The US has subpoena'd Reason magazine for information about who posted comments that expressed hatred for a judge.

Under US law, those comments are not threats and not illegal. So it seems the subpoena is either an attempt to reduce freedom of speech, or mere harassment.

Five Companies Control More Than Half of Academic Publishing.

An oligopoly falls short of monopoly but has harmful economic effects. We need laws to prevent oligopolies and pressure the largest companies in any market to split up.

Rich countries want to use a proposed corporate supremacy treaty to make India restrict generic drugs.

This would kill thousands or perhaps even millions.

London drivers working for Goober are organizing a campaign against the company.

I call it "Goober" because it pays drivers peanuts, but the worst thing about Uber is that it violates passengers' privacy by making them identify themselves. It also requires passengers to run nonfree software. As long as either one of those is the case, I will never use Goober, and I hope you reject it too.

The London Israeli film festival chose to do without a film rather than exclude men from the showings.

This decision is right, for two reasons. First, because we cannot tolerate gender discrimination in public theaters. Second, because the demand to exclude men is the reflection and symbol of the charedi sect's repression of women.