*California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont will hold referendums on abortion next month.*

If you live in one of those states, please vote!

If you live in some other state of the US, please vote!

New Zealand is considering a carbon tax that would cover farm animals as well as fossil fuels.

I think we need such a tax, or some other strong measures worldwide to press reduction in emissions.

US citizens: call on the head of the World Bank to resign, since he is a global heating denialist.

For more explanation.

* US-style negotiations for reduced sentences in England and Wales raises fears of false confessions and lack of informed consent.*

It ought to raise concern — those are the results in the US.

*From barristers to bin collectors, strikers are working to empower us all.*

But it isn't easy — the plutocratists are fighting hard.