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Indigenous lives matter

mercredi 26 octobre 2016 à 02:00

Along with the Black Lives Matter campaign, a campaign that indigenous lives matter is also needed.

Designers of torture

mercredi 26 octobre 2016 à 02:00

Torture creates permanent mental scars. Two of the victims of CIA torture, unable to get any accountability from the US government, are now suing the psychologists who helped design the torture system.

America has brought guilt on itself through torturing people. As a patriotic American I feel the weight of this. For the US to recover its honor it must fully confess, and accept the appropriate punishment.

Dakota pipeline attacks

mercredi 26 octobre 2016 à 02:00

Thugs attacked protesters in North Dakota both physically and chemically, then arrested them and placed heavy charges against them.

Broken election system

mercredi 26 octobre 2016 à 02:00

Reversing the Corporations United decision is not enough: the US election system is broken in many ways. We need public campaign financing to override the power of business to fund campaigns.

Leaking responsibly

mercredi 26 octobre 2016 à 02:00

How Prof. Lessig responded when someone else's private message that insulted him was leaked by a cracker.

I agree with Lessig that there was nothing in those insults that made its publication important for the public. I don't know what else was in that message, or whether it contained something else significant that was important to leak. But I do call for responsible publication of leaks.

That said, the leaks have exposed big scandals and their publication was very important.