# articles

feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 31_May_2013_(No_better_than_Bush)
title: No better than Bush
uri: No-better-than-Bush
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#31_May_2013_%28No_better_than_Bush%29
content:
<p>
Obama's pick to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/30/james-comey-fbi-bush-nsa">
head the FBI</a> was part of the team that justified
illegal wiretapping for Bush.  He also supported the decision to
hold a US civilian in a military prison without charge for 3 years.
<p>
Don't be fooled.  Where human rights are concerned, Obama is no better
than Bush.


title: Last political prisoner from Tien An Men protest released
uri: Last-political-prisoner-from-Tien-An-Men-protest-released
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Last_political_prisoner_from_Tien_An_Men_protest_released)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Last_political_prisoner_from_Tien_An_Men_protest_released%29

content:
<p>
The last political prisoner from the Tien An Men protests has been
released, after 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/31/tiananmen-square-prisoner-freed">23 
years</a>.


title: UN Committee Against Torture criticises UK policies
uri: UN-Committee-Against-Torture-criticises-UK-policies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(UN_Committee_Against_Torture_criticises_UK_policies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28UN_Committee_Against_Torture_criticises_UK_policies%29

content:
<p>
The UN Committee Against Torture has 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/may/31/uk-human-rights-record-un-panel">40 
criticisms</a> of UK policies.
<p>
Has it examined the US recently?


title: Urgent: Oppose purchase of cotton picked by slaves
uri: Urgent-Oppose-purchase-of-cotton-picked-by-slaves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_purchase_of_cotton_picked_by_slaves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_purchase_of_cotton_picked_by_slaves%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/nike-cotton/">call 
on Nike</a> to commit not to buy cotton picked by slaves in
Uzbekistan.


title: Urgent: Call on Obama not to intervene in Syria
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Obama-not-to-intervene-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Obama_not_to_intervene_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Obama_not_to_intervene_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/161/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13515">Call 
on Obama</a> not to intervene in Syria.
<p>
With or without using chemical weapons, Assad's regime is a horrible
tyranny, and if it were opposed by rebels we could confidently expect
to be better, they would deserve our help.  However, the strongest
rebels groups are would-be Islamist tyrants, and replacing Assad by
them would not be a step up.


title: Urgent: Block planned slaughter of fin whales
uri: Urgent-Block-planned-slaughter-of-fin-whales
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Urgent:_Block_planned_slaughter_of_fin_whales)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Block_planned_slaughter_of_fin_whales%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/days_to_stop_the_whale_slaughter_us/">call 
on the Netherlands</a> to block the planned slaughter of fin whales
for dog food by refusing to let the meat through.


title: Urgent: Require warrant for gov't to access your email
uri: Urgent-Require-warrant-for-gov-t-to-access-your-email
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Urgent:_Require_warrant_for_govt_to_access_your_email)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Require_warrant_for_govt_to_access_your_email%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.supportinternetprivacy.com/merkley">support</a> the 
bill to require a warrant for the government to access your email.


title: Urgent: Support striking Walmart workers
uri: Urgent-Support-striking-Walmart-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_striking_Walmart_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_striking_Walmart_workers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/stand-with-striking-walmart-workers">state 
your support</a> for striking Walmart workers.


title: UK holds around 90 prisoners in Afghanistan
uri: UK-holds-around-90-prisoners-in-Afghanistan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 30_May_2013_(UK_holds_around_90_prisoners_in_Afghanistan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#30_May_2013_%28UK_holds_around_90_prisoners_in_Afghanistan%29

content:
<p>
The UK holds around 90 prisoners in Afghanistan, and won't hand them
over to the Afghan government
for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/29/british-forces-detainees-afghanistan-philip-hammond">fear
they might be tortured.</a>
<p>
Combatants captured in a war zone can legitimately be treated as
prisoners of war, which means they don't have to be accused of a
crime, and are also not supposed to be punished, let alone tortured.
However, I'm not sure what international law says about people
captured and called combatants who say they were not involved in
fighting.
<p>
I don't see a right answer to this issue.


title: Hammond pleads guilty to extracting Stratfor's files
uri: Hammond-pleads-guilty-to-extracting-Stratfor-s-files
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 30_May_2013_(Hammond_pleads_guilty_to_extracting_Stratfor's_files)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#30_May_2013_%28Hammond_pleads_guilty_to_extracting_Stratfor%27s_files%29

content:
<p>
Jeremy
Hammond <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/28-8">pled
guilty to extracting Stratfor's files</a> for publication, but
courageously refused to apologize for trying to inform the people.
<p>
Stratfor, which was one of Hammond's targets is more dangerous to
Americans than Hammond.  It is part of the tendency for
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#22_May_2013_(Surveillance_of_Occupy_Wall_Street)">US
government to work secretly with corporations against Americans</a>,
which also shows up in other forms.
<p>
However, I do not approve
of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/dec/27/security-stratfor-hackers-credit-cards">using
people's credit cards</a> that were obtained from Stratfor.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Urgent:_Pardon_John_Kiriakou)
title: Urgent: Pardon John Kiriakou
uri: Urgent-Pardon-John-Kiriakou
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Pardon_John_Kiriakou%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/pardon-kiriakou">call on 
Obama</a> to pardon John Kiriakou.
<p>
I signed this, not expecting Obama to do it, but to add
to public condemnation on people who tell us the nasty
things that the government is doing to us.


title: Australia's National Party funded by big mining and agribusiness
uri: Australia-s-National-Party-funded-by-big-mining-and-agribusiness
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Australias_National_Party_funded_by_big_mining_and_agribusiness)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Australias_National_Party_funded_by_big_mining_and_agribusiness%29

content:
<p>
Australia's National Party is directly funded by 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/31/climate-change-mining-nationals-council">big 
mining and agribusiness</a>.
<p>
You might as well vote to sell the whole country to them.


title: NPR omits cause of melting glaciers from story
uri: NPR-omits-cause-of-melting-glaciers-from-story
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(NPR_omits_cause_of_melting_glaciers_from_story)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28NPR_omits_cause_of_melting_glaciers_from_story%29

content:
<p>
An NPR story on viable plants exposed by melting glaciers mysteriously
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/05/30/2077981/npr-airs-story-on-melting-glaciers-without-explaining-why-they-are-melting/">failed 
to say why they are melting</a>.
<p>
You don't need to be near sea level for your house to be 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/world/europe/in-swiss-alps-glacial-melting-unglues-mountains.html?pagewanted=all">threatened
by melting glaciers</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Abortion_in_El_Salvador)
title: Abortion in El Salvador
uri: Abortion-in-El-Salvador
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Abortion_in_El_Salvador%29
content:
<p>
El Salvador has 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/31/2082891/el-salvador-beatriz-end-pregnancy/">given 
up on stopping a badly ill woman from aborting a fetus</a> that has no
brain and would die shortly after birth.


title: Florida school takes iris scans of students without permission
uri: Florida-school-takes-iris-scans-of-students-without-permission
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Florida_school_takes_iris_scans_of_students_without_permission)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Florida_school_takes_iris_scans_of_students_without_permission%29

content:
<p>
A Florida school took iris scans of students without getting
permission, in order to 
<a href="http://rt.com/usa/school-scan-iris-students-023/">track 
their movements around school</a>.
<p>
Of course, they say this is for "safety", but this has
almost nothing to do with real safety.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Cancer_rate_in_Basra)
title: Cancer rate in Basra
uri: Cancer-rate-in-Basra
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Cancer_rate_in_Basra%29
content:
<p>
Cancer has become so common in Basra that half the population will get
cancer, and the only likely cause is 
<a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16699-from-iraq-a-tragic-reminder-to-prosecute-the-war-criminals">dirty ("depleted") uranium (DU)
from US weapons</a>.
<p>
This only scratches the surface of the US war crimes in Iraq.
Obama protects the criminals.
<p>
US allies should realize that they do not dare let the US defend them
from attack, because it would spread cancer there too.  Likewise,
if the US ever had to fight an invasion, it would poison its own
population.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Quatars_planned_cyber_crime_law)
title: Quatar's planned "cyber crime" law
uri: Quatar-s-planned-cyber-crime-law
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Quatars_planned_cyber_crime_law%29
content:
<p>
People fear Qatar's planned new "cyber crime" law will 
<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/31/qatar-new-cyber-crime-law-could-threaten-online-speech/">trample 
freedom of speech</a>.
<p>
Note that making libel or "false news" a crime is an injustice
directly, aside from what its consequences for journalism might be.
States often claim that true news reports are false.
<p>
It's even <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/gulf-states-should-embrace-not-censor-online-speech">worse 
in other nearby countries</a>.


title: Search engines: journalistic investigation engines
uri: Search-engines-journalistic-investigation-engines
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Search_engines:_journalistic_investigation_engines)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Search_engines%3A_journalistic_investigation_engines%29

content:
<p>
If we describe a search engine as a journalistic investigation engine,
people might see why its 
<a href="http://falkvinge.net/2013/05/30/why-google-is-not-a-search-engine-but-an-investigative-news-agency-and-why-that-matters/">reports 
should not be censored</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Modeling_faces_based_on_DNA)
title: Modeling faces based on DNA
uri: Modeling-faces-based-on-DNA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Modeling_faces_based_on_DNA%29
content:
<p>
DNA people leave behind on cups and chewing gum can be used to
produce a 
<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/31/heather_dewey_hagborg_artist_creates_3_d_models_of_people_using_found_genetic.html">probable 
model of the person's face</a>.
<p>
In general, the threat that the state will do this (to dissidents,
labeled of course as "terrorists") worries more than the the danger
that someone else will do this.


title: Iranian and Syrian dissidents denied secure communications
uri: Iranian-and-Syrian-dissidents-denied-secure-communications
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Iranian_and_Syrian_dissidents_denied_secure_communications)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Iranian_and_Syrian_dissidents_denied_secure_communications%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/05/confusing_sanctions_are_keeping_important_technologies_from_iranian_activists.html">Trade 
sanctions</a> deny secure communications to Iranian and Syrian
dissidents.


title: US to delete copies of material from David House's laptop
uri: US-to-delete-copies-of-material-from-David-House-s-laptop
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(US_to_delete_copies_of_material_from_David_House's_laptop)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28US_to_delete_copies_of_material_from_David_House%27s_laptop%29

content:
<p>
David House won a personal victory against the US, which will 
delete its copies of 
<a href="http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/us-settles-lawsuit-bradley-manning-supporter-who-had-laptop-seized-airport">material 
seized from his laptop</a>.
<p>
This does nothing to limit the US power to investigate and harass
dissidents at the border.


title: Turkish gov't attacks human rights protesters
uri: Turkish-gov-t-attacks-human-rights-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Turkish_govt_attacks_human_rights_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Turkish_govt_attacks_human_rights_protesters%29

content:
<p>
The Turkish government attacked 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/31/istanbul-park-protests-turkish-spring">thousands 
of human rights protesters</a> in the center of Istanbul.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Force-fed_Guantanamo_hunger_strikers)
title: Force-fed Guantanamo hunger strikers
uri: Force-fed-Guantanamo-hunger-strikers
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Force-fed_Guantanamo_hunger_strikers%29

content:
<p>
Guantanamo prisoners being force fed point out that they 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/31/guantanamo-bay-hunger-strikers-doctors-letter">cannot 
trust the doctors involved in this to treat them</a>, and call on
those doctors to examine their consciences.


title: Holder says he won't search journalists' communications again
uri: Holder-says-he-won-t-search-journalists-communications-again
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Holder_says_he_wont_search_journalists_communications_again)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Holder_says_he_wont_search_journalists_communications_again%29

content:
<p>
Holder told a few journalists, 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/may/31/eric-holder-us-journalists-searches">in 
a restricted meeting</a>, that he would not repeat the searches of
journalists' communications.
<p>
If he really means this, he should announce it publicly.  I do not
trust Holder, or Obama, in any issue of human rights.  We should not
let them off the hook without a clear end and reliable to the War on
Journalism and the War on Whistleblowers.


title: Reducing use of fossil fuels compared with quitting tobacco
uri: Reducing-use-of-fossil-fuels-compared-with-quitting-tobacco
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Reducing_use_of_fossil_fuels_compared_with_quitting_tobacco)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Reducing_use_of_fossil_fuels_compared_with_quitting_tobacco%29

content:
<p>
Comparing reducing use of fossil fuels with 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/fossil-fuels-quitting-smoking">quitting 
tobacco</a>.
<p>
This looks at individual decisions, but fossil fuel use is mostly
controlled by government decisions, and the fossil fuel companies have
more power than the tobacco companies ever had.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Wages_continue_to_fall)
title: Wages continue to fall
uri: Wages-continue-to-fall
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Wages_continue_to_fall%29
content:
<p>
The US stock market is going up, and housing prices are rising,
but <a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/05/29/good-news-everyone-except-you-wage-earners/">wages
are continuing to fall.</a>


title: Head negotiator for Trans-Pacific Partnership resigned
uri: Head-negotiator-for-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-resigned
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Head_negotiator_for_Trans-Pacific_Partnership_resigned)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Head_negotiator_for_Trans-Pacific_Partnership_resigned%29

content:
<p>
Chile's head negotiator for the Trans-Pacific
Partnership <a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/05/the-critics-of-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-that-proposed-expansion-of-the-much-decried-nafta-model-of-trade-being.html">resigned
and called for its rejection.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Right-Wing_extremist_hypocrisy_)
title: Right-Wing extremist hypocrisy
uri: Right-Wing-extremist-hypocrisy
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Right-Wing_extremist_hypocrisy_%29
content:
<p>
For right-wing extremists in the
US, <a href="http://blog.pfaw.org/content/hypocrisy-mccarthyism-christian-persecution">no
form of hypocrisy is too much.</a>
<p>
Calling less extreme right-wingers such as Obama "Liberals" is another
dishonest tactic that they have used since around 1990.
<p>
They use the same tactic regarding
our <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-b-keegan/we-have-the-most-conserva_b_3333337.html">right-wing
Supreme Court.</a>


title: British Columbia rejected tar sands oil export pipeline
uri: British-Columbia-rejected-tar-sands-oil-export-pipeline
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(British_Columbia_rejected_tar_sands_oil_export_pipeline)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28British_Columbia_rejected_tar_sands_oil_export_pipeline%29

content:
<p>
British
Columbia <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/01/tar-sands-canada-pipeline-enbridge">rejected
a tar sands oil export pipeline</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Seafood_may_be_gone_by_2048)
title: Seafood may be gone by 2048
uri: Seafood-may-be-gone-by-2048
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Seafood_may_be_gone_by_2048%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061102-seafood-threat.html">Seafood
May Be Gone by 2048</a>, Study Says.


title: World Bank pressures governments to deregulate
uri: World-Bank-pressures-governments-to-deregulate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(World_Bank_pressures_governments_to_deregulate)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28World_Bank_pressures_governments_to_deregulate%29

content:
<p>
The World
Bank <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/31/imf-world-bank-lose-influence-developing">pressures
governments to deregulate</a>, but they are organizing to fight back.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Europe_heading_for_Great_Depression)
title: Europe heading for Great Depression
uri: Europe-heading-for-Great-Depression
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Europe_heading_for_Great_Depression%29

content:
<p>
Europe is heading for something like
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/31/eurozone-crisis-unemployment-austerity">Great
Depression</a> if it does not change its austerity policy to a job
creation policy.


title: If US reads your email would you ever find out
uri: If-US-reads-your-email-would-you-ever-find-out
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(If_US_reads_your_email_would_you_ever_find_out)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28If_US_reads_your_email_would_you_ever_find_out%29

content:
<p>
If the US reads your
email, <a href="http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-national-security/if-government-tracking-your-location-or-reading-your">would
you ever find out?</a>


title: Bill to require warrant for cell phone tracking
uri: Bill-to-require-warrant-for-cell-phone-tracking
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Bill_to_require_warrant_for_cell_phone_tracking)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Bill_to_require_warrant_for_cell_phone_tracking%29

content:
<p>
Maine's legislature is working on a bill
to <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/31/maine_s_ld415_legislation_would_require_warrant_for_cellphone_tracking.html">require
a warrant for cell phone tracking.</a>
<p>
I can't tell whether this bill would allow the phone company to
continue to keep a full location dossier about someone without a
warrant.  If it does, it is inadequate.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(NYC_plants_to_close_60_libraries)
title: NYC plants to close 60 libraries
uri: NYC-plants-to-close-60-libraries
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28NYC_plants_to_close_60_libraries%29
content:
<p>
New York City plans
  to <a href="http://truth-out.org/news/item/16689-new-york-city-public-libraries-attack-privatizing-prized-locations-and-cutting-budget-by-35-percent">close
  60 local public libraries.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(New_laws_to_trample_people's_rights)
title: New laws to trample people's rights
uri: New-laws-to-trample-people-s-rights
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28New_laws_to_trample_people%27s_rights%29

content:
<p>
Australian politicians want to use one killing in London as an excuse
for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/31/woolwich-terrorism-politics-australia">new
laws to trample people's rights.</a>


title: Head negotiator for Trans-Pacific Partnership resigns
uri: Head-negotiator-for-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-resigns
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(Head_negotiator_for_Trans-Pacific_Partnership_resigns)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28Head_negotiator_for_Trans-Pacific_Partnership_resigns%29

content:
<p>
Chile's head negotiator for the Trans-Pacific
Partnership <a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/05/the-critics-of-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-that-proposed-expansion-of-the-much-decried-nafta-model-of-trade-being.html">resigned
and called for its rejection.</a>


title: British Columbia rejects tar sands oil export pipeline
uri: British-Columbia-rejects-tar-sands-oil-export-pipeline
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 01_June_2013_(British_Columbia_rejects_tar_sands_oil_export_pipeline)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#01_June_2013_%28British_Columbia_rejects_tar_sands_oil_export_pipeline%29

content:
<p>
British
Columbia <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/01/tar-sands-canada-pipeline-enbridge">rejected
a tar sands oil export pipeline</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Turkey)
title: Turkey
uri: Turkey
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Turkey%29
content:
<p>
Turkey has woken up from its sleep <a href="http://stallman.org/articles/turkey.html">during the AKP's fascist regime</a>
(published on stallman.org at the author's request).


title: Turkey's government has generated large opposition
uri: Turkey-s-government-has-generated-large-opposition
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Turkey's_government_has_generated_large_opposition)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Turkey%27s_government_has_generated_large_opposition%29

content:
<p>
Turkey's government, increasingly Islamist and repressive,
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/01/turkey-akp-party-politics-kurds-religion">generated
large opposition.</a>
<p>
After police repression that blinded one student and left three
critically injured, a protest by thousands of anti-Islamists was
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/turkey-istanbul-erdogan-demo-protests">allowed
to proceed.</a>


title: Urgent: Oppose new surveillance requirements
uri: Urgent-Oppose-new-surveillance-requirements
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_new_surveillance_requirements)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_new_surveillance_requirements%29

content:
<p>
US
citizens: <a href="https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9252">oppose
new surveillance requirements</a> that the FBI wants.
<p>
When <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_May_2013_(Leaking_information_about_government_crimes)">whistleblowers
need to use spy tradecraft</a> to inform the public, our surveillance
is tantamount to a police state.  We need to put an end to practices
that accumulate an electronic dossier about each person.


title: Urgent: Morality clause in divorce papers
uri: Urgent-Morality-clause-in-divorce-papers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Urgent:_Morality_clause_in_divorce_papers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Morality_clause_in_divorce_papers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: tell a Texas judge not to force a couple to split up through
a <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell%2Djudge%2Djohn%2Droach">"morality
clause"</a> in one's divorce papers.


title: No-Fly zone in Syria would not do much good
uri: No-Fly-zone-in-Syria-would-not-do-much-good
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(No-Fly_zone_in_Syria_would_not_do_much_good)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28No-Fly_zone_in_Syria_would_not_do_much_good%29

content:
<p>
A "no-fly" zone in Syria
would <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/29-4">require
bombardment and an aerial battle</a> to establish, and would not do
much good.


title: Oil companies inject hydrofluoric acid to melt rock
uri: Oil-companies-inject-hydrofluoric-acid-to-melt-rock
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Oil_companies_inject_hydrofluoric_acid_to_melt_rock)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Oil_companies_inject_hydrofluoric_acid_to_melt_rock%29

content:
<p>
Oil
companies <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/28-3">inject
hydrofluoric acid into oil wells to "melt rock"</a> and let oil flow
out.
<p>
Hydrofluoric acid will burn you terribly if it touches you.  Fluorine
is very reactive.  I don't know whether this endangers people.
Perhaps all of it reacts with rock and hardly any of it escapes.
Perhaps tiny quantities do no harm to humans.  But is this known for
certain?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(1920_pogrom_against_blacks_in_Tulsa)
title: 1920 pogrom against blacks in Tulsa
uri: 1920-pogrom-against-blacks-in-Tulsa
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%281920_pogrom_against_blacks_in_Tulsa%29

content:
<p>
Teaching high school students about
the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/28-10">1920
pogrom against blacks in Tulsa, Oklahoma,</a> and how it relates to
race-based wealth disparity in the US.
<p>
I would suggest using median wealth levels rather than average to
measure wealth disparities, because the average is skewed by a small
percentage of rich people and does not reflect life for most people.


title: Homeland security organizations spy on environmentalists
uri: Homeland-security-organizations-spy-on-environmentalists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Homeland_security_organizations_spy_on_environmentalists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Homeland_security_organizations_spy_on_environmentalists%29

content:
<p>
We occasionally get a glimpse of how US "homeland security"
organizations <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/29-3">spy
on environmentalists</a> to aid fossil fuel interests.
<p>
I suspect they do this all the time, and only rarely does it leak.
<p>
The US government has been systematically corrupted by various kinds
of businesses.  This includes banks, armament companies, fossil fuel
companies, Big Pharma, the copyright industry, and agribusiness, to
name a few.  Each kind of business, in its area of interest, has
turned the state against the people, and each gets various sorts of
help from the executive branch.  The corruption goes all the way up to
Obama.
<p>
As a result, in practical terms the US no longer practices democracy.
Democracy means that the many non-rich join together to become more
powerful than the rich, and stop them from exercising power
commensurate with their wealth.  What we have in the US is plutocracy,
an unjust and illegitimate form of government.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(California_shipping_lanes_moved)
title: California shipping lanes moved
uri: California-shipping-lanes-moved
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28California_shipping_lanes_moved%29
content:
<p>
California shipping lanes have been moved so
that <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/whales-and-shipstrikes/">ships
will kill fewer whales.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Italy's_criminal_libel_law)
title: Italy's criminal libel law
uri: Italy-s-criminal-libel-law
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Italy%27s_criminal_libel_law%29
content:
<p>
Italy's criminal libel law
is <a href="http://www.cpj.org/blog/2013/05/with-panorama-jail-sentences-italys-libel-law-under.php">coming
under fire.</a>
<p>
To make libel a crime is unacceptable.
<p>
Meanwhile, Ethiopia
has <a href="http://www.cpj.org/2013/05/ethiopia-holds-reporter-covering-evictions-in-dam.php">imprisoned
a journalist without charges for days</a> for covering mass evictions.


title: Over 1000 killed by sectarian violence in Iraq during May
uri: Over-1000-killed-by-sectarian-violence-in-Iraq-during-May
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Over_1000_killed_by_sectarian_violence_in_Iraq_during_May)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Over_1000_killed_by_sectarian_violence_in_Iraq_during_May%29

content:
<p>
Over 1000
were <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/iraq-highest-monthly-death-toll-years">killed
by sectarian violence in Iraq during May.</a>
<p>
The Iraqi government has the form of a democracy but
it <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#29_April_2013_(Iraq_bans_ten_TV_channels)">isn't
much of one.</a>


title: Urgent: extend to renewable energy certain business privileges
uri: Urgent-extend-to-renewable-energy-certain-business-privileges
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Urgent:_extend_to_renewable_energy_certain_business_privileges)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_extend_to_renewable_energy_certain_business_privileges%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: urge your congresscritter
to <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3711&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=6tpzkhl2y9.app304a">support
the bill to extend to renewable energy certain business privileges</a>
that fossil fuel companies have.


title: Urgent: Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act
uri: Urgent-Repeal-the-Monsanto-Protection-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 02_June_2013_(Urgent:_Repeal_the_Monsanto_Protection_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Repeal_the_Monsanto_Protection_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: sign this petition
to <a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=420">repeal
the Monsanto Protection Act.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Trial_of_Bradley_Manning)
title: Trial of Bradley Manning
uri: Trial-of-Bradley-Manning
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Trial_of_Bradley_Manning%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/hypocrisy-lies-at-heart-bradley-manning-trial">Hypocrisy 
Lies at the Heart of the Trial of Bradley Manning</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Ethiopians_protest_in_the_capital)
title: Ethiopians protest in the capital
uri: Ethiopians-protest-in-the-capital
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Ethiopians_protest_in_the_capital%29
content:
<p>
10,000 brave Ethiopians protested in the capital, demanding 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/ethiopian-rights-protestors-addis-ababa">freedom
for political prisoners</a>.


title: Supporters of presidential candidate in Iran arrested
uri: Supporters-of-presidential-candidate-in-Iran-arrested
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Supporters_of_presidential_candidate_in_Iran_arrested)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Supporters_of_presidential_candidate_in_Iran_arrested%29

content:
<p>
Supporters of one of Iran's presidential candidates were arrested
and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/iranian-police-supporters-reformist-candidate">told 
not to campaign very hard</a>.


title: Massive corporate land grab in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand
uri: Massive-corporate-land-grab-in-Vietnam-Cambodia-and-Thailand
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Massive_corporate_land_grab_in_Vietnam_Cambodia_and_Thailand)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Massive_corporate_land_grab_in_Vietnam_Cambodia_and_Thailand%29

content:
<p>
A massive corporate land grab in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/indigenous-people-turned-off-land">forced 
400,000 people off their lands</a>. It is financed by Western banks.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Protest_in_Turkey)
title: Protest in Turkey
uri: Protest-in-Turkey
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Protest_in_Turkey%29
content:
<p>
More about <a href="http://www.dw.de/turkish-demonstrator-the-park-is-just-a-symbol/a-16853789">continuing 
protests</a> in Turkey.


title: Urgent: Support striking Walmart workers
uri: 2013-06-04-Urgent-Support-striking-Walmart-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_striking_Walmart_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_striking_Walmart_workers%29

content:
<p>
In the US: <a href="http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/stand-with-striking-walmart-workers">stand</a> with striking Walmart workers.


title: Urgent: Oppose deportation of Antonio Venegas
uri: Urgent-Oppose-deportation-of-Antonio-Venegas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_deportation_of_Antonio_Venegas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_deportation_of_Antonio_Venegas%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="http://act.presente.org/sign/antonio/">call on 
Obama</a> not to deport Antonio Venegas for joining in a strike.


title: Urgent: Call on Canada not to allow oil drilling in the Arctic
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Canada-not-to-allow-oil-drilling-in-the-Arctic
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Canada_not_to_allow_oil_drilling_in_the_Arctic)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Canada_not_to_allow_oil_drilling_in_the_Arctic%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/getinvolved/no-to-arctic-drilling/">call 
on Canada</a> not to allow dangerous oil drilling in the Arctic.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Thugs_set_off_Stockholm_riots)
title: Thugs set off Stockholm riots
uri: Thugs-set-off-Stockholm-riots
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Thugs_set_off_Stockholm_riots%29
content:
<p>
Thugs set off the Stockholm riots by 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/02">killing a man and 
then lying about the circumstances</a>.


title: US drone attacks boost support for the Taliban
uri: US-drone-attacks-boost-support-for-the-Taliban
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(US_drone_attacks_boost_support_for_the_Taliban)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28US_drone_attacks_boost_support_for_the_Taliban%29

content:
<p>
US drone attacks in Pakistan 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/us-drone-strikes-pakistan-terrorists">boost 
support for the Taliban</a> and make people regard the government of
Pakistan as a tool of foreigners.
<p>
In the end, the US does not gain from this.  But US politicians gain,
because they can say they are "tough on 'terrorists'".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Our_legislators_work_for_the_rich)
title: Our legislators work for the rich
uri: Our-legislators-work-for-the-rich
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Our_legislators_work_for_the_rich%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/us-economy-recovery-wealth-inequality">Most 
Americans</a> say they want high taxes on the rich, to help out
everyone else.
<p>
Thus, most of our legislators are shown to be working for the rich,
not for us.


title: UK policies will force migrant children onto the street
uri: UK-policies-will-force-migrant-children-onto-the-street
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(UK_policies_will_force_migrant_children_onto_the_street)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28UK_policies_will_force_migrant_children_onto_the_street%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jun/02/residency-tests-migrant-children">Cruel 
UK policies</a> will force migrant and trafficked children onto the
street or into the hands of anyone that wants to take advantage of
them.
<p>
The same government advocates censorship to "protect children", but
clearly it doesn't really care about children.  Sometimes it makes
children suffer.  Sometimes it cites children as an excuse to
persecute someone else.  As long as someone is demonized and made to
suffer, right-wing politicians are happy.
<p>
When a government's only tool is a hammer, it begins seeing people as
nails.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Absurd_patent_threatens_podcasters)
title: Absurd patent threatens podcasters
uri: Absurd-patent-threatens-podcasters
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Absurd_patent_threatens_podcasters%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/3884/disseminating-media-content-representing-episodes-issued-patent-prior-art-requ">search 
for prior art</a> for a totally absurd patent that is being used
to threaten podcasters.
<p>
It describes using a web site (or anything somewhat similar) for an
activity comparable to publishing a magazine.  No sensible person
would consider this an invention.  The fact that one needs to look for
prior art to invalidate this nonsense demonstrates that the US Patent
Office still applies ridiculous standards.  (And not only in
the computing field.)
<p>
However, even a "well run" patent system would still be 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html">harmful
in the computing field</a>, because patents cause grid-lock in any field
which involves combining many ideas in one work or product.
<p>
To protect against patents by invalidating those that can be
invalidated is like trying to protect yourself from malaria by
swatting mosquitoes.  By all means do swat them, but we need to go
beyond that.  The US can protect software from patents by 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html">exempting
them specifically<a>.


title: Universal Music bullies four mayors in Denmark
uri: Universal-Music-bullies-four-mayors-in-Denmark
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Universal_Music_bullies_four_mayors_in_Denmark)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Universal_Music_bullies_four_mayors_in_Denmark%29

content:
<p>
Universal Music bullied four mayors in Denmark for whom a company
had made a take-off on Gangnam Style, by 
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/universal-music-tells-gangnam-parody-mayors-pay-42000-by-tomorrow-or-else-130530/">demanding 
an unreasonable sum within a day</a> or else it would demand even more.
<p>
I suggest that presenting legal ultimatum of this sort, which gives
the target insufficient time for proper consultation with a lawyer,
ought to be penalized as a crime.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Man_killed_by_FBI_thugs)
title: Man killed by FBI thugs
uri: Man-killed-by-FBI-thugs
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Man_killed_by_FBI_thugs%29
content:
<p>
Ibragim Todashev's father: 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/30/father-chechen-man-killed-fbi-inquiry">FBI 
'bandits' murdered my son</a>.
<p>
I think the word "thugs" fits them better, since "bandit" implies
"thief" and they were not trying to steal.
<p>
It appears to be confirmed that the thugs lied to make up an
excuse for killing him.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(McDonalds_CEO_lies_and_lies)
title: McDonald's CEO lies and lies
uri: McDonald-s-CEO-lies-and-lies
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28McDonalds_CEO_lies_and_lies%29
content:
<p>
Confronted by Activists at This Year's Shareholder Meeting, McDonald's
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/food/10-most-absurd-lies-told-mcdonalds-ceo?paging=off">CEO
Don Thompson Lied And Lied.</a>


title: 1000 people protest for Bradley Manning
uri: 1000-people-protest-for-Bradley-Manning
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(1000_people_protest_for_Bradley_Manning)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%281000_people_protest_for_Bradley_Manning%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/manning-supporters-rally-military-trial">1000
people protested for Bradley Manning</a> at Fort Meade.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Protecting_sources_is_now_impossible)
title: Protecting sources is now impossible
uri: Protecting-sources-is-now-impossible
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Protecting_sources_is_now_impossible%29

content:
<p>
The US surveillance machine tells reporters
that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2013/jun/02/observer-readers-editor-protecting-journalists-sources">protecting
their sources is now impossible</a>, so great is the level of
surveillance of all our communications.
<p>
To maintain control over this rogue state, we must put an end to that
surveillance.
<p>
Moreover, the article shows that businesses also have ways of cutting
off information to reporters.  A democracy would legislate to block
those methods.


title: Urgent: Adopt strict safety rules for fracking on public land
uri: Urgent-Adopt-strict-safety-rules-for-fracking-on-public-land
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Urgent:_Adopt_strict_safety_rules_for_fracking_on_public_land)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Adopt_strict_safety_rules_for_fracking_on_public_land%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: tell the Bureau of Land Management
to <a href="https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1471&utm_source=Convio">adopt
strict safety rules for fracking on public land.</a>


title: Right-Wing think tanks accept funds from Big Tobacco
uri: Right-Wing-think-tanks-accept-funds-from-Big-Tobacco
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Right-Wing_think_tanks_accept_funds_from_Big_Tobacco)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Right-Wing_think_tanks_accept_funds_from_Big_Tobacco%29

content:
<p>
Prominent UK right-wing think tanks have accepted funds from Big
Tobacco
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/01/thinktanks-big-tobacco-funds-smoking">advise
the government not to require plain packaging for cigarettes.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(EU_has_made_advance_in_fishing_policy)
title: EU has made advance in fishing policy
uri: EU-has-made-advance-in-fishing-policy
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28EU_has_made_advance_in_fishing_policy%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/eu-fishing-policy-british-interests">EU
has made a great advance in fishing policy</a>, with a strict 5% limit
on fish discards.  At the same time, it has blocked Italy from banning
disposable plastic bags.
<p>
Thus, both good and bad come from requiring governments to get
permission from other governments which are generally subservient to
business.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Aaron_Swartz_was_not_depressed)
title: Aaron Swartz was not depressed
uri: Aaron-Swartz-was-not-depressed
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Aaron_Swartz_was_not_depressed%29
content:
<p>
Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman says
that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/02/aaron-swartz-hacker-genius-martyr-girlfriend-interview">Aaron
Swartz was not depressed</a>, in the usual general sense, and would
not have killed himself except for the prosecution.
<p>
I would not claim that his decision was a mistake.  Prison may be
worse than death.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Global_heating_deniers_use_fallacies)
title: Global heating deniers use fallacies
uri: Global-heating-deniers-use-fallacies
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Global_heating_deniers_use_fallacies%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/28/global-warming-consensus-climate-denialism-characteristics">Global
heating deniers use several fallacies</a> to deny the fact that
climate scientists overwhelmingly agree humans are causing global
heating.


