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Employees coerced into "wellness programs"

samedi 17 janvier 2015 à 13:00

US companies are coercing employees into "wellness programs".

If these "wellness programs" involve using wearable surveillance devices, they will mean total surveillance. Any activity that pressures people to use them is therefore unjust.

Waste due to medical billing

samedi 17 janvier 2015 à 13:00

The waste due to medical billing in the US amounts to almost 400 billion dollars a year.

We could save it all with a national health service such as Canada has.

Autocratic rule over Haiti

samedi 17 janvier 2015 à 13:00

Haiti's US-imposed President Martelly has not held elections for parliament, which has now dissolved, enabling Martelly to rule autocratically.

"Wearable computers" run by proprietary software

samedi 17 janvier 2015 à 13:00

Welcome to 'uber-veillance' says Australian Privacy Foundation, as "wearable computers" run by proprietary software snoop on behalf of companies that control the software.

Captured child soldiers

samedi 17 janvier 2015 à 13:00

When the US invaded Afghanistan, it captured child soldiers. Does it make sense to keep them in prison now?

Why charge captured enemy soldiers with a crime for fighting, anyway?