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Partial shutdown

jeudi 15 octobre 2020 à 02:00

Proposing to confront Covid-19 with a form of partial shutdown of society, with firm enforcement of the rules.

The cameras proposed here threaten oppression, but if the purpose of the system is simply and only to measure how many people are in a place and in general what they are doing, it could be designed not to identify people. Then it would be safe.

Definition of antisemitism

jeudi 15 octobre 2020 à 02:00

Prominent academics warn that the IHRA "definition" of antisemitism lends itself to repression and censorship of defense of Palestinians' rights.

Even the author of that criterion warns it should not be used this way.

Exploiting COVID

jeudi 15 octobre 2020 à 02:00

Naomi Klein: *I fear Trump will exploit his COVID infection to further destabilize the election.*

Hunger strike

jeudi 15 octobre 2020 à 02:00

Israel has imprisoned Maher al-Akhras without charges, and his response is a hunger strike.

Imprisoning people without charges is a fundamental injustice, so Israel should free him immediately, or else state the charges against him so he can have a trial.

Looking and looting

jeudi 15 octobre 2020 à 02:00

Gideon Spiro writes of the looking of Arabs' houses and the looting of Jews' houses.