title: US military denies injured veterans treatment
uri: US-military-denies-injured-veterans-treatment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(US_military_denies_injured_veterans_treatment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28US_military_denies_injured_veterans_treatment%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://cdn.csgazette.biz/soldiers/day2.html">US military
denies injured veterans the treatment they need</a>, and if they
complain, they get punished with false discharge.


title: Thugs in France use nonlethal weapons too much
uri: Thugs-in-France-use-nonlethal-weapons-too-much
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Thugs_in_France_use_nonlethal_weapons_too_much)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Thugs_in_France_use_nonlethal_weapons_too_much%29

content:
<p>
Thugs in France, like thugs in the US and
elsewhere, <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130528-taser-france-police-regulation-human-rights">use
tasers and other supposedly nonlethal weapons too much.</a>


title: Germans don't approve of what gov't is doing to Greece
uri: Germans-don-t-approve-of-what-gov-t-is-doing-to-Greece
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Germans_don't_approve_of_what_gov't_is_doing_to_Greece)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Germans_don%27t_approve_of_what_gov%27t_is_doing_to_Greece%29

content:
<p>
Germans are protesting in Frankfurt to show that
they <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/01-2">don't
approve of what the German government is doing to Greece</a> and the
rest of the euro zone.


title: FBI Director to preserve war on terror mentality
uri: FBI-Director-to-preserve-war-on-terror-mentality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(FBI_Director_to_preserve_war_on_terror_mentality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28FBI_Director_to_preserve_war_on_terror_mentality%29

content:
<p>
New FBI Director Set
to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/31-9">Preserve
"'War on Terror' Mentality".</a>


title: Increase in water bills thanks to privatization
uri: Increase-in-water-bills-thanks-to-privatization
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Increase_in_water_bills_thanks_to_privatization)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Increase_in_water_bills_thanks_to_privatization%29

content:
<p>
Inhabitants of the Thames river valley face big increases in water
bills, thanks to
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jun/01/thames-water-raise-bills-inflation">privatization
of water supply.</a>
<p>
The claim that improvements "would never have been possible under
public ownership" presumes a government that fails to tax companies
enough.  This privatization should never have been done, and it should
be reversed now.


title: Tien An Men Mothers continue to call for justice
uri: Tien-An-Men-Mothers-continue-to-call-for-justice
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Tien_An_Men_Mothers_continue_to_call_for_justice)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Tien_An_Men_Mothers_continue_to_call_for_justice%29

content:
<p>
The Tien An Men Mothers, relatives of those killed or mutilated by
soldiers in Tien An Men Square in
1989, <a href="http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-05312013104343.html">continue
to call for justice.</a>
<p>
It will take decades more for China to cause this to be forgotten.
Obama, take note: you can't cause US torture to be forgotten either.


title: Governor able to veto Medicaid funding for abortions
uri: Governor-able-to-veto-Medicaid-funding-for-abortions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 03_June_2013_(Governor_able_to_veto_Medicaid_funding_for_abortions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#03_June_2013_%28Governor_able_to_veto_Medicaid_funding_for_abortions%29

content:
<p>
In Ohio, the governor will be able
to <a href="http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/05/28/iowa-governor-will-personally-approve-every-medicaid-funded-abortion/">veto
Medicaid funding for abortions</a> for women who were raped or could
die from pregnancy.
<p>
Christian fanatics want to force these women to have children, or die,
because they think women deserve to suffer.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Taiwan_considering_version_of_SOPA)
title: Taiwan considering version of SOPA
uri: Taiwan-considering-version-of-SOPA
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Taiwan_considering_version_of_SOPA%29

content:
<p>
Taiwan is considering a <a href="http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/05/28/taiwan-proposes-china-style-block-on-overseas-internet-services-that-infringe-copyright/">version 
of SOPA</a>.


title: Urgent: Tell Nestle to stop bottling water in drought-afflicted area
uri: Urgent-Tell-Nestle-to-stop-bottling-water-in-drought-afflicted-area
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Urgent:_Tell_Nestle_to_stop_bottling_water_in_drought-afflicted_area)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Tell_Nestle_to_stop_bottling_water_in_drought-afflicted_area%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/nestle-water-ontario/3/4/">tell 
Nestle to stop</a> bottling water from an area of Ontario
which is suffering from drought.


title: Urgent: Rebuke Democrat senators who voted for corporate welfare
uri: Urgent-Rebuke-Democrat-senators-who-voted-for-corporate-welfare
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Urgent:_Rebuke_Democrat_senators_who_voted_for_corporate_welfare)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Rebuke_Democrat_senators_who_voted_for_corporate_welfare%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=423">rebuke 
the Democrat senators</a> who voted for corporate
welfare rather than avoiding food stamp cuts.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Acupuncture)
title: Acupuncture
uri: Acupuncture
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Acupuncture%29
content:
<p>
A long series of studies show that acupuncture does not deliver
significant real pain relief.  It is 
<a href="http://www.dcscience.net/?p=6060">nothing 
but a placebo</a>.
<p>
The article includes terse explanations of various sources of error
that explain the occasional study that show a positive effect, and why
those are to be expected in studies of any popular ineffective treatment.


title: UK cuts in National Health Service undermine public health
uri: UK-cuts-in-National-Health-Service-undermine-public-health
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(UK_cuts_in_National_Health_Service_undermine_public_health)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28UK_cuts_in_National_Health_Service_undermine_public_health%29

content:
<p>
UK cuts in the National Health Service undermine public health including
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jun/02/measles-government-public-health-risk">ability 
to respond to any outbreak of disease</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Spread_of_Syrian_fighting_to_Lebanon)
title: Spread of Syrian fighting to Lebanon
uri: Spread-of-Syrian-fighting-to-Lebanon
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Spread_of_Syrian_fighting_to_Lebanon%29

content:
<p>
Syrian fighting has spread to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/02/hezbollah-syria-rebels-clash-lebanon">Lebanon</a>.
<p>
It looks like this will develop into a war between Shi'ites and Sunnis
across the Middle East.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Dissent_in_Azerbaijan_and_Russia)
title: Dissent in Azerbaijan and Russia
uri: Dissent-in-Azerbaijan-and-Russia
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Dissent_in_Azerbaijan_and_Russia%29
content:
<p>
Dissidents in Azerbaijan and Russia 
<a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-russia-ukraine-belarus-arrests-drugs-fake-charges/25000902.html">all 
seem to be drug users, according to the state</a>. Similar frame-ups
occur <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#31_May_2013_(Canadian_thug)">in 
Canada</a> too.
<p>
One of the many ways in which prohibition of drugs is harmful is that
the thugs can use this very easily to frame people.
<p>
More generally, the practice of prosecuting dissidents for crimes that
are ostensibly nonpolitical extends also to 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#17_February_2013_(Canada_treats_environmentalists_as_terrorists)">Canada</a>
and <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_May_2013_(Assata_Shakur_labeled_as_a_terrorist_by_FBI)">the US</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Unemployment_continues_to_grow)
title: Unemployment continues to grow
uri: Unemployment-continues-to-grow
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Unemployment_continues_to_grow%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/03/world-lost-decade-unemployment-ilo">World 
Faces Lost Decade of Joblessness, ILO Warns</a>.
<p>
Projections of improvement by 2017 neglect the likelihood
that <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#23_May_2013_(Replacement_of_human_workers_by_robots)">many 
more jobs will have been automated</a>.


title: China sends North Korean refugees back to North Korea
uri: China-sends-North-Korean-refugees-back-to-North-Korea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(China_sends_North_Korean_refugees_back_to_North_Korea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28China_sends_North_Korean_refugees_back_to_North_Korea%29

content:
<p>
China (and Laos) send North Korean refugees 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/03/un-repatriated-north-korean-defectors">back 
to North Korea</a>.


title: Greenpeace building attacked with tear gas
uri: Greenpeace-building-attacked-with-tear-gas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Greenpeace_building_attacked_with_tear_gas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Greenpeace_building_attacked_with_tear_gas%29

content:
<p>
Greenpeace in Istanbul is providing medical aid to injured protesters,
and its building has been 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/02-3a">attacked with 
tear gas</a>.


title: Urgent: Stop praising anti-gay legislator
uri: Urgent-Stop-praising-anti-gay-legislator
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_praising_anti-gay_legislator)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_praising_anti-gay_legislator%29

content:
<p>
In the US: <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell%2Dstudentsfirst%2Dbullying">call 
on Students First</a> to stop praising anti-gay legislator
John Ragan.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Climate_refugees_from_global_heating)
title: Climate refugees from global heating
uri: Climate-refugees-from-global-heating
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Climate_refugees_from_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
How many climate refugees will result from global heating?
A middle scenario might lead to 
<a href="media/047f3c0b.MRS-31_EN.pdf" data-original-source="http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MRS-31_EN.pdf">hundreds 
of millions at a time</a>.


title: Confusion results from the term "intellectual property"
uri: Confusion-results-from-the-term-intellectual-property
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Confusion_results_from_the_term_intellectual_property)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Confusion_results_from_the_term_intellectual_property%29

content:
<p>
More confusion results from the term 
"<a href='http://www.cfr.org/health-and-disease/why-saudi-virus-spreading-alarm/p30799'>intellectual 
property</a>": research into a virus identified in Saudi Arabia in
2012 is being impeded because the lab that isolated the virus is
making other labs sign contracts not to redistribute the virus to other
labs.
<p>
These contracts are about physical objects (virus particles),
but some of the people cited have confused this with a patent.
The contracts may be harmful, but they are not a patent.


title: Tunisia stretches definition of terrorism
uri: Tunisia-stretches-definition-of-terrorism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Tunisia_stretches_definition_of_terrorism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Tunisia_stretches_definition_of_terrorism%29

content:
<p>
Tunisia, like the US and other countries, stretches the definition
of terrorism and <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/29/tunisia-amend-counterterrorism-law">uses 
it against dissidents</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Special_scrutiny_by_IRS)
title: Special scrutiny by IRS
uri: Special-scrutiny-by-IRS
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Special_scrutiny_by_IRS%29
content:
<p>
It appears that Tea Party groups were just
a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/irs-tax-scandal-new-evidence">fraction
of the organizations subject to special scrutiny by the IRS</a> on
suspicion that they were really political.


title: Google trying to block face-recognition applications
uri: Google-trying-to-block-face-recognition-applications
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Google_trying_to_block_face-recognition_applications)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Google_trying_to_block_face-recognition_applications%29

content:
<p>
Google is trying
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/03/google-glass-facial-recognition-ban">block
face-recognition applications for Google Glasses</a>, which is
laudable in spirit, but can only be done by censoring applications, as
Apple does — which is hopeless as well as wrong.


title: Charging Manning with aiding the enemy is dangerous
uri: Charging-Manning-with-aiding-the-enemy-is-dangerous
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Charging_Manning_with_aiding_the_enemy_is_dangerous)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Charging_Manning_with_aiding_the_enemy_is_dangerous%29

content:
<p>
Laurence Tribe says that charging Bradley Manning with "aiding the
enemy"
is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/03/bradley-manning-wikileaks-trial-aiding-enemy">dangerous
to freedom of speech.</a>
<p>
Julian Assange rips into a book by Google's leaders, pointing out how
digital surveillance technology is leading the world
towards <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/02-4">"titanic
centralizing evil".</a>


title: Democratic Party will do the people no good
uri: Democratic-Party-will-do-the-people-no-good
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Democratic_Party_will_do_the_people_no_good)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Democratic_Party_will_do_the_people_no_good%29

content:
<p>
The Democratic Party will do the people no good as long as
it <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/can-democrats-get-a-new-party-too/276242/">runs
on funding from plutocrats.</a>


title: Obama using IRS to crush medical marijuana dispensaries
uri: Obama-using-IRS-to-crush-medical-marijuana-dispensaries
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Obama_using_IRS_to_crush_medical_marijuana_dispensaries)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Obama_using_IRS_to_crush_medical_marijuana_dispensaries%29

content:
<p>
Obama is using the IRS
to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/irs-medical-marijuana_n_3346801.html">crush
state-legal medical marijuana dispensaries.</a>


title: Blot on record for chewing pastry into shape of a gun
uri: Blot-on-record-for-chewing-pastry-into-shape-of-a-gun
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Blot_on_record_for_chewing_pastry_into_shape_of_a_gun)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Blot_on_record_for_chewing_pastry_into_shape_of_a_gun%29

content:
<p>
School administrators insist on a permanent blot on the record for the
kid
who <a href="http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/05/lego-gun-pastry-gun.html">chewed
a pastry into the shape of a gun.</a>


title: Thugs choked teenager for staring the wrong way
uri: Thugs-choked-teenager-for-staring-the-wrong-way
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Thugs_choked_teenager_for_staring_the_wrong_way)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Thugs_choked_teenager_for_staring_the_wrong_way%29

content:
<p>
Miami <a href="http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/05/miami-dade_police_choke_black.php?print=true">thugs
choked a teenager</a>, then said he threatened them by staring at them
the wrong way.
<p>
These thugs seem to be acting much like teenage toughs I knew in
school.


title: Site of G8 meeting has had a Potemkin village make-over
uri: Site-of-G8-meeting-has-had-a-Potemkin-village-make-over
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Site_of_G8_meeting_has_had_a_Potemkin_village_make-over)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Site_of_G8_meeting_has_had_a_Potemkin_village_make-over%29

content:
<p>
The site of the G8 meeting has had
a <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/05/31/northern-ireland-builds-a-pote.html">Potemkin
village make-over</a> presenting it as prosperous.
<p>
The funds were provided by the UK government, and perhaps the intend
to disguise the harm done by austerity is meant to affect the outcome
of the meeting.


title: Court barred stenographers from Manning's trial
uri: Court-barred-stenographers-from-Manning-s-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Court_barred_stenographers_from_Manning's_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Court_barred_stenographers_from_Manning%27s_trial%29

content:
<p>
In a symbolic attack on journalism and the public's right to know, the
<a href="https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/06/crowd-funded-stenographers-denied-press-passes-bradley-manning-court-martial">court
barred stenographers</a> hired with donations from Bradley Manning's
trial.


title: Jellyfish overrunning the world's seas
uri: Jellyfish-overrunning-the-world-s-seas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 04_June_2013_(Jellyfish_overrunning_the_world's_seas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_June_2013_%28Jellyfish_overrunning_the_world%27s_seas%29

content:
<p>
Jellyfish
are <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/03/jellyfish-surge-mediterranean-environment-tourists">overrunning
the world's seas.</a> Global heating and overfishing are part of the
cause.
<p>
Puffins in Maine
are <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/03/atlantic-puffin-population-risk-scientists">in
trouble</a> because there are no longer herring in the area to feed to
their chicks. The problem may not be limited to Maine, and global
heating may be the cause.


title: Urgent: Ban field trials of genetically engineered crops
uri: Urgent-Ban-field-trials-of-genetically-engineered-crops
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Urgent:_Ban_field_trials_of_genetically_engineered_crops)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_field_trials_of_genetically_engineered_crops%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1383">call 
on the US Department of Agriculture</a> to ban field trials of
genetically engineered crops.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(TSA_eliminates_X-ray_scanners)
title: TSA eliminates X-ray scanners
uri: TSA-eliminates-X-ray-scanners
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28TSA_eliminates_X-ray_scanners%29
content:
<p>
The TSA has 
<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/tsa/302517-tsa-naked-body-scanners-eliminated">eliminated 
X-ray scanners</a>. The article is confused, and focuses on certain
software for displaying a certain kind of simplified picture of the
passenger.  However, elsewhere it is clear that switching to this
software required removal off all the X-ray scanners.
<p>
It's a good thing, because those scanners are potentially dangerous.
How bizarre that we could not get them removed because of danger
but could get them removed because of a nudity taboo.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Sea_level_rise)
title: Sea level rise
uri: Sea-level-rise
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Sea_level_rise%29
content:
<p>
From 2005 to 2011, sea level rose around 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2013-06-sea-rose-mmyear.html">2.4mm 
per year</a> (about 1/10 inch), and it was mainly due to melting ice
in Greenland and Antarctica.
<p>
That melting will surely speed up considerably over this century,
but we don't know how much.


title: Saving the Schaus swallowtail butterfly
uri: Saving-the-Schaus-swallowtail-butterfly
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Saving_the_Schaus_swallowtail_butterfly)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Saving_the_Schaus_swallowtail_butterfly%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2013-06-butterfly-brink-schaus-female-year.html">Vigorous 
efforts</a> might just succeed in saving the Schaus swallowtail
butterfly from extinction.
<p>
By the second half of this century, governments struggling with
failing agriculture won't have resources to put into protecting
species or habitats.


title: Vital US gov't programs undermined by sequester
uri: Vital-US-gov-t-programs-undermined-by-sequester
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Vital_US_govt_programs_undermined_by_sequester)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Vital_US_govt_programs_undermined_by_sequester%29

content:
<p>
Some <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/03/2095351/sequestration-nation-government-funding-is-critical-in-dealing-with-severe-weather/">vital 
US government programs</a> undermined by the sequester
that you might not have thought of.


title: Sentenced to prison for calling Morsi "a criminal and murderer"
uri: Sentenced-to-prison-for-calling-Morsi-a-criminal-and-murderer
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Sentenced_to_prison_for_calling_Morsi_a_criminal_and_murderer)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Sentenced_to_prison_for_calling_Morsi_a_criminal_and_murderer%29

content:
<p>
The US is still somewhat better than Egypt: many Americans have called
Bush a war criminal and we have not been charged with a crime for
that.  On the other hand, journalists and their sources are being
attacked over and over.


title: Jordan imposes censorship on news sites
uri: Jordan-imposes-censorship-on-news-sites
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Jordan_imposes_censorship_on_news_sites)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Jordan_imposes_censorship_on_news_sites%29

content:
<p>
Jordan has imposed 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/jordan-takes-disappointing-turn-toward-censorship">censorship 
on news sites</a>.


title: Taiwanese Internet users protest plans for SOPA-like law
uri: Taiwanese-Internet-users-protest-plans-for-SOPA-like-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Taiwanese_Internet_users_protest_plans_for_SOPA-like_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Taiwanese_Internet_users_protest_plans_for_SOPA-like_law%29

content:
<p>
Taiwanese Internet users protested and blocked plans for a 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/taiwanese-users-thwart-government-plans-introduce-internet-blacklist-law">SOPA-like
law</a>.
<p>
They ought to demand that the government abolish the "intellectual
property" office.  Any activity based on that 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html">propaganda term</a>
tends naturally to turn out bad. And why allow any public funds to be
spent on pushing for unjust laws?
<p>
I do not say all the various laws some refer to as "intellectual
property" are bad through and through.  Since these laws are
totally unrelated, it is unlikely that <em>anything</em> can be
validly said about all of them, except that they are all laws.


title: Airlines make a show of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
uri: Airlines-make-a-show-of-reducing-greenhouse-gas-emissions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Airlines_make_a_show_of_reducing_greenhouse_gas_emissions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Airlines_make_a_show_of_reducing_greenhouse_gas_emissions%29

content:
<p>
The world's airlines have decided to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/04/airlines-agree-to-curb-greenhouse-gas-emissions">make 
a show</a> of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, hoping this
will convince Europe not to take real action.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Fighting_back_against_violent_thugs)
title: Fighting back against violent thugs
uri: Fighting-back-against-violent-thugs
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Fighting_back_against_violent_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Turkey's government has given people plenty of practice
in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/04/turkish-protests-football-match-policing">fighting
back against violent thugs.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Leaving_the_euro_zone)
title: Leaving the euro zone
uri: Leaving-the-euro-zone
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Leaving_the_euro_zone%29
content:
<p>
The debate is on in Portugal
about <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/portuguese-bestseller-leave-euro-eurosceptic">leaving
the euro zone.</a>
<p>
It is not the euro as such that causes the problem, but rather the
deficit spending rules of the euro zone.
<p>
A country outside the euro zone could still use the euro as its
currency.  Panama and Ecuador use the US dollar as their currency, and
the US cannot stop them (and probably would not want to, given the
advantages to the US of the use of dollars in commerce elsewhere).
Likewise, Portugal, Greece or Spain could leave the euro zone and
continue using euros.
<p>
However, this would have disadvantages as well as advantages.  some of
these countries may want inflation to reduce their debt, and if they
tried to inflate the euro they would arouse much bigger hostility.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Eating_Pacific_bluefin_tune_is_safe)
title: Eating Pacific bluefin tune is safe
uri: Eating-Pacific-bluefin-tune-is-safe
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Eating_Pacific_bluefin_tune_is_safe%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/world-on-a-plate/2013/jun/04/fukushima-tuna-safe-to-eat">Eating
Pacific bluefin tuna is safe</a>, with less radioactivity than any
normal banana.  But the fish numbers are greatly reduced by
overfishing and they ought to be protected.


title: Gov't contempt for environment fueled protests in Turkey
uri: Gov-t-contempt-for-environment-fueled-protests-in-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Gov't_contempt_for_environment_fueled_protests_in_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Gov%27t_contempt_for_environment_fueled_protests_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Years of
government <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jun/04/turkey-protests-protect-green-spaces">contempt
for every aspect of the environment</a> have fueled the protests in
Turkey.
<p>
Can you see any resemblance between these tricks and what your
government does?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Google+,_think_of_it_as_the_Matrix)
title: Google+, think of it as the Matrix
uri: Google-think-of-it-as-the-Matrix
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Google%2B%2C_think_of_it_as_the_Matrix%29

content:
<p>
To understand
Google+, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2013/jun/04/google-plus-the-matrix">think
of it as The Matrix.</a>
<p>
I never identify myself to any web site, except to post comments
— but people and server-side scripts actually do that for me, so
commenting never connects my name with machines I connect to the
Internet from.  If I were posting comments myself, I would do it
through other machines or via Tor.


title: Indirect way to talk about Tian An Men massacre
uri: Indirect-way-to-talk-about-Tian-An-Men-massacre
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Indirect_way_to_talk_about_Tian_An_Men_massacre)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Indirect_way_to_talk_about_Tian_An_Men_massacre%29

content:
<p>
Chinese find
clever <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/tiananmen-square-online-search-censored">indirect
ways to talk about the Tian An Men massacre</a>, which leads the
censors to block searches for all sorts of words, even "today".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_striking_workers)
title: Urgent: Support striking workers
uri: Urgent-Support-striking-workers
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_striking_workers%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/33/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=6577&track=20130603_adv_wmt_bville_strike_e">sign
this petition</a> to the Walmart CEO in support of striking workers.


title: Jordan has imposed filters on 200 web sites
uri: Jordan-has-imposed-filters-on-200-web-sites
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Jordan_has_imposed_filters_on_200_web_sites)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Jordan_has_imposed_filters_on_200_web_sites%29

content:
<p>
Jordan
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jun/04/freedom-of-speech-jordan">imposed
filters on 200 web sites</a>, including such prominent ones as al
Jazeera.
<p>
The UK is
planning <a href="http://www.cjr.org/cloud_control/uk_considers_online_censorship.php">more
network filtering</a> too.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_uranium_mining)
title: Urgent: Oppose uranium mining
uri: Urgent-Oppose-uranium-mining
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_uranium_mining%29
content:
<p>
In the
US: <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/676/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13564">oppose
uranium mining</a> on Mt Taylor in New Mexico.


title: Blacks 8 times more likely to be arrested
uri: Blacks-8-times-more-likely-to-be-arrested
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Blacks_8_times_more_likely_to_be_arrested)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Blacks_8_times_more_likely_to_be_arrested%29

content:
<p>
In Iowa, blacks
are <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/iowa-racial-disparity-marijuana-arrests">8
times more likely to be arrested than whites</a> for use of marijuana.
<p>
Of course, nobody should ever be arrested for using marijuana.  It
should be legal.


title: Compensate for CO2 by planting trees cannot work
uri: Compensate-for-CO2-by-planting-trees-cannot-work
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Compensate_for_CO2_by_planting_trees_cannot_work)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Compensate_for_CO2_by_planting_trees_cannot_work%29

content:
<p>
An Australian plan to compensate for CO2 emissions by planting lots of
trees
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/abbotts-tree-planting-plan-climate">cannot
possibly work.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(US_sends_more_weapons_to_Syria_border)
title: US sends more weapons to Syria border
uri: US-sends-more-weapons-to-Syria-border
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28US_sends_more_weapons_to_Syria_border%29

content:
<p>
As UN Warns of 'Human
Costs,' <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/04-1">US
Sends More Weapons to Syria Border.</a>


title: Tax breaks amount to trillion dollars a year
uri: Tax-breaks-amount-to-trillion-dollars-a-year
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Tax_breaks_amount_to_trillion_dollars_a_year)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Tax_breaks_amount_to_trillion_dollars_a_year%29

content:
<p>
America's biggest tax breaks amount to around
a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/04-10">trillion
dollars a year, and most of it is for the rich.</a>


title: Purchase of Smithfield by Chinese company is dangerous
uri: Purchase-of-Smithfield-by-Chinese-company-is-dangerous
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Purchase_of_Smithfield_by_Chinese_company_is_dangerous)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Purchase_of_Smithfield_by_Chinese_company_is_dangerous%29

content:
<p>
Why the purchase of Smithfield by a Chinese company
is <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/04-4">dangerous</a>
— for reasons having nothing to do with nationalism.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Turkey_bought_62_tons_of_tear_gas)
title: Turkey bought 62 tons of tear gas
uri: Turkey-bought-62-tons-of-tear-gas
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Turkey_bought_62_tons_of_tear_gas%29
content:
<p>
The government of Turkey has
bought <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/04-4">62
tons of tear gas in the past 12 years.</a> I guess the government
recognized that its repression was likely to provoke resistance.


title: Foreign Shi'ites going to Syria to fight for Assad
uri: Foreign-Shi-ites-going-to-Syria-to-fight-for-Assad
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Foreign_Shi'ites_going_to_Syria_to_fight_for_Assad)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Foreign_Shi%27ites_going_to_Syria_to_fight_for_Assad%29

content:
<p>
Foreign Shi'ites are going to
Syria <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/syria-islamic-sunni-shia-shrines-volunteers">to
fight for Assad.</a>
<p>
If this keeps spreading, it could involve the whole Muslim world in a
sectarian war.


title: Lawyers blocked road to protest cuts for poor
uri: Lawyers-blocked-road-to-protest-cuts-for-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Lawyers_blocked_road_to_protest_cuts_for_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Lawyers_blocked_road_to_protest_cuts_for_poor%29

content:
<p>
Lawyers in the UK blocked a road
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jun/04/lawyers-protest-legal-aid-cuts">protest
cuts in legal services for the poor.</a>

Israel
is <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=601880">demolishing
more Arab homes in Jerusalem.</a>
and <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/65610">seizing land near
Nablus.</a>
<p>
The fanatical "settlers" are
now <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=600114">burning
Palestinians' cars as well as destroying other kinds of property.</a>


title: Cancer Villages spreading across China
uri: Cancer-Villages-spreading-across-China
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Cancer_Villages_spreading_across_China)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Cancer_Villages_spreading_across_China%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/china-villages-cancer-deaths">"Cancer
  villages" are spreading across China</a>, as polluting factories are
  built around them.
<p>
They exist in the US, too, due
to <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2013/05/erin-brockovich-hinkley-california-junk-science">factory
pollution from years ago.</a>
<p>
Old or new, they result from a failure to regulate business properly.
The April
Texas <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_May_2013_(Streamlined_inspections_for_fertilizer_plant)">fertilizer
plant explosion</a> was another consequence of the same problem.
<p>
The root cause is that plutocrats dominate the
state. <a href="http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/first-ag-gag-arrest-utah-amy-meyer/6948/">Ag-gag
laws</a> are another manifestation of the same cause.


title: Vaxevanis faces double jeopardy for publishing Lagarde list
uri: Vaxevanis-faces-double-jeopardy-for-publishing-Lagarde-list
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Vaxevanis_faces_double_jeopardy_for_publishing_Lagarde_list)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Vaxevanis_faces_double_jeopardy_for_publishing_Lagarde_list%29

content:
<p>
Kostas Vaxevanis faces double jeopardy
for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/04/greek-press-freedom-on-trial-open-letter">publishing
the Lagarde list in Greece.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Fracked_gas_CO2_emissions)
title: Fracked gas CO<sub>2</sub> emissions
uri: Fracked-gas-CO2-emissions
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Fracked_gas_CO2_emissions%29
content:
<p>
Burning fracked gas rather than coal has decreased US CO<sub>2</sub> emissions,
but methane leaks from frack wells may
be <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/04/methane-leaks-negate-climate-benefits-gas">cancelling
out the decrease.</a>
<p>
Meanwhile, US coal extraction has not gone down.  The coal not burned
in the US is exported instead — so really nothing good has been
achieved.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Financed_by_elephant_poaching)
title: Financed by elephant poaching
uri: Financed-by-elephant-poaching
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Financed_by_elephant_poaching%29
content:
<p>
The Lord's Resistance Army is
now <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/04/lords-resistance-army-funded-elephant-poaching">financed
by elephant poaching.</a>


title: Urgent: Repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force
uri: Urgent-Repeal-the-Authorization-for-Use-of-Military-Force
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Urgent:_Repeal_the_Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Repeal_the_Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Congress to repeal the
2001 <a href="http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/tell-congress-repeal-the-blank-check-for-perpetual-war">Authorization
for Use of Military Force.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Palestinian_Authority_and_Kerry)
title: Palestinian Authority and Kerry
uri: Palestinian-Authority-and-Kerry
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Palestinian_Authority_and_Kerry%29
content:
<p>
The Palestinian Authority and Kerry both tell Israel
that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/us-peace-plan-palestinian-authority-erekat">bad
things will happen if it refuses to make peace.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(New_York_sued_HSBC)
title: New York sued HSBC
uri: New-York-sued-HSBC
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28New_York_sued_HSBC%29
content:
<p>
New York has sued HSBC
for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/04/hsbc-new-york-state-law-homeowners">illegally
shafting homeowners.</a>
<p>
Bravo!  But what we really need is to stop banks from reselling loans
divided up into parts.  Anyone who gets a mortgage from a local bank
should have a right to a local office to discuss an extension with.


title: Israeli soldiers threaten Palestinian children
uri: Israeli-soldiers-threaten-Palestinian-children
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Israeli_soldiers_threaten_Palestinian_children)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Israeli_soldiers_threaten_Palestinian_children%29

content:
<p>
Israeli soldiers post 
<a href="http://972mag.com/israeli-soldiers-post-leaflets-warning-children-from-attending-west-bank-demonstrations/72601/">threatening 
signs</a> aimed at Palestinian children.


title: Urgent: Support leaders in breaking away from War on Drugs
uri: Urgent-Support-leaders-in-breaking-away-from-War-on-Drugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_leaders_in_breaking_away_from_War_on_Drugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_leaders_in_breaking_away_from_War_on_Drugs%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/for_the_first_time_in_history_usa/">support 
Latin American leaders</a> in breaking away from the War on Drugs.
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/04/americas-war-on-drugs">More 
information</a>.


title: Israel tries to force Bedouin into towns with no employment
uri: Israel-tries-to-force-Bedouin-into-towns-with-no-employment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Israel_tries_to_force_Bedouin_into_towns_with_no_employment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Israel_tries_to_force_Bedouin_into_towns_with_no_employment%29

content:
<p>
Israel tries to force Bedouin into towns with 
<a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=59697">no 
employment</a>, by declaring their homes illegal.


title: Civilians killed and mutilated on US/Afghan base
uri: Civilians-killed-and-mutilated-on-US-Afghan-base
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Civilians_killed_and_mutilated_on_US-Afghan_base)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Civilians_killed_and_mutilated_on_US-Afghan_base%29

content:
<p>
A series of civilians were brought into a US/Afghan base, and emerged
as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/afghans-protest-us-discovery-bodies">mutilated 
corpses</a>.


title: Compensating for CO<sub>2</sub> by planting trees cannot work
uri: Compensating-for-CO2-by-planting-trees-cannot-work
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Compensating_for_CO2_by_planting_trees_cannot_work)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Compensating_for_CO2_by_planting_trees_cannot_work%29

content:
<p>
An Australian plan to compensate for CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by
planting lots of trees 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/abbotts-tree-planting-plan-climate">cannot
possibly work.</a>


title: Lawyers block road to protest cuts for poor
uri: Lawyers-block-road-to-protest-cuts-for-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Lawyers_block_road_to_protest_cuts_for_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Lawyers_block_road_to_protest_cuts_for_poor%29

content:
<p>
Lawyers in the UK blocked a road
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jun/04/lawyers-protest-legal-aid-cuts">protest
cuts in legal services for the poor.</a>


title: Israel demolishes more Arab homes in Jerusalem
uri: Israel-demolishes-more-Arab-homes-in-Jerusalem
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Israel_demolishes_more_Arab_homes_in_Jerusalem)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Israel_demolishes_more_Arab_homes_in_Jerusalem%29

content:
<p>
Israel
is <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=601880">demolishing
more Arab homes in Jerusalem.</a>
and <a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/65610">seizing land near
Nablus.</a>
<p>
The fanatical "settlers" are
now <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=600114">burning
Palestinians' cars as well as destroying other kinds of property.</a>


title: Cancer villages spreading across China
uri: Cancer-villages-spreading-across-China
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 06_June_2013_(Cancer_villages_spreading_across_China)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#06_June_2013_%28Cancer_villages_spreading_across_China%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/china-villages-cancer-deaths">"Cancer
  villages" are spreading across China</a>, as polluting factories are
  built around them.
<p>
They exist in the US, too, due
to <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2013/05/erin-brockovich-hinkley-california-junk-science">factory
pollution from years ago.</a>
<p>
Old or new, they result from a failure to regulate business properly.
The April
Texas <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_May_2013_(Streamlined_inspections_for_fertilizer_plant)">fertilizer
plant explosion</a> was another consequence of the same problem.
<p>
The root cause is that plutocrats dominate the
state. <a href="http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/first-ag-gag-arrest-utah-amy-meyer/6948/">Ag-gag
laws</a> are another manifestation of the same cause.


title: Gov't contempt for environment fuels protests in Turkey
uri: Gov-t-contempt-for-environment-fueles-protests-in-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Gov't_contempt_for_environment_fuels_protests_in_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Gov%27t_contempt_for_environment_fuels_protests_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Years of
government <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jun/04/turkey-protests-protect-green-spaces">contempt
for every aspect of the environment</a> have fueled the protests in
Turkey.
<p>
Can you see any resemblance between these tricks and what your
government does?


