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Monsanto

samedi 18 août 2018 à 02:00

How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science and Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical.

Socialism and capitalism

samedi 18 août 2018 à 02:00

Most US Democrats think favorably of socialism, but not capitalism.

Capitalism and socialism are not mutually exclusive; they exist in a mix. What the US has today is a plutocratic form of capitalism which gives the rich the power to extinguish all the socialism, and that makes it unjust.

Under the anglo form of capitalism, which controls the US, Canada, Australia and UK, companies dominate the state so much that it lacks the power to stop companies from dragging civilization into the grave. China is more capable of this than the US is.

Lobbying by Uber and Lyft

samedi 18 août 2018 à 02:00

Uber and Lyft are lobbying California's Democratic legislators to oppose a plan to give their "independent contractors" the rights of employees.

When companies are powerful enough to block justice for their employees, we cannot allow them to remain so powerful. But Uber and Lyft do wrong to their clients customers as well as to their workers, through surveillance systems. Let's get rid of them entirely!

British Columbia wildfires

samedi 18 août 2018 à 02:00

500 wildfires are burning in British Columbia.

There are so many fires because of global heating. It is getting worse over time. The Canadian government is trying to push through a pipeline that will accelerate that process.

This process will eventually become self-limiting as fires destroy the pipeline and shut it down.

Fracking opposition in UK

samedi 18 août 2018 à 02:00

The pro-fracking UK government wants the public not to know how much the public opposes fracking.