US citizens: call on the senate to stop delaying on climate defense.

US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is assisted at his US events by US supporters of the Hindu-bigotry BJP party, which rules India with repression.

They protect him from questions about his association with the BJP.

Planet roasters are pressuring African countries to invest heavily in destroying global climate.

Replacing gas with wood for cooking is not the only way to stop burning gas. There are solar cookers that do the job renewably.

Some of them are cheap by first-world standards but still require funds to provide them to Africans.

Biden will order federal agencies to change their policies for using force against the public — for instance, not to use chokeholds. The order will limit mo-knock raids also.

This is not enough — mostly state and local thugs are the ones that kill members of the public. But this is what the president the authority to do on his own. To do more requires replacing some of the right-wing senators.

Will New Zealand accept demands from the Maori Party for a special role in government for New Zealanders of Maori descent?

I read previously that the Maori Party wants a separate parliament to represent Maori.

I see a crucial difference between affirmative action designed to compensate for past discrimination, on the one hand, and innate privilege to a certain ethnic group on the other.

The British colonists took much of the Maori's land, and (ISTR) their government treated the Maori unfairly afterwards. That can justify reparations to the descendants of those who were victimized.

However, giving their descendants (or any ethnic group whatsoever) innate privilege is incompatible with equal rights and democracy.

According to the article linked to above, the Act Party opposes both affirmative action — intended to help Maori get what the state ought to provide to everyone — and innate privilege. I think that is wrong. But I also think the Maori Party is wrong.