title: Jordan imposes filters on 200 web sites
uri: Jordan-imposes-filters-on-200-web-sites
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 05_June_2013_(Jordan_imposes_filters_on_200_web_sites)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_June_2013_%28Jordan_imposes_filters_on_200_web_sites%29

content:
<p>
Jordan
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jun/04/freedom-of-speech-jordan">imposed
filters on 200 web sites</a>, including such prominent ones as al
Jazeera.
<p>
The UK is
planning <a href="http://www.cjr.org/cloud_control/uk_considers_online_censorship.php">more
network filtering</a> too.


title: Distributing "anonymized" data is ineffective at protecting privacy
uri: Distributing-anonymized-data-is-ineffective-at-protecting-privacy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Distributing_anonymized_data_ineffective_at_protecting_privacy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Distributing_anonymized_data_ineffective_at_protecting_privacy%29

content:
<p>
Protecting privacy by distributing "anonymized" data is ineffective
because it proves 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2013/jun/05/data-protection-eu-anonymous">easy 
to re-identify the subjects</a>.


title: Urgent: Oppose trampling of environment
uri: Urgent-Oppose-trampling-of-environment
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_trampling_of_environment)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_trampling_of_environment%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2597">call 
on your senators</a> to oppose trampling the environment in
immigration legislation.


title: Connecticut passes bill requiring labeling of food with GMOs
uri: Connecticut-passes-bill-requiring-labeling-of-food-with-GMOs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Connecticut_passes_bill_requiring_labeling_of_food_with_GMOs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Connecticut_passes_bill_requiring_labeling_of_food_with_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
Connecticut has passed a bill 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/04-1">requiring 
labeling of food with GMOs</a>, but it will only go into effect when
four other states pass such a law.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(War_on_Whistleblowers)
title: War on Whistleblowers
uri: War-on-Whistleblowers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28War_on_Whistleblowers%29
content:
<p>
Obama is trying to make it possible to 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/opinion/silencing-the-whistle-blowers.html">fire 
civil service employees arbitrarily</a> if they are in departments
related to "national security".
<p>
Don't confuse the nation's security with the regime's security.


title: Over 3000 protesters in Turkey arrested
uri: Over-3000-protesters-in-Turkey-arrested
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Over_3000_protesters_in_Turkey_arrested)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Over_3000_protesters_in_Turkey_arrested%29

content:
<p>
Over 3000 protesters in Turkey have been arrested, and 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/turkish-protests-istanbul-crackdown-wrong">over 
1000 were injured</a>.


title: US wildfires burn faster now than 40 years ago
uri: US-wildfires-burn-faster-now-than-40-years-ago
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(US_wildfires_burn_faster_now_than_40_years_ago)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28US_wildfires_burn_faster_now_than_40_years_ago%29

content:
<p>
US wildfires burn 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/climate-change-america-wildfire-season">twice 
as much land annually</a> as they did 40 years ago.
<p>
Fires spread much faster now, which means people have much less time
to evacuate.


title: Bradley Manning's trial is a show trial
uri: Bradley-Manning-s-trial-is-a-show-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Bradley_Mannings_trial_is_a_show_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Bradley_Mannings_trial_is_a_show_trial%29

content:
<p>
Bradley Manning's trial is a show trial, complete with rehearsals,
and <a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/06/04/assange-statement-on-the-first-day-of-manning-trial/">secret 
witnesses will provide the basis for conviction</a>.
<p>
Amnesty International <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/usa-must-allow-bradley-manning-use-public-interest-defence-2013-06-03">rebuked 
the court</a> for not allowing Manning to argue based on public
interest.


title: American targeted by digital spy tool sold to foreign gov'ts
uri: American-targeted-by-digital-spy-tool-sold-to-foreign-gov-ts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(American_targeted_by_digital_spy_tool_sold_to_foreign_govts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28American_targeted_by_digital_spy_tool_sold_to_foreign_govts%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/spy-tool-sold-to-governments/">American 
Gets Targeted by Digital Spy Tool Sold to Foreign Governments</a>.
It appears to have leaked to a non-state underground movement,
which is no surprise.


title: UN shirks responsibility for cholera outbreak in Haiti
uri: UN-shirks-responsibility-for-cholera-outbreak-in-Haiti
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(UN_shirks_responsibility_for_cholera_outbreak_in_Haiti)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28UN_shirks_responsibility_for_cholera_outbreak_in_Haiti%29

content:
<p>
The UN gave cholera to Haiti, but its plans to eradicate cholera there
are effectively 
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22703387">imaginary</a>.


title: Increasing brutality by both sides in Syria
uri: Increasing-brutality-by-both-sides-in-Syria
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Increasing_brutality_by_both_sides_in_Syria)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Increasing_brutality_by_both_sides_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/world/middleeast/un-panel-reports-increasing-brutality-by-both-sides-in-syria.html">U.N. 
Panel Reports Increasing Brutality by Both Sides in Syria</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.juancole.com/2013/06/facilitate-talking-lawson.html">How 
the US Can Facilitate Peace in Syria: Talking to All Sides including Iran</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Obamas_proposed_trade_deal)
title: Obama's proposed "trade deal"
uri: Obama-s-proposed-trade-deal
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Obamas_proposed_trade_deal%29
content:
<p>
Obama's proposed "trade deal" is 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/opinion/obamas-covert-trade-deal.html">much 
more (worse) than a trade deal</a>. It is an agreement to adopt
oppressive laws — a 
<a href="media/74513f11.trade-treaty-comic.jpg" data-original-source="http://www.stallman.org/images/trade-treaty-comic.jpg">Free 
Exploitation Treaty</a>.


title: US Supreme Court approves law allowing thugs to take DNA samples
uri: US-Supreme-Court-approves-law-allowing-thugs-to-take-DNA-samples
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(US_Supreme_Court_approves_law_allowing_thugs_to_take_DNA_samples)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28US_Supreme_Court_approves_law_allowing_thugs_to_take_DNA_samples%29

content:
<p>
The US Supreme Court approved a state law that allowing thugs to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/04/supreme-court-dna-sampling">take
DNA samples</a> from everyone arrested for "serious crimes".


title: Greece systematically attacks freedom of press
uri: Greece-systematically-attacks-freedom-of-press
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Greece_systematically_attacks_freedom_of_press)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Greece_systematically_attacks_freedom_of_press%29

content:
<p>
Greece is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/29/greek-journalists-warn-press-freedom">systematically 
attacking</a> freedom of the press.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Urgent:_Give_US_workers_a_living_wage)
title: Urgent: Give US workers a living wage
uri: Urgent-Give-US-workers-a-living-wage
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Give_US_workers_a_living_wage%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=413">call 
on Obama</a> to give US workers a living wage.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(ALEX-sponsored_changes_in_budget_bill)
title: ALEX-sponsored changes in budget bill
uri: ALEX-sponsored-changes-in-budget-bill
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28ALEX-sponsored_changes_in_budget_bill%29

content:
<p>
Governor Walker has snuck radical 
<a href="HTTP://WWW.PRWATCH.ORG/NODE/12099">ALEX-sponsored 
changes in education</a> into a budget bill.


title: US "counter-terrorism" apparatus redirected to "all crimes"
uri: US-counter-terrorism-apparatus-redirected-to-all-crimes
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(US_counter-terrorism_apparatus_redirected_to_all_crimes)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28US_counter-terrorism_apparatus_redirected_to_all_crimes%29

content:
<p>
How the massive US "counter-terrorism" apparatus of "fusion centers",
which was probably not necessary in the first place, has been
redirected to "all crimes", including above all the crime of taking
democracy seriously.  When a citizen sent email to the Phoenix thug
department asking the thugs not to harass Occupy protests, 
<a href="HTTP://WWW.PRWATCH.ORG/NODE/12122">the 
fusion center investigated him too</a>.


title: Emergency contraception without ID needed immediately
uri: Emergency-contraception-without-ID-needed-immediately
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Emergency_contraception_without_ID_needed_immediately)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Emergency_contraception_without_ID_needed_immediately%29

content:
<p>
The FDA must <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/05/fda-temporary-halt-plan-b-contraception">immediately 
make one form of emergency contraception available</a> without an ID.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Gold_rush_in_Uganda)
title: Gold rush in Uganda
uri: Gold-rush-in-Uganda
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Gold_rush_in_Uganda%29
content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/gold-rush-transform-uganda-wild-west">gold 
rush in Uganda</a> probably means a corporate land grab is coming.


title: Malnutrition: main killer of children under five
uri: Malnutrition-main-killer-of-children-under-five
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Malnutrition_main_killer_of_children_under_five)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Malnutrition_main_killer_of_children_under_five%29

content:
<p>
Malnutrition is the 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/06/malnutrition-3-million-deaths-children">main 
killer of children under five</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#21_April_2013_(Price_of_staple_foods)">Global 
heating is making food prices rise</a>, and is expected to do so
further in the coming decades.
<p>
The world economic system favors the rich; we need redistribution of
wealth.  But we also need to stabilize the population, which means,
reduce the birth rate considerably.  We should provide modern
effective birth control gratis to women who can't afford to raise
children properly.


title: Obama regime secretly collects records of phone calls
uri: Obama-regime-secretly-collects-records-of-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Obama_regime_secretly_collects_records_of_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Obama_regime_secretly_collects_records_of_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime is secretly collecting records about 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order">all 
phone calls made on Verizon Business Services</a>. I expect it's the
same for other major phone companies.
<p>
This has been going on 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/court-order-verizon-call-data-dianne-feinstein">since 
2006</a>.
<p>
These records allow the government to find out 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/phone-call-metadata-information-authorities">who 
you know and who you talk with</a>.
<p>
These records allow the regime to catch any whistleblowers who might
talk with reporters about the regime's dirty work.  That's the effect
that really matters.  If this makes it possible to catch some
criminals as well, that's a minor side issue.  Small benefits cannot
justify great harm.
<p>
I am glad that the mainstream media are starting to recognize that
limiting the use of information the state and corporations collect
about you is not enough.  We must limit the information that they can
collect.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Suicides_in_Europe_due_to_austerity)
title: Suicides in Europe due to austerity
uri: Suicides-in-Europe-due-to-austerity
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Suicides_in_Europe_due_to_austerity%29

content:
<p>
Estimating that austerity has led to 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/05-2">10,000 more 
suicides</a> in Europe.


title: IMF privately recognizes harm done by austerity in Greece
uri: IMF-privately-recognizes-harm-done-by-austerity-in-Greece
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(IMF_privately_recognizes_harm_done_by_austerity_in_Greece)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28IMF_privately_recognizes_harm_done_by_austerity_in_Greece%29

content:
<p>
The IMF has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/05/imf-admit-mistakes-greek-crisis-austerity">privately 
recognized</a> that imposing austerity in Greece did harm.


title: Thugs in Bangladesh attack protesting workers
uri: Thugs-in-Bangladesh-attack-protesting-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Thugs_in_Bangladesh_attack_protesting_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Thugs_in_Bangladesh_attack_protesting_workers%29

content:
<p>
Thugs in Bangladesh 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/05/bangladesh-police-fire-garment-factory-protesters">attacked 
protesting workers</a> from the factory that collapsed.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Abu_Nusaybahs_arrest)
title: Abu Nusaybah's arrest
uri: Abu-Nusaybah-s-arrest
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Abu_Nusaybahs_arrest%29
content:
<p>
The reason for Abu Nusaybah's arrest was 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/05/counter-terrorism-police-arrest-extremist-material">making 
statements of his views and helping the publication of other 
statements</a>.
<p>
Comparing his opinions with those of the Conservative Party, which are
worse?  Both advocate oppression, and call for acts that can kill
people, but which one is likely to oppress and kill more?  Obviously
the Conservative Party.


title: Robert Bales pleads guilty to murdering civilians
uri: Robert-Bales-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-civilians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Robert_Bales_pleads_guilty_to_murdering_civilians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Robert_Bales_pleads_guilty_to_murdering_civilians%29

content:
<p>
Robert Bales <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/05/robert-bales-guilty-afghan-killing">pled 
guilty</a> to murdering 16 Afghan civilians during night raids.


title: Call for research into patterns of US gun violence
uri: Call-for-research-into-patterns-of-US-gun-violence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Call_for_research_into_patterns_of_US_gun_violence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Call_for_research_into_patterns_of_US_gun_violence%29

content:
<p>
A report calls on the Centers for Disease Control to do research into
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/05/gun-violence-study-plan">patterns 
of US gun violence</a>.
<p>
Such research has been 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#27_February_2013_(NRA_No_Research_Allowed)">blocked 
by NRA lobbying</a>.


title: Turkish thugs arrest people for tweets
uri: Turkish-thugs-arrest-people-for-tweets
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Turkish_thugs_arrest_people_for_tweets)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Turkish_thugs_arrest_people_for_tweets%29

content:
<p>
Turkish thugs <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/05/turkish-police-arrests-social-media-protest">arrested 
people for tweets</a> that encouraged or aided protests.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Another_flood_in_Dresden)
title: Another flood in Dresden
uri: Another-flood-in-Dresden
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Another_flood_in_Dresden%29
content:
<p>
In Dresden, 11 years after the "flood of the century", there is 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/05/german-floods-cities-dresden">another 
flood</a>.
<p>
This makes me suspect that global heating is at work.


title: Pre-registration of experimental studies before results come in
uri: Pre-registration-of-experimental-studies-before-results-come-in
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Pre-registration_of_experimental_studies_before_results_come_in)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Pre-registration_of_experimental_studies_before_results_come_in%29

content:
<p>
Journal editors call for pre-registration of experimental studies
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/jun/05/trust-in-science-study-pre-registration">before 
the results come in</a>.


title: Obama nominated Cornelia Pillard to the Court of Appeals
uri: Obama-nominated-Cornelia-Pillard-to-the-Court-of-Appeals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Obama_nominated_Cornelia_Pillard_to_the_Court_of_Appeals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Obama_nominated_Cornelia_Pillard_to_the_Court_of_Appeals%29

content:
<p>
Obama recently nominated Cornelia Pillard to the Court of Appeals of
the Federal Circuit.  I looked her up in Wikipedia.  I can't be
certain from what it says there, but she seems to have argued for
several positions I think of as dangerous.
<p>
It looks like she is a supporter of mandatory arbitration clauses,
which many companies impose so they can get away with mistreating
customers and employees.  This is a crucial area for US courts, and I
would not want someone with these views to be on track for possibly
being on the Supreme Court some day.
<p>
It appears she has also participated in efforts to bend over backwards
to give thugs impunity, and limit the right to a jury trial.
<p>
In other words, she is the sort of candidate that I'd expect someone
soft on like Obama to nominate.  I will not sign the petition urging
the Senate to vote on her nomination.
<p>
Obama has nominated two other candidates for that court.  With the
small amount of research I can do, I did not get enough information to
have an opinion about them.  Maybe they would be good people to put on
the bench, but I'd like to see if someone has actually evaluated them
from a progressive viewpoint before I support them in any way.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Accused_of_terrorism_for_song_lyrics)
title: Accused of terrorism for song lyrics
uri: Accused-of-terrorism-for-song-lyrics
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Accused_of_terrorism_for_song_lyrics%29

content:
<p>
Cameron D'Ambrosio has been jailed without
bail, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/05/facebook-boston">accused
of "terrorism", for his song lyrics.</a>


title: UK wants to let people veto wind generators
uri: UK-wants-to-let-people-veto-wind-generators
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(UK_wants_to_let_people_veto_wind_generators)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28UK_wants_to_let_people_veto_wind_generators%29

content:
<p>
The UK wants to let
people <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2013/jun/06/wind-farms-shale-gas-fracking-energy">veto
wind generators</a> in their vicinity, which they might consider
unsightly, but not fracking that could make them sick.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Turkish_journalists_injured_by_thugs)
title: Turkish journalists injured by thugs
uri: Turkish-journalists-injured-by-thugs
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Turkish_journalists_injured_by_thugs%29

content:
<p>
14 Turkish journalists have
been <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jun/06/journalist-safety-turkey">injured
by thugs while covering protests.</a>
<p>
Meanwhile, the mainstream media continue ignoring the protests much as
US mainstream media ignore Occupy Wall Street.
<p>
President Erdogan remains
totally, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/turkey-prime-minister-gezi-park-erdogan">absurdly
defiant.</a>


title: Activists received light sentences for protest
uri: Activists-received-light-sentences-for-protest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Activists_received_light_sentences_for_protest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Activists_received_light_sentences_for_protest%29

content:
<p>
UK activists, accused of a crime that is tantamount to "holding a
protest",
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/06/climate-activists-sentenced-gas-fired-power-protest">received
light sentences for their protest</a> at a fossil fuel plant.


title: Bill would penalize Walmart for each employee that ends up on Medicaid
uri: Bill-would-penalize-Walmart-for-each-employee-that-ends-up-on-Medicaid
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Bill_would_penalize_Walmart_for_each_employee_that_ends_up_on_Medicaid)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Bill_would_penalize_Walmart_for_each_employee_that_ends_up_on_Medicaid%29

content:
<p>
A California bill
would <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/06/03/california-to-wal-mart-enough-no-more-taxpayer-subsidized-profits-for-you/">penalize
Walmart for each full-time employee that ends up depending on
Medicaid.</a>
<p>
This is a good idea, but if it applies only to full-time employees it
will be ineffective.  Walmart is making just about all employees
part-time.


title: FBI demand a back door in communications software
uri: FBI-demand-a-back-door-in-communications-software
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(FBI_demand_a_back_door_in_communications_software)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28FBI_demand_a_back_door_in_communications_software%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/06/the_problems_wi_3.html">FBI
demand to require a back door in communications software</a> would
enable all sorts of bad actors, not just the Obama regime, to spy on
everyone.
<p>
If such a law applies to free programs, it would ban the distribution
of versions that are not malicious.


title: Massive surveillance and freedom of expression incompatible
uri: Massive-surveillance-and-freedom-of-expression-incompatible
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Massive_surveillance_and_freedom_of_expression_incompatible)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Massive_surveillance_and_freedom_of_expression_incompatible%29

content:
<p>
A UN report recognizes
how <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/internet-and-surveillance-UN-makes-the-connection">massive
surveillance and freedom of expression are incompatible.</a>


title: Ban use of antibiotics in farm animals
uri: Ban-use-of-antibiotics-in-farm-animals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Ban_use_of_antibiotics_in_farm_animals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Ban_use_of_antibiotics_in_farm_animals%29

content:
<p>
Health professionals call on Obama
to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/05-9">ban the
massive use of antibiotics in farm animals</a>, so as to protect
humans from drug resistance.


title: TSA backs down from applying common sense
uri: TSA-backs-down-from-applying-common-sense
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(TSA_backs_down_from_applying_common_sense)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28TSA_backs_down_from_applying_common_sense%29

content:
<p>
Irrationally overreacting flight attendants and congressional
fearmongers made the TSA back down
from <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/tsa-scuttles-plan-allow-small-knives-planes-6C10212322">applying
a little common sense.</a>
<p>
This one decision is not terribly important in itself — it means
one annoyance more, rather than one annoyance less — but it
demonstrates how vulnerable the US remains to appeals for repression
in the name of a minuscule amount of "security".
<p>
This inability to weight different dangers bodes ill for the US
response to the bigger threat of total monitoring of phone calls,
which is also supposed to be for "security against terrorists".  (Of
course, the most important of those so-called "terrorists" are really
dissidents and whistleblowers.)


title: Urgent: Stop massive tracking of Americans' phone calls
uri: Urgent-Stop-massive-tracking-of-Americans-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_massive_tracking_of_Americans_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_massive_tracking_of_Americans_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/secure/stop-massive-spying-program">sign the ACLU's petition</a> calling on Obama to stop
massive tracking of Americans' phone calls.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Tracking_of_Americans_phone_calls)
title: Tracking of Americans' phone calls
uri: Tracking-of-Americans-phone-calls
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Tracking_of_Americans_phone_calls%29
content:
<p>
Bush and Obama have used a long series of 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/confirmed-nsa-spying-millions-americans">legal 
tactics</a> to keep their tracking of all telephone calls secret from
Americans.
<p>
The US government has made sure that 
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/explainer/2013/06/nsa_verizon_surveillance_does_anyone_stand_up_for_privacy_at_the_foreign.html">nobody 
is allowed represent the Americans that the US proposes to spy on</a>,
even when that is all Americans.
<p>
Senator <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/06/06/nsa_verizon_phone_records_ex_nsa_employees_senator_says_surveillance_is.html">Spy 
Feinstein</a> says this tracking has been going on since 2006, if not
longer, and we should just accept it.
<p>
"This is called protecting America," she said, and she's right —
that's exactly what Big Brother calls it.


title: Obama nominates Cornelia Pillard to the Court of Appeals
uri: Obama-nominates-Cornelia-Pillard-to-the-Court-of-Appeals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Obama_nominates_Cornelia_Pillard_to_the_Court_of_Appeals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Obama_nominates_Cornelia_Pillard_to_the_Court_of_Appeals%29

content:
<p>
Obama recently nominated Cornelia Pillard to the Court of Appeals of
the Federal Circuit.  I looked her up in Wikipedia.  I can't be
certain from what it says there, but she seems to have argued for
several positions I think of as dangerous.
<p>
It looks like she is a supporter of mandatory arbitration clauses,
which many companies impose so they can get away with mistreating
customers and employees.  This is a crucial area for US courts, and I
would not want someone with these views to be on track for possibly
being on the Supreme Court some day.
<p>
It appears she has also participated in efforts to bend over backwards
to give thugs impunity, and limit the right to a jury trial.
<p>
In other words, she is the sort of candidate that I'd expect someone
soft on like Obama to nominate.  I will not sign the petition urging
the Senate to vote on her nomination.
<p>
Obama has nominated two other candidates for that court.  With the
small amount of research I can do, I did not get enough information to
have an opinion about them.  Maybe they would be good people to put on
the bench, but I'd like to see if someone has actually evaluated them
from a progressive viewpoint before I support them in any way.


title: Activists receive light sentences for protest
uri: Activists-receive-light-sentences-for-protest
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 07_June_2013_(Activists_receive_light_sentences_for_protest)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#07_June_2013_%28Activists_receive_light_sentences_for_protest%29

content:
<p>
UK activists, accused of a crime that is tantamount to "holding a
protest",
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/06/climate-activists-sentenced-gas-fired-power-protest">received
light sentences for their protest</a> at a fossil fuel plant.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Urgent:_Require_labeling_of_GMOs)
title: Urgent: Require labeling of GMOs
uri: Urgent-Require-labeling-of-GMOs
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Require_labeling_of_GMOs%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: help convince 10 senators to switch their stand and
support state laws
to <a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_27679.cfm">require
labeling of GMOs.</a>


title: Urgent: Support tax on financial transactions
uri: Urgent-Support-tax-on-financial-transactions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_tax_on_financial_transactions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_tax_on_financial_transactions%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call for
a <a href="http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/u-s-congress-eliminate-student-debt-with-a-robin-hood-tax-on-wall-street">tax
on financial transactions</a>, to support education.
<p>
Such a tax can support lots of things we need.


title: Urgent: Investigate Obama's massive tracking of phone calls
uri: Urgent-Investigate-Obama-s-massive-tracking-of-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Urgent:_Investigate_Obama's_massive_tracking_of_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Investigate_Obama%27s_massive_tracking_of_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Congress to investigate Obama's massive tracking
of our phone calls.  Please sign both
of <a href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/phone_spying/">these</a> <a href="http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/patriot_verizon_copy/">petitions.</a>


title: Urgent: Thank senators that put pressure on persecutors of Aaron Swartz
uri: Urgent-Thank-senators-that-put-pressure-on-persecutors-of-Aaron-Swart
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Urgent:_Thank_senators_that_put_pressure_on_persecutors_of_Aaron_Swartz)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Thank_senators_that_put_pressure_on_persecutors_of_Aaron_Swartz%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: thank the senators that
have <a href="http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/thanks_sen/">put
pressure on the persecutors of Aaron Swartz.</a>


title: Genetically engineered plants that glow in the dark
uri: Genetically-engineered-plants-that-glow-in-the-dark
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Genetically_engineered_plants_that_glow_in_the_dark)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Genetically_engineered_plants_that_glow_in_the_dark%29

content:
<p>
A project
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/true-north/2013/jun/06/kickstarter-money-glow-in-the-dark-plants">make
genetically engineered plants that glow in the dark</a> is getting
funding on Kickstarter.
<p>
Synthetic biology outside the lab needs to be regulated, and fairly
strictly — "Then company told us they knew it was safe" is not
enough, not here and not in general.
<p>
Plants that glow in the dark could have an effect on ecosystems, so it
would be unwise to let such genes loose into the wild.  But can these
genes spread into the wild?  The facts which determine this are
probably known, and I wish the author had checked and told us.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(UK_gov't_approved_torture_in_Kenya)
title: UK gov't approved torture in Kenya
uri: UK-gov-t-approved-torture-in-Kenya
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_approved_torture_in_Kenya%29

content:
<p>
The UK
government <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/06/mau-mau-sinning-quietly">approved
torture in Kenya</a> at the highest level.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Fossil_fuel_industry_bosses)
title: Fossil fuel industry bosses
uri: Fossil-fuel-industry-bosses
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Fossil_fuel_industry_bosses%29
content:
<p>
Fossil fuel industry bosses really
do <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/planet-oz/2013/jun/06/fossil-fuel-bosses-climate-change">say
the darndest things</a> (to deny their contribution to global
heating).


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(National_ID_numbers_for_babies)
title: National ID numbers for babies
uri: National-ID-numbers-for-babies
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28National_ID_numbers_for_babies%29
content:
<p>
Bosnians protested
because <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/bosnian-parliament-blockaded-id-protest">babies
can't get national ID numbers.</a>
<p>
They ought to protest against laws that make them <em>need</em> these
numbers.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Recession_in_Europe_will_get_worse)
title: Recession in Europe will get worse
uri: Recession-in-Europe-will-get-worse
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Recession_in_Europe_will_get_worse%29

content:
<p>
The European Central Bank recognizes that the recession in Europe will
get worse this year, and proposes to do something about it
by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/06/ecb-eurozone-recession-deepen">keeping
interest rates low.</a>
<p>
However, as the US has shown, super-low interest rates are not an
effective way to make the real economy better.  They let banksters make
big profits but don't put people back to work.  Thus, they are the
choice of governments under the control of the banksters.
<p>
Putting people back to work requires deficit spending.


title: 1/4 of prisoners in Guantanamo being force-fed
uri: 1-4-of-prisoners-in-Guantanamo-being-force-fed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(1%2F4_of_prisoners_in_Guantanamo_being_force-fed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%281%252F4_of_prisoners_in_Guantanamo_being_force-fed%29

content:
<p>
1/4 of the prisoners in
Guantanamo <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/guantanamo-bay-hunger-strike-quarter-force-fed">are
now being force-fed.</a>


title: Searching people's laptops at border is good policy
uri: Searching-people-s-laptops-at-border-is-good-policy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Searching_people's_laptops_at_border_is_good_policy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Searching_people%27s_laptops_at_border_is_good_policy%29

content:
<p>
Unsurprisingly, the Department of Homeland Security (formerly called
the Committee for Public Safety) concluded
that <a href="http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-immigrants-rights-national-security/dhs-releases-disappointing-civil">searching
people's laptops at the border for no reason is a good policy.</a> It
based its conclusion on the premise that even a shadow of a
possibility of preventing some crime (which could well be an act of
journalism) is more important than your freedom.  That premise, which
the Obama regime seems to hold with increasing vigor, leads in only
one direction: to a total surveillance state.


title: Patent trolls only part of harm
uri: Patent-trolls-only-part-of-harm
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 08_June_2013_(Patent_trolls_only_part_of_harm_Patent_trolls_are)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#08_June_2013_%28Patent_trolls_only_part_of_harm_Patent_trolls_are%29

content:
<p>
Patent trolls are
only <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-04/fixing-americas-patent-problem-means-going-beyond-trolls">part
of the harm done by the patent system.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Soil_depletion)
title: Soil depletion
uri: Soil-depletion
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Soil_depletion%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/07/peak-soil-industrial-civilisation-eating-itself">Peak 
Soil: Industrial Civilisation Is on the Verge of Eating Itself</a>.
<p>
Problems like this must happen sooner or later as the population rises.
In addition to eating less meat, and especially less beef, we 
<a href="http://stallman.org/articles/children.html">need
to reduce the birth rate</a> so that the population starts to go down.


title: Indigenous group in Peru vows not to allow oil extraction
uri: Indigenous-group-in-Peru-vows-not-to-allow-oil-extraction
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Indigenous_group_in_Peru_vows_not_to_allow_oil_extraction)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Indigenous_group_in_Peru_vows_not_to_allow_oil_extraction%29

content:
<p>
An Indigenous group in Peru vows not to allow oil extraction, citing 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2013/jun/07/peruvians-protest-oil-company-land-petroperu">the
way other areas' rivers have become polluted</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Air_and_water_pollution_in_China)
title: Air and water pollution in China
uri: Air-and-water-pollution-in-China
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Air_and_water_pollution_in_China%29
content:
<p>
Air and water pollution in China are 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/chinas-choice/2013/jun/07/chinas-environmental-problems-grim-ministry-report">rapidly 
getting worse</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Privatized_trains_in_the_UK)
title: Privatized trains in the UK
uri: Privatized-trains-in-the-UK
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Privatized_trains_in_the_UK%29
content:
<p>
Privatized trains in the UK have been a rip-off, resulting in 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/07/privatised-rail-higher-fares-older-trains">little
private investment, old trains, and high fares</a>.
<p>
The profits have come from what are effectively state subsidies that
go to the businesses.
<p>
Even though this privatization does result in a limited amount of
competition for the business of individual passengers, it was not
enough to bring about a good result.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Tear_gas_business_booming)
title: Tear gas business booming
uri: Tear-gas-business-booming
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Tear_gas_business_booming%29
content:
<p>
Tear gas is a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/07/teargas-booming-market-turkish-protests">booming 
business</a>, along with oppression in general.


title: Internet activism can bring about changes in offline activity
uri: Internet-activism-can-bring-about-changes-in-offline-activity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Internet_activism_can_bring_about_changes_in_offline_activity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Internet_activism_can_bring_about_changes_in_offline_activity%29

content:
<p>
Internet activism sometimes does bring about changes in 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/southern-crossroads/2013/jun/07/online-environmental-activism-offline-change-clicktivism">offline 
activity</a>.
<p>
I don't sign change.org petitions because signing them requires
running a nonfree Javascript program.  I wish change.org would change that.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Insults_should_not_be_a_crime)
title: Insults should not be a crime
uri: Insults-should-not-be-a-crime
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Insults_should_not_be_a_crime%29
content:
<p>
A passenger on a train in the UK is being sought for prosecution for
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/07/police-investigate-racial-abuse-train-brighton">calling 
a black passenger a "monkey"</a>.
<p>
Here we see how racism operates.  A believed B had woke him up, but
instead of rebuking B for doing that, he saw that B belonged to a
racial minority and insulted him for that entirely irrelevant point.
That was stupid and irrational, as well as nasty.
<p>
However, it should not be a crime.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Political_change)
title: Political change
uri: Political-change
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Political_change%29
content:
<p>
People should not give up on political change just because it 
<a href="http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2013/06/06/prism-verizon-surprise/">isn't 
easy</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Anti-shock_doctrines)
title: Anti-shock doctrines
uri: Anti-shock-doctrines
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Anti-shock_doctrines%29
content:
<p>
Naomi Klein: 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/06-4">'Anti-Shock 
Doctrines' Show the Way to Resist</a>.


title: Monsanto's supposed tests for GMO wheat contamination
uri: Monsanto-s-supposed-tests-for-GMO-wheat-contamination
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Monsantos_supposed_tests_for_GMO_wheat_contamination)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Monsantos_supposed_tests_for_GMO_wheat_contamination%29

content:
<p>
Some scientists say that Monsanto's supposed tests to find GMO wheat
are <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/06-1">flawed</a> 
and cannot be relied on. In other words, we don't know how widespread
those genes are.


title: Turkey's president says he wants to crush protests
uri: Turkey-s-president-says-he-wants-to-crush-protests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Turkeys_president_says_he_wants_to_crush_protests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Turkeys_president_says_he_wants_to_crush_protests%29

content:
<p>
Turkey's president calls the protests foreign meddling and says he 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/erdogan-demands-end-turkey-protests">wants 
to crush them</a>.
<p>
He <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/erdogan-accuses-eu-hypocrisy-turkey-protests">cites 
European repression of protests</a> to justify his own.
<p>
It is true that countries such as 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#23%20March%202011%20(Protesters%20sue%20police)">the 
UK</a> and 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#23_May_2013_(Italian_Thugs)">Italy</a> 
have repressed protests.  So what?  Injustice in one country does not
excuse injustice in another country.
<p>
However, this should be a lesson that European countries and the US
must not tolerate repression and lying thugs at home.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Obama_passes_the_buck)
title: Obama passes the buck
uri: Obama-passes-the-buck
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Obama_passes_the_buck%29
content:
<p>
Obama 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/obama-nsa-revelations-chinese-summit">says 
he's not responsible</a> for agencies that report to him; their
supervision should be left to Congress and courts.
<p>
Of course, no sensible American trusts the FISA court to defend our freedom.
Whether Congress will do so has yet to be seen.  But what good is a president
who passes the buck on our freedom.


title: PAT-RIOT Act surveillance never proved necessary
uri: PAT-RIOT-Act-surveillance-never-proved-necessary
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(PAT-RIOT_Act_surveillance_never_proved_necessary)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28PAT-RIOT_Act_surveillance_never_proved_necessary%29

content:
<p>
Senators Wyden and Udall say that PAT-RIOT Act surveillance
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/07/patriot-act-violate-privacy">never
proved necessary</a>, and call for the government to publish more
information about it.


title: Facebook deleted pages calling for protests in Turkey
uri: Facebook-deleted-pages-calling-for-protests-in-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Facebook_deleted_pages_calling_for_protests_in_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Facebook_deleted_pages_calling_for_protests_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Facebook deleted
pages <a href="https://www.adbusters.org/blogs/censored-facebook.html">calling
for protests in Turkey.</a>


title: States must respect anonymous communication
uri: States-must-respect-anonymous-communication
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(States_must_respect_anonymous_communication)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28States_must_respect_anonymous_communication%29

content:
<p>
States must respect anonymous communication; here are
the <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/anonymity-encryption-and-free-speech-what-nations-need-to-do">basic
requirements.</a>
<p>
I don't think these go far enough, because there are other ways to
restrict and surveil people on the Internet.


