2014-entities-at-the-heart-of-censorship-and-surveillance/">Entities
at the Heart of Censorship And Surveillance.</a>


title: UN Human Rights Council gives US a stern lecture
uri: UN-Human-Rights-Council-gives-US-a-stern-lecture
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 15_March_2014_(UN_Human_Rights_Council_gives_US_a_stern_lecture)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#15_March_2014_%28UN_Human_Rights_Council_gives_US_a_stern_lecture%29

content:
<p>
The UN Human Rights Council gave the US a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/us-un-human-rights-abuses-nsa-drones">stern
lecture</a>.
<p>
If enough of us repeat it, maybe we can make the US government stop
committing so many crimes.
<p>
The US 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/14-0">claims
that human rights don't apply</a> to what it does to people outside US
borders.


title: Business sponsorship of arts activities
uri: Business-sponsorship-of-arts-activities
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 15_March_2014_(Business_sponsorship_of_arts_activities)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#15_March_2014_%28Business_sponsorship_of_arts_activities%29

content:
<p>
The Australian government 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/arts-refusing-corporate-funding-face-penalties">wants
to require arts activities to accept sponsorship from any business
whatsoever</a>, effectively banning rejection of sponsorship for
ethical reasons.
<p>
This is in line with the plutocratist program of crushing all
effective avenues for criticism of the crimes of businesses.
<p>
I wonder what will happen if a festival accepts sponsorship from a
toxic mining company but says it will print on its brochures, "We are
very sorry that the government requires us to accept sponsorship from
Killer Coal Corporation."  Presumably Killer Coal Corporation will
withdraw the sponsorship.  So will the government order the festival
not to criticize the company, as well as ordering it to accept the
money?


title: Maternal exposure to pesticides and brain damage for children
uri: Maternal-exposure-to-pesticides-and-brain-damage-for-children
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 15_March_2014_(Maternal_exposure_to_pesticides_and_brain_damage_for_children)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#15_March_2014_%28Maternal_exposure_to_pesticides_and_brain_damage_for_children%29

content:
<p>
Studies find that maternal exposure to pesticides 
<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/178804/warning-signs-how-pesticides-harm-young-brain">correlates
with brain damage and reduced intelligence for children</a>.
<p>
The US system of pesticide regulation allows agribusiness to run rings
around the EPA in using toxic pesticides.  If it changes practices
every decade, it can always say, "The evidence is only about old our
practices."


title: Extreme poverty across Latin America cut in half
uri: Extreme-poverty-across-Latin-America-cut-in-half
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 15_March_2014_(Extreme_poverty_across_Latin_America_cut_in_half)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#15_March_2014_%28Extreme_poverty_across_Latin_America_cut_in_half%29

content:
<p>
Most Latin American governments have applied 
<a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/178836/how-economic-populism-transforming-most-unequal-region-globe">policies
to reduce inequality</a>, and extreme poverty across the region has
been cut in half.
<p>
Right-wing politicians claim that the state anti-poverty programs
can't work — because they know these methods 
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html"><em>can</em>
work</a>, and aim to convince us not to employ them.


title: Obama subtly takes CIA's side in its dispute with Senate
uri: Obama-subtly-takes-CIA-s-side-in-its-dispute-with-Senate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 15_March_2014_(Obama_subtly_takes_CIAs_side_in_its_dispute_with_Senate)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#15_March_2014_%28Obama_subtly_takes_CIAs_side_in_its_dispute_with_Senate%29

content:
<p>
As Obama said he would not take sides in the dispute between the CIA
and the Senate, he actually 
<a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/178830/spying-scandal-did-obama-just-take-cias-side">took
the CIA's side in a very subtle way</a>.


title: Urgent: Pressure Iceland to stop killing whales
uri: 2014-03-16-Urgent-Pressure-Iceland-to-stop-killing-whales
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Urgent:_Pressure_Iceland_to_stop_killing_whales)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Pressure_Iceland_to_stop_killing_whales%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1585">call
on Obama</a> to pressure Iceland to stop killing whales.
<p>
The US does not hunt whales, but it 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#02_March_2014_(Exploring_for_oil_in_the_US_Atlantic_coast)">endangers 
them</a>; however, that is no reason not to support this campaign.


title: Urgent: Close loophole for gifts from one political group to another
uri: Urgent-Close-loophole-for-gifts-from-one-political-group-to-another
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Urgent:_Close_loophole_for_gifts_from_one_political_group_to_another)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Close_loophole_for_gifts_from_one_political_group_to_another%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://vk.rootstrikers.org/petitions/40?n=305999.6Jxyyi">call
on the IRS</a> to close the loophole for gifts from one political
group to another.


title: New law in Hungary effectively bans photographing thugs at work
uri: New-law-in-Hungary-effectively-bans-photographing-thugs-at-work
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(New_law_in_Hungary_effectively_bans_photographing_thugs_at_work)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28New_law_in_Hungary_effectively_bans_photographing_thugs_at_work%29

content:
<p>
Hungary has adopted a law that effectively 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/hungary-law-photography-permission-take-pictures">bans
photos and videos of thugs at work</a>.  As a byproduct, it makes most
outdoor photojournalism unfeasible.


title: Theoretical model suggests our complex society could collapse
uri: Theoretical-model-suggests-our-complex-society-could-collapse
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Theoretical_model_suggests_our_complex_society_could_collapse)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Theoretical_model_suggests_our_complex_society_could_collapse%29

content:
<p>
A theoretical model suggests that our complex society could collapse,
and that it is doing exactly the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/14/nasa-civilisation-irreversible-collapse-study-scientists">things
that might tend to lead to collapse</a>.


title: UK thug gets reprimanded three years after attacking protesters
uri: UK-thug-gets-reprimanded-three-years-after-attacking-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(UK_thug_gets_reprimanded_three_years_after_attacking_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28UK_thug_gets_reprimanded_three_years_after_attacking_protesters%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/14/policeman-punched-woman-uk-uncut-cs-gas">After
three years</a>, a UK thug has been reprimanded for unjustifiably
spraying gas on protesters.
<p>
Now will he be prosecuted?


title: Haitian community organizer imprisoned without charges
uri: Haitian-community-organizer-imprisoned-without-charges
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Haitian_community_organizer_imprisoned_without_charges)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Haitian_community_organizer_imprisoned_without_charges%29

content:
<p>
Ile a Vache community organizer and radio operator Jean Lamy Matulnes was
<a href="http://www.ezilidanto.com/zili/2014/03/free-ile-a-vache/">imprisoned
without charges</a> after a protest.
<p>
The US-imposed regime in Haiti is evicting all the inhabitants to make
a tourist resort.


title: Urgent: Call on China to free imprisoned Tibetan singers
uri: Urgent-Call-on-China-to-free-imprisoned-Tibetan-singers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_on_China_to_free_imprisoned_Tibetan_singers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_China_to_free_imprisoned_Tibetan_singers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://www.freetibet.org/petitions/1742">call on China</a> to
free imprisoned Tibetan singers.


title: Urgent: Call for news coverage of the TPP and opposition to it
uri: Urgent-Call-for-news-coverage-of-the-TPP-and-opposition-to-it
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Urgent:_Call_for_news_coverage_of_the_TPP_and_opposition_to_it)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_news_coverage_of_the_TPP_and_opposition_to_it%29

content:
<p>
In the US: 
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/592/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15282">tell
CBS, NBC, ABC</a> that the TPP and opposition to it should be news.


title: Urgent: Support protesting UPS workers
uri: Urgent-Support-protesting-UPS-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Urgent:_Support_protesting_UPS_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Support_protesting_UPS_workers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9478">tell
UPS</a>, don't fire protesting workers.


title: Urgent: Suspend Florida prosecutor Angela Corey
uri: Urgent-Suspend-Florida-prosecutor-Angela-Corey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Urgent:_Suspend_Florida_prosecutor_Angela_Corey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Suspend_Florida_prosecutor_Angela_Corey%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/StopCorey/">call on the
governor of Florida</a> to suspend the prosecutor who keeps trying to
imprison the woman who fired a warning shot at her violent husband.
<p>
Why Marissa Alexander would face 60 years in prison if convicted is
another bizarre issue.  I don't know why, but I can guess.  In the US,
it is normal to label a single crime as many different crimes,
potentially leading to decades or centuries in prison.


title: Physical stores track customers through cell phones and tablets
uri: Physical-stores-track-customers-through-cell-phones-and-tablets
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Physical_stores_track_customers_through_cell_phones_and_tablets)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Physical_stores_track_customers_through_cell_phones_and_tablets%29

content:
<p>
Restaurants and other physical stores are tracking customers through
cell phones and tablets, sometimes even getting 
<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/techknow/blog/2014/3/13/phone-data-helpssmallbusinessesregaintheedgeonlineretailershave.html">information
about where else those people go before and after</a>.
<p>
Neither online stores or physical stores can track me, because I don't
turn on my laptop's wifi except for the short periods when I connect
it to the internet, and I won't use the online stores at all.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Mortgage_fraud)
title: Mortgage fraud
uri: Mortgage-fraud
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Mortgage_fraud%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/15">When The
Government Compounds Crimes Rather Than Fights Them: Mortgage
Fraud</a>.


title: BP Green-Lighted to Drill in Gulf Waters 'Still Suffering From Its Damage'
uri: BP-Green-Lighted-to-Drill-in-Gulf-Waters-Still-Suffering-From-Its-Dam
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(BP_Green-Lighted_to_Drill_in_Gulf_Waters_Still_Suffering_From_Its_Damage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28BP_Green-Lighted_to_Drill_in_Gulf_Waters_Still_Suffering_From_Its_Damage%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/15">BP
Green-Lighted to Drill in Gulf Waters 'Still Suffering From Its
Damage'</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(DMCA_takedown_abusers)
title: DMCA takedown abusers
uri: DMCA-takedown-abusers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28DMCA_takedown_abusers%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://torrentfreak.com/time-to-punish-dmca-takedown-abusers-wordpress-owners-say-140313/">Time
to Punish DMCA Takedown Abusers, WordPress Owners Say</a>.


title: CCA's latest profit scheme: special prison for old people
uri: CCA-s-latest-profit-scheme-special-prison-for-old-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(CCAs_latest_profit_scheme_special_prison_for_old_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28CCAs_latest_profit_scheme_special_prison_for_old_people%29

content:
<p>
CCA's latest profit scheme: a 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/today-disgusting-getting-rich-locking-grandpa">special
prison for old people that are not well enough to live independently</a>.
<p>
Supposing that these people committed real and bad crimes, and were
imprisoned for good reason, do we need to keep them in prison once
they are infirm?  Very few of them will ever commit a crime again.


title: ACLU sues to end use of no-fly list as punishment without trial
uri: ACLU-sues-to-end-use-of-no-fly-list-as-punishment-without-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(ACLU_sues_to_end_use_of_no-fly_list_as_punishment_without_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28ACLU_sues_to_end_use_of_no-fly_list_as_punishment_without_trial%29

content:
<p>
The ACLU is suing to 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/what-you-should-know-about-americas-secret-watchlists">eliminate
the no-fly list as punishment without trial</a>.
<p>
Here are the 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/national-security/us-government-watchlisting-unfair-process-and-devastating-consequences">injustices
of this system</a>.
<p>
U.S. Government Watchlisting: Unfair Process and Devastating Consequences


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Vaccine_printers)
title: Vaccine printers
uri: Vaccine-printers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Vaccine_printers%29
content:
<p>
Craig Venter envisions 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-03-digital-version.html">using home
fabricators to print vaccines</a>.
<p>
This would bring problems similar to what we find in computers:
malware in viruses that might infect humans as well as printers, and
malware such as DRM and spyware in the software that runs the
printers.


title: Killing dingoes with poison puts small mammals in danger
uri: Killing-dingoes-with-poison-puts-small-mammals-in-danger
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Killing_dingoes_with_poison_puts_small_mammals_in_danger)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Killing_dingoes_with_poison_puts_small_mammals_in_danger%29

content:
<p>
Killing dingoes (wild dogs) in Australia 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-03-dingo-poisoning-native-australian-mammals.html">put
small mammals in danger</a>.


title: Fire at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant was preventable
uri: Fire-at-Waste-Isolation-Pilot-Plant-was-preventable
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Fire_at_Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant_was_preventable)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Fire_at_Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant_was_preventable%29

content:
<p>
The fire at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant was 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-03-safety-lapses-rapped-nuclear.html">preventable</a>.
<p>
Most nuclear accidents and chemical plant accidents are preventable.
If the owner fixed every irregularity immediately, and kept the plant
shut down whenever its equipment was not entirely working normally,
that would prevent most accidents.
<p>
They don't do that because that would be expensive; therefore, the
owner 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2011-sep-dec.html#27_December_2011(Nuclear_Plants)">cuts
corners</a>.  Nearly always, no accident results.  But some accidents
are so bad that even once in a rare while is too much.  To avoid those
accidents, one must not cut corners.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Neocon_influence_on_US_govt_policies)
title: Neocon influence on US gov't policies
uri: Neocon-influence-on-US-gov-t-policies
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Neocon_influence_on_US_govt_policies%29

content:
<p>
Neocons are once again 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/14-9">exercising
great influence</a> on US government policies.
<p>
It appears that Ms Clinton has given them vital support.  This is one
more reason why if she is the Democratic nominee I will vote for the
Green Party.


