How the peace activists can try to end proxy wars.

Two Turkish teachers went on hunger strike 10 weeks ago after being fired for political reasons. Now they have been arrested for not eating.

Over 100,000 people in Turkey have been fired and blacklisted for political reasons. Some (all?) of them have had their pensions and passports taken away so that they cannot get asylum.

The claim that 100,000 people were involved in the coup attempt is absurd. Coup plotters know better than to tell so many people their plans.

US retailers may replace 7.5 million sales clerk jobs with automation in the next 10 years.

I refuse to use self-checkout machines in stores, but I do more than just avoid them. When I pass those machines, I shout, "If you use those machines, you are putting Americans out of work!" Then I go to the human sales clerk.

If I have to wait for the sales clerk, that's ok. I always have a book to read. (I don't go out without a book and a computer.)

Please join me in doing these things. It's not too early to push back against socially harmful automation.

Of course, buying on line is even worse, and it records in a data base who you are and what you bought. You can join me in rejecting that too.

Oxfam finds that opening new coal mines will only worsen [global heating] and drive poor nations deeper into poverty.

A report on business surveillance of employees, and avenues to limit such surveillance.

In general, we should not allow any businesses to excuse surveillance of the public based on nominal "consent". To protect privacy and democracy we need to get rid of most of the existing massive surveillance.

Business surveillance of employees can be oppressive even when they are on the job. For instance, if they are not allowed moments to rest between calls, or if they are impeded from going to the toilet.