30,000 people in Detroit face homelessness because they have not paid taxes on their houses. Unlike companies such as Apple, Amazon and Google, these people don't pay because they are poor, which is why the state of Michigan is cracking down on them.

India's "labor reforms" show how far neoliberals really want to go: restricting unions, allowing gender discrimination, legalizing child labor .

This goes with attacking NGOs that stand against abusive practices.

Israelis of Ethiopian descent protested after thugs beat up one of them (a soldier, as it happened), and the thugs attacked them violently.

Apparently racism against blacks in Israel is comparable to that in the US.

Conscientious objectors in South Korea face persecution.

The ACLU's court victory against NSA's massive phone surveillance was an incremental step forward, but decided only parts of the issue.

Ending this kind of surveillance will depend on Congress to let that part of the PAT RIOT Act expire.

Meanwhile, there are many other surveillance systems and more are being created.