*Major protests swell in Guatemala as calls grow louder for president, attorney general to resign.*

British unions call for banning use of subcontracted workers in public agencies.

I think no employer should be allowed to use subcontracted workers more than a little bit.

The government of Uganda proposes to put trackers in all cars to surveil everyone's movements.

This would be grounds for a revolt, because tracking people's movements is the basis for crushing repression.

You'd expect that from Uganda; but I have heard that the European Union has a similar plan. I would be glad to hear from an expert who knows how to explain the situation clearly.

Covid-19 has led many countries to move to a kinder form of capitalism, instead of the cruel poverty-spreading form that has dominated since the 1970s.

If this is because the rich feel they can't get away, now, with being quite so cruel, we will need to keep up the pressure to stop them, or they will grab back whatever power they have ceded.

US citizens: call on your Senators to cosponsor the National Security Powers Act.