title: Secret collaboration between North Carolina and Duke Energy
uri: Secret-collaboration-between-North-Carolina-and-Duke-Energy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Secret_collaboration_between_North_Carolina_and_Duke_Energy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Secret_collaboration_between_North_Carolina_and_Duke_Energy%29

content:
<p>
North Carolina collaborated secretly with Duke Energy by 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/14-1">pre-empting
serious environmental lawsuits against that company</a>.


title: Use of drugs that improve intelligence and self control
uri: Use-of-drugs-that-improve-intelligence-and-self-control
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Use_of_drugs_that_improve_intelligence_and_self_control)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Use_of_drugs_that_improve_intelligence_and_self_control%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes20140313">Do people
have a moral obligation</a> to use drugs that improve their
intelligence and self control?


title: Islamist militants attack military checkpoint in Egypt
uri: Islamist-militants-attack-military-checkpoint-in-Egypt
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Islamist_militants_attack_military_checkpoint_in_Egypt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Islamist_militants_attack_military_checkpoint_in_Egypt%29

content:
<p>
Islamist militants 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/egyptian-police-killed-attack-cairo-muslim-brotherhood">attacked
a military checkpoint in Egypt</a>; the government accused the Muslim
Brotherhood (i.e., the "usual suspects").
<p>
It probably isn't the Muslim Brotherhood as such.  These militants
may include some who formerly supported the Muslim Brotherhood's
nonviolent approach, and are reacting to the government's bloody
suppression of that party.
<p>
I oppose Islamists regardless of their methods, because Islamic law is
inimical to human rights.  Nonetheless, it is undeniable that denying
people of any persuasion access to democracy is likely to push some of
them into armed guerrilla opposition.
<p>
To call these guerrillas "terrorists" is stretching the latter term.
They are not attacking civilians.


title: US rolls back increases in flood insurance rates
uri: US-rolls-back-increases-in-flood-insurance-rates
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(US_rolls_back_increases_in_flood_insurance_rates)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28US_rolls_back_increases_in_flood_insurance_rates%29

content:
<p>
The US has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/obama-sign-bill-relieving-homeowners-flood-insurance-premium-hike">rolled
back increases</a> in flood insurance rates for houses in places where
flooding is likely.
<p>
If this roll-back lasts a long time, it will do harm: encouraging
people to get cut-rate flood insurance on houses that are begging to
be flooded.  However, if the effect of the roll-back is temporary, it
makes little long-term difference.
<p>
Pertinent questions: if flood insurance rates increase at 18%
per year, what fraction of these houses will incur the true cost of
their flood insurance with five years?  Within 10 years?
Within 20 years?


title: Number of people in US federal prisons declining
uri: Number-of-people-in-US-federal-prisons-declining
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Number_of_people_in_US_federal_prisons_declining)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Number_of_people_in_US_federal_prisons_declining%29

content:
<p>
A relaxation in sentencing practices has led the number of people in
US federal prisons to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/prisons-numbers-figures-inmate-reduction">start
declining</a>.
<p>
This is a small step in the right direction.  The US should pardon
everyone who was imprisoned for possession of drugs.


title: Rwandan genocide leader sentenced to prison
uri: Rwandan-genocide-leader-sentenced-to-prison
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 16_March_2014_(Rwandan_genocide_leader_sentenced_to_prison)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#16_March_2014_%28Rwandan_genocide_leader_sentenced_to_prison%29

content:
<p>
One of the leaders of the Rwandan genocide has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/rwanda-former-spy-chief-pascal-simbikangwa-jailed-genocide">sentenced
to prison</a>.


title: Australia invites Syrian refugees to go back to Syria
uri: Australia-invites-Syrian-refugees-to-go-back-to-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Australia_invites_Syrian_refugees_to_go_back_to_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Australia_invites_Syrian_refugees_to_go_back_to_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Australia has invited Syrian refugees to go back to Syria to avoid the
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/appalling-offer-syrian-asylum-seekers-offered-repatriation-manus-island">oppressive
conditions of their imprisonment in Manus Island</a>.
<p>
One of them thought that being shot to death in Syria might be
preferable.


title: The stated purpose of 1993 hearings on health care proposals
uri: The-stated-purpose-of-1993-hearings-on-health-care-proposals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(The_stated_purpose_of_1993_hearings_on_health_care_proposals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28The_stated_purpose_of_1993_hearings_on_health_care_proposals%29

content:
<p>
Hillary Clinton held hearings on health care proposals in 1993 for the
stated purpose of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/hillary-clinton-healthcare-memos">giving
the impression of listening to people's views</a>.
<p>
On the other hand, the goal she was working for — single-payer
health care — was better than what Obama managed to enact.


title: USTR publishes falsehoods about free exploitation treaty with Korea
uri: USTR-publishes-falsehoods-about-free-exploitation-treaty-with-Korea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(USTR_publishes_falsehoods_about_free_exploitation_treaty_with_Korea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28USTR_publishes_falsehoods_about_free_exploitation_treaty_with_Korea%29

content:
<p>
The USTR is 
<a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/03/administration-uses-data-omissions-and-distortions-to-try-to-hide-dismal-korea-fta-realities.html">publishing
factual falsehoods and distortions</a> to present the free
exploitation treaty with Korea as beneficial to US economic activity.
<p>
However, the worst part of this free exploitation treaty is that it
gives companies more power over governments and thus over citizens.
This does not show up in export/import balance sheets because it harms
the people of both countries.  In the long term, it encourages
concentration of wealth and increased inequality within each country,
which is why these treaties must be torn up.


title: Historical impact report for high-speed train line in UK
uri: Historical-impact-report-for-high-speed-train-line-in-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Historical_impact_report_for_high-speed_train_line_in_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Historical_impact_report_for_high-speed_train_line_in_UK%29

content:
<p>
The UK government has had a company prepare a historical impact report
for the planned high-speed train line, and it 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/15/hs2-rail-archaeologists-english-heritage-environment">resembles
the report a company prepared for the State Department about Keystone
XL</a>.
<p>
Historical preservation of landscapes and buildings of only moderate
significance is not as important as protecting our biosphere from
global heating, and high-speed trains can help do that job.
Nonetheless, there is no excuse for making these reports disguise what
they are supposed to reveal.


title: The economic costs of extreme inequality in the UK
uri: The-economic-costs-of-extreme-inequality-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(The_economic_costs_of_extreme_inequality_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28The_economic_costs_of_extreme_inequality_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
A study estimates the total economic costs of extreme inequality in
the UK at around 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/16/inequality-costs-uk-billions">60
billion dollars a year</a>.


title: What A Destructive Wall Street Owes Young Americans
uri: What-A-Destructive-Wall-Street-Owes-Young-Americans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(What_A_Destructive_Wall_Street_Owes_Young_Americans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28What_A_Destructive_Wall_Street_Owes_Young_Americans%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/15-0">What A
Destructive Wall Street Owes Young Americans</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Sex_workers)
title: Sex workers
uri: Sex-workers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Sex_workers%29
content:
<p>
A sex worker says: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/15/will-nobody-listen-to-the-sex-workers-prostitution">enough
debating about sex workers without listening to them</a>.
<p>
Sex workers in Norway face increased danger now that their 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/15/melissa-gira-grant-sex-work-afford-be-writer">customers
are criminalized</a>.


title: Russian troops probe Ukraine outside of the Crimea
uri: Russian-troops-probe-Ukraine-outside-of-the-Crimea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Russian_troops_probe_Ukraine_outside_of_the_Crimea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Russian_troops_probe_Ukraine_outside_of_the_Crimea%29

content:
<p>
Russian troops are probing Ukraine 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/ukraine-russia-invade-crimea-referendum">outside
of the Crimea</a>.  Meanwhile, both Russians and fascists are trying
to start violence in Kharkiv.


title: Snowden comments on Senator Feinstein's hypocrisy
uri: Snowden-comments-on-Senator-Feinstein-s-hypocrisy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Snowden_comments_on_Senator_Feinsteins_hypocrisy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Snowden_comments_on_Senator_Feinsteins_hypocrisy%29

content:
<p>
Snowden comments on Senator Feinstein's epiphany that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/11/edward-snowden-dianne-feinstein-hypocrisy-nsa-cia">snooping
is bad when she and her staff are the targets</a>.


title: Failure to ban undercover thug seduction tactics in the UK
uri: Failure-to-ban-undercover-thug-seduction-tactics-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Failure_to_ban_undercover_thug_seduction_tactics_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Failure_to_ban_undercover_thug_seduction_tactics_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
The UK thugs intend to continue 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/16/undercover-police-seduction-failure-to-ban">inviting
infiltrators to form sexual relationships with dissidents</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(The_progressive_Better_Off_Budget)
title: The progressive Better Off Budget
uri: The-progressive-Better-Off-Budget
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28The_progressive_Better_Off_Budget%29

content:
<p>
The progressive Better Off Budget is 
<a href="media/0fc4a6b6.Better20Off20Budget20220Pager.pdf" data-original-source="http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/uploads/Better%20Off%20Budget%202%20Pager.pdf">full
of what America needs</a>, including some tax increases on the rich
and on speculators.
<p>
The proponents say it will cut the deficit too, but I hope it won't
do that in the short term.  What we need now is increased deficit
spending; later, having spent our way out of the problem, we should
run a surplus to pay back that borrowing.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Urgent:_Reject_dooH_niboR_budget)
title: Urgent: Reject dooH niboR budget
uri: Urgent-Reject-dooH-niboR-budget
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_dooH_niboR_budget%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.47percent.org/page/s/reject-the-ryan-budget">Reject</a>
Rep. Ryan's dooH niboR budget.


title: Urgent: Make up for the cuts in food stamps
uri: Urgent-Make-up-for-the-cuts-in-food-stamps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Urgent:_Make_up_for_the_cuts_in_food_stamps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Make_up_for_the_cuts_in_food_stamps%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=798b">call
on your governor</a> to make up for the cuts in food stamps.
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/13/1284405/-Montana-becomes-fifth-state-to-block-food-stamp-cuts">Five
states</a> have done it already.


title: Urgent: Cure the plague in Madagascar before it spreads
uri: Urgent-Cure-the-plague-in-Madagascar-before-it-spreads
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Urgent:_Cure_the_plague_in_Madagascar_before_it_spreads)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Cure_the_plague_in_Madagascar_before_it_spreads%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4115?r=120721.BP-QSN">call
on the World Health Organization</a> to cure plague in Madagascar
before it spreads.


title: Missing Malaysian airplane's last radio message
uri: Missing-Malaysian-airplane-s-last-radio-message
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Missing_Malaysian_airplane's_last_radio_message)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Missing_Malaysian_airplane%27s_last_radio_message%29

content:
<p>
The missing Malaysian airplane, flight MH370, sent its last radio
message implying everything was ok, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/16/flight-mh370-last-message-communications-disabled-malaysia">after
some of the communication equipment was turned off</a>.
<p>
It is not plausible that whoever did this, either the pilot or some
other person with special training, went to this much effort only to
fly over the ocean until the plane crashed from lack of fuel.  A
hijacker would not have done that either.  I think the plane landed
somewhere.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Partition_of_Libya_Looms)
title: Partition of Libya Looms
uri: Partition-of-Libya-Looms
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Partition_of_Libya_Looms%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/16/libya-partition-looms-fight-oil-tanker">Partition
of Libya Looms As Fight for Oil Sparks Vicious New Divide</a>.


title: US telcos want to skip wiring the US for broadband
uri: US-telcos-want-to-skip-wiring-the-US-for-broadband
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(US_telcos_want_to_skip_wiring_the_US_for_broadband)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28US_telcos_want_to_skip_wiring_the_US_for_broadband%29

content:
<p>
The big US telcos have 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/13/1284324/-Telecoms-take-HUNDREDS-OF-BILLIONS-for-national-broadband-but-don-t-want-to-deliver">received
hundreds of billions of dollars</a> so they could "afford" to wire the
US for broadband, but nobody made them promise to actually do the job,
so they want to skip it.
<p>
A similar thing happened in the Tokyo train system: the train
companies were allowed to increase ticket prices so they could
"afford" to replace two-track lines with four-track lines, but a
decade later most of them had not even started.
<p>
The error here was to presume that businesses would act in good faith.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(For-profit_colleges)
title: For-profit colleges
uri: For-profit-colleges
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28For-profit_colleges%29
content:
<p>
Obama is doing a good thing: trying to 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/14/1284696/-Obama-administration-targets-for-profit-college-debt-factories">limit
loans</a> to for-profit colleges.
<p>
Over 20% of their graduates default because they can't get jobs after
graduating from the programs they attend because the colleges assure
them they will get jobs.
<p>
I think the US would be better off if it did not allow for-profit
colleges.


title: Pension funds and divestment from fossil fuel companies
uri: Pension-funds-and-divestment-from-fossil-fuel-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Pension_funds_and_divestment_from_fossil_fuel_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Pension_funds_and_divestment_from_fossil_fuel_companies%29

content:
<p>
It is 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/11-2">self-defeating</a>
for a pension fund, whose purpose is to provide for workers decades
from now, not to divest from fossil fuel companies.
<p>
The article compares the slowly roasting biosphere with the quickly
burning World Trade Center, but we need to keep a sense of proportion
when comparing occurrences of such different scale.  The September
2001 attacks in New York City were small when measured against the
size of the United States; their main damage was secondary, via the
evil it provided the excuse to unleash.  Global heating will kill
some of your neighbors if not you.
<p>
If the prediction of 100 million deaths from global heating by 2030 is
realized, that will be the equivalent of around 33333 World Trade
Centers.  If we spread this over the 202 months from now through the
end of 2030, that comes out to around 165 WTCs <em>per month</em>.
<p>
However, in reality this damage won't be spread evenly in time.  It
will be concentrated near the end.  Global heating may be killing only
a few WTCs a month in most months today, but by 2030 it may be killing
a thousand WTCs a month.


