In Favor of deforestation
mardi 13 octobre 2020 à 02:00* Rainforests face unprecedented fires, yet BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have consistently voted in favor of deforestation.*
Site original : Richard Stallman's Political Notes
* Rainforests face unprecedented fires, yet BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have consistently voted in favor of deforestation.*
The anti-distancing activist who attacked a journalist in Brooklyn faces criminal charges for doing that.
A right-wing protester in Denver attacked a journalist's bodyguard, first with a punch, then with pepper spray. The bodyguard shot him dead. I am concerned by the fact that the bodyguard was arrested for defending himself.
*Covid coughing link 'may be stopping people with lung cancer coming forward'.*
The delay in detecting and treating lung cancer can be fatal.
The UK's National Health Service has also caused delays in testing for and treating cancer, by being slow. People are dying from that. Covid-19 made this a lot worse, but it was starting before.
The NHS did a pretty good job, given the inadequate funding that governments gave it. However, plutocratist governments have cut its funds step by step over many years. Under those conditions, it will become less and less effective — but don't blame the NHS for that.
The UAE punishes foreign workers that get pregnant, and their children, with homelessness and starvation, and the children with denial of education. This punishment lasts for an indefinite term; it could be years.
Many religions support injustice to women.