As Israel explicitly rejects peace, and tolerates advocacy of genocide against Palestinians, Canada says it will have "zero tolerance" for pressure on Israel.

A proposed UN resolution would demand that Israel and Palestine agree on peace in 18 months.

It is not clear what the resolution would have the UN do if peace is not achieved in that time.

An Australian law, to come into force in 2016, appears to ban teaching about encryption algorithms.

This could well prohibit hosting a mirror of any real GNU/Linux distro in Australia.

One of the special advisors permitted to read the text of the TPP says that Obama is being more secretive about it than Clinton was about NAFTA. Even these advisors are not allowed to see the changes that are being made.

Their specific criticisms are private; in public, they are only allowed to say very vague things, so Obama dishonestly rebukes them for being vague.

This is where Obama shows he is an enemy of the American people.

NAFTA was a disaster. If the TPP is no worse than NAFTA, only bigger, it will be a bigger disaster.

French Feminists Demand Rewording of 1789 'Rights Of Man' Declaration.

I've been bothered by this too, so speaking recently in France I decided to say "Droits de l'Humain" instead.

However, even more important than the sexist wording is the French state's failure to respect fundamental human rights, by making it a crime to insult some state officials or express certain opinions. Now a law to permit total surveillance is being pushed through.