title: Political bias of US mainstream media
uri: Political-bias-of-US-mainstream-media
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(Political_bias_of_US_mainstream_media)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28Political_bias_of_US_mainstream_media%29

content:
<p>
The political bias of the US mainstream media is measured by the
amount of coverage it gives to budget proposals: 
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/03/14/once-again-progressive-budgets-media-blackout/">lots
to the right-wing, and almost none to the left-wing</a>.


title: US media misrepresenting war between Russia and Georgia
uri: US-media-misrepresenting-war-between-Russia-and-Georgia
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(US_media_misrepresenting_war_between_Russia_and_Georgia)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28US_media_misrepresenting_war_between_Russia_and_Georgia%29

content:
<p>
To criticize Putin, the US media are 
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/03/14/will-twisted-history-of-georgian-war-facilitate-a-repetition/">misrepresenting
the war between Russia and Georgia</a>, which in fact was started by
Georgia.


title: What if NYT Factchecked Netanyahu's Claims?
uri: What-if-NYT-Factchecked-Netanyahu-s-Claims
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(What_if_NYT_Factchecked_Netanyahu's_Claims)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28What_if_NYT_Factchecked_Netanyahu%27s_Claims%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/03/11/what-if-nyt-factchecked-netanyahus-claims/">What
if NYT Factchecked Netanyahu's Claims</a>?
<p>
It is plausible that Iran is smuggling weapons to Gaza (even if it
denies doing so), but since they generally do far less damage than the
weapons that the US openly provides to Israel, I don't see them as a
matter of great concern.  Anyway, this says nothing about Iran's
nuclear program.


title: British journalist threatened under pretext of suspicions of "terrorism"
uri: British-journalist-threatened-under-pretext-of-suspicions-of-terroris
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 17_March_2014_(British_journalist_threatened_under_pretext_of_suspicions_of_terrorism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_%28British_journalist_threatened_under_pretext_of_suspicions_of_terrorism%29

content:
<p>
British journalist Sarah Harrison says her lawyers have advised her
not to return to the UK, lest she be 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/14/britain-journalists-terrorists-edward-snowden-nsa">interrogated
under the pretext of suspicions of "terrorism"</a>.
<p>
I looked at the text of the UK law which defines
"<a href='http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/1'>terrorism</a>",
which the article quotes, and I think the article gives the wrong
impression of what the law says.  You can compare the two.  I don't
see how Wikileaks, which publishes things on its own site, would
qualify as "designed seriously to interfere with or seriously to
disrupt an electronic system".
<p>
On the other hand, for the law to put her in danger, it is not
necessary that her activities really <em>be</em> terrorism, only that
the border thugs find an excuse to pretend they are terrorism.
<p>
The definition is blatantly unjust: it defines "terrorism" to include
any armed rebellion against any state, and any riot that develops out
of a political protest.  By this definition, the protests in Kiev were
"terrorism".  So were the Boston Tea Party and the American
Revolution.  Were the rebels "terrorists"?


title: Urgent: Thorough investigation of US intelligence agencies
uri: Urgent-Thorough-investigation-of-US-intelligence-agencies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Urgent:_Thorough_investigation_of_the_intelligence_agencies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Thorough_investigation_of_the_intelligence_agencies%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://activism.thenation.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13438">call
on the Senate</a> to thoroughly investigate the intelligence agencies.


title: Global heating effects interfere with agriculture in Uganda
uri: Global-heating-effects-interfere-with-agriculture-in-Uganda
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Global_heating_effects_interfere_with_agriculture_in_Uganda)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Global_heating_effects_interfere_with_agriculture_in_Uganda%29

content:
<p>
Global heating effects are interfering with agriculture in Uganda, and
people cannot sleep with the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/mar/17/east-africa-dealing-with-climate-change">increased
nighttime heat</a>.
<p>
The temperature normally falls during a clear night.
Greenhouse gases block this, so that night becomes painfully hot.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Why_the_election_in_Crimea_is_bogus)
title: Why the election in Crimea is bogus
uri: Why-the-election-in-Crimea-is-bogus
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Why_the_election_in_Crimea_is_bogus%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/crimea-secession-calm-analysis-dose-scepticism">Why
the election in Crimea is bogus</a>, and some other good thoughts
about it.


title: Two human rights campaigners arrested in Sri Lanka
uri: Two-human-rights-campaigners-arrested-in-Sri-Lanka
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Two_human_rights_campaigners_arrested_in_Sri_Lanka)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Two_human_rights_campaigners_arrested_in_Sri_Lanka%29

content:
<p>
Two human rights campaigners have been arrested in Sri Lanka and
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/sri-lanka-arrests-human-rights-activists-terrorism-law">accused
of "inciting hatred"</a>.
<p>
Aside from the question of whether they really did this — people
quoted in the article say they did the opposite — making that a
crime is an infringement of 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#18_November_2012_(Freedom_of_speech_in_the_UK)">freedom
of speech</a>.


title: Caribbean people have legitimate claim for slavery reparations
uri: Caribbean-people-have-legitimate-claim-for-slavery-reparations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Caribbean_people_have_legitimate_claim_for_slavery_reparations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Caribbean_people_have_legitimate_claim_for_slavery_reparations%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/16/caribbean-people-legitimate-claim-slavery-reparations">The
Caribbean People Have a Legitimate Claim for Slavery Reparations</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Financial_transaction_tax)
title: Financial transaction tax
uri: Financial-transaction-tax
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Financial_transaction_tax%29
content:
<p>
Refuting the 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/17-1">banksters'
arguments</a> against a financial transaction tax.


title: Canadian gov't targets environmental NGOs
uri: Canadian-gov-t-targets-environmental-NGOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Canadian_govt_targets_environmental_NGOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Canadian_govt_targets_environmental_NGOs%29

content:
<p>
The Canadian government is targeting environmental 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/17-0">NGOs that
report on the government's policies of environmental destruction</a>.
<p>
This comes after crippling the government's own labs that used to
study the environmental destruction.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Florida_farmworkers_take_on_industry)
title: Florida farmworkers take on industry
uri: Florida-farmworkers-take-on-industry
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Florida_farmworkers_take_on_industry%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/16-3">In 'Fair
Food' Fight, Florida Farmworkers Take On Industry</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(The_plebiscite_in_the_Crimea)
title: The plebiscite in the Crimea
uri: The-plebiscite-in-the-Crimea
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28The_plebiscite_in_the_Crimea%29
content:
<p>
The plebiscite in the Crimea, choosing between a partial or complete
break with Ukraine, was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/16/pro-russian-crimeans-celebrate-landslide-vote-union-russia-ukraine">won
by the Russians</a>.  Non-Russians were scared to vote or saw no point
in choosing between those two politically chosen alternatives.
<p>
This vote was manipulated and invalid, but the inhabitants of the
Crimea are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/17/crimea-success-ukraine-putin-russia-borders">entitled
to make this choice in a proper and thoughtful way</a>.  They should
make the choice after a time for cooling down, with due awareness of
the increasingly tyrannical nature of the Russian state that they
would be joining.


title: Intel to build processors locked to particular operating systems
uri: Intel-to-build-processors-locked-to-particular-operating-systems
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Intel_to_build_processors_locked_to_particular_operating_systems)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Intel_to_build_processors_locked_to_particular_operating_systems%29

content:
<p>
Intel 
<a href="http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/03/15/1912255">plans
to build tyrant processors</a> that will be locked to particular
operating systems or particular versions.


title: Planned eviction of Ile a Vache turning bloody
uri: Planned-eviction-of-Ile-a-Vache-turning-bloody
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Planned_eviction_of_Ile_a_Vache_turning_bloody)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Planned_eviction_of_Ile_a_Vache_turning_bloody%29

content:
<p>
The planned eviction of Ile a Vache is turning into a 
<a href="http://sfbayview.com/2014/haiti-is-not-for-sale/">bloody
occupation</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Fukushima_cleanup_workers_protest)
title: Fukushima cleanup workers protest
uri: Fukushima-cleanup-workers-protest
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Fukushima_cleanup_workers_protest%29

content:
<p>
Fukushima cleanup workers protested at the TEPCO office, claiming they
are 
<a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/14/national/fukushima-no-1-workers-rally-against-tepco/">working
in dangerous conditions and paid little</a>.
<p>
Once again, they're trying to cut the price of cleanup, even though
that means extra risk.


title: Living in a multicultural area makes people more tolerant
uri: Living-in-a-multicultural-area-makes-people-more-tolerant
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Living_in_a_multicultural_area_makes_people_more_tolerant)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Living_in_a_multicultural_area_makes_people_more_tolerant%29

content:
<p>
Living in a multicultural area makes people 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/16/passive-tolerance-beacon-hope-diverse-communities">more
tolerant</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Egypt_descending_into_disaster)
title: Egypt descending into disaster
uri: Egypt-descending-into-disaster
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Egypt_descending_into_disaster%29
content:
<p>
A supporter of Morsi reports that Egypt is descending into a disaster
of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/16/egypt-coup-catastrophe-mohamed-morsi">privatization,
strikes, shortages and confiscation, with 23,000 political
prisoners</a>.
<p>
The unconstrained privatization might be why the US supported the
coup.  Privatization is the plutocrats' opportunity to swindle the
public and rob the treasury.
<p>
The writer doesn't mention that Morsi 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#18_August_2013_(Egypt:_a_coup_is_a_coup)">also
attacked human rights, though in lesser ways</a>.


title: Wyoming legislature rejects new science education standards
uri: Wyoming-legislature-rejects-new-science-education-standards
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Wyoming_legislature_rejects_new_science_education_standards)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Wyoming_legislature_rejects_new_science_education_standards%29

content:
<p>
Wyoming's legislature rejected new science education standards because
the material on global heating is
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/03/wyoming-rejects-science-education-standards-over-climate-change/">embarrassing
for the state's fossil fuel policies</a>.


title: Commanders block investigation of accusations of torture by UK troops
uri: Commanders-block-investigation-of-accusations-of-torture-by-UK-troops
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Commanders_block_investigation_of_accusations_of_torture_by_UK_troops)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Commanders_block_investigation_of_accusations_of_torture_by_UK_troops%29

content:
<p>
Commanders blocked a British military investigator from 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/british-army-iraqi-prisoners-military-police-danny-boy">investigating
accusations</a> that UK troops in the Bush forces were killing and
torturing prisoners.
<p>
The Bush forces were the troops that Dubya got from the US military
and other armies and turned into his army of conquest for his private
unjust war.


title: Niger adopts scheme to store more food
uri: Niger-adopts-scheme-to-store-more-food
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Niger_adopts_scheme_to_store_more_food)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Niger_adopts_scheme_to_store_more_food%29

content:
<p>
Niger is adopting a scheme to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/mar/17/niger-food-crisis-scheme-commune-de-convergence">store
more food from good years</a> to cope with periods of food shortage.
<p>
States have done this for thousands of years, and Niger should do it
too.  But it needs a companion policy to reduce the birth rate.
Without that, the effect will be to turn food insufficiency into a
full-time problem.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Food_deserts_in_Atlanta_and_Chicago)
title: "Food deserts" in Atlanta and Chicago
uri: Food-deserts-in-Atlanta-and-Chicago
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Food_deserts_in_Atlanta_and_Chicago%29

content:
<p>
"Food deserts" in Atlanta and Chicago leave many 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/17/atlanta-food-deserts-stranded-struggling-survive">without
access to nutritious food</a>.  Typically these deserts cover places
inhabited by the poor people and nonwhites that also can't afford
easily to reach stores further away.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Greenpeace_protesters_sue_Russia)
title: Greenpeace protesters sue Russia
uri: Greenpeace-protesters-sue-Russia
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Greenpeace_protesters_sue_Russia%29
content:
<p>
Greenpeace protesters have sued Russia for 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/17/arctic-30-activists-damages-russia-court-greenpeace">seizing
their protest ship</a>.


title: Venezuelan thugs use tear gas to kick protesters out
uri: Venezuelan-thugs-use-tear-gas-to-kick-protesters-out
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Venezuelan_thugs_use_tear_gas_to_kick_protesters_out)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Venezuelan_thugs_use_tear_gas_to_kick_protesters_out%29

content:
<p>
Venezuelan thugs 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/venezuela-troops-tear-gas-anti-maduro-protesters">kicked
protesters out of a square with tear gas</a>.
<p>
The shortages that the protesters resent are confirmed by a friend of
mine.  Chavistas say that they are caused by US economic warfare, but
I am skeptical of that.  There are plenty of Latin American countries
friendly to Venezuela that would be happy to export food to Venezuela
and do not particularly respect the US.  The shortages must be due to
price controls or some other state economic policy.
<p>
Despite that, it is the wealthier people that are complaining.  The
poor are still mostly content with Chavismo because its aid has
reduced their poverty.  They were 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2003-jan-apr.html#venezuela">much 
worse off when the wealthier people, those now protesting, controlled
the state</a>.
<p>
The punishment of over 20 thugs for brutality is exemplary.  Plenty of
countries have thugs that commit brutality against protesters, and
protect those thugs.  For instance, in 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-jan-apr.html#30_March_2012_(Police_Brutality)">New
York City</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Inequality_in_the_UK)
title: Inequality in the UK
uri: Inequality-in-the-UK
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Inequality_in_the_UK%29
content:
<p>
Inequality in the UK: 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/17/oxfam-report-scale-britain-growing-financial-inequality">5
families own more than the poorest 20%</a>.


