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Repression of gays in Egypt

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 à 14:00

Egypt is systematically repressing gays (extralegally) after a video was posted of an unofficial wedding of two men.

US politicians want to cancel citizenships

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 à 14:00

US politicians want to cancel the citizenship of people that support ISIS.

There are crimes that we have good reason to punish, some by life imprisonment, but denial of citizenship is never legitimate. (It also violates treaties to make someone stateless.)

Sad to say, the US has a history of revoking citizenship of immigrants for political reasons. For instance, Emma Goldman's US citizenship was revoked because of her political activities: draft resistance and birth control.

Seattle bans neonicotinoid pesticides

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 à 14:00

Seattle has banned neonicotinoid pesticides in the city.

It also will fine people that don't do composting. I am not sure how this is supposed to work for people that live in apartments and have no gardens.

Disrupting military drone manufacturing

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 à 14:00

Scottish protesters shut down a factory making components for Israeli military drones.

Coal train protest

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 à 14:00

A coal train protester says ending coal shipments is the government's job, but since it failed to do its job, the responsibility fell to him.