REI is a cooperative — of customers, not of workers. Some of its workers are trying to unionize, and the company is opposed.

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"Fort Bragg", California, was named after General Bragg when he was in the US Army, before the Civil War.

He was not a traitor then, but he became one subsequently. In my opinion, the name should be changed. Will it be possible to convince the people of the town to change it?

* If Tory legislation is left unchallenged, it won’t just be the right to protest that ordinary Britons will lose.*

Neil Young and Joni Mitchell are boycotting Spotify because of its support for Joe Rogan with his Covid misinformation.

I disapprove of his misinformation, but I have been boycotting Spotify for unjust treatment of its customers, so I have no way to boycott it harder. The latest thing for star musicians is to sell their song catalogs to Big Music. Those that do so won't have the option of joining in a boycott like this one.

The CIA tortured Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn ("Abu Zubaydah") around 20 years ago to experiment with torture techniques. To keep the torture secret, the US government decided to keep him incommunicado for life. Now there is movement towards ending the cruel secrecy.