title: US Navy seizes tanker from Libyan rebels
uri: US-Navy-seizes-tanker-from-Libyan-rebels
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(US_Navy_seizes_tanker_from_Libyan_rebels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28US_Navy_seizes_tanker_from_Libyan_rebels%29

content:
<p>
The US Navy 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/navy-seals-oil-tanker-morning-glory-libyan-rebels">seized
the tanker carrying oil from Libyan rebels</a> and handed it to the
Libyan government.
<p>
I was wondering if this would happen.  It thwarts that particular
ploy.  However, the underlying mess is still a mess.


title: Jailed for inability to pay fine and fined for being in jail
uri: Jailed-for-inability-to-pay-fine-and-fined-for-being-in-jail
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 18_March_2014_(Jailed_for_inability_to_pay_fine_and_fined_for_being_in_jail)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_%28Jailed_for_inability_to_pay_fine_and_fined_for_being_in_jail%29

content:
<p>
In much of the US, if you can't pay a fine, you get jailed and then
fined for being in jail.  It turns into a 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/16">life of jail,
or "work release" slavery</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Better_Off_Budget)
title: Better Off Budget
uri: Better-Off-Budget
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Better_Off_Budget%29
content:
<p>
The mainstream US media don't cover the progressive Better Off Budget,
but here's 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/paul-ryan-budget-vs-congressional-progressive-caucus">some
discussion of it</a>.


title: Wisconsin Republicans push to legalize their illegal campaign activities
uri: Wisconsin-Republicans-push-to-legalize-their-illegal-campaign-activiti
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Wisconsin_Republicans_push_to_legalize_their_illegal_campaign_activities)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Wisconsin_Republicans_push_to_legalize_their_illegal_campaign_activities%29

content:
<p>
Wisconsin Republicans are 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/03/12421/wi-gop-bill-designed-to-disrupt">pushing
a law to legalize their illegal campaign activities</a> before they
get prosecuted for them.


title: Problems with superfund pollution cleanups
uri: Problems-with-superfund-pollution-cleanups
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Problems_with_superfund_pollution_cleanups)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Problems_with_superfund_pollution_cleanups%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/17/toxic-trail-weak-points-superfund-waste">Superfund
pollution cleanups</a> have serious technical and supervisory
problems.


title: Fish have gotten smaller since the 1950s
uri: Fish-have-gotten-smaller-since-the-1950s
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Fish_have_gotten_smaller_since_the_1950s)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Fish_have_gotten_smaller_since_the_1950s%29

content:
<p>
Photos of people who posed with the fish they caught, since the 1950s,
show how fish have got smaller.  In the 1950s, people 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/17/1285265/-We-are-close-to-eating-bait-and-jelly-fish-as-big-fish-numbers-plummet">were
proud to catch a 6-foot fish</a>.  Nowadays they are proud to catch a
1-foot fish.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Joseph_Stiglitz_trashes_the_TPP)
title: Joseph Stiglitz trashes the TPP
uri: Joseph-Stiglitz-trashes-the-TPP
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Joseph_Stiglitz_trashes_the_TPP%29
content:
<p>
Joseph Stiglitz 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/16/1285190/-Joseph-Stiglitz-Trashes-Noxious-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-As-Boon-to-the-1">trashes
the TPP</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Theft_of_McDonalds_workers_wages)
title: Theft of McDonalds worker's wages
uri: Theft-of-McDonalds-worker-s-wages
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Theft_of_McDonalds_workers_wages%29
content:
<p>
It is 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/14/1284775/-McDonald-s-wage-theft-is-a-feature-of-not-a-bug-in-the-cutthroat-low-wage-fast-food-industry">not
just bad luck</a> that McDonalds workers in many stores have their
meager wages stolen.


title: Many US universities repress groups critical of Israel's occupation
uri: Many-US-universities-repress-groups-critical-of-Israel-s-occupation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Many_US_universities_repress_groups_critical_of_Israels_occupation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Many_US_universities_repress_groups_critical_of_Israels_occupation%29

content:
<p>
Student groups that criticize Israel's occupation of Palestine, or
support economic pressure on Israel or the occupation, face a 
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22504-chris-hedges-israels-war-on-american-universities">campaign
of repression in many US universities</a>.  Even professors are
targeted.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(UAE:_Repression_torture_and_Twitter)
title: UAE: Repression, torture and Twitter
uri: UAE-Repression-torture-and-Twitter
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28UAE%3A_Repression_torture_and_Twitter%29

content:
<p>
UAE: 
<a href="http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/03/uae-repression-torture-twitter/">Repression,
torture and Twitter</a>.


title: Private surveillance companies buying information about system bugs
uri: Private-surveillance-companies-buying-information-about-system-bugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Private_surveillance_companies_buying_information_about_system_bugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Private_surveillance_companies_buying_information_about_system_bugs%29

content:
<p>
Private surveillance companies 
<a href="https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/exploiting-privacy-surveillance-companies-pushing-zero-day-exploits">increasingly
buy information about system bugs</a> so as to crack their target's
computers.


title: US has formal policy of privatization of services
uri: US-has-formal-policy-of-privatization-of-services
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(US_has_formal_policy_of_privatization_of_services)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28US_has_formal_policy_of_privatization_of_services%29

content:
<p>
The US has a 
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/22440-federal-privatization-and-the-expensive-philosophy-of-the-circular-a-76-process">formal
policy</a> of privatization of services into the hands of monopolies.
<p>
It's a recipe for corruption and waste, as well as for union-busting
and low wages.


title: Man Reports Something to the Police, Gets Put on a Watch List
uri: Man-Reports-Something-to-the-Police-Gets-Put-on-a-Watch-List
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Man_Reports_Something_to_the_Police_Gets_Put_on_a_Watch_List)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Man_Reports_Something_to_the_Police_Gets_Put_on_a_Watch_List%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.privacysos.org/node/1352">Man Reports Something to
the Police, Gets Put on a Watch List</a>.
<p>
Some watch lists are necessary.  We need to make sure those who are
put on them can find out, and can have a hearing for removal from the
list.


title: Ice sheet in northern part of Greenland unstable
uri: Ice-sheet-in-northern-part-of-Greenland-unstable
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Ice_sheet_in_northern_part_of_Greenland_unstable)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Ice_sheet_in_northern_part_of_Greenland_unstable%29

content:
<p>
Even in the northern part of Greenland, the ice sheet has become 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-03-greenland-implicated-sea-level.html">unstable</a>.
<p>
If you own land in Florida, better sell it soon.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Sign_NARALs_banner)
title: Urgent: Sign NARAL's banner
uri: Urgent-Sign-NARAL-s-banner
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Sign_NARALs_banner%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/get-involved/actions/325-rally-banner.html">Sign
NARAL's banner</a> that companies should not be allowed to deny
employees birth control coverage in their insurance.


title: Urgent: Regulations to prevent chemical disasters
uri: Urgent-Regulations-to-prevent-chemical-disasters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Regulations_to_prevent_chemical_disasters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Regulations_to_prevent_chemical_disasters%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy;">call on the
EPA</a> to make regulations to prevent chemical disasters.


title: Urgent: Remove marijuana from list of restricted drugs in the US
uri: Urgent-Remove-marijuana-from-list-of-restricted-drugs-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Remove_marijuana_from_list_of_restricted_drugs_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Remove_marijuana_from_list_of_restricted_drugs_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.presente.org/sign/schedule">call on Obama</a> to
remove marijuana from the list of restricted drugs.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Labeling_of_GMOs)
title: Urgent: Labeling of GMOs
uri: Urgent-Labeling-of-GMOs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Labeling_of_GMOs%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy;?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=12185">call
on the FDA</a> to require labeling of GMOs.


title: UK thugs systematically try to recruit progressive activists as informers
uri: UK-thugs-systematically-try-to-recruit-progressive-activists-as-inform
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(UK_thugs_systematically_try_to_recruit_progressive_activists_as_informers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28UK_thugs_systematically_try_to_recruit_progressive_activists_as_informers%29

content:
<p>
UK thugs systematically try to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/17/cambridgeshire-police-political-activists-informants">recruit
progressive activists as informers</a>.  They threaten to prosecute
the activists if they report how they are being pressured.
<p>
The thugs focus on environmental groups and anti-fascists.  Why not on
banksters and conservatives?  Those are the ones that really threaten
the British people.


title: The economic policies of the US and the UK
uri: The-economic-policies-of-the-US-and-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_economic_policies_of_the_US_and_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_economic_policies_of_the_US_and_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
The economic policies of the US and the UK are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/17/ed-miliband-recovery-privileged-few">designed
to benefit mainly the rich</a>.  The UK is fortunate in that a major
political party criticizes this.


title: National license-plate tracking database
uri: National-license-plate-tracking-database
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(National_license-plate_tracking_database)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28National_license-plate_tracking_database%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?p=1756">Reports of the
Death of a National License-Plate Tracking Database Have Been Greatly
Exaggerated</a>.


title: The price of embedding Getty Images on a web site: the privacy of visitors
uri: The-price-of-embedding-Getty-Images-on-a-web-site-the-privacy-of-visi
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_price_of_embedding_Getty_Images_on_a_web_site:_the_privacy_of_visitors)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_price_of_embedding_Getty_Images_on_a_web_site%3A_the_privacy_of_visitors%29

content:
<p>
Getty Images now allows web sites to embed images with no fee in
money.  The price is the 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/getty-images-allows-free-embedding-cost-privacy">privacy
of the visitors to the web site</a>.
<p>
I reach a stronger conclusion than the EFF does.  I believe that you
must not under any circumstances accept that offer.  The FSF has a
policy of never embedding anything from another site.  Please join us.
<p>
Please also join us in rejecting the use of the word "monetize" to
mean "use in order to extract money from someone".


title: Resistance to oppression is "terrorism" in the UK
uri: Resistance-to-oppression-is-terrorism-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Resistance_to_oppression_is_terrorism_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Resistance_to_oppression_is_terrorism_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
A student running for an office in the Oxford University Conservative
Association 
<a href="http://oxford.tab.co.uk/2014/03/05/ouca-officer-candidate-jeff-vinall-calls-mandela-a-terrorist/">called
Mandela a "terrorist"</a>.
<p>
Even worse, the UK government says the same thing.  Under current UK
law, 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#17_March_2014_(British_journalist_threatened_under_pretext_of_suspicions_of_terrorism)">armed 
resistance to an oppressive regime such as apartheid is called
"terrorism"</a>.  Shame on the UK!
<p>
The same right-wing extremist then 
<a href="http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/03/jeff-vinall-tries-to-gag-scrapbook-after-mandela-terrorist-claim-oxford-ouca-tory/">used
the DMCA to suppress reporting about what he said</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Political_censorship_in_Russia)
title: Political censorship in Russia
uri: Political-censorship-in-Russia
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Political_censorship_in_Russia%29
content:
<p>
Russia has 
<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/30024044/russia-bans-several-sites-critical-of-govt">blocked
access</a> to some web sites that criticize the government.
<p>
It can point to the UK as an 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2006-mar-jun.html#15%20May%202006%20(Political%20censorship%20in%20the%20UK)">example 
of political censorship</a>.


title: UK funding military studies of how to influence public's views
uri: UK-funding-military-studies-of-how-to-influence-public-s-views
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(UK_funding_military_studies_of_how_to_influence_publics_views)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28UK_funding_military_studies_of_how_to_influence_publics_views%29

content:
<p>
The UK is funding military studies of how to 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/16/mod-secret-cyberwarfare-programme">influence
the public's views</a>.
<p>
This is the subtle equivalent of what Putin just did in the Crimea.


title: Privatization of historic public buildings in Greece
uri: Privatization-of-historic-public-buildings-in-Greece
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Privatization_of_historic_public_buildings_in_Greece)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Privatization_of_historic_public_buildings_in_Greece%29

content:
<p>
Privatization in Greece has reached historic public buildings,
triggering 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/16/greece-protests-sell-off-historic-buildings">protests</a>.
<p>
Some country should nationalize its privatized assets with no
compensation to make it hard for other countries to privatize.


title: Bizarre rumors about wind-powered generators
uri: Bizarre-rumors-about-wind-powered-generators
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Bizarre_rumors_about_wind-powered_generators)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Bizarre_rumors_about_wind-powered_generators%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/ama-gives-wind-farms-clean-bill-health">Refuting</a>
bizarre rumors that wind-powered generators cause health problems.
<p>
If you're worried about health problems from electricity, the two big
ones are coal and nuclear.  Emissions from burning coal cause ill
health day in and day out.  Nuclear is quite safe, except when
something goes catastrophically wrong.
<p>
As for oil and natural gas, they are perfectly safe except for the
toxic spills, the train explosions, and the extreme weather and food
shortages caused by the CO<sub>2</sub>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Boycott_of_Saint_Patricks_Day_parade)
title: Boycott of Saint Patrick's Day parade
uri: Boycott-of-Saint-Patrick-s-Day-parade
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Boycott_of_Saint_Patricks_Day_parade%29

content:
<p>
New York Mayor de Blasio has boycotted the Saint Patrick's Day parade
in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/new-york-mayor-skip-st-patricks-day-parade">protest
at its rejection of gay Irish groups</a>.
<p>
Boston's new mayor has done likewise.


