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Corruption of the PCAOB

lundi 10 février 2020 à 01:00

The US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is supposed to verify the honesty of the audits that big accounting companies do on publicly-traded corporations. One accounting company, KPMG, corrupted the PCAOB through the "revolving door", even hiring away its employees and telling one of them to regard his new salary as a bribe for telling KPMG which of its audits would be investigated.

US students pressured to submit to phone surveillance

lundi 10 février 2020 à 01:00

Many colleges and universities in the US lead or pressure their students to agree to be surveilled through portable phones.

The best way for students to resist this is not by hacking the system, but by confronting it. "No, I won't install your app — nonfree apps cannot be trusted." Better, "No, I won't carry a smartphone — the nonfree operating system cannot be trusted." Or do as I do: "No, I won't carry a portable phone — they track people's movements and can listen all the time."

Best of all, organize a group of students to make such a statement together.

When you do that, don't be belligerent in tone. Chances are it never occurred to the staff that surveilling people was an injury to their rights. You must be firm, so don't add anger to that.

Be proud that you are standing up for freedom. Even if you lose, you can be proud of trying.

Result of unions endorsing Sanders

lundi 10 février 2020 à 01:00

As unions endorse Sanders, *Attorneys From Union-Busting Law Firms Are Throwing Support Behind Joe Biden.*

Opposition to new fossil fuel pipeline

lundi 10 février 2020 à 01:00

In Canada, pipeline protesters blocked ports and railways to oppose a new fossil fuel pipeline.

Anti-fascists sentenced for "terrorism"

lundi 10 février 2020 à 01:00

Russian anti-fascists have been sentenced to 6-18 years in prison for "terrorism".

The official bias towards fascists and against antifascists exists in the US too.