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Raising the price of alcohol

jeudi 2 juillet 2015 à 14:00

Raising the price of alcohol in British Columbia reduced violent crimes 9% and reduced drunk driving almost 20%.

Naomi Klein invited to advise Vatican

jeudi 2 juillet 2015 à 14:00

The Vatican invited Naomi Klein to advise about campaigning to curb global heating.

Immigration and asylum

jeudi 2 juillet 2015 à 14:00

"A passport to my lovely garden? Dream on, you wretched souls".

Soldiers used as mustard gas test subjects

jeudi 2 juillet 2015 à 14:00

The US Army exposed soldiers to mustard gas as a forced experiment and threatened to imprison them if they told anyone.

Later the Veterans Affairs department promised to compensate them, but isn't trying to find them, and denies them compensation if they can't prove they were test subjects.

Surveillance capitalism

jeudi 2 juillet 2015 à 14:00

Defining "surveillance capitalism".

I have largely opted out of the activities surveillance capitalism enters into. There are a few that I can't avoid: flying and prescriptions.