title: Voter suppression and election corruption
uri: Voter-suppression-and-election-corruption
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Voter_suppression_and_election_corruption)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Voter_suppression_and_election_corruption%29

content:
<p>
Republicans in Wisconsin are trying to rush through a law to apply
many know <a href="HTTP://WWW.PRWATCH.ORG/NODE/12127">voter
suppression and election corruption techniques.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(US_is_funding_death_squads)
title: US is funding death squads
uri: US-is-funding-death-squads
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28US_is_funding_death_squads%29
content:
<p>
The US
is <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/05-4">funding
death squads in Honduras.</a>


title: Big Brother has collected info about credit card transactions
uri: Big-Brother-has-collected-info-about-credit-card-transactions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Big_Brother_has_collected_info_about_credit_card_transactions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Big_Brother_has_collected_info_about_credit_card_transactions%29

content:
<p>
Big Brother
has <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/wsj-nsa-program-also-tracking-credit-card-transactions">collected
information about credit card transactions</a>, but we can't tell how
often.
<p>
It amounts to Total Information Awareness by another name.


title: Spy official acknowledged collecting info about all phone calls
uri: Spy-official-acknowledged-collecting-info-about-all-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Spy_official_acknowledged_collecting_info_about_all_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Spy_official_acknowledged_collecting_info_about_all_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
A US spy official acknowledged the practice of collecting information
about <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/clapper-secret-nsa-surveillance-prism">all
phone calls of millions of Americans</a>, and secret back doors into
servers of many companies.
<p>
As usual, he condemned the patriots who told us how our government is
setting up a surveillance state.  He's on the side of the bad guys.
<p>
The UK government is using
this <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism">same
program to spy on UK citizens</a>, which could mean disregarding and
nullifying their legal rights.
<p>
It is strange that the NSA confirms this program but executives of the
companies involved deny participation.  I wonder if employees were
coerced into setting up the surveillance without telling their bosses.
<p>
I have it on good authority that that is the way the US typically
handles PAT-RIOT act seizures.  It goes to a sysadmin and telling him
to hand over the data and not tell anyone else, or be imprisoned.


title: Urgent: Stop tax havens from functioning
uri: Urgent-Stop-tax-havens-from-functioning
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_tax_havens_from_functioning)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_tax_havens_from_functioning%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: call for action
to <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/g8_tax_havens_p/">stop tax havens
from functioning.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Heroism_of_whistleblowers)
title: Heroism of whistleblowers
uri: Heroism-of-whistleblowers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Heroism_of_whistleblowers%29
content:
<p>
On
the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/07-3">heroism
of whistleblowers</a>, and the villainy of the Bush/Obama regime in
trying to attack them.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(What_we_know_about_NSA_spy_program)
title: What we know about NSA spy program
uri: What-we-know-about-NSA-spy-program
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28What_we_know_about_NSA_spy_program%29

content:
<p>
Summarizing what we know about
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/nsa-prism-records-surveillance-questions">NSA
spy program, Prism.</a>
<p>
European companies and government agencies should not be allowed to
make any personal information available to a US company under any
circumstances.


title: Nuclear more expensive than other energy
uri: Nuclear-more-expensive-than-other-energy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Nuclear_more_expensive_than_other_energy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Nuclear_more_expensive_than_other_energy%29

content:
<p>
Found US nuclear power plants have been closed as they have
become <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/07/san-onofre-nuclear-reactors-shut-down">more
expensive than other energy.</a> Even renewable energy is cheaper.
<p>
Nuclear energy is tremendously expensive, and only massive subsidies
make it feasible.  With similar subsidies, renewable power would take
off tremendously.


title: Holder says he will not prosecute any reporter for doing his job
uri: Holder-says-he-will-not-prosecute-any-reporter-for-doing-his-job
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 09_June_2013_(Holder_says_he_will_not_prosecute_any_reporter_for_doing_his_job)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#09_June_2013_%28Holder_says_he_will_not_prosecute_any_reporter_for_doing_his_job%29

content:
<p>
Holder says he
will <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/eric-holder-attorney-general-verizon-records?INTCMP=SRCH">not
prosecute any reporter for doing his job</a>. He aims rather to make
the job impossible, by drying up all their sources.


title: What the government gets when it tracks "metadata"
uri: What-the-government-gets-when-it-tracks-metadata
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(What_the_government_gets_when_it_tracks_metadata)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28What_the_government_gets_when_it_tracks_metadata%29

content:
<p>
What the US government gets when it tracks 
"<a href='http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/06/06/why-the-government-wants-your-metadata/'>metadata</a>" 
such as URLs visited and phone numbers called.
<p>
If you're a whistleblower, it also finds out if you phoned a reporter.


title: Prosecution in the US has become absurd
uri: Prosecution-in-the-US-has-become-absurd
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Prosecution_in_the_US_has_become_absurd)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Prosecution_in_the_US_has_become_absurd%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/ariel-castro-329-counts-cleveland">329 
charges against a kidnaper</a> shows how prosecution in the US has
become absurd.
<p>
From what I've read, he kidnaped and raped three women, and ought to
be charged with this.  He ought to get a fair trial, which I suppose
would result in his conviction based on the testimony of the victims.
<p>
However, anyone who faces 329 charges, even if innocent, is unlikely
to ever get a fair trial because he will accept a plea bargain.


title: Obama pushing to shield massive surveillance from courts
uri: Obama-pushing-to-shield-massive-surveillance-from-courts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Obama_pushing_to_shield_massive_surveillance_from_courts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Obama_pushing_to_shield_massive_surveillance_from_courts%29

content:
<p>
Obama personally has 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/us-government-special-privilege-scrutiny-data">pushed 
the use of executive privilege</a> to shield massive surveillance from
the courts.
<p>
This is the same man who said we should trust courts to limit
surveillance.


title: "Hunger summit" front for corporate colonization and land grabs
uri: Hunger-summit-front-for-corporate-colonization-and-land-grabs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Hunger_summit_front_for_corporate_colonization_and_land_grabs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Hunger_summit_front_for_corporate_colonization_and_land_grabs%29

content:
<p>
The "hunger summit" is a front for 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/07/back-african-smallholders-not-agribusiness">corporate 
colonization and land grabs</a> in Africa.
<p>
If agribusiness succeeds in boosting food production in Africa, it is
likely to be exported, while those dispossessed of their land
are forced to cities to look for work.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Recovering_European_fisheries)
title: Recovering European fisheries
uri: Recovering-European-fisheries
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Recovering_European_fisheries%29
content:
<p>
Some European fisheries are recovering after fishing was banned
— even <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/08/cod-stocks-recover-overfishing-marine">cod</a>.
<p>
Cod in the Grand Banks are recovering slowly also, but have far to go
before fishing should be allowed.


title: Victims of British empire war crimes included Israelis
uri: Victims-of-British-empire-war-crimes-included-Israelis
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Victims_of_British_empire_war_crimes_included_Israelis)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Victims_of_British_empire_war_crimes_included_Israelis%29

content:
<p>
The victims of British empire war crimes included 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/torture-detention-human-rights-colonialism">Israelis</a>, too.


title: Obama to allow death squads to target wolves
uri: Obama-to-allow-death-squads-to-target-wolves
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Obama_to_allow_death_squads_to_target_wolves)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Obama_to_allow_death_squads_to_target_wolves%29

content:
<p>
Obama will allow death squads to target 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/07-1">wolves</a> 
too.


title: Gov't officials condemn heroic whistleblowers
uri: Gov-t-officials-condemn-heroic-whistleblowers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Govt_officials_condemn_heroic_whistleblowers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Govt_officials_condemn_heroic_whistleblowers%29

content:
<p>
Government officials 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/07-4">condemn 
heroic whistleblowers</a> and call for investigations to find the
"reprehensible" people who told us about how much the US government
spies on all of us.
<p>
These investigations will, naturally, require spying more on all of us.


title: Obama orders preparation of list of targets for cyber-attacks
uri: Obama-orders-preparation-of-list-of-targets-for-cyber-attacks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Obama_orders_preparation_of_list_of_targets_for_cyber-attacks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Obama_orders_preparation_of_list_of_targets_for_cyber-attacks%29

content:
<p>
Obama has ordered preparation of a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/obama-china-targets-cyber-overseas">list 
of possible targets</a> for cyber-attacks.
<p>
I do not consider contingency planning in advance to be an outrage,
but Obama has already shown an inclination to launch pre-emptive
attacks.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(US_needs_new_Church_Committee)
title: US needs new Church Committee
uri: US-needs-new-Church-Committee
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28US_needs_new_Church_Committee%29
content:
<p>
The US 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/response-nsa-we-need-new-church-commission-and-we-need-it-now">needs 
a new Church Committee</a> to deal with the NSA's massive
surveillance.


title: Warrant required to install GPS tracker in car
uri: Warrant-required-to-install-GPS-tracker-in-car
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Warrant_required_to_install_GPS_tracker_in_car)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Warrant_required_to_install_GPS_tracker_in_car%29

content:
<p>
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that 
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/ma-high-court-recognizes-right-be-free-gps-surveillance">a 
warrant is required</a> to install a GPS tracker in a car.
<p>
That's the way it should be: tracking cannot be started without a
warrant.
<p>
Unfortunately, for anyone who has a portable phone, the tracking is
done all the time, and the data can be collected (with or without a
warrant) retroactively.  This is tantamount to maintaining a dossier
about every person, which the state can look at retrospectively at
any time.


title: The leak about PRISM vs statements made by company executives
uri: The-leak-about-PRISM-vs-statements-made-by-company-executives
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(The_leak_about_PRISM_vs_statements_made_by_company_executives)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28The_leak_about_PRISM_vs_statements_made_by_company_executives%29

content:
<p>
Various experts and activists consider how to reconcile the leak about
PRISM with the 
<a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130607-us-data-mining-system-technical-details-murky">statements 
by company executives</a> that they have not allowed the US to
establish back doors.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Data_about_supermarket_customers)
title: Data about supermarket customers
uri: Data-about-supermarket-customers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Data_about_supermarket_customers%29
content:
<p>
How supermarkets get data about their customers, and 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jun/08/supermarkets-get-your-data">what 
they do with it</a>.
<p>
You can protect yourself by (1) not using a buyer's card, (2) paying
cash, and (3) not using any coupons that are given to you by the store
when you purchase.  (You could trade them with someone else and confuse
the store.)


title: Urgent: Discipline racist federal judge
uri: Urgent-Discipline-racist-federal-judge
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Urgent:_Discipline_racist_federal_judge)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Discipline_racist_federal_judge%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=EdithJones">call</a> 
for a racist federal judge to be disciplined.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(PRISM)
title: PRISM
uri: PRISM
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28PRISM%29
content:
<p>
It appears PRISM refers to a 
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57588337-38/no-evidence-of-nsas-direct-access-to-tech-companies/">system 
by which the US government demands information from companies</a>, and
not a back door for direct government access to the companies'
servers.
<p>
Nonetheless, many companies 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/technology/tech-companies-bristling-concede-to-government-surveillance-efforts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">went 
out of their way to make it easier</a> to give the data to the
government.
<p>
The US can do plenty to spy on Internet traffic to these companies
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-08/google-led-denials-leave-room-for-u-s-web-surveillance.html">even 
without their cooperation</a>.
<p>
The government should be able to get information from individuals and
companies for investigations.  That part of things is not what's
wrong.  What <em>is</em> wrong is that Internet sites collect so much
information about nearly everyone, which can then be handed over
to the US government for an investigation of "terrorist suspects"
such as dissidents or whistleblowers.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Slot_machine_technology)
title: Slot machine technology
uri: Slot-machine-technology
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Slot_machine_technology%29
content:
<p>
Slot machine technology has advanced, making them 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/08/slot-machine-lose-lose-situation">more 
addictive</a>.
<p>
Just goes to show how foolish it is to make "innovation" the primary goal.
Who will decide which innovations will be used in your life?  You,
or someone else?
<p>
If what the addicts want is the feeling of flow, can't they get the
same feeling in a way that doesn't cost them money?  Perhaps with a
free software slot machine program that pays off in Roulette Rupees
instead of real money?


title: Xiaobo's brother convicted on ridiculous charges and imprisoned
uri: Xiaobo-s-brother-convicted-on-ridiculous-charges-and-imprisoned
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Xiaobo's_brother_convicted_on_ridiculous_charges_and_imprisoned)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Xiaobo%27s_brother_convicted_on_ridiculous_charges_and_imprisoned%29

content:
<p>
Liu Xiaobo's brother
was <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/liu-xiaobo-brother-law-jailed">convicted
on ridiculous charges and imprisoned.</a>


title: Stealth project to build tar sands oil pipeline
uri: Stealth-project-to-build-tar-sands-oil-pipeline
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Stealth_project_to_build_tar_sands_oil_pipeline)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Stealth_project_to_build_tar_sands_oil_pipeline%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/03-0">stealth
project to build a tar sands oil pipeline</a> effectively equivalent
to Keystone XL.


title: Urgent: Call for cans of Glade to list chemicals it contains
uri: Urgent-Call-for-cans-of-Glade-to-list-chemicals-it-contains
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Urgent:_Call_for_cans_of_Glade_to_list_chemicals_it_contains)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_for_cans_of_Glade_to_list_chemicals_it_contains%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call for cans of Glade
to <a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/glade-chemicals/2/2/">list the
chemicals it contains,</a> some of which seem to be toxic.


title: US Postal Service photographs every piece of mail
uri: US-Postal-Service-photographs-every-piece-of-mail
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(US_Postal_Service_photographs_every_piece_of_mail)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28US_Postal_Service_photographs_every_piece_of_mail%29

content:
<p>
The US Postal
Service <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/woman-arrested-for-obama-bloomberg-ricin-letters-687435">photographs
every piece of mail.</a>
<p>
While it is useful to be able to identify the person who sent these
ricin-laced letters (perhaps giving a new meaning to the term "poison
pen"), the extension of pervasive surveillance to our physical mail
worries me more than the ricin.


title: Fourth Amendment not a mere suggestion
uri: Fourth-Amendment-not-a-mere-suggestion
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Fourth_Amendment_not_a_mere_suggestion)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Fourth_Amendment_not_a_mere_suggestion%29

content:
<p>
Reminding Senator Spy Feinstein that the Fourth Amendment
is <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/07">not a mere
suggestion. </a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(EU_no_longer_advocates_austerity)
title: EU no longer advocates austerity
uri: EU-no-longer-advocates-austerity
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28EU_no_longer_advocates_austerity%29
content:
<p>
The EU says
it <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/09/incoherent-eu-economicy-policy-slow-recovery">no
longer advocates "austerity"</a>, but doesn't plan to increase
euro-zone deficit spending, so in fact it will still practice
austerity.  However, now it wants to attack workers' rights too.


title: PRISM threat to US Constitution and American values
uri: PRISM-threat-to-US-Constitution-and-American-values
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(PRISM_threat_to_US_Constitution_and_American_values)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28PRISM_threat_to_US_Constitution_and_American_values%29

content:
<p>
Even though PRISM does not allow the government direct access to
servers, the government's spying represents a direct
<a href="http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001042.html">threat to the
US Constitution and American values.</a>
<p>
I disagree with only one point of that article, but it is an important
one.  Even though big Internet companies sometimes to oppose
government spying, they are nonetheless part of the problem.  If these
companies did not collect so much information about Internet users,
the government would not be able to make them hand it over.


title: Smartphone works for the surveillance state
uri: Smartphone-works-for-the-surveillance-state
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Smartphone_works_for_the_surveillance_state)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Smartphone_works_for_the_surveillance_state%29

content:
<p>
"Your <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/06/your_iphone_works_for_the_secret_police.html">Smartphone
Works for the Surveillance State".</a>
<p>
I'm glad to see others say what I've been saying: today's digital
surveillance is worse than in the Soviet Empire, and it is taking us
towards tyranny.
<p>
I wish he didn't assert that "we" do all sorts of foolish things.  I
don't do them.  I hope you don't either.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Eat_less_meat)
title: Eat less meat
uri: Eat-less-meat
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Eat_less_meat%29
content:
<p>
People in wealthy
countries <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/08/should-we-eat-less-meat">must
eat less meat</a>, to reduce pressure on the world's growing capacity
and for their own health too.
<p>
When I am at home, I eat little meat on most days.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Internet_surveillance_in_India)
title: Internet surveillance in India
uri: Internet-surveillance-in-India
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Internet_surveillance_in_India%29
content:
<p>
Massive
Internet <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/07/india-new-monitoring-system-threatens-rights">surveillance
in India</a>, together with censorship of opinions that displease,
adds up to a step towards oppression.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Virtual_Iranian_presidential_election)
title: Virtual Iranian presidential election
uri: Virtual-Iranian-presidential-election
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Virtual_Iranian_presidential_election%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-virtual-presidential-election-kasparov/25010620.html">"virtual"
Iranian presidential election</a> offers Iranians the chance to vote
for candidates who were banned from running.
<p>
The system described is ripe for fraud, by voters and by the ones
carrying it out.  It should never be used or a real election.
However, it is ok for this sort of use.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Mali_prisoners)
title: Mali prisoners
uri: Mali-prisoners
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Mali_prisoners%29
content:
<p>
Mali
has <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/serious-human-rights-abuses-pervade-mali-five-months-after-french-intervention-2013-06-07
">tortured, killed and disappeared prisoners.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(France_will_continue_ban_on_fracking)
title: France will continue ban on fracking
uri: France-will-continue-ban-on-fracking
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28France_will_continue_ban_on_fracking%29

content:
<p>
France will continue
its <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-05/french-fracking-ban-endorsed-on-u-s-environmental-repercussions.html">ban
on fracking</a>, taking note of the harm fracking has done in the US.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Spreading_Sunni-Shi'a_conflict)
title: Spreading Sunni-Shi'a conflict
uri: Spreading-Sunni-Shi-a-conflict
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Spreading_Sunni-Shi%27a_conflict%29
content:
<p>
Studying the
spreading <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/middle-east-full-blown-religious-war">Sunni-Shi'a
conflict.</a>
<p>
Both variants of Islam regularly oppress women and trash the human
rights of dissenters and atheists.  That doesn't mean this war is
likely to make things better for anyone.  I think it is more likely to
make both sects more fanatical and more oppressive.


title: Blacks in US encounter violence by thugs
uri: Blacks-in-US-encounter-violence-by-thugs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Blacks_in_US_encounter_violence_by_thugs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Blacks_in_US_encounter_violence_by_thugs%29

content:
<p>
Blacks in the US encounter systematic, frequent and occasionally
deadly <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/08/law-enforcement-violence-racism">violence
by thugs.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Force_feeding_of_Guantanamo_prisoners)
title: Force feeding of Guantanamo prisoners
uri: Force-feeding-of-Guantanamo-prisoners
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Force_feeding_of_Guantanamo_prisoners%29

content:
<p>
Spy Feinstein says force feeding of Guantanamo prisoners is
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/mccain-feinstein-guantanamo-hunger-strike">"safe
and respectful".</a>
<p>
When Obama (and Feinstein) talk about "closing Guantanamo", they do
not mean ending the injustice of indefinite imprisonment without
trial, or that of torture.  What they mean is shifting the same
bestial treatment to the US itself.  That's what Congress refused to
approve.


title: Urgent: Stop excessive force against peaceful protesters in Turkey
uri: Urgent-Stop-excessive-force-against-peaceful-protesters-in-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_excessive_force_against_peaceful_protesters_in_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_excessive_force_against_peaceful_protesters_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="https://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=6oJCLQPAJiJUG&b=6645049&aid=519905">Tell 
Turkey</a> to stop using excessive force against peaceful protesters.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_intervention_in_Syria)
title: Urgent: Oppose intervention in Syria
uri: Urgent-Oppose-intervention-in-Syria
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_intervention_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.votevets.org/senate-intervention">call on the 
senate</a> to oppose intervention in Syria.


title: Urgent: Recommend Bradley Manning for Nobel Peace Prize
uri: Urgent-Recommend-Bradley-Manning-for-Nobel-Peace-Prize
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Urgent:_Recommend_Bradley_Manning_for_Nobel_Peace_Prize)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Recommend_Bradley_Manning_for_Nobel_Peace_Prize%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://ManningNobel.org">recommend 
Bradley Manning</a> for a Nobel Peace Prize.


title: Obama's attempt to legalize illegal surveillance
uri: Obama-s-attempt-to-legalize-illegal-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Obamas_attempt_to_legalize_illegal_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Obamas_attempt_to_legalize_illegal_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Obama said he would end illegal surveillance, but it was a trick
what he did was 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/09-0">attempt to 
legalize it</a>.


title: Staff of political NGOs in Egypt get prison sentences
uri: Staff-of-political-NGOs-in-Egypt-get-prison-sentences
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Staff_of_political_NGOs_in_Egypt_get_prison_sentences)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Staff_of_political_NGOs_in_Egypt_get_prison_sentences%29

content:
<p>
Staff of some political NGOs in Egypt have been given 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/egypt-ngos-hafsa-halawa-ndi">prison 
sentences</a>.
<p>
Several of the NGOs that were shut down are directly financed by the
US, and one by a right-wing German political party.  It might be
reasonable for a country not to allow that sort of foreign
organization to operate.
<p>
However, it is absurd to imprison the staff.  And other NGOs,
not funded by governments, are another matter.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Protesters_shot_by_Libyan_militia)
title: Protesters shot by Libyan militia
uri: Protesters-shot-by-Libyan-militia
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Protesters_shot_by_Libyan_militia%29
content:
<p>
A Libyan militia 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/libya-shield-benghazi-clash-militia">shot 
protesters</a> calling for militias to disband.


title: Obama's total-surveillance-to-make-feel-safe platform
uri: Obama-s-total-surveillance-to-make-feel-safe-platform
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Obamas_total-surveillance-to-make-feel-safe_platform)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Obamas_total-surveillance-to-make-feel-safe_platform%29

content:
<p>
Why didn't Obama tell us before the last election that he would run
on a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/09-1">total-surveillance-to-make-us-feel-safe</a> 
platform?


title: Requiring court orders to access people's email and phone calls
uri: Requiring-court-orders-to-access-people-s-email-and-phone-calls
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Requiring_court_orders_to_access_peoples_email_and_phone_calls)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Requiring_court_orders_to_access_peoples_email_and_phone_calls%29

content:
<p>
Bills to require court orders to access people's email and phone call
records have 
<a href="https://www.cdt.org/blogs/mark-stanley/0506bipartisan-support-ecpa-reform-snowballs-congress">strong 
support</a>.
<p>
However, these bills do not go far enough.  They restrict government
access to company-held personal dossiers, but don't prevent companies
from accumulating these dossiers over long periods of time.  These
dossiers might consist of records of years of phone calls, or backups
of old emails.  The state could collect this retroactive information
so as to fish for something to accuse you of, as it did with John
Kiriakou.
<p>
We need to limit the dossiers that can be kept, not just limit access
to them.
<p>
The crucial criterion for any proposed change in these laws is, would
it have protected John Kiriakou from the intense investigation that
strained to come up with a crime to charge him with?


title: Women peasants' movement against land-grabs
uri: Women-peasants-movement-against-land-grabs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Women_peasants_movement_against_land-grabs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Women_peasants_movement_against_land-grabs%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/08-4">Women of the 
World's Largest Peasant Movement Call the Shots</a>.


title: Turkish media companies all intimidated by threats from state
uri: Turkish-media-companies-all-intimidated-by-threats-from-state
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 10_June_2013_(Turkish_media_companies_all_intimidated_by_threats_from_state)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_%28Turkish_media_companies_all_intimidated_by_threats_from_state%29

content:
<p>
There are many Turkish media companies, but they were all intimidated
by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jun/09/media-pluralism-turkey">threats 
from the state</a>.
<p>
This calls to mind the 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-sep-dec.html#9%20December%202010%20(US%20Department%20of%20Irony)">US 
intimidation</a> against all the services that wikileaks used.


title: Urgent: Stop broadcasting Rush Limbaugh on Armed Forces Network
uri: Urgent-Stop-broadcasting-Rush-Limbaugh-on-Armed-Forces-Network
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_broadcasting_Rush_Limbaugh_on_Armed_Forces_Network)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_broadcasting_Rush_Limbaugh_on_Armed_Forces_Network%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=424">call 
on the Armed Forces Network</a> to stop broadcasting Rush Limbaugh.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Vulnerability_of_Turkish_media)
title: Vulnerability of Turkish media
uri: Vulnerability-of-Turkish-media
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Vulnerability_of_Turkish_media%29
content:
<p>
What makes Turkish media especially vulnerable to government censorship
is that they are nearly all 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/09/turkey-mainstream-media-penguins-protests">part 
of conglomerates with other business interests</a>.


title: Blacklisting of whistleblowers and union representatives in UK
uri: Blacklisting-of-whistleblowers-and-union-representatives-in-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Blacklisting_of_whistleblowers_and_union_representatives_in_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Blacklisting_of_whistleblowers_and_union_representatives_in_UK%29

content:
<p>
Obama is not the only one that punishes whistleblowers.  A rail union
accuses a UK railway construction project of 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/09/crossrail-unite-blacklisting-accusations">blacklisting
whistleblowers and union representatives</a>.


title: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong
uri: NSA-whistleblower-Edward-Snowden-in-Hong-Kong
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(NSA_whistleblower_Edward_Snowden_in_Hong_Kong)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28NSA_whistleblower_Edward_Snowden_in_Hong_Kong%29

content:
<p>
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance">fled 
to Hong Kong</a> before providing his information to the press.
<p>
Isn't it a shame to the US when people who reveal government
oppression must flee to China?
<p>
Here is an <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why">interview 
with Snowden</a>.
<p>
This man is a hero comparable to Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning.


title: The only way to influence US politics against global heating
uri: The-only-way-to-influence-US-politics-against-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(The_only_way_to_influence_US_politics_against_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28The_only_way_to_influence_US_politics_against_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
With Democrats and Republicans bought by fossil fuel money,
the <a href="http://www.zcommunications.org/the-tar-sands-pipeline-by-scott-mclarty">Green 
Party</a> is the only way to influence US politics against global
heating.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Keystone_XL_faulty)
title: Keystone XL faulty
uri: Keystone-XL-faulty
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Keystone_XL_faulty%29
content:
<p>
Keystone XL isn't even built yet and already it's 
<a href="http://grist.org/news/keystone-xl-isnt-even-built-yet-and-already-its-faulty/">faulty</a>.
<p>
House votes on approving the planet-roaster pipeline were clearly
<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/06/keystone-votes-followed-the-money.html">purchased 
by fossil fuel companies</a>.


title: Germans worry about US data surveillance
uri: Germans-worry-about-US-data-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Germans_worry_about_US_data_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Germans_worry_about_US_data_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Germans worry about 
<a href="http://www.dw.de/us-data-surveillance-worries-german-expert/a-16868459">US data surveillance</a>.  Everyone in Europe should.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Net_neutrality_a_chimera_in_the_EU)
title: Net neutrality a chimera in the EU
uri: Net-neutrality-a-chimera-in-the-EU
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Net_neutrality_a_chimera_in_the_EU%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dw.de/net-neutrality-is-still-a-chimera-in-the-eu/a-16868727">Net 
Neutrality Is Still a Chimera in the EU</a>.


title: Urgent: Call on Obama and Congress to stop spying on Americans
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Obama-and-Congress-to-stop-spying-on-Americans
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Obama_and_Congress_to_stop_spying_on_Americans)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Obama_and_Congress_to_stop_spying_on_Americans%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="http://democracyforamerica.com/pages/798-stop-spying-on-american-citizens">Call 
on Obama and Congress</a> to stop spying on Americans.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(US_states_sell_data_about_patients)
title: US states sell data about patients
uri: US-states-sell-data-about-patients
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28US_states_sell_data_about_patients%29

content:
<p>
US states are selling data about patients, weakly anonymized so that
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-05/states-hospital-data-for-sale-puts-privacy-in-jeopardy.html">the 
patients can be reidentified</a>.


title: Tech companies make it easier for US gov't to get data from them
uri: Tech-companies-make-it-easier-for-US-gov-t-to-get-data-from-them
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Tech_companies_make_it_easier_for_US_govt_to_get_data_from_them)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Tech_companies_make_it_easier_for_US_govt_to_get_data_from_them%29

content:
<p>
Even if tech companies have not made back doors for the US government,
they have made it 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/technology-giants-nsa-prism-surveillance">easier 
for the US government to get data from them</a>, with a potential for
abuse.


title: Obama regime compares NSA to private company
uri: Obama-regime-compares-NSA-to-private-company
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Obama_regime_compares_NSA_to_private_company)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Obama_regime_compares_NSA_to_private_company%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime claims that 
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/06/07/stop_comparing_nsa_to_a_private_company/">NSA 
snooping on everyone</a> is no different from your bank's knowing
about your checks.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Path_to_5C_of_heating)
title: Path to 5C of heating
uri: Path-to-5C-of-heating
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Path_to_5C_of_heating%29
content:
<p>
If the world does not take steps now to end global heating, it will be
on a path to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/10/waiting-climate-deal-set-world-path-5c">5C 
of heating</a>.


title: Great whistleblowers talk about Edward Snowden
uri: Great-whistleblowers-talk-about-Edward-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Great_whistleblowers_talk_about_Edward_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Great_whistleblowers_talk_about_Edward_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/10/whistleblowers-snowden-truth-sets-free">Great 
whistleblowers</a> talk about Edward Snowden.
<p>
One of them, Ian Foxley, thinks Manning and Snowden should have taken
their information to their chain of command.   That makes sense for
situations like Foxley's, where the commanders may feel they are the
victims of the scam.  However, when the evil comes down from the top,
that probably would have got them arrested without being able to tell
the public.


title: Rich parts of China outsource carbon emissions to poorer parts
uri: Rich-parts-of-China-outsource-carbon-emissions-to-poorer-parts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Rich_parts_of_China_outsource_carbon_emissions_to_poorer_parts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Rich_parts_of_China_outsource_carbon_emissions_to_poorer_parts%29

content:
<p>
Rich parts of China are 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/10/china-provinces-outsource-emissions">outsourcing 
their carbon emissions</a> to poorer parts of China.
<p>
A greenhouse gas tax is the best way to stop this.  If it were applied
to all of China, it would stop this outsourcing within China.  If it
were world-wide, it would also block international outsourcing.
<p>
Although it ought to be world-wide, one should not wait until all
countries agree to participate before starting the system.  It needs
to start somewhere.


title: UK gov't and NSA's excuse to trash rights of people in the UK
uri: UK-gov-t-and-NSA-s-excuse-to-trash-rights-of-people-in-the-UK
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(UK_govt_and_NSAs_excuse_to_trash_rights_of_people_in_the_UK)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28UK_govt_and_NSAs_excuse_to_trash_rights_of_people_in_the_UK%29

content:
<p>
The UK government and the NSA have a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jun/10/nsa-offers-intelligence-british-counterparts-blunkett">clever/stupid 
excuse to trash the rights of people in the UK</a>, in the name of
protecting them of course.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Semiautonomous_robot_soldiers)
title: Semiautonomous robot soldiers
uri: Semiautonomous-robot-soldiers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Semiautonomous_robot_soldiers%29
content:
<p>
The US is
developing <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/10/darpa-robotics-challenge-us-military">semiautonomous
robot soldiers</a>, and nothing would stop them from being made to
shoot people.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Judicial_Lynching_of_Bradley_Manning)
title: Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning
uri: Judicial-Lynching-of-Bradley-Manning
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Judicial_Lynching_of_Bradley_Manning%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/10-2">Judicial
Lynching of Bradley Manning,</a> explaining how Manning's trial has
barred the most important defense arguments in advance.


title: Free exploitation treaty to force water supplies away from people
uri: Free-exploitation-treaty-to-force-water-supplies-away-from-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Free_exploitation_treaty_to_force_water_supplies_away_from_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Free_exploitation_treaty_to_force_water_supplies_away_from_people%29

content:
<p>
Mining companies are trying to use a free exploitation treaty to force
El Salvador to let them
take <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jun/10/el-salvador-mining-ban-water-security">water
supplies away from the people.</a>
<p>
Can anyone tell me which treaty it is?


