The EU's censorship-by-police directive covers communication, not just publication, so it would prohibit end-to-end encrypted services such as Telegram and Signal.

The French government is going all-out to prevent public debate about this directive, which would expose everyone in the EU to the danger of state repression in the name of "protecting" them from the far smaller danger of terrorism.

Labour proposes systems to limit and publicize executive pay.

Proposing that Sanders and the progressives need to learn to fight hard and dirty, so that in 2020 we will win.

I support learning to fight hard. But we should not do dirty tricks such as lying about what we intend to do. The way we can win is by championing the progressive policies that most Americans support.

Almost 2/3 of the US Senate voted for a discharge petition that will lead to a vote soon on the resolution to stop US participation in the war in Yemen.

The senators that voted for the discharge petition will not necessarily all vote for the resolution itself. But not all their votes are needed to pass it.

The EU proposes to aim for zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but that is too late!