title: Australians harsh towards refugees, lax towards fossil fuel companies
uri: Australians-harsh-towards-refugees-lax-towards-fossil-fuel-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Australians_harsh_towards_refugees_lax_towards_fossil_fuel_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Australians_harsh_towards_refugees_lax_towards_fossil_fuel_companies%29

content:
<p>
Australians advocate the greatest possible harshness towards people
fleeing from torture; towards fossil fuel companies, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/carbon-tax-offshore-detention-manus-nauru">not
so much</a>.


title: The Price of Haggling for Your Personal Data
uri: The-Price-of-Haggling-for-Your-Personal-Data
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_Price_of_Haggling_for_Your_Personal_Data)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_Price_of_Haggling_for_Your_Personal_Data%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/03/haggling_for_your_personal_data_isn_t_just_about_money.html">The
Price of Haggling for Your Personal Data: It's not just about
money</a>.
<p>
This is why the proposal that people should "own" their personal data
is simply inadequate.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Robots_that_can_eliminate_jobs)
title: Robots that can eliminate jobs
uri: Robots-that-can-eliminate-jobs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Robots_that_can_eliminate_jobs%29
content:
<p>
A new research campaign aims to develop robots that 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-03-easy-robots-future-colleagues-small.html">can
eliminate jobs</a> even in small companies.


title: Global heating will reduce crop yields as soon as 2030
uri: Global-heating-will-reduce-crop-yields-as-soon-as-2030
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Global_heating_will_reduce_crop_yields_as_soon_as_2030)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Global_heating_will_reduce_crop_yields_as_soon_as_2030%29

content:
<p>
Global heating 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-03-climate-crop-yields-sooner-thought.html">will
reduce crop yields as soon as 2030</a>, even if we limit emissions so
as to result ultimately in only 2C of heating.


title: Urgent: Tell the EPA that BP is not fit for rehabilitation
uri: Urgent-Tell-the-EPA-that-BP-is-not-fit-for-rehabilitation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_the_EPA_that_BP_is_not_fit_for_rehabilitation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_the_EPA_that_BP_is_not_fit_for_rehabilitation%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12448">tell
the EPA</a> that BP is not fit for rehabilitation.


title: Urgent: Ban discrimination on basis of sexual orientation
uri: Urgent-Ban-discrimination-on-basis-of-sexual-orientation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Ban_discrimination_on_basis_of_sexual_orientation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_discrimination_on_basis_of_sexual_orientation%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/president-obama-end-anti-gay-discrimination-by-federal-contractors">call
on Obama</a> to ban US contractors from discriminating on the basis of
sexual orientation.


title: Urgent: Stop letting senators block judicial appointments
uri: Urgent-Stop-letting-senators-block-judicial-appointments
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Stop_letting_senators_block_judicial_appointments)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_letting_senators_block_judicial_appointments%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/BlueSlips/">call on Senator
Leahy</a> to stop letting right-wing senators block judicial
appointments.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(UKs_new_energy_policy)
title: UK's new energy policy
uri: UK-s-new-energy-policy
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28UKs_new_energy_policy%29
content:
<p>
The UK's new energy policy means 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/19/energy-budget-manufacturers-environmentalists">more
pain later instead of some pain now</a>.


title: China rushing development of thorium-based nuclear power plants
uri: China-rushing-development-of-thorium-based-nuclear-power-plants
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(China_rushing_development_of_thorium-based_nuclear_power_plants)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28China_rushing_development_of_thorium-based_nuclear_power_plants%29

content:
<p>
China is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/china-uranium-nuclear-plants-smog-thorium">rushing
the development</a> of thorium-based nuclear power plants.
<p>
Thorium avoids some of the dangers of using uranium as nuclear fuel,
but molten (very hot) fluoride salts leaking out of a reactor are
going to be very hard to contain or clean up.  I worry what will
happen if this is developed in a hurry.


title: The "pointless red tape" that protects the natural world, or your health
uri: The-pointless-red-tape-that-protects-the-natural-world-or-your-heal
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_pointless_red_tape_that_protects_the_natural_world_or_your_health)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_pointless_red_tape_that_protects_the_natural_world_or_your_health%29

content:
<p>
When businesses ask government to get rid of
"<a href='http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/19/environmental-protections-red-tape'>pointless
red tape</a>", they are getting rid of the protections for the natural
world, or your health.
<p>
Australia's plutocratist government is abolishing thousands of these
regulations at once.  This will allow businesses many new ways to mess
up people's lives.


title: Thugs in Papua New Guinea set dogs on unarmed man
uri: Thugs-in-Papua-New-Guinea-set-dogs-on-unarmed-man
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Thugs_in_Papua_New_Guinea_set_dogs_on_unarmed_man)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Thugs_in_Papua_New_Guinea_set_dogs_on_unarmed_man%29

content:
<p>
Five thugs in Papua New Guinea 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/png-police-shown-in-video-using-dogs-in-alleged-attack-on-unarmed-man">surrounded
an unarmed man and set dogs on him</a>.


title: Motorcycle club members charged with crime of associating
uri: Motorcycle-club-members-charged-with-crime-of-associating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Motorcycle_club_members_charged_with_crime_of_associating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Motorcycle_club_members_charged_with_crime_of_associating%29

content:
<p>
Motorcycle club members in Australia, charged with the crime of
associating with each other, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/were-a-brotherhood-not-criminals-says-bikie-in-queensland-challenge">can't
speak to the press together</a> lest that be called a crime.
<p>
Arbitrary banning of organizations — or banning their members
from meeting — is tyranny.  Next they might do it to philosophy
discussion groups and hacklabs — it's easy to claim those are
subversive.


title: European Parliament votes against free and open internet
uri: European-Parliament-votes-against-free-and-open-internet
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(European_Parliament_votes_against_free_and_open_internet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28European_Parliament_votes_against_free_and_open_internet%29

content:
<p>
European Parliament committee 
<a href="http://edri.org/antinetneutrality/">votes against free and
open internet</a>.
<p>
Net Neutrality: 
<a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-dangerous-loopholes-remain-after-key-vote-by-lead-eu-parliament-committee">Dangerous
Loopholes Remain After Key Vote by Lead EU Parliament Committee</a>.


title: Congress, It's Time To Clean Up Your Iraq War Mess
uri: Congress-It-s-Time-To-Clean-Up-Your-Iraq-War-Mess
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Congress,_It's_Time_To_Clean_Up_Your_Iraq_War_Mess)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Congress%2C_It%27s_Time_To_Clean_Up_Your_Iraq_War_Mess%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/19-4">Congress, It s
Time To Clean Up Your Iraq War Mess</a>.


title: The relatives of flight 370 passengers
uri: The-relatives-of-flight-370-passengers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_relatives_of_flight_370_passengers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_relatives_of_flight_370_passengers%29

content:
<p>
Relatives of flight 370 passengers 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/mh370-malaysian-police-remove-relatives-missing-flight">insanely
demand to be told right away</a> more about what happened to that
plane.
<p>
Someone should tell them that you can't get blood out of a stone.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Use_of_GMOs_designed_to_repel_pests)
title: Use of GMOs designed to repel pests
uri: Use-of-GMOs-designed-to-repel-pests
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Use_of_GMOs_designed_to_repel_pests%29

content:
<p>
It is difficult to use a GMO designed to repel a pest without 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/03/how-mismanagement-gmo-corn-created-super-predator">causing
the pest to develop resistance</a>.  The commercial incentives of
agribusiness, and the weakness of government regulation cowed by
plutocrats, guarantees failure.


title: Abbott to do something right for once
uri: Abbott-to-do-something-right-for-once
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Abbott_to_do_something_right_for_once)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Abbott_to_do_something_right_for_once%29

content:
<p>
For once, Abbott is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/18/racial-discrimination-groups-unite-against-morally-repugnant-law-changes">about
to do something right</a>.  (Even a stopped clock is right twice a
day.)
<p>
Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend.
It includes the freedom to say things that you or I despise.
Censorship is very dangerous.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_US_governments_secrecy_logic)
title: The US government's secrecy logic
uri: The-US-government-s-secrecy-logic
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_US_governments_secrecy_logic%29
content:
<p>
By the 
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/why-isnt-the-fourth-amendment-classified-as-top-secret/284439/">US
government's secrecy logic</a>, the Fourth Amendment ought to be
retroactively made secret.
<p>
The danger of retroactive secrecy implies that we need to store any
documents describing US government activities outside the US, in
places that the US government cannot reach.


title: Louisiana suing MoveOn over billboard that criticizes governor
uri: Louisiana-suing-MoveOn-over-billboard-that-criticizes-governor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Louisiana_suing_MoveOn_over_billboard_that_criticizes_governor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Louisiana_suing_MoveOn_over_billboard_that_criticizes_governor%29

content:
<p>
The state of Louisiana is suing MoveOn over a billboard that
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140317/17195026605/lt-governor-louisiana-sues-moveonorg-over-parody-campaign-targeting-governors-policies.shtml">criticizes
the governor using a state publicity slogan</a>.
<p>
This lawsuit is based on trademark law.  The article unwisely calls it
"IP law", which is confusing since it drags in other unrelated laws
(copyright, patent, trade secret, publicity rights and more) that have
nothing to do with the issue.
<p>
See 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html</a>
for more explanation.
<p>
Avoiding this confusion is as easy as pie: just remember not to use
the term "IP" (except when you mean "internet protocol").  In fact,
you have to go out of your way to cause the confusion.  Too bad so
many writers go out of their way.


title: Anti-Russian demonstrators attacked by Russian troops during "election"
uri: Anti-Russian-demonstrators-attacked-by-Russian-troops-during-election
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Anti-Russian_demonstrators_attacked_by_Russian_troops_during_election)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Anti-Russian_demonstrators_attacked_by_Russian_troops_during_election%29

content:
<p>
During the Putinesque "election" in the Crimea, Russian troops
patrolled the streets and 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/19-0">attacked
anti-Russian demonstrators</a>.
<p>
The people of the Crimea should have the right to integrate with
Russia, but they deserve to choose freely.


title: The US and UK are listed as enemies of internet freedom
uri: The-US-and-UK-are-listed-as-enemies-of-internet-freedom
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_US_and_UK_are_listed_as_enemies_of_internet_freedom)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_US_and_UK_are_listed_as_enemies_of_internet_freedom%29

content:
<p>
Reporters without Borders has 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/03/18-4">listed the
US and the UK as enemies of internet freedom</a>.
<p>
I hope this will help our cause.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(The_embargo_against_Cuba)
title: The embargo against Cuba
uri: The-embargo-against-Cuba
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28The_embargo_against_Cuba%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/19-7">55 Years Is
Enough: Lift the Cuba Embargo</a>.
<p>
The embargo against Cuba remains in force to satisfy the Cuban exiles
in Florida, who use their political influence to demand it.


title: Microsoft enlisting states Attorneys General
uri: Microsoft-enlisting-states-Attorneys-General
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Microsoft_enlisting_states_Attorneys_General)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Microsoft_enlisting_states_Attorneys_General%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140317/13003426600/microsoft-enlisting-clueless-states-attorneys-general-to-shake-down-foreign-companies-piracy.shtml">Microsoft
Enlisting Clueless States Attorneys General To Shake Down Foreign
Companies For 'Piracy'</a>.


title: Wildfires in California running at 3x normal rate
uri: Wildfires-in-California-running-at-3x-normal-rate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Wildfires_in_California_running_at_3x_normal_rate)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Wildfires_in_California_running_at_3x_normal_rate%29

content:
<p>
It's not even spring yet, but wildfires in California are running at
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/19/california-drought-wildfires-danger">three
times the normal rate</a>.
<p>
In 40 years, a normal year will be like this, and a bad year will mean
they will have to pump sea water to put the fires out.


title: Russian irregular forces seizing Ukraine military bases
uri: Russian-irregular-forces-seizing-Ukraine-military-bases
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Russian_irregular_forces_seizing_Ukraine_military_bases)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Russian_irregular_forces_seizing_Ukraine_military_bases%29

content:
<p>
Russian irregular forces have started 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/russian-forces-ukraine-navy-headquarters-seize-crimea">seizing
Ukraine military bases in the Crimea</a>.
<p>
Putin is completely right when he says that Western leaders are
hypocrites, and that countries such as the US have acted in ways
similar to what they are now criticizing.
<p>
But if that is meant to justify his actions, that's where his logic is
invalid.  It is wrong to stir up militias to seize territory, to
censor the media, to run unfair (effectively rigged) elections.  Those
are wrong when done by others, and wrong when done by Putin.


title: Repression of protests at universities in the UK
uri: Repression-of-protests-at-universities-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Repression_of_protests_at_universities_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Repression_of_protests_at_universities_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
Repression of protests 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/19/universities-support-protest-suppress">has
become the norm</a> for universities in the UK.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Private_militias_in_Mexico)
title: Private militias in Mexico
uri: Private-militias-in-Mexico
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Private_militias_in_Mexico%29
content:
<p>
Private militias have mostly cleared Michoacán of drug
traffickers, but the Mexican government has no idea 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/mexican-vigilantes-knights-templar-cartel-violence-militias-michoacan-drugs-gangs">what
to do with the militias</a>.