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Felony_to_harass_a_thug)
title: Felony to harass a thug
uri: Felony-to-harass-a-thug
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Felony_to_harass_a_thug%29
content:
<p>
A law in New York State making it
a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/06/10-4">felony
to "harass" a thug</a> is tailor-made for the false accusations thugs
frequently make.


title: Protest against state's attack on education
uri: Protest-against-state-s-attack-on-education
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Protest_against_state's_attack_on_education)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Protest_against_state%27s_attack_on_education%29

content:
<p>
Protests each Monday in North Carolina against
the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/10-1">state's
attack on education.</a>


title: Repeat of surveillance of dissidents in the 60s and 70s
uri: Repeat-of-surveillance-of-dissidents-in-the-60s-and-70s
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Repeat_of_surveillance_of_dissidents_in_the_60s_and_70s)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Repeat_of_surveillance_of_dissidents_in_the_60s_and_70s%29

content:
<p>
The massive surveillance Snowden has demonstrated is a repeat of the
massive surveillance of
dissidents <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/10-6">practiced
in the 60s and 70s,</a> updated for the Internet.
<p>
In the first public event in support of
Snowden, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/10-2">hundreds
rallied in New York City.</a>


title: Meaning of Obama's counterterrorism speech
uri: Meaning-of-Obama-s-counterterrorism-speech
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Meaning_of_Obama's_counterterrorism_speech)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Meaning_of_Obama%27s_counterterrorism_speech%29

content:
<p>
Some questions to ask about the meaning of
Obama's <a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/obama-counterterrorism-speech-questions-052413">"counterterrorism"
speech.</a>


title: Congress ought to want to talk with Snowden
uri: Congress-ought-to-want-to-talk-with-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Congress_ought_to_want_to_talk_with_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Congress_ought_to_want_to_talk_with_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/edward-snowden-conscientious-objector">US
Congress ought to want to talk with Snowden</a> — about how the
NSA has misled it.


title: Snowden not necessarily sage in Hong Kong
uri: Snowden-not-necessarily-sage-in-Hong-Kong
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Snowden_not_necessarily_sage_in_Hong_Kong)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Snowden_not_necessarily_sage_in_Hong_Kong%29

content:
<p>
Snowden
is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-hong-kong-gamble">not
necessarily safe in Hong Kong.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Tear_gas_kills_people)
title: Tear gas kills people
uri: Tear-gas-kills-people
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Tear_gas_kills_people%29
content:
<p>
Tear gas is presented as a safe weapon, but it
regularly <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/04-9">kills
people or makes them badly sick.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Eve_of_destruction)
title: Eve of destruction
uri: Eve-of-destruction
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Eve_of_destruction%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/04-7">Eve of
Destruction</a> (or How to Destroy a Planet Without Really Trying).
<p>
Chomsky: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/04/us-disaster-race-noam-chomsky">How
to Destroy the Future.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(World_economy_is_a_ticking_time_bomb)
title: World economy is a ticking time bomb
uri: World-economy-is-a-ticking-time-bomb
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28World_economy_is_a_ticking_time_bomb%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/05-5">World
Economy Is a Ticking Time Bomb</a> (and The Fuse is Burning).


title: Serfs of the feudal lords of computing
uri: Serfs-of-the-feudal-lords-of-computing
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(Serfs_of_the_feudal_lords_of_computing)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28Serfs_of_the_feudal_lords_of_computing%29

content:
<p>
Users with "cloudy" minds allow themselves to
be <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/06/you_have_no_control_over_s.html">serfs
of the feudal lords of computing.</a>
<p>
Where the article errs is when it claims that some sort of "advantage"
can justify serfdom, and that we don't have a choice.  That sort of
defeatism is what leads people to serfdom.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 11_June_2013_(What_we_don't_know_about_spying)
title: What we don't know about spying
uri: What-we-don-t-know-about-spying
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_%28What_we_don%27t_know_about_spying%29
content:
<p>
What We Don't Know About Spying on
Citizens: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/what-we-dont-know-about-spying-on-citizens-scarier-than-what-we-know/276607/">Scarier
Than What We Know.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Urgent:_End_gene_patents)
title: Urgent: End gene patents
uri: Urgent-End-gene-patents
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_End_gene_patents%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: Gene patents kill; 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/secure/take-back-your-genes">call 
for ending them</a>.


title: Ai Weiwei condemns massive US surveillance
uri: Ai-Weiwei-condemns-massive-US-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Ai_Weiwei_condemns_massive_US_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Ai_Weiwei_condemns_massive_US_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Ai Weiwei 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/nsa-surveillance-us-behaving-like-china">condemns 
massive US surveillance</a>, saying it resembles what he knows in
China, but he is shocked to find it in the US.


title: India shutting NGOs associated with antinuclear protests
uri: India-shutting-NGOs-associated-with-antinuclear-protests
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(India_shutting_NGOs_associated_with_antinuclear_protests)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28India_shutting_NGOs_associated_with_antinuclear_protests%29

content:
<p>
India is 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/india-crackdown-foreign-funded-ngos">shutting 
NGOs funded by private foreign donations</a> if they have associated
in any way with antinuclear protests.


title: Britons illegally forced to do unpaid work sue
uri: Britons-illegally-forced-to-do-unpaid-work-sue
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Britons_illegally_forced_to_do_unpaid_work_sue)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Britons_illegally_forced_to_do_unpaid_work_sue%29

content:
<p>
Unemployed Britons, who were illegally forced to do unpaid work and won
compensation in court, and then were denied this compensation by a
retroactive law, are 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/11/jobseekers-law-denying-benefit-rebates">suing 
to overturn that law</a>.


title: UK judge disregards leaked evidence about Chagos marine reserve
uri: UK-judge-disregards-leaked-evidence-about-Chagos-marine-reserve
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(UK_judge_disregards_leaked_evidence_about_Chagos_marine_reserve)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28UK_judge_disregards_leaked_evidence_about_Chagos_marine_reserve%29

content:
<p>
A UK judge disregarded the leaked evidence that the Chagos marine reserve
was created to keep the Chagos islanders from returning, then 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/chagos-islands-marine-park-court">ruled
that this couldn't possibly be true</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(The_Listening_Tree_by_NSA)
title: The Listening Tree, by NSA
uri: The-Listening-Tree-by-NSA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28The_Listening_Tree_by_NSA%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/06/10-2">The 
Listening Tree</a>, by NSA.
<p>
In reality, it's not trees that have microphones, it's buses, taxis
and lampposts.  For practical purposes, in a city, that makes little
difference — what this cartoon warns about is 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/notes/2012-jul-oct.html#30_October_2012_(UberTaxi)">already</a>
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-mar-jun.html#30_May_2012_(Microphones_set_up_in_cities)">true</a>.


title: Republicans pressure Obama to talk about changes to PAT RIOT Act
uri: Republicans-pressure-Obama-to-talk-about-changes-to-PAT-RIOT-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Republicans_pressure_Obama_to_talk_about_changes_to_PAT_RIOT_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Republicans_pressure_Obama_to_talk_about_changes_to_PAT_RIOT_Act%29

content:
<p>
Republican pressure is making Obama start to talk about 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/10/patriot-act-nsa-surveillance-review">changes
to the PAT RIOT Act</a>. Ironic, given their previous support for
various kinds of government surveillance.
<p>
However, this will not be enough to do the job.  We need to make it
possible to be an anonymous whistleblower.


title: Obama stops trying to block sale of emergency contraception
uri: Obama-stops-trying-to-block-sale-of-emergency-contraception
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Obama_stops_trying_to_block_sale_of_emergency_contraception)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Obama_stops_trying_to_block_sale_of_emergency_contraception%29

content:
<p>
Obama has ceased trying to block the 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/plan-b-morning-after-pill">unlimited 
sale of emergency contraception drugs</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Daniel_Ellsberg_on_Edward_Snowden)
title: Daniel Ellsberg on Edward Snowden
uri: Daniel-Ellsberg-on-Edward-Snowden
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Daniel_Ellsberg_on_Edward_Snowden%29
content:
<p>
Daniel Ellsberg: 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/10-0">Edward Snowden: 
Saving Us from the United Stasi of America</a>.


title: Rules of Catholic hospitals endanger patients
uri: Rules-of-Catholic-hospitals-endanger-patients
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Rules_of_Catholic_hospitals_endanger_patients)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Rules_of_Catholic_hospitals_endanger_patients%29

content:
<p>
The rules of Catholic hospitals 
<a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tarico20130607">endanger 
patients</a>, amounting to medical malpractice in some cases.


title: States can do important work for the good of society
uri: States-can-do-important-work-for-the-good-of-society
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(States_can_do_important_work_for_the_good_of_society)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28States_can_do_important_work_for_the_good_of_society%29

content:
<p>
We must not forget that 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/snowden-government-force-for-good-big-brother">states 
can do important work for the good of society</a>.  What makes the US
government dangerous today is its subservience to business.
<p>
The article errs in thinking that Labour might try to change this in the UK.
It is clear that Labour aims to get into power while 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#27_April_2013_(UK_Labour_party_weakness)">changing the cruel
status quo as little as possible</a>.


title: British soldier ordered to shoot unarmed people
uri: British-soldier-ordered-to-shoot-unarmed-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(British_soldier_ordered_to_shoot_unarmed_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28British_soldier_ordered_to_shoot_unarmed_people%29

content:
<p>
A former British soldier in Kenya says he was ordered to shoot unarmed
people 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/10/pilloried-conchie-kenya-now-vindicated">and 
then say they were "terrorists"</a>.


title: How many people could Richelieu hang with the data NSA collects?
uri: How-many-people-could-Richelieu-hang-with-the-data-NSA-collects
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(How_many_people_could_Richelieu_hang_with_the_data_NSA_collects)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28How_many_people_could_Richelieu_hang_with_the_data_NSA_collects%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/10/nsa-metadata-surveillance-analysis">How 
many people could Richelieu hang</a> with the data that the NSA
collects about most people today?


title: Australian fossil fuel industry vs wind generators
uri: Australian-fossil-fuel-industry-vs-wind-generators
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Australian_fossil_fuel_industry_vs_wind_generators)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Australian_fossil_fuel_industry_vs_wind_generators%29

content:
<p>
The Australian fossil fuel industry has whipped up a rash of
apparently psychosomatic health problems attributed to wind
generators, as a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/windfarm-industry-coalition-turbine-noise">scheme 
to impose a regulation that would make them too expensive to use</a>.
<p>
Even if this were a real problem of wind generators, it would have to
be compared with the health problems due to the likely alternative,
coal-burning generators.  We know that their pollution (which includes
radioactive fallout) 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2012-jan-apr.html#28_April_2012_(American_Electric_Power)">kills 
lots of people today</a>, and that is not to mention the global
heating disaster it contributes to.
<p>
Coal-burning power plants in Europe cause 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/12/european-coal-pollution-premature-deaths">22,000 
premature deaths each year</a>, in addition to making a much larger
number of people sick.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Extent_of_NSA_spying_still_unknown)
title: Extent of NSA spying still unknown
uri: Extent-of-NSA-spying-still-unknown
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Extent_of_NSA_spying_still_unknown%29

content:
<p>
Despite recent revelations, we 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/11-0">still 
don't know much about how the NSA spies on us or how much</a>.


title: TransCanada whistleblower discloses "culture of noncompliance"
uri: TransCanada-whistleblower-discloses-culture-of-noncompliance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(TransCanada_whistleblower_discloses_culture_of_noncompliance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28TransCanada_whistleblower_discloses_culture_of_noncompliance%29

content:
<p>
A whistleblower discloses a 
"<a href='http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/11-5'>culture of 
noncompliance</a>" in pipeline construction in a part of TransCanada,
the same company that wants to build the Keystone XL planet-roaster
pipeline.


title: Obama fires head of Commodity Futures Trading Commission
uri: Obama-fires-head-of-Commodity-Futures-Trading-Commission
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Obama_fires_head_of_Commodity_Futures_Trading_Commission)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Obama_fires_head_of_Commodity_Futures_Trading_Commission%29

content:
<p>
Obama has fired the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/11-7">for 
supporting better regulation of banks</a>.
<p>
As usual, Obama is the banksters' tool.


title: NSA spying is part of general web of militarism
uri: NSA-spying-is-part-of-general-web-of-militarism
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(NSA_spying_is_part_of_general_web_of_militarism)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28NSA_spying_is_part_of_general_web_of_militarism%29

content:
<p>
NSA massive spying is part of a general web of militarism
that has 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/11-8">trampled most 
of the amendments in the Bill of Rights</a>.


title: Former US prosecutor sues Obama and the NSA
uri: Former-US-prosecutor-sues-Obama-and-the-NSA
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Former_US_prosecutor_sues_Obama_and_the_NSA)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Former_US_prosecutor_sues_Obama_and_the_NSA%29

content:
<p>
A former US prosecutor turned dissident has 
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/former-u-s-prosecutor-sues-obama-and-nsa-over-prism-scandal-130610/">sued 
Obama and the NSA over surveillance</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-files-lawsuit-challenging-constitutionality-nsa-phone-spying-program">ACLU 
Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of NSA Phone Spying
Program</a>.


title: Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State
uri: Slippery-Slope-to-a-Totalitarian-State
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Slippery_Slope_to_a_Totalitarian_State)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Slippery_Slope_to_a_Totalitarian_State%29

content:
<p>
NSA whistleblower William Binney: 
"<a href='http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/6/10/inside_the_nsas_domestic_surveillance_apparatus_whistleblower_william_binney_speaks_out'>On 
a Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State</a>".
<p>
<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/10/on_a_slippery_slope_to_a">Part 
two</a>.


title: Staff of private NSA contractors can monitor anyone
uri: Staff-of-private-NSA-contractors-can-monitor-anyone
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Staff_of_private_NSA_contractors_can_monitor_anyone)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Staff_of_private_NSA_contractors_can_monitor_anyone%29

content:
<p>
Snowden says he and other staff of private NSA contractors 
<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/11/digital_blackwater_how_the_nsa_gives">can 
monitor anyone</a>.
<p>
A former NSA director describes these companies as "Digital
Blackwater".


title: Girl who ran away with teacher is being used
uri: Girl-who-ran-away-with-teacher-is-being-used
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Girl_who_ran_away_with_teacher_is_being_used)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Girl_who_ran_away_with_teacher_is_being_used%29

content:
<p>
A British girl who ran away to France with her teacher is 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/11/schoolgirl-fled-france-teacher-police">being 
used to convict him of "abducting" her</a>.
<p>
Their plan to run away was foolish; even if they had not been pursued,
they could not have made a life together that way for very long.  Each
one of them ought to have been able to recognize this.
<p>
However, joining in foolishness is not the same as being kidnaped.
That absurd claim is one of the many lies that the legal system uses
to smear people.
<p>
Since she ran away with him voluntarily, testifying against him now so
he will be imprisoned for it is an act of treachery.  I suspect that
her family has brainwashed her into it.  Her former lover will suffer
from it for years, but she will suffer even longer, because she will
find it difficult to admit to herself what she has done.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(California_thugs_beat_man_to_death)
title: California thugs beat man to death
uri: California-thugs-beat-man-to-death
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28California_thugs_beat_man_to_death%29

content:
<p>
California thugs 
<a href="http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x568091070/Dad-who-died-during-arrest-begged-for-his-life-cops-take-witness-video">beat 
David Silva, who was lying on the street</a>, and did not stop
although he begged for his life.  After a few minutes he stopped
begging, because he was dead.
<p>
Then thugs began 
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fbi-enters-videotaped-beat-case-amid-tampered-video-questions-20130514,0,7829634.story">confiscating 
the phones</a> with which a crowd had made videos of the killing.
They said this was to protect the evidence, as if the people who made
the recordings would want to suppress them; but the thugs seem to have
already started erasing videos.
<p>
Clearly the thugs intend to lie about their actions.  Thugs are
habituated to lying, even lying in court, which they call
"<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testilying'>testilying</a>".
<p>
In 2003-5, <a href="http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=379">38 
people were killed by US thugs while shackled</a>. I can't find the
total number killed by thugs while helplessly subdued in any fashion.


title: Storage of student data on company servers
uri: Storage-of-student-data-on-company-servers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Storage_of_student_data_on_company_servers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Storage_of_student_data_on_company_servers%29

content:
<p>
Schools 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/schoolchildren-data-mining-surveillance">subject 
their students to surveillance</a> if they lead the students to store
data on company servers.
<p>
Parents are falling for the bait of the convenience of the associated
SaaS facilities, which are in themselves 
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">unethical</a>.


title: Both houses of congress want to cut food stamps
uri: Both-houses-of-congress-want-to-cut-food-stamps
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Both_houses_of_congress_want_to_cut_food_stamps)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Both_houses_of_congress_want_to_cut_food_stamps%29

content:
<p>
Both houses of congress 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/farm-bill-food-stamp-cuts">want 
to cut food stamps</a>, just as many Americans are starting to need
them.


title: Mass Surveillance Is about Power As Much As Privacy
uri: Mass-Surveillance-Is-about-Power-As-Much-As-Privacy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Mass_Surveillance_Is_about_Power_As_Much_As_Privacy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Mass_Surveillance_Is_about_Power_As_Much_As_Privacy%29

content:
<p>
NSA and GCHQ: 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/surveilllance-about-power-as-much-as-privacy">Mass Surveillance Is about Power As Much As Privacy</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Loyalty_to_the_US_Constitution)
title: Loyalty to the US Constitution
uri: Loyalty-to-the-US-Constitution
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Loyalty_to_the_US_Constitution%29
content:
<p>
Snowden's example shows that loyalty to the US Constitution 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/edward-snowden-security-state">may 
require revealing government secrets</a>, even if it is illegal.


title: Unions invite international monitors to Ulster
uri: Unions-invite-international-monitors-to-Ulster
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Unions_invite_international_monitors_to_Ulster)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Unions_invite_international_monitors_to_Ulster%29

content:
<p>
Unions have 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/11/g8-summit-trade-unions-human-rights">invited 
international monitors to Ulster</a> in case the UK government crushes
the right to protest.


title: Senators propose bill to publish opinions of Fisa court
uri: Senators-propose-bill-to-publish-opinions-of-Fisa-court
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Senators_propose_bill_to_publish_opinions_of_Fisa_court)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Senators_propose_bill_to_publish_opinions_of_Fisa_court%29

content:
<p>
Several senators have proposed a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/us-senators-government-secret-court-surveillance">bill 
to publish the opinions of the Fisa court</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(The_drain_of_bank_growth)
title: The drain of bank growth
uri: The-drain-of-bank-growth
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28The_drain_of_bank_growth%29
content:
<p>
The growth of the banks 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/financialization-america-and-world">drains 
the rest of the economy</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Turkish_thugs_and_govt)
title: Turkish thugs and gov't
uri: Turkish-thugs-and-gov-t
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Turkish_thugs_and_govt%29
content:
<p>
Can Oz: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/trust-turkish-police-government">I 
Can Never Trust the Turkish Police And Government Again</a>.


title: Turkish thug provacateurs create excuse to attack protesters
uri: Turkish-thug-provacateurs-create-excuse-to-attack-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Turkish_thug_provacateurs_create_excuse_to_attack_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Turkish_thug_provacateurs_create_excuse_to_attack_protesters%29

content:
<p>
Turkish thugs attacked protesters in Istanbul after a group of thug
provocateurs, pretending to be protesters, 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/turkey-recep-tayyip-erdogan-must-compromise">staged 
a phony attack</a>.
<p>
Some of their excuses, such as that police would clean up litter,
were also used by the Obama regime against Occupy Wall Street.
<p>
The protesters 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/turkish-police-protesters-taksim-square">fought 
back for many hours</a>.
<p>
Thugs also 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/turkey-protests-police-teargas-taksim-square">dragged 
away lawyers</a> who protested at the main courthouse.


title: Clapper's testimony to Congress about massive US surveillance
uri: Clapper-s-testimony-to-Congress-about-massive-US-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Clappers_testimony_to_Congress_about_massive_US_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Clappers_testimony_to_Congress_about_massive_US_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Clapper <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/obama-administration-pressure-nsa-surveillance">seems 
to have lied</a> in his testimony to Congress about massive US
surveillance.


title: Thugs attack protesters occupying empty building in London
uri: Thugs-attack-protesters-occupying-empty-building-in-London
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Thugs_attack_protesters_occupying_empty_building_in_London)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Thugs_attack_protesters_occupying_empty_building_in_London%29

content:
<p>
Thugs 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/anti-g8-protest-headquarters-london-riot-police">attacked 
protesters</a> who occupied an empty building in London.


title: Russia to make it a crime to offend religious feelings
uri: Russia-to-make-it-a-crime-to-offend-religious-feelings
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Russia_to_make_it_a_crime_to_offend_religious_feelings)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Russia_to_make_it_a_crime_to_offend_religious_feelings%29

content:
<p>
Russia is going to make it a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/russia-law-banning-gay-propaganda">crime 
to advocate gay rights</a>, and to "offend religious feelings".


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(US_whistleblowers_enhance_US_security)
title: US whistleblowers enhance US security
uri: US-whistleblowers-enhance-US-security
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28US_whistleblowers_enhance_US_security%29

content:
<p>
US whistleblowers enhance US security, because 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/bradley-manning-trial-seal-team-6">government 
secrecy has killed lots of Americans</a> and harmed the country's
interests.


title: Proposed bill to help end wage discrimination against women
uri: Proposed-bill-to-help-end-wage-discrimination-against-women
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Proposed_bill_to_help_end_wage_discrimination_against_women)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Proposed_bill_to_help_end_wage_discrimination_against_women%29

content:
<p>
A <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/elizabeth-warren-paycheck-fairness-act">proposed 
bill</a> would help put an end to wage discrimination against women in
the US.


title: GMO companies claim their crops help the poor
uri: GMO-companies-claim-their-crops-help-the-poor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(GMO_companies_claim_their_crops_help_the_poor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28GMO_companies_claim_their_crops_help_the_poor%29

content:
<p>
GMO companies' 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/11-5">false 
claim</a>: that their crops help the poor.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 12_June_2013_(Respect_for_the_US_Constitution)
title: Respect for the US Constitution
uri: Respect-for-the-US-Constitution
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_%28Respect_for_the_US_Constitution%29
content:
<p>
The US Constitution was always a piece of paper, but it 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/11-4">had 
real power while people respected it</a>.
<p>
Instead of a social contract, what we have now is a
business-to-business contract.


title: Ice on Greenland melting faster due to soot
uri: Ice-on-Greenland-melting-faster-due-to-soot
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Ice_on_Greenland_melting_faster_due_to_soot)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Ice_on_Greenland_melting_faster_due_to_soot%29

content:
<p>
Soot from combustion is making the ice on Greenland darker,
and that has caused it to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/jun/12/greenland-darkening-ice-climate-science">melt 
faster than ever observed before</a>.
<p>
This means that sea level could rise, in this century, much more
than the one or two meters now predicted.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(NSAs_so-called_oversight)
title: NSA's so-called oversight
uri: NSA-s-so-called-oversight
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28NSAs_so-called_oversight%29
content:
<p>
Thomas Drake: All you need to know about so-called oversight is that
the NSA was 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/12/snowden-surveillance-subverting-constitution">already 
in violation of the [PAT-RIOT] Act by the time it was signed into
law</a>.
<p>
He also explains, from his own experience, why it is totally useless
for whistleblowers to take such complaints to the "chain of command".


title: French teacher suspended for showing horror film to students
uri: French-teacher-suspended-for-showing-horror-film-to-students
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(French_teacher_suspended_for_showing_horror_film_to_students)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28French_teacher_suspended_for_showing_horror_film_to_students%29

content:
<p>
A French teacher was 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jun/12/french-teacher-suspended-saw-class">suspended 
for showing a gruesome horror film</a> to 11-year-old students.
<p>
I don't think children should be pressured to watch such a thing.
Some can handle it, and some can't, so we should make sure they can
easily avoid it if they wish.
<p>
I would not want to see it, myself.  I avoided the film Alien because,
fortunately, I saw the story in a less impactful comic book form and
knew what the film would do to me.
<p>
However, the fact that some of us find a work disgusting and painful
to see is no excuse for censorship.


title: International drug prohibition: scientific censorship
uri: International-drug-prohibition-scientific-censorship
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(International_drug_prohibition:_scientific_censorship)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28International_drug_prohibition%3A_scientific_censorship%29

content:
<p>
David Nutt: 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jun/12/drug-laws-scientific-censorship-david-nutt">International 
drug prohibition amounts to scientific censorship</a>.


title: Time to investigate the legality of NSA surveillance programs
uri: Time-to-investigate-the-legality-of-NSA-surveillance-programs
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Time_to_investigate_the_legality_of_NSA_surveillance_programs)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Time_to_investigate_the_legality_of_NSA_surveillance_programs%29

content:
<p>
Before the US prosecutes Snowden, other 
<a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/06/prosecuting_sno.html">bigger 
questions</a> must be resolved.


title: France's system for punishing people who share
uri: France-s-system-for-punishing-people-who-share
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Frances_system_for_punishing_people_who_share)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Frances_system_for_punishing_people_who_share%29

content:
<p>
France's current system of punishing people who share has been
ineffective for making people pay the record companies, so they plan to
replace it with a 
<a href="http://torrentfreak.com/three-strikes-for-file-sharing-fails-to-halt-music-sales-decline-130601/">modified 
system of punishment for sharing<a>. Sharing is good, and must be made
legal.


title: Appeals court holds Monsanto to its word
uri: Appeals-court-holds-Monsanto-to-its-word
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Appeals_court_holds_Monsanto_to_its_word)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Appeals_court_holds_Monsanto_to_its_word%29

content:
<p>
An appeals court ruled that Monsanto's statement that it would
not sue anyone whose crops were contaminated by patented pollen
was <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/10-6">legally 
binding</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Urgent:_Keep_student_loan_rates_low)
title: Urgent: Keep student loan rates low
uri: Urgent-Keep-student-loan-rates-low
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Keep_student_loan_rates_low%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.kirstengillibrand.com/t/12091/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=620">call 
on the Senate</a> to keep student loan interest rates low.


title: Urgent: Call on Obama to debate Edward Snowden
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Obama-to-debate-Edward-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Obama_to_debate_Edward_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Obama_to_debate_Edward_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/president-obama-if-you-believe-nsa-surveillance-we-challenge-you-live-public-debate-edward-snowden/dvjXcZHZ">call on Obama</a> to debate Edward Snowden.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Urgent:_Thank_Edward_Snowden)
title: Urgent: Thank Edward Snowden
uri: Urgent-Thank-Edward-Snowden
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Thank_Edward_Snowden%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8083">thank
Edward Snowden</a> for informing the public about government spying.


title: Constitutionality of Israel's anti-boycott law
uri: Constitutionality-of-Israel-s-anti-boycott-law
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Constitutionality_of_Israels_anti-boycott_law)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Constitutionality_of_Israels_anti-boycott_law%29

content:
<p>
The Israeli state wants the Supreme Court to leave the
constitutionality of the anti-boycott law undecided so that all
Israeli organizations must be 
<a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/press_releases/1370959970">afraid 
it will be applied to them</a>.
<p>
This is the law that allows any colonist in Palestine to collect
large damages from any Israeli that calls for a boycott
of products of those colonies.


title: US policies continue forcing Haitians into hunger
uri: US-policies-continue-forcing-Haitians-into-hunger
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(US_policies_continue_forcing_Haitians_into_hunger)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28US_policies_continue_forcing_Haitians_into_hunger%29

content:
<p>
US policies continue 
<a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/ezili_danto/2013/06/10/the_pain_rush_in_haiti">forcing 
Haitians into hunger</a> despite millions in supposed "aid" that keeps
them poor.


title: Large parts of Palestine managed for the benefit of colonists
uri: Large-parts-of-Palestine-managed-for-the-benefit-of-colonists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Large_parts_of_Palestine_managed_for_the_benefit_of_colonists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Large_parts_of_Palestine_managed_for_the_benefit_of_colonists%29

content:
<p>
Israel disregards its obligations as an occupying power, by managing a
large part of Palestine for the benefit of Israeli colonists and
<a href="http://972mag.com/resource-area-c-palestinians-under-threat-of-displacement/73014/">making 
life very difficult for the Palestinian population</a>.


title: Palestinian minister imprisoned without charges
uri: Palestinian-minister-imprisoned-without-charges
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Palestinian_minister_imprisoned_without_charges)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Palestinian_minister_imprisoned_without_charges%29

content:
<p>
Israel 
<a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/65634">imprisoned, 
without charges</a>, the Palestinian minister for prisoners.  He was
just released after two years.


title: Israel accelerates construction of colonies in Palestine
uri: Israel-accelerates-construction-of-colonies-in-Palestine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Israel_accelerates_construction_of_colonies_in_Palestine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Israel_accelerates_construction_of_colonies_in_Palestine%29

content:
<p>
Israel has demonstrated contempt for peace and Kerry by 
<a href="http://news.antiwar.com/2013/06/09/israel-settlement-construction-nearly-triples-in-2013/">accelerating
the construction of its colonies</a> in Palestine.
<p>
Kerry <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/why-u-s-jews-must-embrace-kerry-s-appeal-to-put-pressure-on-netanyahu-1.528328">calls 
on American Jews</a> to tell Israel that it needs to make peace; that
continuing the occupation of Palestine will lead it to disaster.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Without_privacy_there_is_no_democracy)
title: Without privacy, there is no democracy
uri: Without-privacy-there-is-no-democracy
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Without_privacy_there_is_no_democracy%29

content:
<p>
Without privacy, there is 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/12/check-agree-government-snooping">no democracy</a>.
<p>
Those web site terms that she talks about signing, you don't have to
sign.  I almost never sign — I won't use most such services.
For those that I do consider using, mainly WiFi portals, I check the
terms before agreeing to them.  And in any case I don't identify
myself to them.


title: Project proposed to protect NY from effects of global heating
uri: Project-proposed-to-protect-NY-from-effects-of-global-heating
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Project_proposed_to_protect_NY_from_effects_of_global_heating)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Project_proposed_to_protect_NY_from_effects_of_global_heating%29

content:
<p>
Bloomberg proposes a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/bloomberg-flood-defence-plan-sandy">megaproject 
to protect New York from the effects of global heating</a>, for a few
decades.
<p>
However, by the end of this century it 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_(Ice_on_Greenland_melting_faster_due_to_soot)">may 
need to be surrounded by levees</a>, as New Orleans is today.  And so
will Newark, Boston, DC, and many other US coastal cities.  And you'd
be crazy to live in them if you had any choice.
<p>
It would be cheaper to launch a national crash program for renewable energy
and then lead the rest of the world.  Shanghai will be in the same boat and
likewise in danger of being swamped; when the Chinese rulers realize that,
they will do whatever it takes, if the US is with them.


title: Hong Kong human rights NGOS plan rally in favor of Snowden
uri: Hong-Kong-human-rights-NGOS-plan-rally-in-favor-of-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Hong_Kong_human_rights_NGOS_plan_rally_in_favor_of_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Hong_Kong_human_rights_NGOS_plan_rally_in_favor_of_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
Hong Kong human rights NGOs plan a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/hong-kong-rally-edward-snowden">rally 
in favor of Edward Snowden</a>.
<p>
I a glad they support him, but I am not sure if this is a wise
strategy for influencing Hong Kong's government.


title: Data mining and surveillance in US political campaigns
uri: Data-mining-and-surveillance-in-US-political-campaigns
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Data_mining_and_surveillance_in_US_political_campaigns)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Data_mining_and_surveillance_in_US_political_campaigns%29

content:
<p>
US political campaigns spend 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/12-1">lots of 
money</a> on data mining and surveillance of the electorate.


title: UK gov't to push for more genetically engineered food crops
uri: UK-gov-t-to-push-for-more-genetically-engineered-food-crops
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(UK_govt_to_push_for_more_genetically_engineered_food_crops)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28UK_govt_to_push_for_more_genetically_engineered_food_crops%29

content:
<p>
The right-wing UK government will push for Europe to allow 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/12/gm-crops-environment-secretary-relaxation-rules">more
genetically engineered food crops</a>, based on the thoroughly refuted
claims that they are "more efficient" and "sustainable".  GM crops
have been proved to be neither of those.
<p>
Then there is the ridiculous claim that otherwise Europe will be "left
behind".  If you are surrounded by a crowd of idiots who are jumping
into a fast-moving, dangerous river, left behind is exactly where you
should aim to be.  No legislator is such a fool as to be persuaded
by this childish argument, but those in the pocket of business might
find it useful to pretend they were.
<p>
I do not consider genetic engineering as a violation of something
sacred.  In principle, if done right, and available on ethical terms
(no patents), it might do good in some cases.  However, you can be
sure that Monsanto's genetically modified crops will do harm,
by increasing that company's power over society.


title: Charged for having photos of nude grandchildren playing in backyard pool
uri: Charged-for-having-photos-of-nude-grandchildren-playing-in-backyard-po
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Charged_for_having_photos_of_nude_grandchildren_playing_in_backyard_pool)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Charged_for_having_photos_of_nude_grandchildren_playing_in_backyard_pool%29

content:
<p>
As part of the witch hunt against "child pornographers", a UK man was
charged for
having <a href="http://abarristerswife.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/exhibit-a-the-child-pornographer/">photos
of his nude grandchildren playing in the backyard pool.</a>


title: Totally Preposterous Plutocracy treaty
uri: Totally-Preposterous-Plutocracy-treaty
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Totally_Preposterous_Plutocracy_treaty)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Totally_Preposterous_Plutocracy_treaty%29

content:
<p>
Another dangerous giveaway to business in
the <a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_27717.cfm">Totally
Preposterous Plutocracy treaty</a> — this time, exempting big
agribusiness from US food safety rules.


title: What sort of people become whistleblowers
uri: What-sort-of-people-become-whistleblowers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(What_sort_of_people_become_whistleblowers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28What_sort_of_people_become_whistleblowers%29

content:
<p>
What sort of people
become <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/snowden-whistleblower-interview-alford">whistleblowers</a>,
and why?
<p>
I am not a whistleblower, but I am somewhat like that profile, and
that probably has to do with why I started
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/">free software
movement</a> (which is
very <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">different
from the "open source"</a> that some others support) and
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html">GNU
operating system.</a>


title: CEOs plan to make billions in offshore havens
uri: CEOs-plan-to-make-billions-in-offshore-havens
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(CEOs_plan_to_make_billions_in_offshore_havens)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28CEOs_plan_to_make_billions_in_offshore_havens%29

content:
<p>
"Corporate Pirates": How "Fix the
Debt" <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/12-8">CEOs
Plan to Make Billions in Offshore Havens.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Snowden:_Change_you_can_believe_in)
title: Snowden: Change you can believe in
uri: Snowden-Change-you-can-believe-in
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Snowden%3A_Change_you_can_believe_in%29

content:
<p>
Edward
Snowden: <a href="http://ralphlombreglia.com/2013/06/11/edward-snowden-change-you-can-believe-in/">Change
You Can Believe In.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Organic_berries_came_with_Hepatitis_A)
title: Organic berries came with Hepatitis A
uri: Organic-berries-came-with-Hepatitis-A
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Organic_berries_came_with_Hepatitis_A%29

content:
<p>
"Organic berries from our farm in Oregon" turned out to contain fruit
from several other countries, and some of
them <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/12-6">came
with Hepatitis A.</a>


title: Obama trying to defend massive surveillance makes bogus claims
uri: Obama-trying-to-defend-massive-surveillance-makes-bogus-claims
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Obama_trying_to_defend_massive_surveillance_makes_bogus_claims)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Obama_trying_to_defend_massive_surveillance_makes_bogus_claims%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime, trying to defend massive
surveillance, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/nsa-surveillance-data-terror-attack">makes
bogus claims</a> that this surveillance prevented one terrorist plot
and led to conviction of an accomplice to another.
<p>
Even supposing massive surveillance prevented a real attack once in a
while, that is small potatoes compared with the harm of trashing
everyone's privacy, and the
even <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_May_2013_(Leaking_information_about_government_crimes)">greater
harm of catching leakers</a> and thus concealing or facilitating the
government's enormous crimes.  Those
crimes <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#04_May_2013_(Chomsky_on_Boston_marathon_bombings)">dwarf
the crimes of non-state-supported terrorists.</a>


title: US gov't stretching facts and laws to persecute leader of Anonymous
uri: US-gov-t-stretching-facts-and-laws-to-persecute-leader-of-Anonymous
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(US_gov't_stretching_facts_and_laws_to_persecute_leader_of_Anonymous)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28US_gov%27t_stretching_facts_and_laws_to_persecute_leader_of_Anonymous%29

content:
<p>
The US government is stretching facts and laws
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/12/steubenville-tangled-web-injustice">persecute
the leader of the Anonymous group</a> that found and published the
evidence that led to conviction of the Steubenville rapists. He is
threatened with a much bigger punishment than the rapists got, over an
insignificant excuse.


title: Greek public protesting closure of public broadcasting
uri: Greek-public-protesting-closure-of-public-broadcasting
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Greek_public_protesting_closure_of_public_broadcasting)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Greek_public_protesting_closure_of_public_broadcasting%29

content:
<p>
The Greek public are protesting the
sudden <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/greek-coalition-disarray-broadcaster-closure">closure
of public broadcasting.</a>
<p>
The <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/12-3">staff
have occupied the building</a> and are broadcasting anyway.
<p>
This is part of
a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/12/ert-greek-state-broadcaster-cultural-calamity">broader
attack on critical journalism</a> in Greece.


