Canada's plutocratic government is extending copyright on musical recordings as a rider in a spending bill , with no public consultation.

Plutocracy means businesses pull the strings and the state obeys. Plutocracy is not a legitimate system of government.

When Australia sends refugees to imprisonment in Nauru, their conditions are atrocious . Their toilets and water supplies are so far away that those who are pregnant can't walk that far.

Some of them may be pregnant because they were raped by the prison guards.

Californians are pouring scorn on rich water-wasters .

The spirit of plutocracy is that the rich should not have to share the sacrifices imposed on society by their expensive life styles. In 40 or 80 years, the plutocrats will try to buy their way out of the problems that their fossil fuel policies are causing.

The thug that shot Tony Robinson will not face charges . He says that Robinson attacked him with fists and he was afraid of losing consciousness, and that he had been informed that Robinson was intoxicated.

The UK's right-wing government plans to end the overt subsidy for wind power.

No doubt they will say that subsidies distort markets, but preventing worldwide disaster justifies a lot more subsidy than now.

Meanwhile, they show no sign of ending the much bigger subsidies for fossil fuels and nuclear energy , which distort markets too.