title: 1972 prediction about amount of global heating
uri: 1972-prediction-about-amount-of-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(1972_prediction_about_amount_of_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%281972_prediction_about_amount_of_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
A prediction about the amount of global heating, made in 1972 based on
very simple physics, 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/mar/19/global-warming-accurate-prediction-1972">corresponds
to today's observations</a>.
<p>
Nonetheless, the effect of adding further CO<sub>2</sub> to the
atmosphere is not so easy to predict.  The further we go, the more
possible positive feedback effects there are that might trigger
further releases of CO2, or methane from warming tundra or sea bed.


title: Venezuelan opposition MP threatened for leading protests
uri: Venezuelan-opposition-MP-threatened-for-leading-protests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Venezuelan_opposition_MP_threatened_for_leading_protests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Venezuelan_opposition_MP_threatened_for_leading_protests%29

content:
<p>
A Venezuelan opposition MP is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/venezuela-investigation-maria-corina-machado-protests">threatened
with investigation for treason</a> for leading protests.
<p>
I can well believe that Machado cannot relate to the poor in
Venezuela, and I presume they did not vote for her.  She was probably
elected from a fairly wealthy district, but those people are voters
too.
<p>
Chavistas will say that Machado is conspiring with the US to overthrow
the government, but protests are not rebellion.  If it were not for
the country's real problems — shortages and crime — the
wealthy elite would not get mass support for protests.  The government
should focus on correcting those problems.  The shortages are caused
by price and currency controls.


title: Haiti's money being spend on facilities for foreign tourists
uri: Haiti-s-money-being-spend-on-facilities-for-foreign-tourists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Haitis_money_being_spend_on_facilities_for_foreign_tourists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Haitis_money_being_spend_on_facilities_for_foreign_tourists%29

content:
<p>
Haiti's money is being spent to develop 
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/07/impoverished-haiti-hopes-160-million-to-develop-high-end-tourism-industry-pays/">facilities
for foreign tourists</a>.
<p>
The scheme is designed such that most of the benefits will go
to the wealthy elite.  Special tax cuts will ensure that the
people get essentially nothing.
<p>
The article does not mention that the development in Ile a Vache is
based on 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#18_March_2014_(Planned_eviction_of_Ile_a_Vache_turning_bloody)">evicting
the inhabitants</a>.


title: Austerity aimed at the poor continues to increase in the UK
uri: Austerity-aimed-at-the-poor-continues-to-increase-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Austerity_aimed_at_the_poor_continues_to_increase_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Austerity_aimed_at_the_poor_continues_to_increase_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
As the UK enters a "recovery" for the rich, austerity aimed at the poor
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/18/poverty-benefits-cuts-uk-oecd">continues
to increase</a>.


title: UK "oversight" for intelligence agencies
uri: UK-oversight-for-intelligence-agencies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(UK_oversight_for_intelligence_agencies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28UK_oversight_for_intelligence_agencies%29

content:
<p>
UK "oversight" for intelligence agencies was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/18/intelligence-watchdog-like-tv-sitcom">designed
to see nothing</a>.


title: NSA records all phone calls in a country
uri: NSA-records-all-phone-calls-in-a-country
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(NSA_records_all_phone_calls_in_a_country)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28NSA_records_all_phone_calls_in_a_country%29

content:
<p>
There is some country (not the US) where the NSA records 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/18-1">all phone
calls</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(US_college_students_face_poverty)
title: US college students face poverty
uri: US-college-students-face-poverty
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28US_college_students_face_poverty%29
content:
<p>
As US college students are so poor that they need food handouts, they
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/18-2">face poverty
after graduation</a> from their student loans.


title: HP directly supports Israeli apartheid ID system
uri: HP-directly-supports-Israeli-apartheid-ID-system
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(HP_directly_supports_Israeli_apartheid_ID_system)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28HP_directly_supports_Israeli_apartheid_ID_system%29

content:
<p>
HP 
<a href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/features/economy-of-the-occupation/7876-hp-complicit-in-jerusalem-s-ethnic-cleansing">directly
supports</a> the ID system on which Israeli apartheid is based.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Religious_freedom)
title: Religious freedom
uri: Religious-freedom
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Religious_freedom%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/18/1285607/-If-Our-Founding-Fathers-Were-All-Christians-Why-Did-They-Say-This">What
the US founding fathers said</a> about religious freedom.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(FDRs_Economic_Bill_of_Rights)
title: FDR's Economic Bill of Rights
uri: FDR-s-Economic-Bill-of-Rights
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28FDRs_Economic_Bill_of_Rights%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/17/1285432/-FDR-s-Economic-Bill-of-Rights-could-be-our-Democratic-Platform-every-American-needs-to-hear-again">FDR's
Economic Bill of Rights</a> is what the US needs today.
<p>
And every other country, too!


title: Life has gotten harder for US working poor
uri: Life-has-gotten-harder-for-US-working-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Life_has_gotten_harder_for_US_working_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Life_has_gotten_harder_for_US_working_poor%29

content:
<p>
Life has got harder for the US working poor 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/17/1285386/-Working-poverty-is-a-hot-trend-thanks-to-low-wage-jobs">over
the past few years</a>.


title: Israeli fanatic takes down Palestinian flag with help from soldiers
uri: Israeli-fanatic-takes-down-Palestinian-flag-with-help-from-soldiers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Israeli_fanatic_takes_down_Palestinian_flag_with_help_from_soldiers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Israeli_fanatic_takes_down_Palestinian_flag_with_help_from_soldiers%29

content:
<p>
An Israeli fanatic 
<a href="http://972mag.com/watch-hebron-man-faces-arrest-for-waving-palestinian-flag-on-his-roof/88343/">tried
to climb on to Shadi Sidr's roof to take down Sidr's Palestinian
flag</a>.  The fanatic couldn't get past the barbed wire.  Israeli
soldiers considered Sidr to blame, and ordered him to take the flag
down.
<p>
Forcing people to stop doing something on the grounds that bullies
object to it is the opposite of justice.
<p>
If you want to look at the video on YouTube, don't access the site
in the normal way!  That requires nonfree software, which 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">tramples
your freedom</a>.
<p>
Instead, you can download it with the youtube-dl script.


title: Israeli troops bar Palestinians arbitrarily from riding buses to work
uri: Israeli-troops-bar-Palestinians-arbitrarily-from-riding-buses-to-work
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Israeli_troops_bar_Palestinians_arbitrarily_from_riding_buses_to_work)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Israeli_troops_bar_Palestinians_arbitrarily_from_riding_buses_to_work%29

content:
<p>
Israeli troops, 
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=63697">harassing
Palestinians trying to enter Israel to go to work</a>, order them to
walk over a mile and bar them arbitrarily from riding buses.


title: Urgent: Fix the Medicare SGR formula without charging people more
uri: Urgent-Fix-the-Medicare-SGR-formula-without-charging-people-more
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Fix_the_Medicare_SGR_formula_without_charging_people_more)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Fix_the_Medicare_SGR_formula_without_charging_people_more%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6405/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9284">tell
Congress</a> to fix the Medicare SGR formula but not by charging
people more for their Medicare.


title: Urgent: Tell MSNBC to correct anti-Social-Security rant
uri: Urgent-Tell-MSNBC-to-correct-anti-Social-Security-rant
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_MSNBC_to_correct_anti-Social-Security_rant)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_MSNBC_to_correct_anti-Social-Security_rant%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6405/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9495">Tell
MSNBC</a> to correct Abby Huntsman's anti-Social-Security rant.


title: Urgent: Tell McDonalds to stop stealing from workers
uri: Urgent-Tell-McDonalds-to-stop-stealing-from-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_McDonalds_to_stop_stealing_from_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_McDonalds_to_stop_stealing_from_workers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://lowpayisnotok.org/robbed">tell McDonalds</a>, stop
stealing from your underpaid workers.


title: Israel denies water to Palestinian neighborhoods
uri: Israel-denies-water-to-Palestinian-neighborhoods
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Israel_denies_water_to_Palestinian_neighborhoods)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Israel_denies_water_to_Palestinian_neighborhoods%29

content:
<p>
Palestinian neighborhoods that Israel claims to have annexed have been
<a href="http://972mag.com/photos-13-days-without-water-in-east-jerusalem/88497/">denied
water supply for two weeks</a>.
<p>
It is strange that Israel calls these neighborhoods part of Jerusalem
and then puts them on the other side of the annexation wall.


title: Prominent Israelis call for peace agreement with Palestine
uri: Prominent-Israelis-call-for-peace-agreement-with-Palestine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Prominent_Israelis_call_for_peace_agreement_with_Palestine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Prominent_Israelis_call_for_peace_agreement_with_Palestine%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=63721">Many
prominent Israelis</a> call for a peace agreement with Palestine based
on the recognized pre-1967 border.


title: Company requires employees to be monitored by their computers
uri: Company-requires-employees-to-be-monitored-by-their-computers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Company_requires_employees_to_be_monitored_by_their_computers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Company_requires_employees_to_be_monitored_by_their_computers%29

content:
<p>
A company that makes monitoring software 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/17/why-companies-are-tracking-the-fitness-of-their-employees">requires
all its employees to be monitored all the time</a> by their computers.
<p>
We had better make such requirements illegal or lots of companies
will impose them.


title: People fleeing Africa try to cross Spanish border fence
uri: People-fleeing-Africa-try-to-cross-Spanish-border-fence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(People_fleeing_Africa_try_to_cross_Spanish_border_fence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28People_fleeing_Africa_try_to_cross_Spanish_border_fence%29

content:
<p>
A 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/18/hundreds-migrants-storm-spain-african-enclave-mellilla">thousand
people</a> tried to cross the Spanish border fence at Melilla</a>, a
part of Africa held by Spain.
<p>
By 2030, there may be 50,000 each night, fleeing from starvation in
Africa.  By 2100, spreading aridity may cause starvation in Spain too.


title: Ben & Jerry's structure protects some of its ethical goals
uri: Ben-Jerry-s-structure-protects-some-of-its-ethical-goals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Ben_and_Jerrys_structure_protects_some_of_its_ethical_goals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Ben_and_Jerrys_structure_protects_some_of_its_ethical_goals%29

content:
<p>
When Ben & Jerry's ice cream was compelled into merger with a
conglomerate, the founders developed a structure that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ben-jerrys-maverick-ideas-mainstream-business-values">protects
some of the company's ethical goals</a>.
<p>
This structure might be useful in other situations.
<p>
Meanwhile, I think it would be good for someone to investigate why
it was impossible for the company to continue succeeding on its own.
What had changed — and what would be needed to change it back?


title: Over half of sampled meat in the UK contains DNA from wrong animals
uri: Over-half-of-sampled-meat-in-the-UK-contains-DNA-from-wrong-animals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Over_half_of_sampled_meat_in_the_UK_contains_DNA_from_wrong_animals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Over_half_of_sampled_meat_in_the_UK_contains_DNA_from_wrong_animals%29

content:
<p>
A survey of 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/18/half-meat-products-contained-dna-wrong-animals-council-survey">over
100 samples of meat</a> in the UK found that over half of them
contained DNA from the wrong animals.
<p>
Failure to clean processing equipment could easily lead to trace
amounts of the wrong meat; but I don't see how that could introduce
contamination amounting to 5% of the product.
<p>
The prevalence of fraud suggests that testing should be carried out
frequently, with high fines.


title: Egyptian thug sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing 10 prisoners
uri: Egyptian-thug-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-killing-10-prisoners
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Egyptian_thug_sentenced_to_10_years_in_prison_for_killing_10_prisoners)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Egyptian_thug_sentenced_to_10_years_in_prison_for_killing_10_prisoners%29

content:
<p>
An Egyptian thug has been 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/18/egypt-police-captain-jail-gassing-37-prisoners">sentenced
to 10 years in prison</a> for killing 10 prisoners.
<p>
That's a long sentence when compared with the usual immunity of thugs,
but not long compared with other murderers.


title: UK gov't wants to pressure web sites to delete material
uri: UK-gov-t-wants-to-pressure-web-sites-to-delete-material
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(UK_govt_wants_to_pressure_web_sites_to_delete_material)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28UK_govt_wants_to_pressure_web_sites_to_delete_material%29

content:
<p>
The UK government is not satisfied with censorship by banning some
topics and viewpoints.  Now it wants to 
<a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/15/government-web-censorship">pressure
web sites to delete other sorts of material</a>.
<p>
Censorship is evil.


title: Proposing a new model of free enterprise
uri: Proposing-a-new-model-of-free-enterprise
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Proposing_a_new_model_of_free_enterprise)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Proposing_a_new_model_of_free_enterprise%29

content:
<p>
Proposing a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/18/transition-tipping-point-revolution-doom">new
model of free enterprise</a> not mainly owned by a few plutocrats.
<p>
To achieve it, we will need to defeat the plutocrats.


title: Egypt's military taking economic as well as political control
uri: Egypt-s-military-taking-economic-as-well-as-political-control
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Egypts_military_taking_economic_as_well_as_political_control)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Egypts_military_taking_economic_as_well_as_political_control%29

content:
<p>
Egypt's military is taking 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/18/egypt-military-economy-power-elections">economic
as well as political control of the country</a>.
<p>
If you were thinking of tourism in Egypt, I recommend applying
personal economic sanctions by going elsewhere.