title: Half the honeybee hives did not survive winter
uri: Half-the-honeybee-hives-did-not-survive-winter
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Half_the_honeybee_hives_did_not_survive_winter)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Half_the_honeybee_hives_did_not_survive_winter%29

content:
<p>
In parts of the
UK, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/13/honeybee-colonies-england-winter">half
the honeybee hives did not survive the winter.</a>  Overall, 1/3 of
them died.
<p>
The specific cause was unusual weather, which will become more common
in the future due to the effects of global heating.  We can reduce
this with the well-known measures that businesses order states not to
do.
<p>
The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/12/farmers-fail-weather-wheat-crop">same
weather also hit agriculture</a> directly, with a bug failure of
harvests.
<p>
We've seen similar failures in Russia and the US.


title: Refuse to participate in force-feeding
uri: Refuse-to-participate-in-force-feeding
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Refuse_to_participate_in_force-feeding)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Refuse_to_participate_in_force-feeding%29

content:
<p>
Professors of medicine have called on the doctors at Guantanamo
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/guantanamo-bay-doctors-ethics-force-feeding">refuse
to participate in force-feeding</a> in the name of medical ethics.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 13_June_2013_(Examining_metadata)
title: Examining metadata
uri: Examining-metadata
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#13_June_2013_%28Examining_metadata%29
content:
<p>
It is naive to think that examining metadata
won't <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/12/david-simon-wrong-nsa-capabilities">reveal
your most intimate secrets.</a>  For instance, people have found this
allows identification of people who are gay and don't say so.


title: Taliban threatens to kill school principals
uri: Taliban-threatens-to-kill-school-principals
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Taliban_threatens_to_kill_school_principals)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Taliban_threatens_to_kill_school_principals%29

content:
<p>
The Taliban 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/taliban-schools-motorbike-ban-report">threatened 
to kill school principals</a> as blackmail.


title: Israel passes law for imprisonment without trial
uri: Israel-passes-law-for-imprisonment-without-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Israel_passes_law_for_imprisonment_without_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Israel_passes_law_for_imprisonment_without_trial%29

content:
<p>
Israel has passed a law for imprisonment without trial 
<href="http://www.imemc.org/article/65647">to replace the
emergency order</a> that had been in effect around 60 years.
<p>
Anyone suspected of planning "terrorism" (which would include also
resistance against the occupation) or even generally encouraging it
could be imprisoned without trial.
<p>
Putting this in a "law" is no excuse for it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Societys_Decay_Rewards_Wrongdoers)
title: Society's Decay Rewards Wrongdoers
uri: Society-s-Decay-Rewards-Wrongdoers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Societys_Decay_Rewards_Wrongdoers%29
content:
<p>
Ralph Nader: 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/12-9">Society's 
Decay Rewards Wrongdoers</a>.


title: NSA regularly cracks into Internet backbone computers
uri: NSA-regularly-cracks-into-Internet-backbone-computers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(NSA_regularly_cracks_into_Internet_backbone_computers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28NSA_regularly_cracks_into_Internet_backbone_computers%29

content:
<p>
Snowden says that the NSA regularly 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/snowden-says-nsa-hacked-china/">cracks 
into Internet backbone computers</a> around the world, in order to
look at lots of people's and organizations' data.
<p>
I won't criticize the NSA for spying on other countries this way, but
the US should not criticize China so much for doing the same thing.
<p>
More on 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/13">non-domestic 
spying on the Internet</a>.


title: Urgent: Support public funding of election campaigns
uri: Urgent-Support-public-funding-of-election-campaigns
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_public_funding_of_election_campaigns)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_public_funding_of_election_campaigns%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_campaignfinance_letter/">co-sign 
this letter</a> supporting public funding of election campaigns.


title: Erdogan threatens to attack protesters
uri: Erdogan-threatens-to-attack-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Erdogan_threatens_to_attack_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Erdogan_threatens_to_attack_protesters%29

content:
<p>
Erdogan <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/turkey-gezi-park-protesters">threatens
to attack the remaining protesters in Istanbul.</a>


title: US says it has confirmed Assad used nerve gas
uri: US-says-it-has-confirmed-Assad-used-nerve-gas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(US_says_it_has_confirmed_Assad_used_nerve_gas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28US_says_it_has_confirmed_Assad_used_nerve_gas%29

content:
<p>
The US says it
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/syria-chemical-weapons-us-confirm">confirmed
that Assad has used nerve gas.</a>
<p>
This might be more of a reason to intervene against his rule, if there
were a rational and constructive way to do
so.  <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#02_June_2013_(No-Fly_zone_in_Syria_would_not_do_much_good)">But
there isn't.</a>


title: FBI head claims total surveillance is what US needed to prevent 9/11
uri: FBI-head-claims-total-surveillance-is-what-US-needed-to-prevent-9-11
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(FBI_head_claims_total_surveillance_is_what_US_needed_to_prevent_9%2F11)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28FBI_head_claims_total_surveillance_is_what_US_needed_to_prevent_9%252F11%29

content:
<p>
FBI head Robert Mueller claims
that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/fbi-mueller-spy-tactics-9-11-boston">total
surveillance is what the US needed in order to prevent the 9/11
attacks.</a>
<p>
It is well known that some of the 9/11 hijackers aroused suspicion,
which the US government perversely ignored.  Evidently, raw data such
as the state now collects about all of us not the kind of intelligence
that government officials lacked.


title: Thugs in Greece regularly arrest transgenders
uri: Thugs-in-Greece-regularly-arrest-transgenders
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Thugs_in_Greece_regularly_arrest_transgenders)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Thugs_in_Greece_regularly_arrest_transgenders%29

content:
<p>
Thugs in Thessaloniki,
Greece, <a href="http://www.grreporter.info/en/transgender_persons_thessaloniki_become_victims_police_violence/9400">regularly
arrest transgenders</a> and accuse them, on no particular grounds, of
being prostitutes.
<p>
There are two injustices at the root of this.  One is bigotry against
transgenders.  The other
is <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2005-sep-dec.html#13 December 2005 (Legalized prostitution)">persecution of prostitutes.</a>


title: #1 in peace rather than military power
uri: 1-in-peace-rather-than-military-power
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(#1_in_peace_rather_than_military_power)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28%231_in_peace_rather_than_military_power%29

content:
<p>
Suppose the US
were <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-7">#1 in
peace rather than in military power.</a>


title: Drones caused permanent fear & affected wellbeing of children
uri: Drones-caused-permanent-fear-affected-wellbeing-of-children
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Drones_caused_permanent_fear_%26_affected_wellbeing_of_children)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Drones_caused_permanent_fear_%2526_affected_wellbeing_of_children%29

content:
<p>
UN: Drones Have
Caused <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/13-1">Permanent
Fear & Affected Wellbeing of Children.</a>
<p>
In some places children don't dare go to school because of fear of
drones.


title: US Supreme Court rules human genes are not-patentable
uri: US-Supreme-Court-rules-human-genes-are-not-patentable
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(US_Supreme_Court_rules_human_genes_are_not-patentable)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28US_Supreme_Court_rules_human_genes_are_not-patentable%29

content:
<p>
The US Supreme Court
ruled <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/13">human
genes are non-patentable,</a> which means the tests for certain genes
(including those that make breast cancer very likely) can become
cheaper.
<p>
Patenting any sort of medical procedure can have the same deadly
effect.


title: If you want abortion and can't get one
uri: If-you-want-abortion-and-can-t-get-one
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(If_you_want_abortion_and_can't_get_one)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28If_you_want_abortion_and_can%27t_get_one%29

content:
<p>
In the US, if you want an abortion and can't get one, your health and
your way of life
are <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/what-happens-when-you-cant-get-abortion">likely
to suffer.</a>


title: Nile countries heading for war over water
uri: Nile-countries-heading-for-war-over-water
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Nile_countries_heading_for_war_over_water)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Nile_countries_heading_for_war_over_water%29

content:
<p>
The Nile countries
are <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/ethiopia-egypt-nile-water-dam">heading
for a war over water.</a>


title: Gezi Park protesters strong commitment to nonviolence and decorum
uri: Gezi-Park-protesters-strong-commitment-to-nonviolence-and-decorum
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Gezi_Park_protesters_strong_commitment_to_nonviolence_and_decorum)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Gezi_Park_protesters_strong_commitment_to_nonviolence_and_decorum%29

content:
<p>
A journalist in Gezi Park reports on
the <a href="http://technosociology.org/?p=1349">strong commitment to
nonviolence and decorum</a> that he has observed among the protesters
there — completely the opposite of the suppression forces.
<p>
He also reports on the many journalists who told them that their
stories are censored if they criticize the state.
<p>
A Turkish activist I
know <a href="http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~ruhan/TurkishUpheaval.txt">comments
on the situation.</a>


title: Iran trying to crack tens of thousands of gmail accounts
uri: Iran-trying-to-crack-tens-of-thousands-of-gmail-accounts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Iran_trying_to_crack_tens_of_thousands_of_gmail_accounts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Iran_trying_to_crack_tens_of_thousands_of_gmail_accounts%29

content:
<p>
The tyranny of Iran is trying
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/iranian-election-hackers-target-gmail-accounts">crack
tens of thousands of gmail accounts.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(US_secrecy_out_of_control)
title: US secrecy out of control
uri: US-secrecy-out-of-control
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28US_secrecy_out_of_control%29
content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-4">US secrecy
system is out of control</a>, with congressional "oversight" set up as
a rubber stamp.  Thanks to the use of company contractors for spying,
dissidents can now be threatened by companies as well as by the state
itself.


title: Varoufakis condemns shutdown of Greek public TV
uri: Varoufakis-condemns-shutdown-of-Greek-public-TV
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(Varoufakis_condemns_shutdown_of_Greek_public_TV)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28Varoufakis_condemns_shutdown_of_Greek_public_TV%29

content:
<p>
Yanis Varoufakis, who was blacklisted by the government from appearing
on Greek public TV and
radio, <a href="http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2013/06/11/ert-greek-state-tv-radio-is-dead-a-blacklisted-persons-lament/">condemns
its shutdown</a> anyway.
<p>
The government plans to create a replacement organization, filled with
its supporters of course.


title: MEP proposes to make data vulnerable to US spying
uri: MEP-proposes-to-make-data-vulnerable-to-US-spying
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(MEP_proposes_to_make_data_vulnerable_to_US_spying)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28MEP_proposes_to_make_data_vulnerable_to_US_spying%29

content:
<p>
An MEP proposes to make Europeans'
data <a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2013/baroness-ludford-amendment-opening-the-door-to-fisaaa">vulnerable
to US spying</a> so as to avoid "stifling business."
<p>
Stifling abusive business practices is one of the purposes of
government.  Ready, aim, stifle!


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 14_June_2013_(UK_austerity_attack)
title: UK austerity attack
uri: UK-austerity-attack
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#14_June_2013_%28UK_austerity_attack%29
content:
<p>
In the UK, workers' pay has suffered more from the current austerity
attack than in
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jun/12/workers-deepest-cuts-real-wages-ifs">Great
Depression.</a>


title: Urgent: End sale of adulterated honey in the US
uri: Urgent-End-sale-of-adulterated-honey-in-the-US
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Urgent:_End_sale_of_adulterated_honey_in_the_US)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_End_sale_of_adulterated_honey_in_the_US%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/honey-fake-walgreens/4/2/">call 
for an end</a> to selling adulterated honey in the US.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Urgent:_Extended_bottle_deposit_bill)
title: Urgent: Extended bottle deposit bill
uri: Urgent-Extended-bottle-deposit-bill
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Extended_bottle_deposit_bill%29

content:
<p>
Massachusetts citizens: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=8413">support</a> 
the extended bottle deposit bill.


title: Birth defects in Democratic Republic of Congo due to pollution
uri: Birth-defects-in-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-due-to-pollution
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Birth_defects_in_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo_due_to_pollution)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Birth_defects_in_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo_due_to_pollution%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.dw.de/growing-evidence-of-radioactive-contamination-in-drc/a-16874712">Pollution 
from uranium mines</a> is causing birth defects in the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
<p>
Journalists and human rights defenders that investigate secret uranium mining
get threatened or killed.


title: Defense lawyers held since January without charges in Turkey
uri: Defense-lawyers-held-since-January-without-charges-in-Turkey
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Defense_lawyers_held_since_January_without_charges_in_Turkey)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Defense_lawyers_held_since_January_without_charges_in_Turkey%29

content:
<p>
Turkey has held defense lawyers prisoner 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-5">since 
January</a> without charges, apparently for defending people that the
state wants to railroad.


title: Massive surveillance goes beyond what recent leaks disclosed
uri: Massive-surveillance-goes-beyond-what-recent-leaks-disclosed
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Massive_surveillance_goes_beyond_what_recent_leaks_disclosed)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Massive_surveillance_goes_beyond_what_recent_leaks_disclosed%29

content:
<p>
Senators report that massive surveillance goes 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/13-0">far 
beyond what recent leaks have disclosed</a>.


title: Free exploitation agreement between EU and US may get thwarted
uri: Free-exploitation-agreement-between-EU-and-US-may-get-thwarted
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Free_exploitation_agreement_between_EU_and_US_may_get_thwarted)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Free_exploitation_agreement_between_EU_and_US_may_get_thwarted%29

content:
<p>
Ironically, 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/eu-free-trade-talks-france">narrow 
French business interests</a> may thwart a proposed free exploitation
agreement between the EU and the US.
<p>
Any such treaty would 
<a href="media/74513f11.trade-treaty-comic.jpg" data-original-source="http://www.stallman.org/images/trade-treaty-comic.jpg">favor 
large companies and harm people</a> in the US and Europe.  Preventing
it, in any manner, would be a triumph.  How disappointing that no
government in Europe is prepared to oppose it on principle.


title: UK gov't thinking about making student loans more expensive
uri: UK-gov-t-thinking-about-making-student-loans-more-expensive
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(UK_govt_thinking_about_making_student_loans_more_expensive)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28UK_govt_thinking_about_making_student_loans_more_expensive%29

content:
<p>
The UK government is thinking about making student loans 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jun/13/raise-interest-rate-student-loans-secret-report">more 
expensive</a>.
<p>
US Republicans are 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_May_2013_(House_passes_bill_to_allow_student_loan_interest_rate_increase)">doing 
just that</a>.


title: EU surrendering to pressure to stop protecting citizens' rights
uri: EU-surrendering-to-pressure-to-stop-protecting-citizens-rights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(EU_surrendering_to_pressure_to_stop_protecting_citizens_rights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28EU_surrendering_to_pressure_to_stop_protecting_citizens_rights%29

content:
<p>
The EU is surrendering to US and corporate pressure
to stop protecting 
<a href="http://www.edri.org/nodpinttip">citizens' 
rights over their personal data</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Toxic_waste_ponds_in_Canada)
title: Toxic waste ponds in Canada
uri: Toxic-waste-ponds-in-Canada
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Toxic_waste_ponds_in_Canada%29
content:
<p>
Canada's tar sands companies are 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/canada-tar-sands-toxic-waste">failing 
to clean up</a> toxic waste ponds.


title: Colorado's most destructive wildfire in recorded history
uri: Colorado-s-most-destructive-wildfire-in-recorded-history
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Colorados_most_destructive_wildfire_in_recorded_history)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Colorados_most_destructive_wildfire_in_recorded_history%29

content:
<p>
Colorado's most destructive wildfire in recorded history is burning
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/colorado-wildfires-1000-homes-evacuated">out 
of control</a>.
<p>
Global heating is part of the cause.  Human population growth is also
directly implicated (as well as pushing global heating).


title: Urgent: Full public view of "trade" treaty negotiations
uri: Urgent-Full-public-view-of-trade-treaty-negotiations
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Urgent:_Full_public_view_of_trade_treaty_negotiations)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Full_public_view_of_trade_treaty_negotiations%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11197">tell 
Obama and the USTR</a> to negotiate "trade" treaties in full public
view.


title: When poor single mothers work, their children do better
uri: When-poor-single-mothers-work-their-children-do-better
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(When_poor_single_mothers_work,_their_children_do_better)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28When_poor_single_mothers_work%2C_their_children_do_better%29

content:
<p>
When poor single mothers work, their children do 
<a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psysociety/2013/06/03/fox-news-fact-check-is-it-bad-for-lower-income-kids-if-mom-has-a-job-outside-the-home/">better</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Obama_today_vs_Obama_in_1998)
title: Obama today vs Obama in 1998
uri: Obama-today-vs-Obama-in-1998
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Obama_today_vs_Obama_in_1998%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9845595-7.html">Compare</a> 
Obama today with Obama in 2008.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Urgent:_Release_the_draft_of_the_TPP)
title: Urgent: Release the draft of the TPP
uri: Urgent-Release-the-draft-of-the-TPP
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Release_the_draft_of_the_TPP%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12239">support</a> 
Senator Warren's call for release of the draft of the TPP.
<p>
We don't need to see it to know it is horrible, but
secrecy is what helped them make it horrible.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Urgent:_Protect_forests)
title: Urgent: Protect forests
uri: Urgent-Protect-forests
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_forests%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3731">tell 
the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil</a> that cutting down forests
is not sustainable.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Urgent:_Protection_for_wolves)
title: Urgent: Protection for wolves
uri: Urgent-Protection-for-wolves
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Protection_for_wolves%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3065">call 
on the US</a> not to remove protection for wolves.


title: Kicked out of college for being a lesbian
uri: Kicked-out-of-college-for-being-a-lesbian
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Kicked_out_of_college_for_being_a_lesbian)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Kicked_out_of_college_for_being_a_lesbian%29

content:
<p>
Danielle Powell was 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/danielle-powell-grace-university_n_3428514.html?ir=College">kicked 
out of college for being a lesbian</a>, and the school then demanded
she repay the scholarship money she was given, and is holding her
credits hostage.


title: Copyright claims over Happy Birthday to You to be challenged
uri: Copyright-claims-over-Happy-Birthday-to-You-to-be-challenged
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Copyright_claims_over_Happy_Birthday_to_You_to_be_challenged)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Copyright_claims_over_Happy_Birthday_to_You_to_be_challenged%29

content:
<p>
The copyright claims over Happy Birthday to You will be challenged 
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/11165823451/filmmaker-finally-aims-to-get-court-to-admit-that-happy-birthday-is-public-domain.shtml">in 
court</a>.


title: Snowden's revelations as a conflict of asymmetric courage
uri: Snowden-s-revelations-as-a-conflict-of-asymmetric-courage
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Snowdens_revelations_as_a_conflict_of_asymmetric_courage)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Snowdens_revelations_as_a_conflict_of_asymmetric_courage%29

content:
<p>
Analyzing Snowden's revelations as a 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-6">conflict 
of asymmetric courage</a>.
<p>
One detail in the article superficially appears to be an error.  It
says that the US security state has no law.  In fact, it does have law
at its disposal.  It has plenty of laws, designed to allow it to spy,
imprison and even kill effectively without limit, and 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/edward-snowden-security-state">cut 
off all roads for us to find out what it is doing</a> (except with the
help of leakers such as Snowden), let alone control it.  However, this
amounts to a declaration of lawlessness, so that detail is correct
when not interpreted with rigid literalism.


title: Toxic substances from clothing factories pollute rivers
uri: Toxic-substances-from-clothing-factories-pollute-rivers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Toxic_substances_from_clothing_factories_pollute_rivers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Toxic_substances_from_clothing_factories_pollute_rivers%29

content:
<p>
Clothing factories use toxic substances which 
<a href="http://www.dw.de/top-fashions-leave-trail-of-contamination/a-16864043">pollute 
rivers</a>.
<p>
Before globalization, these were banned, but companies have moved
production to countries where they can pollute.  Any treaty by which a
country pledges not to ban the importation of clothing made in a way
that threatens health of workers or people who live near the plant
ought to be abrogated just because of that.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Snowden_achieved_initial_goal)
title: Snowden achieved initial goal
uri: Snowden-achieved-initial-goal
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Snowden_achieved_initial_goal%29
content:
<p>
Snowden
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/edward-snowden-worst-fear-not-realised">achieved
his initial goal</a>: a real debate about massive US government
surveillance. Even some legislators say they appreciate his help.


title: Walmart moving increasingly to temporary workers
uri: Walmart-moving-increasingly-to-temporary-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Walmart_moving_increasingly_to_temporary_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Walmart_moving_increasingly_to_temporary_workers%29

content:
<p>
Walmart is moving increasingly
to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/13/us-walmart-hires-temps-idUSBRE95C05820130613">temporary
workers</a>, who get no benefits.
<p>
It continues to get clothing from factories it
said <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/walmart-accepted-clothing-from-banned-bangladesh-factories">it
would reject</a> on grounds of worker safety.


title: Standard pattern of retaliation against whistleblowers
uri: Standard-pattern-of-retaliation-against-whistleblowers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Standard_pattern_of_retaliation_against_whistleblowers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Standard_pattern_of_retaliation_against_whistleblowers%29

content:
<p>
Attacks on Edward Snowden follow the standard pattern
of <a href="http://www.whistleblower.org/blog/44-2013/2760-gap-statement-on-edward-snowden-a-nsa-domestic-surveillance">retaliation
against whistleblowers.</a>
<p>
TIME
Magazine <a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/06/13/time-magazine-equates-whistleblowers-with-spies-in-cover-story-on-snowden-manning-swartz/">Equates
Whistleblowers with Spies</a> in Cover Story on Snowden, Manning &
Swartz.


title: Urgent: Support the Arbitration Fairness Act
uri: 2013-06-16-Urgent-Support-the-Arbitration-Fairness-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_the_Arbitration_Fairness_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_the_Arbitration_Fairness_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your senators to support the Arbitration Fairness
Act, which would stop companies from imposing forced arbitration on
customers and employees.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and
888-355-3588.


title: UK gov't could force Bermuda to expose tax evaders
uri: UK-gov-t-could-force-Bermuda-to-expose-tax-evaders
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(UK_gov't_could_force_Bermuda_to_expose_tax_evaders)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28UK_gov%27t_could_force_Bermuda_to_expose_tax_evaders%29

content:
<p>
The UK government
could <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/david-cameron-bermuda-tax-havens">force
Bermuda to expose tax evaders, </a> but it might prefer to fail and
say "See, we tried."


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Pakistan_extreme_heat_waves)
title: Pakistan extreme heat waves
uri: Pakistan-extreme-heat-waves
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Pakistan_extreme_heat_waves%29
content:
<p>
Pakistan has
had <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/14/pakistan-heatwave-meteorologist">extreme
heat waves</a> in recent years; the Indus river has run dry and this
is spreading waterborne diseases.  Hundreds at least have been killed.
<p>
Global heating is partly responsible, and will make things much worse.


title: Nepali gov't to take action against domestic slavery
uri: Nepali-gov-t-to-take-action-against-domestic-slavery
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Nepali_gov't_to_take_action_against_domestic_slavery)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Nepali_gov%27t_to_take_action_against_domestic_slavery%29

content:
<p>
A horrible incident has pushed the Nepali government to take action
against <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/14/nepal-action-slavery-srijana-chaudhary">domestic
slavery.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Investigate_Booz_Allan_and_Clapper)
title: Investigate Booz Allan and Clapper
uri: Investigate-Booz-Allan-and-Clapper
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Investigate_Booz_Allan_and_Clapper%29

content:
<p>
It's Booz Allan and its former employee Clapper
that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/edward-snowden-investigate-booz-allen">we
need to investigate</a>, not Snowden.  Clapper lied to Congress just a
few months ago.
<p>
Our government should get off the Booz.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Haiti_can't_get_enough_to_eat)
title: Haiti can't get enough to eat
uri: Haiti-can-t-get-enough-to-eat
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Haiti_can%27t_get_enough_to_eat%29
content:
<p>
2/3 of the population of
Haiti <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9133140">can't
get enough to eat</a>.  It was caused by US-imposed policies, followed
by extreme weather that global heating will increase.
<p>
If starving people surround the presidential palace, they could take
it; soldiers would only be able to kill a few thousand before running
out of ammunition.  Then they could kick out
the <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2011-may-aug.html#08_May_2011_(1/6_the_voters)">US-imposed
"president"</a> and Haitians could have a real election.


title: Expense and oppression of Olympic Games
uri: Expense-and-oppression-of-Olympic-Games
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Expense_and_oppression_of_Olympic_Games)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Expense_and_oppression_of_Olympic_Games%29

content:
<p>
Part of the excuse for the expense and oppression of the Olympic Games
in London was that it would encourage people to play sports.  However,
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/13/fewer-playing-sport-since-london-olympics">participation
is down.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 15_June_2013_(Subpoena_own_phone_records_from_NSA)
title: Subpoena own phone records from NSA
uri: Subpoena-own-phone-records-from-NSA
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_%28Subpoena_own_phone_records_from_NSA%29

content:
<p>
A man charged with bank robbery has tried
to <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/fl-phone-records-fisa-broward-20130612,0,5434900.story">subpoena
his own phone records from the NSA</a> to use in his defense.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(The_Education_Declaration)
title: The Education Declaration
uri: The-Education-Declaration
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28The_Education_Declaration%29
content:
<p>
The Education Declaration opposes
the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-9">business-driven
plan to privatize public schooling</a> and thus ruin it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(India's_cyber_snooping_agency)
title: India's cyber snooping agency
uri: India-s-cyber-snooping-agency
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28India%27s_cyber_snooping_agency%29
content:
<p>
Growing concern
about <a href="http://www.dw.de/concern-grows-at-indian-cyber-snooping-agency/a-16878934">India's
'cyber snooping agency'.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(High-Tech_surveillance_and_warfare)
title: High-Tech surveillance and warfare
uri: High-Tech-surveillance-and-warfare
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28High-Tech_surveillance_and_warfare%29

content:
<p>
Europeans feel threatened by the US push
to <a href="http://www.dw.de/keeping-tabs-on-the-new-hi-tech-warriors/a-16875957">expand
high-tech surveillance and warfare</a> without limits on their use.


title: How NSA threatens human rights internationally
uri: How-NSA-threatens-human-rights-internationally
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(How_NSA_threatens_human_rights_internationally)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28How_NSA_threatens_human_rights_internationally%29

content:
<p>
It's Not Just About US: How
the <a href="https://www.cdt.org/blogs/1206it%E2%80%99s-not-just-about-us-how-nsa-threatens-human-rights-internationally">NSA
Threatens Human Rights Internationally.</a>


title: Man with rifle killed four people in Santa Monica
uri: Man-with-rifle-killed-four-people-in-Santa-Monica
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Man_with_rifle_killed_four_people_in_Santa_Monica)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Man_with_rifle_killed_four_people_in_Santa_Monica%29

content:
<p>
A man with a
rifle <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/santa-monica-gunman-kills-four">killed
four people in Santa Monica</a>, and wounded others. This attack was
comparable in magnitude to the Boston bombing.
<p>
Angelinos clamored immediately for the whole Los Angeles metro area to
be shut down, like Boston, but Hollywood told Obama not to do that.
So he responded with a plan called Keep Us Really Safe Everywhere, or
KURSE, which would implant a radio-transmitter ID in every person in
the US and put a detector on every door.
<p>
Senator Feinstein said, "Once we put a KURSE on every American, nobody
will be able to attack you, unless he does it through a window."
<p>
This levity is not intended to make light of the deaths and injuries
in Santa Monica, nor those in Boston.  Any person's death is a
tragedy.  The point is to ridicule the idea that certain killings in
Boston were far worse than all others.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Attempts_to_demonize_Snowden)
title: Attempts to demonize Snowden
uri: Attempts-to-demonize-Snowden
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Attempts_to_demonize_Snowden%29
content:
<p>
Glenn Greenwald talks about
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/nsa-partisanship-propaganda-prism">attempts
to demonize Snowden</a>, and how loyal Obama supporters defend massive
surveillance because it's Obama's policy now.
<p>
He makes an interesting point that if PRISM is really nothing more
than a streamlined way for companies to hand over what they had been
handing over since 2001, its supporters could hardly claim it makes a
tremendous difference.


title: Tax cuts for rich and income inequality
uri: Tax-cuts-for-rich-and-income-inequality
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Tax_cuts_for_rich_and_income_inequality)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Tax_cuts_for_rich_and_income_inequality%29

content:
<p>
Tax cuts for the rich played a major role
in <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/chart-day-americas-30-year-project-make-rich-even-richer">creating
the income inequality of the US today.</a>
<p>
If we could roll back all changes in the US since 1980, with the
exception of useful advances in technology and the few advances in
human rights (such as gay rights), we would be a lot better off.  The
other changes created the plutocracy that now owns our government.


title: US gov't worried about domestic disturbances
uri: US-gov-t-worried-about-domestic-disturbances
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(US_gov't_worried_about_domestic_disturbances)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28US_gov%27t_worried_about_domestic_disturbances%29

content:
<p>
The US government
is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/14/climate-change-energy-shocks-nsa-prism">worried
about "domestic disturbances"</a> caused (for instance) by climate
disasters or energy shortages, and spying on environmental activists
seems to be part of its response — along with martial law.
<p>
As the Earth heats up, "disturbances" will happen by and by in many
countries, including the US.  (Food protests have happened
in <a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html#10
 February 2011 (High prices for basic foods)">some countries</a> in the
past few years.) Rather than prevent them by curbing global heating,
the US government plans to respond to them with repression.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Compromise_about_faith_of_Gezi_Park)
title: Compromise about faith of Gezi Park
uri: Compromise-about-faith-of-Gezi-Park
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Compromise_about_faith_of_Gezi_Park%29

content:
<p>
Erdogan has made a compromise with the protesters about
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/14/erdogan-offers-suspend-gezi-park-redevelopment">fate
of Gezi Park,</a> but this by itself will do nothing to reduce the
creeping censorship and repression in Turkish society.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Song_parody:_Edward_and_the_NSA)
title: Song parody: Edward and the NSA
uri: Song-parody-Edward-and-the-NSA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Song_parody%3A_Edward_and_the_NSA%29
content:
<p>
Song
parody: <a href="http://rec.music.filk.narkive.com/4syMUg4B/song-edward-and-the-nsa">Edward
and the NSA.</a>


title: Artist may be charged with child pornography
uri: Artist-may-be-charged-with-child-pornography
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Artist_may_be_charged_with_child_pornography)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Artist_may_be_charged_with_child_pornography%29

content:
<p>
In an exhibition of art in tribute to Mike Brown, an artist convicted
of obscenity, a collage was seized and
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/st-kilda-arts-censorship-police">artist
may be charged with "child pornography".</a>
<p>
From the description of the collage, it must be unmistakeably clear
that no real children had sex in the making of it.
<p>
This is part of
a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/australia-culture-blog/2013/jun/14/art-censorship-freedom-expression-australia">long
pattern</a> of censoring art in Australia.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(If_Australia_extracts_coal)
title: If Australia extracts coal
uri: If-Australia-extracts-coal
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28If_Australia_extracts_coal%29
content:
<p>
If Australia extracts its coal, it
will <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/australia-coal-queensland-climate-change">doom
itself and the rest of us.</a>


title: Implications of US decision to arm Syrian rebels
uri: Implications-of-US-decision-to-arm-Syrian-rebels
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Implications_of_US_decision_to_arm_Syrian_rebels)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Implications_of_US_decision_to_arm_Syrian_rebels%29

content:
<p>
Implications of the US decision
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/editorial-syria-war-street">arm
Syrian rebels.</a>
<p>
I think this is a mistake, and never mind the possible Russian
response, because there is no reliable way to support the secular
rebels and avoid helping the Saudi-supported jihadi fanatics.
<p>
It looks like this is developing into a war between Sunnis and
Shi'ites, and it would be bad for the US to take a side in that war.
Both sides produce theocracies (Saudi Arabia and Iran) that are among
the most evil regimes on Earth.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Why_you_should_care_about_privacy)
title: Why you should care about privacy
uri: Why-you-should-care-about-privacy
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Why_you_should_care_about_privacy%29
content:
<p>
Why you should care
about <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2013/jun/14/nsa-prism">privacy.</a>
<p>
There is one additional reason.  You should care that people who talk
to journalists have privacy, because otherwise nobody will dare tell
us how the state is lying to us.


title: Unusual ecosystems are found around Rockall
uri: Unusual-ecosystems-are-found-around-Rockall
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Unusual_ecosystems_are_found_around_Rockall)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Unusual_ecosystems_are_found_around_Rockall%29

content:
<p>
Unusual ecosystems are found around Rockall, and
a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/14/fishing-banned-rockall-new-species-found">ban
on fishing is needed to preserve them.</a>
<p>
To make this ban reliable and easy to enforce, it should be simple: no
fishing within X km of Rockall.


title: Implications of killer robots and bee drones
uri: Implications-of-killer-robots-and-bee-drones
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 16_June_2013_(Implications_of_killer_robots_and_bee_drones)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#16_June_2013_%28Implications_of_killer_robots_and_bee_drones%29

content:
<p>
On the implications
of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/drones-size-bees-good-evil">killer
robots and bee drones.</a>
<p>
If the developer of the bee drones really believes their main use will
be to find people in collapsed buildings, he is a fool.  They could be
made to kill, perhaps with a poison needle.  But even if all they do
is take pictures, the NSA could operate hundreds of billions of them
to watch everything everyone says and does.  We'd have to sweep our
rooms frequently for faux bugs.


title: Evidence that BPA makes pubescent girls fat
uri: Evidence-that-BPA-makes-pubescent-girls-fat
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Evidence_that_BPA_makes_pubescent_girls_fat)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Evidence_that_BPA_makes_pubescent_girls_fat%29

content:
<p>
There is some 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/06/bpa-girls-obesity-puberty">evidence</a> 
that BPA makes pubescent girls fat.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Urgent:_End_Obamas_signature_strikes)
title: Urgent: End Obama's "signature strikes"
uri: Urgent-End-Obama-s-signature-strikes
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_End_Obamas_signature_strikes%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/the%2Dworld%2Dis%2Dnot%2Da%2Dbattlefie">sign 
this petition</a> calling for an end to Obama's
"signature strikes".
<p>
That doesn't go far enough; drones should not be used to attack 
outside of battle zones.  But it is still good to sign.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Urgent:_Protect_wetlands)
title: Urgent: Protect wetlands
uri: Urgent-Protect-wetlands
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Protect_wetlands%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1765">ask 
your congresscritter</a> to make sure the farm bill
protects the wetlands in which northern pintail ducks (and lots of other
less visible species) live.