title: Federal Reserve seeks to implement ineffective reforms
uri: Federal-Reserve-seeks-to-implement-ineffective-reforms
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Federal_Reserve_seeks_to_implement_ineffective_reforms)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Federal_Reserve_seeks_to_implement_ineffective_reforms%29

content:
<p>
The (inadequate) Dodd-Frank financial reform law tried to limit the
Federal Reserve's power to bail out banks.  The Federal Reserve seeks
to implement it in 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/03/federal-reserve-emergency-lending-rule">regulations
so weak that they won't change much</a>.
<p>
It seems to me that emergency loans to banks should carry a variable
interest rate computed so as to assure it is high enough that banks
won't be eager to borrow this way.


title: Billionaires using money to direct scientific research
uri: Billionaires-using-money-to-direct-scientific-research
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Billionaires_using_money_to_direct_scientific_research)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Billionaires_using_money_to_direct_scientific_research%29

content:
<p>
Billionaires, having put the squeeze on US-funded science as well as
everything else the state needs to do, are 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html?hp&_r=0">using
their money to direct scientific research</a>.
<p>
We have to take away from those billionaires the ill-gotten gains they
achieved through corrupting our laws and regulatory agencies.  Most of
it should go to the Americans they have impoverished, but some should
go to the public treasury to 
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html">fund
all the things that states ought to do</a>.
<p>
Above all we should not let these billionaires buy legitimacy for
their overlarge share of our national income by giving away a fraction
of it, even if the causes they give it to are good ones.


title: Preserving the thousands of local Indian varieties of rice
uri: Preserving-the-thousands-of-local-Indian-varieties-of-rice
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Preserving_the_thousands_of_local_Indian_varieties_of_rice)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Preserving_the_thousands_of_local_Indian_varieties_of_rice%29

content:
<p>
Preserving the thousands of local Indian varieties of rice has become
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/18/india-rice-warrior-living-seed-bank">vital
for coping with the increasing aridity</a> that global heating is
likely to cause.


title: ACLU and others to challenge Idaho's ag-gag law
uri: ACLU-and-others-to-challenge-Idaho-s-ag-gag-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(ACLU_and_others_to_challenge_Idahos_ag-gag_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28ACLU_and_others_to_challenge_Idahos_ag-gag_law%29

content:
<p>
The ACLU and others will 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/17-6">challenge
Idaho's ag-gag law</a>, which attempts to rename the state to Idunno,
Youdunno.


title: Obama's pledge to make his administration "open and transparent"
uri: Obama-s-pledge-to-make-his-administration-open-and-transparent
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Obamas_pledge_to_make_his_administration_open_and_transparent)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Obamas_pledge_to_make_his_administration_open_and_transparent%29

content:
<p>
Obama pledged to make is administration the "most open and transparent
in history".  Instead he set a record in the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/17-3">opposite
direction</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 19_March_2014_(Putins_propaganda)
title: Putin's propaganda
uri: Putin-s-propaganda
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#19_March_2014_%28Putins_propaganda%29
content:
<p>
Putin's propaganda is very effective in 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/crimea-crisis-russia-propaganda-media">influencing
Western media</a>.
<p>
I see parallels between this and 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#19_May_2013_(Denial_of_human-caused_global_heating)">fossil
fuel companies' propaganda</a> (denying global heating).


title: Google sued for scanning students' email and school data
uri: Google-sued-for-scanning-students-email-and-school-data
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(Google_sued_for_scanning_students_email_and_school_data)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28Google_sued_for_scanning_students_email_and_school_data%29

content:
<p>
Google is being sued for scanning 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/19/google-lawsuit-email-scanning-student-data-apps-education">students'
emails and school data</a>.
<p>
School systems should be required to manage their own student data,
not entrust it to a company.  No matter which company.
<p>
<a href="http://epic.org/2014/03/google-admits-to-data-mining-s.html">More
information</a>.


title: Teenager faces life in prison for using cocaine while pregnant
uri: Teenager-faces-life-in-prison-for-using-cocaine-while-pregnant
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(Teenager_faces_life_in_prison_for_using_cocaine_while_pregnant)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28Teenager_faces_life_in_prison_for_using_cocaine_while_pregnant%29

content:
<p>
A teenager whose baby died at birth 
<a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/stillborn-child-charge-of-murder-and-disputed-case-law-on-fetal-harm">faces
life in prison</a> for having used cocaine while pregnant.
<p>
Even if it were probable that the cocaine had caused the baby's death,
that would not make this prosecution just or sensible.
<p>
This is not the way to get pregnant teenagers to stop taking cocaine.
Extreme punishment against a minute fraction of the people who do a
certain thing is never an effective way to teach people in general not
to do it.  They rationally think that such a minute probability is not
worth thinking about.
<p>
The rational way to reduce the number of pregnant teenagers that use
cocaine is to provide all teenage females with IUDs.  The cruel
right-wing "Christians" that enacted this law don't want to do that,
because they don't care about babies that die or have birth defects.
What they want is an excuse to be cruel to a scapegoat.


title: US using economic threats to push El Salvador into privatization
uri: US-using-economic-threats-to-push-El-Salvador-into-privatization
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(US_using_economic_threats_to_push_El_Salvador_into_privatization)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28US_using_economic_threats_to_push_El_Salvador_into_privatization%29

content:
<p>
The US is using economic threats to push El Salvador into
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/19-6">massive
privatization</a>.


title: UK gov't plans to eliminate incentives for reducing use of fossil fuels
uri: UK-gov-t-plans-to-eliminate-incentives-for-reducing-use-of-fossil-fuel
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(UK_govt_plans_to_eliminate_incentives_for_reducing_use_of_fossil_fuels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28UK_govt_plans_to_eliminate_incentives_for_reducing_use_of_fossil_fuels%29

content:
<p>
The UK government is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/mar/20/george-osborne-budget-kill-renewable-energy-revolution-tax-break">quietly
planning</a> to eliminate incentives for businesses to use less fossil
fuels.
<p>
I am convinced that the UK government has made a long-term secret
commitment to boost the fossil fuel companies' business as much as
possible — the exact opposite of what Britain and the world
need.


title: Arbitrary restrictions on which days each car may be used
uri: Arbitrary-restrictions-on-which-days-each-car-may-be-used
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(Arbitrary_restrictions_on_which_days_each_car_may_be_used)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28Arbitrary_restrictions_on_which_days_each_car_may_be_used%29

content:
<p>
Arbitrary restrictions on which days each car may be used 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/20/licence-plate-driving-bans-paris-ineffective-air-pollution">tend
to increase air pollution in the long term</a>.


title: UK private contractors face charges of manslaughter
uri: UK-private-contractors-face-charges-of-manslaughter
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(UK_private_contractors_face_charges_of_manslaughter)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28UK_private_contractors_face_charges_of_manslaughter%29

content:
<p>
UK private contractors whose callousness killed a man being deported
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/20/jimmy-mubenga-death-three-g4s-guards-charged-manslaughter">will
face charges</a>.


title: Iraq considering law to attack women's rights
uri: Iraq-considering-law-to-attack-women-s-rights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(Iraq_considering_law_to_attack_womens_rights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28Iraq_considering_law_to_attack_womens_rights%29

content:
<p>
Iraq is considering a 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/iraq-child-marriage-bill-human-rights">law
to attack women's rights</a>.


title: NRA blocking nominee for Surgeon General
uri: NRA-blocking-nominee-for-Surgeon-General
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(NRA_blocking_nominee_for_Surgeon_General)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28NRA_blocking_nominee_for_Surgeon_General%29

content:
<p>
The NRA is not satisfied with opposing gun regulation; it is
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/19-0">blocking the
nominee for Surgeon General</a> because he agrees with most Americans
on gun control.
<p>
The Surgeon General plays no role in writing or enforcing gun
regulations.  I speculate that the NRA has taken the opportunity to
pressure Democratic senators as a way to teach them obedience.


title: The Great American 'Toxic Chemical' Experiment
uri: The-Great-American-Toxic-Chemical-Experiment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(The_Great_American_Toxic_Chemical_Experiment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28The_Great_American_Toxic_Chemical_Experiment%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/19-8">The Great
American 'Toxic Chemical' Experiment</a>.


title: NSA lawyer says Internet companies knew about Prism
uri: NSA-lawyer-says-Internet-companies-knew-about-Prism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(NSA_lawyer_says_Internet_companies_knew_about_Prism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28NSA_lawyer_says_Internet_companies_knew_about_Prism%29

content:
<p>
An NSA lawyer said that 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/us-tech-giants-knew-nsa-data-collection-rajesh-de">Internet
companies targeted by Prism knew about that</a>, just not under the
name "Prism".
<p>
This is a minor detail, and so is the question of whether a
jury-rigged scheme of laws "authorizes" these surveillance schemes.
All that really matters is that it's 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">too
much surveillance for democracy to coexist with</a>.


title: Kansas adopting law to impede complaints about crimes by thugs
uri: Kansas-adopting-law-to-impede-complaints-about-crimes-by-thugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(Kansas_adopting_law_to_impede_complaints_about_crimes_by_thugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28Kansas_adopting_law_to_impede_complaints_about_crimes_by_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Kansas is adopting a law to 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/19/1285843/-Kansas-Moves-to-Legalize-Police-Retaliation">impede
and punish complaints about crimes by thugs</a>.
<p>
The article assumes that the two parts of the law would operate
together; that making a complaint which is not allowed to be
investigated would be a felony.  It doesn't look that way to me.
However, this law is dangerous even without exaggeration.


title: Toyota denied $1.2 billion tax write-off for criminal settlement
uri: Toyota-denied-1-2-billion-tax-write-off-for-criminal-settlement
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 20_March_2014_(Toyota_denied_1.2_billion_tax_write-off_for_criminal_settlement)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#20_March_2014_%28Toyota_denied_1.2_billion_tax_write-off_for_criminal_settlement%29

content:
<p>
The US showed 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/03/19-1">a little
firmness against Toyota</a> by making a fine a real fine.
<p>
The law should be changed so that settlements made to resolve criminal
claims are never tax-deductible.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Urgent:_Wallmart)
title: Urgent: Wallmart
uri: Urgent-Wallmart
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Wallmart%29
content:
<p>
Everyone:
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/if-gap-ca-raise-wages-so-can-walmart">
tell Walmart to give workers a raise</a>.


title: Urgent: Give high priority to prosecuting mortgage fraud
uri: Urgent-Give-high-priority-to-prosecuting-mortgage-fraud
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Urgent:_Give_high_priority_to_prosecuting_mortgage_fraud)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Give_high_priority_to_prosecuting_mortgage_fraud%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/736">call on Attorney
General Holder</a> to give high priority to prosecuting mortgage fraud
(by banks).


title: Urgent: Oppose Dropbox's mandatory arbitration
uri: Urgent-Oppose-Dropbox-s-mandatory-arbitration
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Urgent:_Oppose_Dropboxs_mandatory_arbitration)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_Dropboxs_mandatory_arbitration%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12447">call
on Dropbox</a> to stop making customers agree to mandatory
arbitration.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Turks_access_Twitter_despite_ban)
title: Turks access Twitter despite ban
uri: Turks-access-Twitter-despite-ban
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Turks_access_Twitter_despite_ban%29
content:
<p>
Turks are finding 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/21/turkey-twitter-users-flout-ban-erdogan">ways
to access Twitter</a> despite Erdogan's ban.


title: Overt enemies of women's rights in Ukraine gov't
uri: Overt-enemies-of-women-s-rights-in-Ukraine-gov-t
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Overt_enemies_of_womens_rights_in_Ukraine_govt)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Overt_enemies_of_womens_rights_in_Ukraine_govt%29

content:
<p>
The right-wingers in the Ukraine's government include overt 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/21/ukraine-turmoil-womens-rights-europe-democracy">enemies
of women's rights</a>.


title: NSA cracks into accounts of sysadmins
uri: NSA-cracks-into-accounts-of-sysadmins
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(NSA_cracks_into_accounts_of_sysadmins)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28NSA_cracks_into_accounts_of_sysadmins%29

content:
<p>
The NSA 
<a href="https://firstlook.org/theintercept/?post_type=article&p=1848">cracks
into accounts of sysadmins</a> in order to attack the systems they
administer.
<p>
If the NSA did this to the sysadmins working for hostile governments,
I would not criticize it.  I don't see anything wrong in spying on
hostile governments.  But the NSA does this to a tremendous extent.


title: Imperial Blowback from Iraq to Ukraine
uri: Imperial-Blowback-from-Iraq-to-Ukraine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Imperial_Blowback_from_Iraq_to_Ukraine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Imperial_Blowback_from_Iraq_to_Ukraine%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/20-1">Crimea and
Punishment: Imperial Blowback from Iraq to Ukraine</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Twitter_banned_in_Turkey)
title: Twitter banned in Turkey
uri: Twitter-banned-in-Turkey
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Twitter_banned_in_Turkey%29
content:
<p>
Erdogan has 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/21/turkey-blocks-twitter-prime-minister">banned
Twitter</a> in Turkey.  It offered too much freedom of speech,
apparently.


title: It may be a mistake to focus our blame on sociopaths
uri: It-may-be-a-mistake-to-focus-our-blame-on-sociopaths
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(It_may_be_a_mistake_to_focus_our_blame_on_sociopaths)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28It_may_be_a_mistake_to_focus_our_blame_on_sociopaths%29

content:
<p>
It may be a mistake to focus our blame on sociopaths,
because the ways they find to exploit people are 
<a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/swanson20140320">shaped
by the social systems they are in</a>.