title: Facebook and Microsoft surveillance figures
uri: Facebook-and-Microsoft-surveillance-figures
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Facebook_and_Microsoft_surveillance_figures)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Facebook_and_Microsoft_surveillance_figures%29

content:
<p>
Facebook and Microsoft have published some 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/15/facebook-microsoft-release-surveillance-figures">aggregate data</a> about US government
surveillance, while Google is pushing to be able to give more information.
<p>
Getting information on 19,000 or 31,000 accounts in these companies
with millions of users does not amount to general surveillance.  But I
do not trust Facebook, Microsoft or the NSA to tell the whole truth,
even if they are not lying.
(<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#12_June_2013_(Clappers_testimony_to_Congress_about_massive_US_surveillance)">Clapper 
perjured himself on this very question just months ago</a>.)
<p>
Even if those figures are the true answers to a question, there may be
some sort of trickery in the question.  For instance, these numbers
might count only orders that demand something beyond "metadata", while
some other general surveillance scheme collects metadata about all
users.
<p>
Unless we can get to the bottom of things, we don't know what if anything
this means.


title: Africa's birth rate higher than expected
uri: Africa-s-birth-rate-higher-than-expected
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Africas_birth_rate_higher_than_expected)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Africas_birth_rate_higher_than_expected%29

content:
<p>
Bad population news: Africa's birth rate is 
<a href="http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/06/13/uw-research-world-population-could-be-nearly-11-billion-by-2100/">higher 
than was expected</a>.
<p>
This could lead to a human population of 11 billion, instead of the
expected 10 billion.
<p>
It's not just Africans' fault, it's our fault too.  The US and Europe
ought to give poor women (in Africa, and at home) effective birth
control, which poor women can't afford.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(The_proposed_Nicaragua_Canal)
title: The proposed Nicaragua Canal
uri: The-proposed-Nicaragua-Canal
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28The_proposed_Nicaragua_Canal%29
content:
<p>
Environmentalists say the proposed Nicaragua Canal would 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2013-06-environmentalists-nicaragua-canal-disaster.html">endanger
nature reserves and damage water supplies</a>.


title: Spanish scientists protest spending cuts on research
uri: Spanish-scientists-protest-spending-cuts-on-research
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Spanish_scientists_protest_spending_cuts_on_research)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Spanish_scientists_protest_spending_cuts_on_research%29

content:
<p>
Spanish scientists 
<a href="http://phys.org/news/2013-06-spanish-scientists.html">marched 
to protest spending cuts on research</a>.
<p>
Spain should spend more on research, on medical treatment, on helping
people stay in their homes, on food for the poor, and lots of other
things.  Deficit spending is the way to get people back to work, and
science is a fine way to spend part of that.


title: Nerve damage found in veterans who report Gulf War illness
uri: Nerve-damage-found-in-veterans-who-report-Gulf-War-illness
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Nerve_damage_found_in_veterans_who_report_Gulf_War_illness)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Nerve_damage_found_in_veterans_who_report_Gulf_War_illness%29

content:
<p>
Researchers have found particular kinds of 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/us/researchers-find-biological-evidence-of-gulf-war-illnesses.html?pagewanted=all">nerve 
damage</a> in veterans who report Gulf War illness.
<p>
This does not tell us anything about what caused the illness, or by
what mechanism.  All human thoughts, knowledge, and tendencies have a
biological basis in the brain, so it is not inconceivable that this
damage results from certain thoughts or experiences.  However, brain
damage usually results from trauma or exposure to certain chemicals.
<p>
Either way, we now see that the veterans have a real illness; the
Pentagon should stop accusing them of malingering or imagining things.


title: Demonstration in support of Snowden in Hong Kong
uri: Demonstration-in-support-of-Snowden-in-Hong-Kong
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Demonstration_in_support_of_Snowden_in_Hong_Kong)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Demonstration_in_support_of_Snowden_in_Hong_Kong%29

content:
<p>
A demonstration in Hong Kong calling for not extraditing Snowden
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/15/do-not-extradite-edward-snowden-hong-kong-protesters">attracted 
hundreds despite heavy rain</a>.


title: From hope to fear: the broken promise of Barack Obama
uri: From-hope-to-fear-the-broken-promise-of-Barack-Obama
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(From_hope_to_fear:_the_broken_promise_of_Barack_Obama)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28From_hope_to_fear%3A_the_broken_promise_of_Barack_Obama%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/15/broken-promise-barack-obama">From 
hope to fear</a>: the broken promise of Barack Obama.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(US_military_support_in_Syria)
title: US "military support" in Syria
uri: US-military-support-in-Syria
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28US_military_support_in_Syria%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/14-4">US 
'Military Support' in Syria Will Lead to Full-Scale War, Critics 
Warn</a>.


title: Exxon sued for tar sands oil spill in Arkansas
uri: Exxon-sued-for-tar-sands-oil-spill-in-Arkansas
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Exxon_sued_for_tar_sands_oil_spill_in_Arkansas)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Exxon_sued_for_tar_sands_oil_spill_in_Arkansas%29

content:
<p>
Exxon has been sued for the 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/14-5">tar sands 
oil spill in Arkansas</a>, which made people sick.
<p>
Tar sands oil is particularly corrosive and thus particularly likely
to spill.  If the 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_(Keystone_XL_faulty)">Keystone 
XL pipeline</a> is built, or 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_(Stealth_project_to_build_tar_sands_oil_pipeline)">Enbridge's 
stealth pipeline</a>, we will have a lot more spills.
<p>
Remember that "xx" stands for the letter exx, which appears in the
Exxon logo and is pronounced like "j" in Spanish.  Don't pronounce the
name as if it were "Ekson".  People would think you're talking about
part of a gene.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(A_criminal_and_murderer)
title: A criminal and murderer
uri: A-criminal-and-murderer
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28A_criminal_and_murderer%29
content:
<p>
Egyptian Ahmed Duma was 
<a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130603-egypt-activist-given-6-months-insulting-morsi-afp">
sentenced to prison for calling Morsi</a>
"a criminal and murderer".
<p>
The US is still somewhat better than Egypt: many Americans have called
Bush a war criminal and we have not been charged with a crime for
that.  On the other hand, journalists and their sources are being
attacked over and over.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Impunity_for_rapists)
title: Impunity for rapists
uri: Impunity-for-rapists
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Impunity_for_rapists%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/military-sexual-assault-victims-reform">
US generals are struggling</a> to preserve impunity for rapists.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Political_change)
title: Political change
uri: 2013-06-17-Political-change
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Political_change%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2013/06/06/prism-verizon-surprise/">
People should not give up on political change</a> just because it isn't easy.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Traitors_to_journalism)
title: Traitors to journalism
uri: Traitors-to-journalism
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Traitors_to_journalism%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://gawker.com/the-vain-media-cynics-of-the-nsa-story-512575457">US journalists that condemn Snowden</a> are traitors to journalism.
<p>
A <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/peter-king-reporters-prosecuted_n_3424541.html">fanatical 
Republican congressman</a> said Glenn Greenwald should be prosecuted
for publishing Snowden's revelations.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Nothing_to_hide)
title: Nothing to hide
uri: Nothing-to-hide
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Nothing_to_hide%29
content:
<p>
With so many laws that nobody knows how many, 
<a href="http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/we-should-all-have-something-to-hide/">you 
always have something to hide</a>.  You just may not know what it is.
<p>
Given complete information about everyone, our plutocratic state will
always find an excuse to imprison whoever it wishes to imprison.
The 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_June_2013_(Requiring_court_orders_to_access_peoples_email_and_phone_calls)">fishing 
expedition against Kiriakou</a> was an example of this.


title: US hospitals charge out-of-state patients illegally high fees
uri: US-hospitals-charge-out-of-state-patients-illegally-high-fees
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(US_hospitals_charge_out-of-state_patients_illegally_high_fees)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28US_hospitals_charge_out-of-state_patients_illegally_high_fees%29

content:
<p>
US hospitals often charge out-of-state patients 
<a href="http://daviddobbs.net/smoothpebbles/new-study-finds-patients-regularly-mugged-in-the-dark/">illegally 
high fees</a>.
<p>
Another argument for single-payer.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Using_metadata_to_identify_people)
title: Using metadata to identify people
uri: Using-metadata-to-identify-people
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Using_metadata_to_identify_people%29
content:
<p>
A psychologists points out how metadata could enable Big Brother
to determine 
<a href="http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=12898">who 
his patients are, and how well they are doing</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://kieranhealy.org//blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metadata-to-find-paul-revere/">Using 
Metadata to find Paul Revere</a>.
<p>
This method works just as well to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/14/climate-change-energy-shocks-nsa-prism">find key people in peaceful democratic
protest organizations</a>, and the US is surely using it, since it calls
them "terrorists".
<p>
In the 1960s they investigated 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#05_April_2013_(The_killing_of_Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.)">civil 
rights leaders</a> such as Martin Luther King Jr.


title: Verizon wants to limit privacy protections
uri: Verizon-wants-to-limit-privacy-protections
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Verizon_wants_to_limit_privacy_protections)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Verizon_wants_to_limit_privacy_protections%29

content:
<p>
Verizon wants the next free exploitation treaty to 
<a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/06/verizon-sees-trade-deal-as-the-next-share-everything-plan.html">limit 
privacy protections</a> for the sake of its profits.


title: Loophole to let US Banks get out of existing regulation
uri: Loophole-to-let-US-Banks-get-out-of-existing-regulation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Loophole_to_let_US_Banks_get_out_of_existing_regulation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Loophole_to_let_US_Banks_get_out_of_existing_regulation%29

content:
<p>
The House has probably passed, by now, a 
<a href="http://www.citizenvox.org/2013/06/11/on-june-12-house-will-approve-the-aig-bailout-certainty-act/">loophole</a> 
to let US banks get out of the weak existing regulation.
<p>
When businesses say, "Deregulate us so we can compete with foreign
businesses", the right response is, "Let's regulate what they can do
if they want to sell here."


title: Experts not convinced Assad used chemical weapons
uri: Experts-not-convinced-Assad-used-chemical-weapons
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Experts_not_convinced_Assad_used_chemical_weapons)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Experts_not_convinced_Assad_used_chemical_weapons%29

content:
<p>
Chemical weapons experts say they are 
<a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/14/194016/chemical-weapons-experts-still.html">not 
convinced</a> Assad used chemical weapons. The evidence is not clear.
<p>
I don't think it makes much difference; if there were a good way to
intervene in Syria, it would have been justified already.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Russia_passing_law_similar_to_SOPA)
title: Russia passing law similar to SOPA
uri: Russia-passing-law-similar-to-SOPA
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Russia_passing_law_similar_to_SOPA%29

content:
<p>
Russia is passing a law similar to SOPA but 
<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/06/14/orphaned-in-us-sopa-finds-home-in-russia/">crazy</a> 
as well.


title: Thugs attack protesters in Gezi square
uri: Thugs-attack-protesters-in-Gezi-square
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Thugs_attack_protesters_in_Gezi_square)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Thugs_attack_protesters_in_Gezi_square%29

content:
<p>
Erdogan's thugs attacked the protesters in Gezi square, and drove them
out with 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/15/turkey-police-clear-gezi-park">tear 
gas and blows</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Democrats_defend_massive_surveillance)
title: Democrats defend massive surveillance
uri: Democrats-defend-massive-surveillance
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Democrats_defend_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Misguidedly loyal Democrats defend massive surveillance 
<a href="http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/06/13/oreilly-discovers-the-dangers-of-the-surveillance-state/">because 
Obama likes it</a>; meanwhile, some Republicans have started
condemning it, and never mind that they loved it when Dubya was doing
it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Votes_on_Reddit_in_Microsofts_favor)
title: Votes on Reddit in Microsoft's favor
uri: Votes-on-Reddit-in-Microsoft-s-favor
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Votes_on_Reddit_in_Microsofts_favor%29

content:
<p>
A whistleblower claims Microsoft has 
<a href="http://au.businessinsider.com/microsoft-positive-reddit-comments-2013-6">hired 
people to vote on Reddit</a> in Microsoft's favor.


title: NSA-suggested talking points in support of massive surveillance
uri: NSA-suggested-talking-points-in-support-of-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(NSA-suggested_talking_points_in_support_of_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28NSA-suggested_talking_points_in_support_of_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
Leaked: the NSA's suggested talking points 
<a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/17490723465/leaked-nsas-talking-points-defending-nsa-surveillance.shtml">in 
support of massive surveillance</a>.


title: House of Representatives in favor of imprisonment without trial
uri: House-of-Representatives-in-favor-of-imprisonment-without-trial
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(House_of_Representatives_in_favor_of_imprisonment_without_trial)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28House_of_Representatives_in_favor_of_imprisonment_without_trial%29

content:
<p>
The House of Representatives voted once again 
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/indefinite-detention-americans_n_3437923.html">in 
favor</a> of imprisoning people (even Americans in the US) without
trial.
<p>
They have effectively declared war on the US.


title: Massive collection of data useless for catching terrorists
uri: Massive-collection-of-data-useless-for-catching-terrorists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Massive_collection_of_data_useless_for_catching_terrorists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Massive_collection_of_data_useless_for_catching_terrorists%29

content:
<p>
The US government's massive collection of data is useless for catching
terrorists because it makes the haystack bigger for the needles to hide in.
More precisely, 
<a href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/the-dirty-little-secret-about-nsa-spying-it-doesnt-work.html">they 
can't begin to evaluate all the data they get</a>.  They got very
suggestive evidence about the September 2001 attacks and did nothing
with it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Obamas_war_on_leakers)
title: Obama's war on leakers
uri: Obama-s-war-on-leakers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Obamas_war_on_leakers%29
content:
<p>
Obama's war on leakers is selective: it 
<a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/06/11/edward-snowden-and-the-selective-targeting-of-leaks/">targets 
only the leaks he doesn't like</a>.


title: Raped 14-year-old hurt by fanatical Christianity
uri: Raped-14-year-old-hurt-by-fanatical-Christianity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Raped_14-year-old_hurt_by_fanatical_Christianity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Raped_14-year-old_hurt_by_fanatical_Christianity%29

content:
<p>
A 14-year-old who was raped, then under the influence of fanatical
Christianity decided not to have an abortion, is now 
<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/06/11/elwood_indiana_rape_case_14_year_old_pregnant_victim_speaks_out_about_the.html">shunned 
and alone</a>
after receiving sneers from other victims of fanatical Christianity.
<p>
Thus, Christianity has hurt her twice.


title: Jihadis in Syria obtain shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles
uri: Jihadis-in-Syria-obtain-shoulder-launched-anti-aircraft-missiles
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Jihadis_in_Syria_obtain_shoulder-launched_anti-aircraft_missiles)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Jihadis_in_Syria_obtain_shoulder-launched_anti-aircraft_missiles%29

content:
<p>
Jihadis in Syria now have 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/syrian-jihadists-anti-aircraft-missiles-video">shoulder-launched 
anti-aircraft missiles</a>.


title: Wall Street winning war against regulation
uri: Wall-Street-winning-war-against-regulation
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Wall_Street_winning_war_against_regulation)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Wall_Street_winning_war_against_regulation%29

content:
<p>
Wall Street Is Winning the Long War
against <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/16/wall-street-rolling-back-regulation">Post-Crash
Regulation.</a>


title: Riots in Stockholm caused by kicking poor out of center of city
uri: Riots-in-Stockholm-caused-by-kicking-poor-out-of-center-of-city
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Riots_in_Stockholm_caused_by_kicking_poor_out_of_center_of_city)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Riots_in_Stockholm_caused_by_kicking_poor_out_of_center_of_city%29

content:
<p>
The riots in Stockholm were caused
by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/16/sweden-housing-programme-privatisation">kicking
the poor out of the center of the city</a>, which caused segregation
and despair.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Israel's_greatest_problem)
title: Israel's greatest problem
uri: Israel-s-greatest-problem
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Israel%27s_greatest_problem%29
content:
<p>
Uri Avnery: Israel's greatest victory turns out to be
its <a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1371207618">greatest
problem.</a>


title: Urgent: Object to prosecuting man who collected evidence against Steubenville rapists
uri: Urgent-Object-to-prosecuting-man-who-collected-evidence-against-Steub
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Urgent:_Object_to_prosecuting_man_who_collected_evidence_against_Steubenville_rapists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Object_to_prosecuting_man_who_collected_evidence_against_Steubenville_rapists%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: object to prosecuting the man who collected evidence
against the Steubenville rapists,
who <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/steubenville_lostutter/?sp_ref=2855996.4.174.o.1.2&referrer_akid=8162.1183552.y3SCXa&source=clickcopy_sp">faces
more imprisonment than they got.</a>


title: Tell NSA about security-related bugs before publishing fix
uri: Tell-NSA-about-security-related-bugs-before-publishing-fix
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Tell_NSA_about_security-related_bugs_before_publishing_fix)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Tell_NSA_about_security-related_bugs_before_publishing_fix%29

content:
<p>
Microsoft and
others <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/nsa-gets-early-access-to-zero-day-data-from-microsoft-others/">tell
the NSA about security-related bugs before publishing fixes.</a>


title: Punishment on reiterated criticism of anyone
uri: Punishment-on-reiterated-criticism-of-anyone
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Punishment_on_reiterated_criticism_of_anyone)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Punishment_on_reiterated_criticism_of_anyone%29

content:
<p>
Ecuador's new media law
imposes <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/14/ecuador-end-assault-free-speech">punishments
on reiterated criticism of anyone.</a>
<p>
While this is not as bad as punishing a single instance of criticizing
someone, it still violates freedom of speech.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Charged_with_insulting_Islam)
title: Charged with insulting Islam
uri: Charged-with-insulting-Islam
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Charged_with_insulting_Islam%29
content:
<p>
Libyans who published a cartoon in favor of women's rights are being
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/libya-must-drop-charges-against-politicians-over-women-s-rights-cartoon-2013-06-14">charged
with "insulting Islam"</a>, plus similar crimes that amount to excuses
for censorship.  They could be executed.
<p>
If this is what Islam means, mere insults are not enough to do justice
to it.
<p>
We should not defend them by arguing that the cartoon did not mention
Muhammad, since that grants undue legitimacy to the idea that they
would be wrong if they had.


title: Australian state removed 13,000 aboriginal children from their families
uri: Australian-state-removed-13-000-aboriginal-children-from-their-familie
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Australian_state_removed_13,000_aboriginal_children_from_their_families)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Australian_state_removed_13%2C000_aboriginal_children_from_their_families%29

content:
<p>
The Australian state
has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/12/stolen-generation-aboriginal-children">removed
13,000 aboriginal children from their families,</a> accusing various
kinds of mistreatment or neglect, but without trying to help the
parents much if at all.
<p>
The population of Australia is around 23 million, so the aboriginal
population is around 600,000.  If 1/4 of them are children, that means
almost 10% of these children have been taken away from their families.
That's not an entire "generation", but it is a large fraction.


title: John le Carre on how they manipulate politicians
uri: John-le-Carre-on-how-they-manipulate-politicians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(John_le_Carre_on_how_they_manipulate_politicians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28John_le_Carre_on_how_they_manipulate_politicians%29

content:
<p>
John le Carre, a former spymaster, explains how
they <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/14/spies-influence-john-le-carre">manipulate
politicians as well as the agents they run</a>, and how the UK's
secret courts would be unnecessary except to cover up torture,
kidnaping and killing.
<p>
Just now, as the NSA says "If you knew what we know, you would let us
monitor everything about everyone", we must challenge them "Prove it
or shut up."


title: US telecom companion outside of US have given NSA back doors
uri: US-telecom-companion-outside-of-US-have-given-NSA-back-doors
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(US_telecom_companion_outside_of_US_have_given_NSA_back_doors)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28US_telecom_companion_outside_of_US_have_given_NSA_back_doors%29

content:
<p>
US telecom companies operating outside the US
have <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/u-s-agencies-said-to-swap-data-with-thousands-of-firms.html">given
the NSA back doors.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(US_must_get_agreement_in_Afghanistan)
title: US must get agreement in Afghanistan
uri: US-must-get-agreement-in-Afghanistan
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28US_must_get_agreement_in_Afghanistan%29

content:
<p>
A soldier who fought in Afghanistan says the US
must <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/13/afghanistan-us-military-ceasefire">try
hard to get some sort of agreement</a> as it withdraws troops.
<p>
Unfortunately, the Taliban have no reason to think they need to agree
on anything.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(UK's_deal_for_ending_tax_havens)
title: UK's deal for ending tax havens
uri: UK-s-deal-for-ending-tax-havens
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28UK%27s_deal_for_ending_tax_havens%29
content:
<p>
The UK's deal for ending tax havens will help investigate specific
companies but won't be of much use
for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/15/tax-havens-cameron-clampdown">preventing
corrupt cash flows.</a>


title: Urgent: Oppose increasing the US military budget
uri: Urgent-Oppose-increasing-the-US-military-budget
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 17_June_2013_(Urgent:_Oppose_increasing_the_US_military_budget)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#17_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Oppose_increasing_the_US_military_budget%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter
to <a href="http://fcnl.org/issues/budget/">oppose
increasing the US military budget.</a>
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and
888-355-3588.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(NSAs_criterion_for_wiretapping_people)
title: NSA's criterion for wiretapping people
uri: NSA-s-criterion-for-wiretapping-people
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28NSAs_criterion_for_wiretapping_people%29

content:
<p>
A discussion between a congressman and an official suggests that NSA
analysts looking at people's metadata are allowed to 
<a href="http://www.juliansanchez.com/2013/06/15/nadler-and-mueller-on-analysts-getting-call-and-e-mail-content/">decide 
on their own</a> which of those people fit a pre-approved general
criterion, and then wiretap them.
<p>
This supports Snowden's statement that he could listen to anyone's
phone calls.  Perhaps he would not have been authorized to do this
arbitrarily, but he could have done it.


title: Urgent: Let Yemenite prisoners in Guantanamo go home
uri: Urgent-Let-Yemenite-prisoners-in-Guantanamo-go-home
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Urgent:_Let_Yemenite_prisoners_in_Guantanamo_go_home)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Let_Yemenite_prisoners_in_Guantanamo_go_home%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/guantanamo-yemen">call on 
Obama</q> to let the Yemenite prisoners in Guantanamo go home.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Urgent:_End_signature_strikes)
title: Urgent: End "signature strikes"
uri: Urgent-End-signature-strikes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_End_signature_strikes%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/the-world-is-not-a-battlefie">call 
for an end to "signature strikes"</a>, a term used, perversely, when
they don't know who is being attacked.


title: 1000 people killed in May by sectarian warfare in Iraq
uri: 1000-people-killed-in-May-by-sectarian-warfare-in-Iraq
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(1000_people_killed_in_May_by_sectarian_warfare_in_Iraq)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%281000_people_killed_in_May_by_sectarian_warfare_in_Iraq%29

content:
<p>
Sectarian warfare killed 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/iraq-attacks-targeting-shia-muslims">1000 
people in Iraq in May</a>.
<p>
This is the continuation of Bush's invasion, so the question of
how many Iraqis he killed has an answer that keeps changing.


title: Koch brother buys a plaza at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
uri: Koch-brother-buys-a-plaza-at-the-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Koch_brother_buys_a_plaza_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Koch_brother_buys_a_plaza_at_the_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art%29

content:
<p>
Now that one of the Koch brothers has 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/16/david-koch-plaza-metropolitan-museum">bought
a plaza at the Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>, how about an
installation of the permanent pile of tar sands waste that his company
makes?


title: Coal-Powered electric plant replaced with renewable
uri: Coal-Powered-electric-plant-replaced-with-renewable
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Coal-Powered_electric_plant_replaced_with_renewable)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Coal-Powered_electric_plant_replaced_with_renewable%29

content:
<p>
Nevada has decided to replace a pollution-spewing coal-powered
electric plant
with <a href="http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=TLkgmULXMQJuFhsu-38dpg">renewable
generation.</a>
<p>
This is a step in the right direction, but if the coal is exported to
be burnt elsewhere instead, this won't make a difference as regards
global heating.  We need to reduce the total amount of coal mining in
the world, and drastically.


title: UK spied on diplomats' messages at G20
uri: UK-spied-on-diplomats-messages-at-G20
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(UK_spied_on_diplomats'_messages_at_G20)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28UK_spied_on_diplomats%27_messages_at_G20%29

content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits">UK
spied on diplomats' messages at G20</a> meetings in London in 2009.
<p>
It planned to snoop on
a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/uk-intelligence-agencies-spy-commonwealth-delegates">Commonwealth
meeting too.</a>


title: Polio vaccination workers shot in Pakistan
uri: Polio-vaccination-workers-shot-in-Pakistan
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Polio_vaccination_workers_shot_in_Pakistan)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Polio_vaccination_workers_shot_in_Pakistan%29

content:
<p>
More <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/16/pakistan-militants-kill-health-workers">polio
vaccination workers were shot in Pakistan</a> by Islamist fanatics.
<p>
This parallels the Christian theocrats that keep girls ignorant so
that they get pregnant, then kill them by denying them abortions.
However, this is even more deadly, since it could keep polio a real
danger world-wide.


title: How Google and Silicon Valley screw workers
uri: How-Google-and-Silicon-Valley-screw-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(How_Google_and_Silicon_Valley_screw_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28How_Google_and_Silicon_Valley_screw_workers%29

content:
<p>
How Google and Silicon
Valley <a href="http://www.alternet.org/labor/how-google-and-silicon-valley-screw-their-non-elite-workers?paging=off">Screw
Their Non-Elite Workers.</a>


title: Tibetan singer who praised self-immolation protests sentenced to prison
uri: Tibetan-singer-who-praised-self-immolation-protests-sentenced-to-priso
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Tibetan_singer_who_praised_self-immolation_protests_sentenced_to_prison)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Tibetan_singer_who_praised_self-immolation_protests_sentenced_to_prison%29

content:
<p>
Tibetan singers who praised self-immolation protests have
been <a href="http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/praised-06132013144450.html">sentenced
to prison.</a>
<p>
A Tunisian singer was sentenced to prison
for <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/15/tunisia-2-years-prison-song">"insulting
the police".</a> He called them "dogs"; I think "thugs" is a more
accurate description of how they attacked people at the end of the
trial.


title: People will lose their homes if F-35 is based there
uri: People-will-lose-their-homes-if-F-35-is-based-there
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(People_will_lose_their_homes_if_F-35_is_based_there)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28People_will_lose_their_homes_if_F-35_is_based_there%29

content:
<p>
Residents of Burlington, Vermont
say <a href="http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/f-35-basing-vermont-sweet-developers?paging=off">thousands
of people will lose their homes</a> if the F-35 is based there,
because it will subject their homes to unacceptable noise levels.


title: Treating pipeline protesters as terrorists
uri: Treating-pipeline-protesters-as-terrorists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Treating_pipeline_protesters_as_terrorists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Treating_pipeline_protesters_as_terrorists%29

content:
<p>
TransCanada gave US thugs training
in <a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/transcanada-trains-police-arrest-keystone-xl-activists-anti-terrorist-statues?paging=off">treating
pipeline protesters as "terrorists".</a>
<p>
When the US government talks about how it "protects us from
terrorists", remember that this means protecting TransCanada from the
Americans it threatens.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Vietnam_continues_arresting_bloggers)
title: Vietnam continues arresting bloggers
uri: Vietnam-continues-arresting-bloggers
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Vietnam_continues_arresting_bloggers%29

content:
<p>
Vietnam
continues <a href="http://www.cpj.org/2013/06/prominent-vietnam-blogger-arrested-in-hanoi.php">arresting
bloggers.</a>
<p>
Vietnam depends on the friendship of the US, which apparently does
little to pressure it not to be a tyranny.


title: UK will impose filtering on all public wifi access point
uri: UK-will-impose-filtering-on-all-public-wifi-access-point
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(UK_will_impose_filtering_on_all_public_wifi_access_point)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28UK_will_impose_filtering_on_all_public_wifi_access_point%29

content:
<p>
The UK will
impose <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/isps-to-include-porn-filters-as-standard-in-uk-by-2014/">filtering
on all public wifi access points</a>, supposedly to "protect
children".
<p>
That means anyone who isn't an Internet subscriber will be "protected"
by censorship even if he is not a child.  And since these filterage
lists are full of errors, lots of material that isn't porn will be
blocked.


title: Reporters attacked in Guinea since elections announced
uri: Reporters-attacked-in-Guinea-since-elections-announced
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Reporters_attacked_in_Guinea_since_elections_announced)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Reporters_attacked_in_Guinea_since_elections_announced%29

content:
<p>
15 reporters have
been <a href="http://en.rsf.org/guinea-you-journalists-talk-too-much-you-11-06-2013,44751.html">attacked
in Guinea since elections were announced.</a>


title: IRS tracks people's financial transactions
uri: IRS-tracks-people-s-financial-transactions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(IRS_tracks_people's_financial_transactions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28IRS_tracks_people%27s_financial_transactions%29

content:
<p>
The IRS tracks lots of
people's <a href="http://money.msn.com/credit-rating/irs-tracks-your-digital-footprint">financial
transactions.</a>
<p>
Too bad this will only catch the small fry.  The big tax evaders, such
as Apple, have procured laws to let them get away with it.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Thugs_building_up_large_DNA_databases)
title: Thugs building up large DNA databases
uri: Thugs-building-up-large-DNA-databases
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Thugs_building_up_large_DNA_databases%29

content:
<p>
US thugs
are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/us/police-agencies-are-assembling-records-of-dna.html?pagewanted=all">building
up large DNA databases.</a>


title: Brazilian thugs attacked nonviolent protesters
uri: Brazilian-thugs-attacked-nonviolent-protesters
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Brazilian_thugs_attacked_nonviolent_protesters)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Brazilian_thugs_attacked_nonviolent_protesters%29

content:
<p>
Brazilian <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/economics/in-brazil-protests-over-bus-fare-increase-are-met-violence.html">thugs
attacked nonviolent protesters</a> against a raise in bus fares.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Government_accountability_project)
title: Government accountability project
uri: Government-accountability-project
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Government_accountability_project%29
content:
<p>
The Government Accountability Project discusses the issue
of <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/14-4">Snowden's
whistleblowing.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Sliding_down_slippery_slope_in_Syria)
title: Sliding down slippery slope in Syria
uri: Sliding-down-slippery-slope-in-Syria
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Sliding_down_slippery_slope_in_Syria%29

content:
<p>
Obama built
a <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/14-8">slippery
slope in Syria</a> and is now sliding down it.


title: Denied US citizenship because views not based on religion
uri: Denied-US-citizenship-because-views-not-based-on-religion
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 18_June_2013_(Denied_US_citizenship_because_views_not_based_on_religion)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#18_June_2013_%28Denied_US_citizenship_because_views_not_based_on_religion%29

content:
<p>
Margaret Doughty is being denied US citizenship because
her <a href="http://dividedundergod.com/2013/06/14/woman-being-denied-citizenship-because-her-morality-doesnt-come-from-religion/">pacifist
views are not based on religion.</a>


title: The 5 Uncontrollable Urges of the US Security State
uri: The-5-Uncontrollable-Urges-of-the-US-Security-State
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(The_5_Uncontrollable_Urges_of_the_US_Security_State)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28The_5_Uncontrollable_Urges_of_the_US_Security_State%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/snowden-lessons-security-state">The 
5 Uncontrollable Urges of the US Security State</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Free_exploitation_treaties)
title: Free exploitation treaties
uri: Free-exploitation-treaties
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Free_exploitation_treaties%29
content:
<p>
Explaining how free exploitation treaties enable powerful companies to
<a href="media/b7178757.Under_The_Radar_English_Final.pdf" data-original-source="http://democracyctr.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Under_The_Radar_English_Final.pdf">make 
sustainable development impossible</a>.
<p>
The Green Shadow Cabinet calls on everyone to 
<a href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=259&qid=496994">oppose 
the TPP</a>.
<p>
It's democracy or plutocracy.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(US_and_EU_plan_new_trade_agreement)
title: US and EU plan new "trade" agreement
uri: US-and-EU-plan-new-trade-agreement
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28US_and_EU_plan_new_trade_agreement%29

content:
<p>
The US and EU are planning a new 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/17/europe-us-transatlantic-trade-deal">"trade" 
agreement</a> that would surely involve preventing governments from
protecting citizens from abuses by businesses.
<p>
Cameron <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/g8-trade-deal-talks-launched">pretends 
that it would create jobs</a>.
<p>
That's what they say about every proposal to increase the plutocrats' power.
They use one-sided reasoning to try to justify it and hope it gives
the bought legislators enough of an excuse.


title: Campaign for strict protection in users' data in the EU
uri: Campaign-for-strict-protection-in-users-data-in-the-EU
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Campaign_for_strict_protection_in_users_data_in_the_EU)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Campaign_for_strict_protection_in_users_data_in_the_EU%29

content:
<p>
Snowden's revelations have invigorated the 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/opinion/global/viviane-reding-protecting-europes-privacy.html">campaign 
for strict protection</a> in users' data in the EU.


title: "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition" and land-grabs and patented seeds
uri: New-Alliance-for-Food-Security-and-Nutrition-and-land-grabs-and-pate
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition_and_land-grabs_and_patented_seeds)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition_and_land-grabs_and_patented_seeds%29

content:
<p>
Bono's ONE campaign, and the Gates Foundation, are supporting the "New
Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition", which pressures African 
governments to permit 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/17/bono-africans-stealing-voice-poor">corporate 
land-grabs and patented seeds</a>.
<p>
Any nutrition and food security resulting from this plan will be exported
to the wealthier inhabitants of the wealthier countries, while those
dispossessed (often by force) from their land face precarious lives
or start guerrilla wars.


title: Morsi appoints member of Islamist militant group as governor
uri: Morsi-appoints-member-of-Islamist-militant-group-as-governor
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Morsi_appoints_member_of_Islamist_militant_group_as_governor)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Morsi_appoints_member_of_Islamist_militant_group_as_governor%29

content:
<p>
Morsi appointed a member of an Islamist militant group as the 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/morsi-appoints-islamist-governor-luxor">governor
of Luxor</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Q_and_A_with_Edward_Snowden)
title: Q&A with Edward Snowden
uri: Q-A-with-Edward-Snowden
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Q_and_A_with_Edward_Snowden%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/17-1">Q&A 
with Edward Snowden</a>.
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/edward-snowden-says-more-info-about-direct-access-works">His 
answers</a> when asked about what access the NSA has to record your
phone calls are not entirely clear.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Food_stamps)
title: Food stamps
uri: Food-stamps
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Food_stamps%29
content:
<p>
As US employers pay less and less, so that workers 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/17-2">need 
food stamps</a>, sneering Republicans cut food stamps saying they help
shirkers.
<p>
The idea that "If you don't work, you don't eat" is pure injustice
in a country like the US that doesn't offer enough jobs for everyone.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(China_no_better_than_the_US)
title: China no better than the US
uri: China-no-better-than-the-US
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28China_no_better_than_the_US%29
content:
<p>
The Chinese government 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/17/chinese-hail-edward-snowden-hero">praises 
Snowden</a> while Chinese people try to hint, despite censorship, that
China is no better than the US.