title: Harvard president argues against divestment from fossil fuel companies
uri: Harvard-president-argues-against-divestment-from-fossil-fuel-companies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Harvard_president_argues_against_divestment_from_fossil_fuel_companies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Harvard_president_argues_against_divestment_from_fossil_fuel_companies%29

content:
<p>
Harvard's president resorts to absurd arguments against divestment
from fossil fuel companies, including denying that their lobbying has
any effect.  This 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/20-9">open letter
from a student</a> rips them to shreds.
<p>
In such situations, the person in authority usually has some very
simple, powerful and embarrassing reason, and the absurd arguments are
a smokescreen for it.
<p>
Perhaps the simple reason is that some rich donors whose money comes
from fossil fuel companies said they would stop donating to Harvard if
it divests.  If that is the reason, she should come out with it and
give the community a chance to choose to be heroes instead letting her
impose cowardice.


title: Sarah Shourd campaigns against solitary confinement in the US
uri: Sarah-Shourd-campaigns-against-solitary-confinement-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Sarah_Shourd_campaigns_against_solitary_confinement_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Sarah_Shourd_campaigns_against_solitary_confinement_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
Sarah Shourd developed PTSD as a result of a little over a year of
solitary confinement in Iran.  Now she 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/20/solitary-confinement-psychological-effects-sarah-shourd">campaigns
for prisoners in the US</a> who are subjected to the same
brainwashing, some for many years.


title: Opposition mayors imprisoned in Venezuela
uri: Opposition-mayors-imprisoned-in-Venezuela
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Opposition_mayors_imprisoned_in_Venezuela)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Opposition_mayors_imprisoned_in_Venezuela%29

content:
<p>
Opposition mayors are being 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/venezuela-mayor-civil-rebellion-violent-protests-ceballos-san-cristobal">imprisoned
in Venezuela for supporting protests</a>.
<p>
Protests in Caracas are 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/20/venezuela-revolt-truth-not-terror-campaign">limited
to a few wealthy areas</a>.  Outside of them, life simply goes on.
<p>
The violence seems to be sporadic on both sides, not organized.  There
may be a plot to overthrow the government, but it is not valid to
assume that most of the protesters — or specific leaders —
are part of it without some specific proof.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Kent_State_massacre)
title: Kent State massacre
uri: Kent-State-massacre
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Kent_State_massacre%29
content:
<p>
Despite new evidence that the Kent State massacre
was intentionally ordered by officers, the US
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/03/07-2">
still
rejects justice</a> for the students who were killed.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Peat)
title: Peat
uri: Peat
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Peat%29
content:
<p>
Using peat in gardens
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/09/is-ban-on-gardeners-using-peat-unfair">
creates CO2 emissions</a>, and it's not a renewable
resource when considered on a human time scale.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Oil_export)
title: Oil export
uri: Oil-export
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Oil_export%29
content:
<p>
US oil companies
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/04-5">
want to legalize oil export</a> from the US.
<p>
This would tend to boost the rate of oil extraction and use,
exactly the opposite of what the world needs.


title: Republicans try to obstruct claims by people dying from asbestos
uri: Republicans-try-to-obstruct-claims-by-people-dying-from-asbestos
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Republicans_try_to_obstruct_claims_by_people_dying_from_asbestos)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Republicans_try_to_obstruct_claims_by_people_dying_from_asbestos%29

content:
<p>
Republicans in several states are 
<a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/03/12424/wi-assembly-takes-alec-led-national-effort-narrow-access-courts-asbestos-victims">trying
to obstruct claims by people dying from asbestos</a>.
<p>
The companies responsible for this disease should compensate the
victims asbestos they can.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(The_most_wasteful_US_fisheries)
title: The most wasteful US fisheries
uri: The-most-wasteful-US-fisheries
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28The_most_wasteful_US_fisheries%29
content:
<p>
Naming the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/20/americas-nine-most-wasteful-fisheries-named">most
wasteful US fisheries</a>.  Some of them discard more fish than they
bring in.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(GMOs_have_not_increased_food_yields)
title: GMOs have not increased food yields
uri: GMOs-have-not-increased-food-yields
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28GMOs_have_not_increased_food_yields%29

content:
<p>
GMOs, with all their bad side effects, 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/02/do-gmo-crops-have-lower-yields">have
not increased food yields</a>.


title: US a No-Show for UN Talks on Covert Drone Wars
uri: US-a-No-Show-for-UN-Talks-on-Covert-Drone-Wars
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(US_a_No-Show_for_UN_Talks_on_Covert_Drone_Wars)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28US_a_No-Show_for_UN_Talks_on_Covert_Drone_Wars%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/20-2">US a
No-Show for UN Talks on Covert Drone Wars</a>.


title: Comparing how Putin and Obama threaten Americans
uri: Comparing-how-Putin-and-Obama-threaten-Americans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 21_March_2014_(Comparing_how_Putin_and_Obama_threaten_Americans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#21_March_2014_%28Comparing_how_Putin_and_Obama_threaten_Americans%29

content:
<p>
Comparing 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/20-4">how Putin and
Obama threaten Americans</a>.
<p>
'US Foreign Policy Blowback': 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/20-0">How US
Disregard for Intl Law Set Stage for Crimean Crisis</a>.
<p>
To be fair to Obama, I should point out that Putin has done
some of the same bad things.
<ul>
<li>
Putin's FSB (formerly the KGB) is not snooping much on Americans,
but it is surely snooping on Russian dissidents and journalists.
<li>
The US intervened in Afghanistan in alliance with one group,
against others.  The Soviet Union, in which Putin worked for
the KGB, did the same thing.
<li>
I presume Russia's constitution has some equivalent of the Bill of
Rights, and Putin is trashing it energetically by repressing 
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2011-sep-dec.html#19_December_2011_(Russian_Journalist_Shot_Dead)">Russian
journalists</a> and 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#26_October_2012_(Russian_dissident_kidnapped)">dissidents</a>.
<li>
Putin probably has a list of Chechen terrorist suspects to kill.
</ul>


title: Urgent: Tell FERC to stop approving oil and gas infrastructure
uri: Urgent-Tell-FERC-to-stop-approving-oil-and-gas-infrastructure
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Urgent:_Tell_FERC_to_stop_approving_oil_and_gas_infrastructure)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_FERC_to_stop_approving_oil_and_gas_infrastructure%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/stop-approving-oil-gas-infrastructure">tell
the FERC</a>, stop approving oil and gas infrastructure.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Rwanda_deports_journalist)
title: Rwanda deports journalist
uri: Rwanda-deports-journalist
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Rwanda_deports_journalist%29
content:
<p>
Rwanda has deported a journalist who 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/rwanda-media-harassment-hostile-tweets">linked
Twitter bullying to the president's office</a>.
<p>
Rwanda's President Kagame seems to have done a good job of 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#02_August_2013_(Medical_care_in_Rwanda)">managing 
the economy</a>, but he 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#13_October_2012_(Kagame_imprisons_and_kills_opposition_and_journalists)">tramples 
human and political rights</a>.


title: Documents approved by Cheney show main motive for invading Iraq
uri: Documents-approved-by-Cheney-show-main-motive-for-invading-Iraq
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Documents_approved_by_Cheney_show_main_motive_for_invading_Iraq)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Documents_approved_by_Cheney_show_main_motive_for_invading_Iraq%29

content:
<p>
Documents approved by Cheney in 2001 show that the main motive for
invading Iraq was the 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/20/iraq-war-oil-resources-energy-peak-scarcity-economy">fear
Saddam Hussein might manipulate oil markets</a> by temporarily
interrupting oil sales.
<p>
Surely this goal could have been achieved with some sort of a deal.
<p>
The article also cites proof that the US planned, before the invasion,
to rule Iraq as a colony with oil extraction as the priority.
<p>
Every country needs to aim for independence from oil supply, by
developing renewable energy supply as an urgent national priority.
When fossil fuel companies and their pet politicians block this,
they are effectively working against their own country.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Death_of_refugee_in_Manus_Island)
title: Death of refugee in Manus Island
uri: Death-of-refugee-in-Manus-Island
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Death_of_refugee_in_Manus_Island%29
content:
<p>
Imprisoned asylum-seekers in Manus Island say that their fellow
refugee, Reza Barati, was 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/21/reza-barati-was-knocked-down-stairs-and-then-beaten-to-death">kicked
down the stairs by the guards and beaten to death</a>.


title: Avoiding a real solution to global heating problem
uri: Avoiding-a-real-solution-to-global-heating-problem
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Avoiding_a_real_solution_to_global_heating_problem)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Avoiding_a_real_solution_to_global_heating_problem%29

content:
<p>
The head of a big coal company 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/21/rio-tinto-chief-urges-carbon-capture-progress-despite-research-funding-halt">says
we should stop worrying about burning coal</a>, because carbon capture
and storage will make it safe.  Meanwhile, his company has stopped
contributing to research on carbon capture and storage.
<p>
This company is not really interested in implementing carbon capture
and storage, just using the idea as an excuse to avoid real solution
to the problem of global heating.
<p>
He says we can't get rid of fossil fuels because that he knows that we
could (over time), and he wants to stop us from trying.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Copyright_troll)
title: Copyright troll
uri: Copyright-troll
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Copyright_troll%29
content:
<p>
Getty Images is 
<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/getty-images-lawsuits-enforcement-or-trolling-fear-letters-dwindling-stock-photo-giant-hits-federal">well-known
as a copyright troll</a>.


title: Microsoft searches blogger's email account
uri: Microsoft-searches-blogger-s-email-account
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Microsoft_searches_bloggers_email_account)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Microsoft_searches_bloggers_email_account%29

content:
<p>
Microsoft 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/technology/microsofts-software-leak-case-raises-privacy-issues.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2">searched
a blogger's email account — hosted by Microsoft — to see
where he got some Microsoft secrets that he revealed.


title: Calling for a public register of company owners
uri: Calling-for-a-public-register-of-company-owners
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Calling_for_a_public_register_of_company_owners)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Calling_for_a_public_register_of_company_owners%29

content:
<p>
Calling for a 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/20-3">public
register of owners of companies</a>, so that shell companies cannot
disguise who is really doing something.


title: McDonalds makes settlement with workers
uri: McDonalds-makes-settlement-with-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(McDonalds_makes_settlement_with_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28McDonalds_makes_settlement_with_workers%29

content:
<p>
McDonalds has made a 
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/19/1285910/-New-York-McDonald-s-workers-to-get-500-000-wage-theft-settlement">settlement
with workers</a> who were made to work and incur expenses without
paying them.
<p>
It looks like these workers are getting an average of $300 each, which
might help them a lot, but I suspect it is not as much as they really
ought to get.


title: How to respond if thugs ask you to be an informer
uri: How-to-respond-if-thugs-ask-you-to-be-an-informer
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(How_to_respond_if_thugs_ask_you_to_be_an_informer)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28How_to_respond_if_thugs_ask_you_to_be_an_informer%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.freebeagles.org/articles/grass.html">Advice on how
to respond</a> if the thugs ask you to be an informer.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Pig_farms_in_Iowa_poison_the_water)
title: Pig farms in Iowa poison the water
uri: Pig-farms-in-Iowa-poison-the-water
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Pig_farms_in_Iowa_poison_the_water%29

content:
<p>
Loopholes and cuts in inspection allow large pig farms in Iowa to
dispose of tons of hog manure into fields, from which it 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/hog-wild-factory-farms-are-poisoning-iowas-drinking-water">poisons
the water</a>.


title: US plutocrats can profit by "giving" to charter schools
uri: US-plutocrats-can-profit-by-giving-to-charter-schools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(US_plutocrats_can_profit_by_giving_to_charter_schools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28US_plutocrats_can_profit_by_giving_to_charter_schools%29

content:
<p>
US plutocrats can profit by 
<a href='https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/21-3'>"giving" to
charter schools</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(The_Green_Revolution)
title: The Green Revolution
uri: The-Green-Revolution
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28The_Green_Revolution%29
content:
<p>
Even as the Green Revolution increased food yields, it 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/21-0">promoted
centralization of agribusiness</a>.  Increased efficiency meant fewer
workers, and more people who couldn't get food to eat.


title: Oil and gas extraction uses lots of fresh water
uri: Oil-and-gas-extraction-uses-lots-of-fresh-water
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Oil_and_gas_extraction_uses_lots_of_fresh_water)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Oil_and_gas_extraction_uses_lots_of_fresh_water%29

content:
<p>
Oil and gas extraction use lots of fresh water, just as 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/21/global-thirst-energy-threatens-water-supplies">humanity
is starting not to have enough of it</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 22_March_2014_(Rare_earth_mining_in_China)
title: Rare earth mining in China
uri: Rare-earth-mining-in-China
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#22_March_2014_%28Rare_earth_mining_in_China%29
content:
<p>
Rare earth mining in China is 
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/rare-earth-mining-china-social-environmental-costs">deadly
to people who live or work in the vicinity</a>.
<p>
Through the World Trade Organization, the US has 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jul-oct.html#17_September_2013_(Any_law_to_reduce_global_heating_can_be_challenged_in_the_WTO)">agreed 
to do nothing about the problem</a>.


title: Urgent: Make sure Iran sanctions don't block medicines
uri: Urgent-Make-sure-Iran-sanctions-don-t-block-medicines
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html 23_March_2014_(Urgent:_Make_sure_Iran_sanctions_dont_block_medicines)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#23_March_2014_%28Urgent%3A_Make_sure_Iran_sanctions_dont_block_medicines%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1439/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15341">ask
your congresscritter</a> to sign Rep Moran's letter to make sure Iran
sanctions don't block medicines.