title: Israeli minister openly proposes annexing part of Palestine
uri: Israeli-minister-openly-proposes-annexing-part-of-Palestine
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Israeli_minister_openly_proposes_annexing_part_of_Palestine)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Israeli_minister_openly_proposes_annexing_part_of_Palestine%29

content:
<p>
An Israeli minister has 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/naftali-bennett-two-state-solution-hopeless">openly 
proposed</a> annexing part of Palestine, rejecting the very idea of
making peace.


title: Cross-examination of Jeremy Forrest's teenage girlfriend
uri: Cross-examination-of-Jeremy-Forrest-s-teenage-girlfriend
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Cross-examination_of_Jeremy_Forrests_teenage_girlfriend)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Cross-examination_of_Jeremy_Forrests_teenage_girlfriend%29

content:
<p>
Jeremy Forrest's teenage girlfriend said in court that she was going
to run away in any case, and he 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/17/jeremy-forrest-schoolgirl-court">went 
with her so she would not be alone</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Shipment_of_medicine_to_Iran)
title: Shipment of medicine to Iran
uri: Shipment-of-medicine-to-Iran
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Shipment_of_medicine_to_Iran%29
content:
<p>
Obama 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/17-4">says he will 
unblock</a> shipment of medicine to Iran.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Closing_Guantanamo)
title: Closing Guantanamo
uri: Closing-Guantanamo
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Closing_Guantanamo%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/17">Obama Needs to  Show Some Spine on Guantanamo Closure</a>.
<p>
However, Obama only has spine for attacking whistleblowers.
<p>
There are good and bad ways to close Guantanamo.
Moving the prison to US territory while continuing imprisonment
without trial is what Obama 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#10_May_2013_(Obama_repeats_that_he_wants_to_close_Guantanamo_prison)">tried 
before</a>.


title: NY Times editors and columnists on Snowden
uri: NY-Times-editors-and-columnists-on-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(NY_Times_editors_and_columnists_on_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28NY_Times_editors_and_columnists_on_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
New York Times editors and columnists think Snowden should have obeyed
orders 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/17">instead of his 
oath to defend the Constitution</a>.
<p>
The surveillance state has an excuse to block every avenue to find out
what it is doing.  If we could count on the president, congress, or
the courts to keep it in check, we would not depend on whistleblowers.


title: Corporate tax avoidance and broke schools
uri: Corporate-tax-avoidance-and-broke-schools
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Corporate_tax_avoidance_and_broke_schools)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Corporate_tax_avoidance_and_broke_schools%29

content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/17-0">Why 
Our Schools Are Broke: Five Years of Corporate State Tax Avoidance</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Whistleblowers)
title: Whistleblowers
uri: Whistleblowers
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Whistleblowers%29
content:
<p>
The latest generation of sincere 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/16/whistleblowers-new-generation-american-patriots">American 
patriots</a> choose the principles America is supposed to stand for,
against the government's contempt for them.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Weapons_in_Syria)
title: Weapons in Syria
uri: Weapons-in-Syria
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Weapons_in_Syria%29
content:
<p>
Syria is awash with weapons, except for heavy ones, and any that are
sent to the rebels will be 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/16/red-lines-syria-have-not-been-crossed">traded 
to jihadis</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Side-effects_of_Roundup)
title: Urgent: Side-effects of Roundup
uri: Urgent-Side-effects-of-Roundup
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Side-effects_of_Roundup%29
content:
<p>
Everyone: 
<a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/monsanto-roundup-dangers/">Tell 
Monsanto</a> to provide real information on the side-effects of
Roundup.


title: Publishers plan to alter words in individual copies of e-books
uri: Publishers-plan-to-alter-words-in-individual-copies-of-e-books
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Publishers_plan_to_alter_words_in_individual_copies_of_e-books)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Publishers_plan_to_alter_words_in_individual_copies_of_e-books%29

content:
<p>
Publishers plan to alter the words in individual copies of e-books
<a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/06/new-ebook-drm/">as a 
sort of watermark</a>.
<p>
This technique depends on making people who get copies
identify themselves.  Since you should never identify
yourself when acquiring a book, this won't affect you
if you are protecting your freedom properly.


title: Pentagon Papers absent from corporate-written US textbooks
uri: Pentagon-Papers-absent-from-corporate-written-US-textbooks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Pentagon_Papers_absent_from_corporate-written_US_textbooks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Pentagon_Papers_absent_from_corporate-written_US_textbooks%29

content:
<p>
Corporate-written US textbooks have 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/18-0">forgotten the 
significance of the Pentagon Papers</a>, and don't tell students that
the US lied about the war.


title: US will consider marine reserve for Bering Sea
uri: US-will-consider-marine-reserve-for-Bering-Sea
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(US_will_consider_marine_reserve_for_Bering_Sea)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28US_will_consider_marine_reserve_for_Bering_Sea%29

content:
<p>
The US <a href="http://www.alaskapublic.org/2013/06/11/bering-sea-canyons-may-become-new-marine-wildlife-preserve/">will 
consider</a> a marine reserve for the Bering Sea.


title: Urgent: Employment nondiscrimination protection
uri: Urgent-Employment-nondiscrimination-protection
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Employment_nondiscrimination_protection)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Employment_nondiscrimination_protection%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ENDA">call 
for passage</a> of employment nondiscrimination protection for gays
and transgenders.


title: Shrimp farm company uses child labor and abuses workers
uri: Shrimp-farm-company-uses-child-labor-and-abuses-workers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Shrimp_farm_company_uses_child_labor_and_abuses_workers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Shrimp_farm_company_uses_child_labor_and_abuses_workers%29

content:
<p>
A major Thai shrimp farm company 
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/06/did-slave-process-shrimp-your-scampi">uses 
child labor</a>, and abuses their workers.  US companies such as
Walmart have various ways of disguising and whitewashing what's going
on.
<p>
Shrimp farms cause 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/world-on-a-plate/2013/jun/10/fish-fishing">other 
problems</a>, too.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Long-term_food_sustainability)
title: Long-term food sustainability
uri: Long-term-food-sustainability
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Long-term_food_sustainability%29
content:
<p>
Food aid does a short-term job, but building 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2013/jun/17/food-aid-debate-distraction">long-term 
food sustainability</a> is also necessary.
<p>
Unfortunately, US government and plutocratic actions have the opposite result,
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#15_June_2013_(Haiti_can%27t_get_enough_to_eat)">in 
Haiti</a> and 
<a href="http://www.stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_(New_Alliance_for_Food_Security_and_Nutrition_and_land-grabs_and_patented_seeds)">in 
Africa</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Gun_control_legislation)
title: Urgent: Gun control legislation
uri: Urgent-Gun-control-legislation
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Gun_control_legislation%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=431">call 
on Congress</a> to support reasonable gun control
legislation.


title: Urgent: Reject expanded wiretapping in Massachusetts
uri: Urgent-Reject-expanded-wiretapping-in-Massachusetts
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Reject_expanded_wiretapping_in_Massachusetts)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Reject_expanded_wiretapping_in_Massachusetts%29

content:
<p>
Citizens of Massachusetts: 
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/secure/massachusetts-state-legislature-reject-expanded-wiretapping">tell 
your legislators</a> not to give the state increased power to spy on
us.


title: Urgent: Stop G8 from spewing more austerity
uri: Urgent-Stop-G8-from-spewing-more-austerity
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Stop_G8_from_spewing_more_austerity)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Stop_G8_from_spewing_more_austerity%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: <a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8059">tell 
public officials</a>, don't let the G8 spew more austerity.


title: Urgent: Repeal parts of U SAP AT RIOT Act
uri: Urgent-Repeal-parts-of-U-SAP-AT-RIOT-Act
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Repeal_parts_of_U_SAP_AT_RIOT_Act)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Repeal_parts_of_U_SAP_AT_RIOT_Act%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: phone your congresscritter to 
<a href="http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PATRIOTAct">repeal 
parts of the U SAP AT RIOT Act</a>.
<p>
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and
888-355-3588.


title: Urgent: Apply usual ethical code for US judges to the Supreme Court
uri: Urgent-Apply-usual-ethical-code-for-US-judges-to-the-Supreme-Court
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Apply_usual_ethical_code_for_US_judges_to_the_Supreme_Court)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Apply_usual_ethical_code_for_US_judges_to_the_Supreme_Court%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/tell-supreme-court-justice-john-roberts-apply-a-code-of-conduct-to-the-supreme-court">call 
on the Chief Justice</a> to apply the usual ethical code for US judges
to the Supreme Court.


title: Protests in Brazil sparked by increase in bus fares
uri: Protests-in-Brazil-sparked-by-increase-in-bus-fares
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Protests_in_Brazil_sparked_by_increase_in_bus_fares)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Protests_in_Brazil_sparked_by_increase_in_bus_fares%29

content:
<p>
Brazil's biggest cities are 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/brazil-protests-erupt-huge-scale">overrun 
with protests</a> sparked by an increase in bus fares.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Greek_public_broadcasting)
title: Greek public broadcasting
uri: Greek-public-broadcasting
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Greek_public_broadcasting%29
content:
<p>
Greek public broadcasting will 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jun/18/greek-broadcaster-ert-court-reopen">continue 
operating while it is restructured</a>.
<p>
The next crucial question is whether the restructure provides an
opportunity to increase political control over what they broadcast.


title: Clever new ways to market junk food to children
uri: Clever-new-ways-to-market-junk-food-to-children
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Clever_new_ways_to_market_junk_food_to_children)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Clever_new_ways_to_market_junk_food_to_children%29

content:
<p>
Big Food is finding clever 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/18/junk-food-children-marketing-who-tv">new 
ways to market junk food to children</a>, including various sorts of
computing that you ought to reject anyway.


title: List of people held indefinitely without trial in Guantanamo
uri: List-of-people-held-indefinitely-without-trial-in-Guantanamo
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(List_of_people_held_indefinitely_without_trial_in_Guantanamo)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28List_of_people_held_indefinitely_without_trial_in_Guantanamo%29

content:
<p>
The Obama regime has published the 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/us-identifies-guantanamo-bay-detainees">list 
of people that are being held
indefinitely without trial in Guantanamo</a>.
<p>
Clearly identifying the injustice can be the first step towards
correcting it.  But if we don't push hard, it could be the next
step towards making it "normal".


title: 100-acre toxic spill in Canada kills every plant there
uri: 100-acre-toxic-spill-in-Canada-kills-every-plant-there
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(100-acre_toxic_spill_in_Canada_kills_every_plant_there)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28100-acre_toxic_spill_in_Canada_kills_every_plant_there%29

content:
<p>
A 100-acre spill in Canada of water tainted by 
<a href="http://desmog.ca/2013/06/13/apache-9.5-million-litre-spill-covers-42-hectares-internationally-important-wetlands">petroleum 
toxins</a> killed every plant there.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(NSA_program_BLARNEY)
title: NSA program "BLARNEY"
uri: NSA-program-BLARNEY
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28NSA_program_BLARNEY%29
content:
<p>
The NSA program 
"<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/u-s-agencies-said-to-swap-data-with-thousands-of-firms.html">BLARNEY</a>" 
appears to collect data from all the communications flowing through
certain major Internet hubs.


title: Saudi blogger imprisoned for a year while awaiting charges
uri: Saudi-blogger-imprisoned-for-a-year-while-awaiting-charges
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Saudi_blogger_imprisoned_for_a_year_while_awaiting_charges)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Saudi_blogger_imprisoned_for_a_year_while_awaiting_charges%29

content:
<p>
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been 
<a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/saudi-arabian-website-founder-still-detained-one-year-2013-06-17">imprisoned 
for a year</a>, while awaiting charges of "blasphemy" that could get
him killed.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Opposition_to_ag-gag_laws)
title: Opposition to ag-gag laws
uri: Opposition-to-ag-gag-laws
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Opposition_to_ag-gag_laws%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/17/usnorth-carolina-dont-deter-workers-reporting-abuses">US/North 
Carolina: Don't Deter Workers From Reporting Abuses</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Congress_is_cutting_SNAP)
title: Congress is cutting SNAP
uri: Congress-is-cutting-SNAP
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Congress_is_cutting_SNAP%29
content:
<p>
SNAP, which helps many Americans avoid extreme poverty, is 
<a href="http://www.offthechartsblog.org/new-research-shows-snap-facing-big-cuts-in-the-house-reduces-extreme-poverty/">being
cut by Congress</a>.


title: Fracking already straining US water supplies
uri: Fracking-already-straining-US-water-supplies
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Fracking_already_straining_US_water_supplies)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Fracking_already_straining_US_water_supplies%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/15/2163531/fracking-is-already-straining-us-water-supplies/">Fracking 
Is Already Straining U.S. Water Supplies</a>.


title: Urgent: Call on Israel to allow students to leave Gaza for study
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Israel-to-allow-students-to-leave-Gaza-for-study
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Urgent:_Call_on_Israel_to_allow_students_to_leave_Gaza_for_study)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Call_on_Israel_to_allow_students_to_leave_Gaza_for_study%29

content:
<p>
Everyone: Call on Israel to allow students
to <a href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/site/c.6oJCLQPAJiJUG/b.8624591/k.D2C/Help_Palestinian_Students_Access_Education/apps/ka/ct/contactcustom.asp?msource=W1306EAIAR1">leave
Gaza for study.</a>


title: Destabilization propagating between countries in Africa
uri: Destabilization-propagating-between-countries-in-Africa
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Destabilization_propagating_between_countries_in_Africa)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Destabilization_propagating_between_countries_in_Africa%29

content:
<p>
Destabilization
is <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/18-3">propagating
between countries in Africa.</a>  The overthrow of Gaddafi allowed
Islamist fanatics to get arms.
<p>
Should we have helped Gaddafi crush the uprising and stay in power?  I
don't think so, but the countries threatened by Islamist fanatics
deserve help in fighting them off.


title: US Thugs using drivers' license photos
uri: US-Thugs-using-drivers-license-photos
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(US_Thugs_using_drivers'_license_photos)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28US_Thugs_using_drivers%27_license_photos%29

content:
<p>
US thugs are using drivers' license photos to identify people from
photos
in <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/state-photo-id-databases-become-troves-for-police/2013/06/16/6f014bd4-ced5-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html">many
kinds of circumstances.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Thugs_attacked_marching_union_members)
title: Thugs attacked marching union members
uri: Thugs-attacked-marching-union-members
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Thugs_attacked_marching_union_members%29

content:
<p>
Turkish
thugs <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/merkel-shocked-turkey-clampdown-protests">attacked
marching union members</a> in Ankara.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Some_banksters_have_been_charged)
title: Some banksters have been charged
uri: Some-banksters-have-been-charged
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Some_banksters_have_been_charged%29
content:
<p>
Some banksters involved in Libor
rigging <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/18/former-ubs-citigroup-trader-charged-libor">have
been charged.</a>
<p>
However, they seem to be small fry.


title: Ethiopian project to dam Nile could leave Egypt short of water
uri: Ethiopian-project-to-dam-Nile-could-leave-Egypt-short-of-water
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Ethiopian_project_to_dam_Nile_could_leave_Egypt_short_of_water)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Ethiopian_project_to_dam_Nile_could_leave_Egypt_short_of_water%29

content:
<p>
An Ethiopian project to dam the Nile could
leave <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/egypt-ethiopia-dam-blue-nile">Egypt
short of water.</a>
<p>
A segment of Ethiopians, in cities,
have <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/ethiopia-addis-ababa-middle-class">found
prosperity.</a>
<p>
But that doesn't excuse letting companies drive poor
Ethiopians <a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#07_February_2013_(Ethiopian_peasants_forced_off_land)">off
their land.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Africa_Ripped_Off_Big_Time)
title: Africa Ripped Off Big Time
uri: Africa-Ripped-Off-Big-Time
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Africa_Ripped_Off_Big_Time%29
content:
<p>
Africa <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/18/africa-ripped-off-foreign-resource-firms">'Ripped
Off Big Time'</a> by Foreign Resource Firms, according to the head of
the African Development Bank.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Elephant_ivory_destabilising_Africa)
title: Elephant ivory destabilising Africa
uri: Elephant-ivory-destabilising-Africa
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Elephant_ivory_destabilising_Africa%29

content:
<p>
The demand for elephant ivory
is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/demand-ivory-destabilising-central-africa">destabilising
central Africa.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Protect_Great_Barrier_Reef)
title: Protect Great Barrier Reef
uri: Protect-Great-Barrier-Reef
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Protect_Great_Barrier_Reef%29
content:
<p>
UN Challenges Australia
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/great-barrier-reef-united-nations">Protect
Great Barrier Reef.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 19_June_2013_(Turks_protest_by_standing_silently)
title: Turks protest by standing silently
uri: Turks-protest-by-standing-silently
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#19_June_2013_%28Turks_protest_by_standing_silently%29

content:
<p>
After thugs attacked, Turks turn
to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/turkish-man-silent-vigil-taksim-square">protesting
by standing silently.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Urgent:_Support_Meals_on_Wheels)
title: Urgent: Support Meals on Wheels
uri: Urgent-Support-Meals-on-Wheels
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Support_Meals_on_Wheels%29
content:
<p>
US citizens: 
<a href="http://action.ourfuture.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=228">tell 
Congress</a> to support Meals on Wheels.


title: Republican hostility to abortion rights
uri: Republican-hostility-to-abortion-rights
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Republican_hostility_to_abortion_rights)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Republican_hostility_to_abortion_rights%29

content:
<p>
Republicans reminded US women of their 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/republicans-pass-bill-criminalise-abortion">hostility 
to abortion rights</a>.
<p>
I hope women will respond appropriately, and that means more than just
voting for candidates that support abortion rights.  If you go out with
a Republican, you're asking to be mistreated.


title: Medical examinations for Guantanamo prisoners
uri: Medical-examinations-for-Guantanamo-prisoners
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Medical_examinations_for_Guantanamo_prisoners)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Medical_examinations_for_Guantanamo_prisoners%29

content:
<p>
Doctors call on Obama to allow Guantanamo prisoners 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/guantnamo-bay-doctors-barack-obama">independent
medical examinations</a>.


title: UK report proposes changes in punishing banksters for misconduct
uri: UK-report-proposes-changes-in-punishing-banksters-for-misconduct
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(UK_report_proposes_changes_in_punishing_banksters_for_misconduct)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28UK_report_proposes_changes_in_punishing_banksters_for_misconduct%29

content:
<p>
A UK report has proposed 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/19/tyrie-report-banking-reform-jail-sentences">substantial 
changes</a> in punishing banksters for misconduct.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Protests_across_Brazil)
title: Protests across Brazil
uri: Protests-across-Brazil
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Protests_across_Brazil%29
content:
<p>
On the <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/18-5">causes 
and demands</a> of the protests that have spread across Brazil.


title: Pesticide companies host events about how to "save the bees"
uri: Pesticide-companies-host-events-about-how-to-save-the-bees
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Pesticide_companies_host_events_about_how_to_save_the_bees)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Pesticide_companies_host_events_about_how_to_save_the_bees%29

content:
<p>
"Beewashing": pesticide companies are hosting events about how to
"save the bees", and inviting some serious scientists to them, to
focus the public's attention on 
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/18-5">all avenues
except the one that leads to their pesticides</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(US_to_enter_negotiations_with_Taliban)
title: US to enter negotiations with Taliban
uri: US-to-enter-negotiations-with-Taliban
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28US_to_enter_negotiations_with_Taliban%29

content:
<p>
The US (and Karzai) will enter 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/us-peace-talks-taliban-afghanistan">negotiations 
with the Taliban</a>.


title: Mobile phone use while walking appears to be dangerous
uri: Mobile-phone-use-while-walking-appears-to-be-dangerous
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Mobile_phone_use_while_walking_appears_to_be_dangerous)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Mobile_phone_use_while_walking_appears_to_be_dangerous%29

content:
<p>
Using a mobile phone while walking appears to be 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/shortcuts/2013/jun/18/smartphones-and-rise-of-child-accidents">dangerous</a>.


title: Assange dares not leave the Ecuadorian embassy
uri: Assange-dares-not-leave-the-Ecuadorian-embassy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Assange_dares_not_leave_the_Ecuadorian_embassy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Assange_dares_not_leave_the_Ecuadorian_embassy%29

content:
<p>
Assange says he 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jun/18/julian-assange-will-not-leave-embassy">would not dare leave the Ecuadorian embassy</a> even if
Sweden dropped its extradition request; his lawyers say the UK would
extradite him to the US instead.


title: Germany trying to weaken rules for automobile emissions
uri: Germany-trying-to-weaken-rules-for-automobile-emissions
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Germany_trying_to_weaken_rules_for_automobile_emissions)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Germany_trying_to_weaken_rules_for_automobile_emissions%29

content:
<p>
Germany is 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/18/germany-eu-car-emissions-law">trying 
to weaken new EU rules</a> for automobile emissions.


title: Russia may imitate US in Internet surveillance
uri: Russia-may-imitate-US-in-Internet-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Russia_may_imitate_US_in_Internet_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Russia_may_imitate_US_in_Internet_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
A Russian official proposes Russia should arrange to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/russia-digital-soveriegnty-nsa-surveillance">imitate 
the US in Internet surveillance</a>.


title: China imposes tighter censorship on Tibet
uri: China-imposes-tighter-censorship-on-Tibet
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(China_imposes_tighter_censorship_on_Tibet)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28China_imposes_tighter_censorship_on_Tibet%29

content:
<p>
China has imposed tighter censorship on Tibet, by 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/china-internet-monitoring-tibet">requiring 
all Internet access and mobile phones to be identified by people's
official names</a>.
<p>
This shows why restriction of anonymous commenting is a dangerous
injustice.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(UKs_new_secret_court_sessions_law)
title: UK's new "secret court sessions" law
uri: UK-s-new-secret-court-sessions-law
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28UKs_new_secret_court_sessions_law%29
content:
<p>
The UK Supreme Court told other courts to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jun/19/supreme-court-iran-bank-mellat-sanctions-secret-hearings">limit 
their use of the new "secret court sessions" law</a>.  This does not
mean that the danger of that law has been eliminated.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(The_World_Food_Prize)
title: The World Food Prize
uri: The-World-Food-Prize
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28The_World_Food_Prize%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/06/why-did-john-kerry-announce-world-food-prize">The 
World Food Prize, Brought to You By Monsanto</a>.


title: Contamination of groundwater near Fukushima nuclear reactors
uri: Contamination-of-groundwater-near-Fukushima-nuclear-reactors
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Contamination_of_groundwater_near_Fukushima_nuclear_reactors)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Contamination_of_groundwater_near_Fukushima_nuclear_reactors%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/19-1">High levels 
of radioactive substances</a> are in the groundwater near the
Fukushima nuclear reactors.


title: NSA continues trying to justify massive surveillance
uri: NSA-continues-trying-to-justify-massive-surveillance
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(NSA_continues_trying_to_justify_massive_surveillance)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28NSA_continues_trying_to_justify_massive_surveillance%29

content:
<p>
The NSA continues offering 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/18-7">fear and 
vague claims</a> to justify massive surveillance.


title: Moral Monday protest in North Carolina
uri: Moral-Monday-protest-in-North-Carolina
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(Moral_Monday_protest_in_North_Carolina)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28Moral_Monday_protest_in_North_Carolina%29

content:
<p>
The latest Moral Monday protest in North Carolina had 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/18-3">1000
participants</a>.
<p>
More about these 
<a href="http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#11_June_2013_(Protest_against_state%27s_attack_on_education)">protests 
against right-wing cruelty</a>.


title: US has history of applying spy mechanisms to domestic dissent
uri: US-has-history-of-applying-spy-mechanisms-to-domestic-dissent
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 20_June_2013_(US_has_history_of_applying_spy_mechanisms_to_domestic_dissent)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#20_June_2013_%28US_has_history_of_applying_spy_mechanisms_to_domestic_dissent%29

content:
<p>
The US has a long history of 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/19-0">applying its 
spy mechanisms to domestic dissent</a>: it's in the nature of such
surveillance to wander off its original target.
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/19-1">Fisa 
Court Oversight: A Look Inside a Secret and Empty Process</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Suicide_of_former_Bush_forces_soldier)
title: Suicide of former Bush forces soldier
uri: Suicide-of-former-Bush-forces-soldier
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Suicide_of_former_Bush_forces_soldier%29

content:
<p>
A former Bush forces soldier in "intelligence" committed suicide
because he <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/internet-doesnt-do-nuance-humanity">could 
not bear to think of the suffering of the widows and orphans he had
made</a>.
<p>
His guilt makes rational sense (I won't claim to understand it
emotionally, since I have never had an occasion to feel that way),
but I think if he had thought more calmly he could have found a better
response.  For instance, he could have published the details of the
atrocities he felt guilty for, before committing suicide.  Then his
death would have helped to make the world better.  It's even possible
that the awareness that he was doing something to compensate for his
past wrongs might have assuaged his guilt enough for him to face
continuing to live, perhaps in Ecuador.
<p>
The sad general point is that so many soldiers sign up for the US
military based on the myth that they are going to "serve their
country".  Many naive teenagers have never heard anyone question this.
<p>
If the idea of serving their country were 100% false, it would fade
away; but occasionally it is true, and that real complexity keeps the
simplistic myth alive.  Young people who are indoctrinated in it are
easy to manipulate into thinking that's what it's going to be like for
them, and when they find out the truth they are caught and their lives
are more or less ruined.


title: Campaign by UK thugs to smear and frame murder witness
uri: Campaign-by-UK-thugs-to-smear-and-frame-murder-witness
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Campaign_by_UK_thugs_to_smear_and_frame_murder_witness)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Campaign_by_UK_thugs_to_smear_and_frame_murder_witness%29

content:
<p>
The main witness in the murder of Stephen Lawrence suffered a many-year
campaign by UK thugs to 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/25/stephen-lawrence-police-bugged-witness">smear 
him and frame him</a>.


title: Disenfranchising minority group voters now much easier
uri: Disenfranchising-minority-group-voters-now-much-easier
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Disenfranchising_minority_group_voters_now_much_easier)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Disenfranchising_minority_group_voters_now_much_easier%29

content:
<p>
The Supreme Court made it 
<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/25/2209911/three-ways-the-supreme-court-gutted-voting-rights-today/">much 
easier for states to disenfranchise minority group voters</a>.
<p>
The Supreme Court not only denied the existence of racism, but the existence
of callous Republican by-hook-or-by-crook 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/voting-rights-act-supreme-court">voter 
suppression efforts</a>.
<p>
That's the Republican strategy for holding power: by turning US
elections into a sham.


title: Assad prosecutes nonviolent dissenters as "terrorists"
uri: Assad-prosecutes-nonviolent-dissenters-as-terrorists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Assad_prosecutes_nonviolent_dissenters_as_terrorists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Assad_prosecutes_nonviolent_dissenters_as_terrorists%29

content:
<p>
Assad continues 
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/25/syria-counterterrorism-court-used-stifle-dissent">prosecuting 
nonviolent dissenters as "terrorists"</a>.
<p>
If only the US were an example of something better.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Secret_CIA_prisons)
title: Secret CIA prisons
uri: Secret-CIA-prisons
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Secret_CIA_prisons%29
content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/25/lithuania-reopen-investigation-secret-cia-prisons">Lithuania: 
Reopen Investigation Into Secret CIA Prisons</a>.


title: Violence against journalists at rally for nonviolence
uri: Violence-against-journalists-at-rally-for-nonviolence
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Violence_against_journalists_at_rally_for_nonviolence)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Violence_against_journalists_at_rally_for_nonviolence%29

content:
<p>
A rally in Egypt for nonviolence was the opportunity for 
<a href="http://www.cpj.org/2013/06/at-nonviolence-rally-in-cairo-attacks-against-pres.php">violence
against journalists</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Advances_in_computing_technology)
title: "Advances" in computing technology
uri: Advances-in-computing-technology
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Advances_in_computing_technology%29
content:
<p>
Recent "advances" in computing technology 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/business/2013/06/personal-encryption-is-dying/">deny 
any possibility of privacy</a>.  But fools will tell you to rush to
use technology that spies on you and controls you, because otherwise
you'll be left behind in the 90s.
<p>
If you're foolish, you can heed their advice.  I don't use these
"advances" — I think about the freedom and privacy implications
of Internet services before I use them.
<p>
The article uses the term 
"<a href='http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html#CloudComputing'>cloud</a>" 
to encourage people not to think carefully about new technology.  For
the sake of clear thinking, please don't use that either.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Arguments_for_banning_tipping)
title: Arguments for banning tipping
uri: Arguments-for-banning-tipping
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Arguments_for_banning_tipping%29
content:
<p>
Arguments for banning tipping and 
<a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/why-tipping-should-be-illegal-15603180">paying 
staff a decent wage instead</a>.


title: Senate amendment to immigration bill calls for militarization
uri: Senate-amendment-to-immigration-bill-calls-for-militarization
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Senate_amendment_to_immigration_bill_calls_for_militarization)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Senate_amendment_to_immigration_bill_calls_for_militarization%29

content:
<p>
A senate amendment to the immigration bill calls for
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/25-3">extreme 
militarization of the US border with Mexico</a>.
<p>
I have to oppose this bill now, because of its requirements
for every American to be listed in a government data base
to be able to have a job.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Ecuador)
title: Ecuador
uri: Ecuador
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Ecuador%29
content:
<p>
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/25-1">Postcard from 
Ecuador: A Living, Breathing Democracy</a>.


title: Special unit of UK thugs set up to smear innocent people
uri: Special-unit-of-UK-thugs-set-up-to-smear-innocent-people
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Special_unit_of_UK_thugs_set_up_to_smear_innocent_people)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Special_unit_of_UK_thugs_set_up_to_smear_innocent_people%29

content:
<p>
With UK thugs, 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/met-peter-francis-inquiry-need">innocent 
people have everything to worry about</a>. A special unit was set up
to smear innocent people, to suit the state or the thugs themselves.


title: UK's banksters setting up new tax haven in Kenya
uri: UK-s-banksters-setting-up-new-tax-haven-in-Kenya
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(UKs_banksters_setting_up_new_tax_haven_in_Kenya)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28UKs_banksters_setting_up_new_tax_haven_in_Kenya%29

content:
<p>
The UK's banksters are setting up a 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/tax-havens-here-to-stay-city-uk">new 
tax haven in Kenya</a>, even as they veto serious action against tax
havens in British territories.
<p>
This uses the pretense of denying the power that the UK government exercises
over those territories.


title: Israeli authors campaign against expulsion of Palestinians
uri: Israeli-authors-campaign-against-expulsion-of-Palestinians
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Israeli_authors_campaign_against_expulsion_of_Palestinians)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Israeli_authors_campaign_against_expulsion_of_Palestinians%29

content:
<p>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/25/israeli-authors-campaign-west-bank-villagers">Israeli 
authors</a> campaign against expulsion of Palestinians from their
villages in the South Hebron hills.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Urgent:_Ban_toxic_pesticide_atrazine)
title: Urgent: Ban toxic pesticide atrazine
uri: Urgent-Ban-toxic-pesticide-atrazine
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Urgent%3A_Ban_toxic_pesticide_atrazine%29

content:
<p>
US citizens: call on Congress
to <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/ban_atrazine?referring_akid=a117972021.1183552">ban
the toxic pesticide atrazine.</a>


title: Netanyahu demonstrated his contempt for Kerry
uri: Netanyahu-demonstrated-his-contempt-for-Kerry
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Netanyahu_demonstrated_his_contempt_for_Kerry)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Netanyahu_demonstrated_his_contempt_for_Kerry%29

content:
<p>
Netanyahu demonstrated his contempt for Kerry and the US-supported
"peace process"
by <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/world/middleeast/ahead-of-kerry-visit-netanyahu-goes-to-west-bank.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">visiting
a school in an Israeli colony in Palestine</a> a few days before Kerry
came to see him.
<p>
Saeb Erekat: The Israeli government has officially declared
the <a href="http://www.nad-plo.org/etemplate.php?id=397">death of the
two-state solution</a>, and says the international community must
"face reality".


title: Israelis who engage in pogroms against Palestinians qualify as terrorists
uri: Israelis-who-engage-in-pogroms-against-Palestinians-qualify-as-terrori
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Israelis_who_engage_in_pogroms_against_Palestinians_qualify_as_terrorists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Israelis_who_engage_in_pogroms_against_Palestinians_qualify_as_terrorists%29

content:
<p>
Netanyahu acknowledges that Israelis who engage in pogroms against
Palestinians <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=59914">qualify
as terrorists</a>, but says it would be disadvantageous to admit this.
<p>
I don't like stretching the word "terrorist", so I'd call them
"violent bigots".
<p>
In any case, the official Israeli
thugs <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=59922">protect
these unofficial thugs.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Demolition_of_Palestinian_homes)
title: Demolition of Palestinian homes
uri: Demolition-of-Palestinian-homes
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Demolition_of_Palestinian_homes%29
content:
<p>
Demolition of Palestinian homes is the constant
background <a href="http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=59915">noise
of the occupation.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(UN_accuses_Israel)
title: UN accuses Israel
uri: UN-accuses-Israel
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28UN_accuses_Israel%29
content:
<p>
The <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4395048,00.html">UN
accuses Israel</a> of killing and wounding Palestinian children, using
them as human shields in battle, and torturing them in prison.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Israeli_journalists_condemned_army)
title: Israeli journalists condemned army
uri: Israeli-journalists-condemned-army
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Israeli_journalists_condemned_army%29

content:
<p>
Israeli journalists condemned the army
for <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=608209">arresting
Palestinian journalists.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Genetic_Colonialists)
title: Genetic Colonialists
uri: Genetic-Colonialists
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Genetic_Colonialists%29
content:
<p>
GM Crops:
the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/24/gm-crops-the-genetic-colonialists">Genetic
Colonialists.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Warren_attacked_head_of_FHFA)
title: Warren attacked head of FHFA
uri: Warren-attacked-head-of-FHFA
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Warren_attacked_head_of_FHFA%29
content:
<p>
Senator Warren attacked the head of the FHFA for
supporting <a href="http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/elizabeth-warren-ed-demarco-fhfa-sallie-mae">high
interest rates for student loans.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(EU's_broken_emission_trading_system)
title: EU's broken emission trading system
uri: EU-s-broken-emission-trading-system
url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28EU%27s_broken_emission_trading_system%29

content:
<p>
The EU's broken emissions trading system
will <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/25/eu-emissions-trading-scheme-energy">negate
progress towards renewable energy.</a>


title: Expulsion of man who protested by stopping boat race
uri: Expulsion-of-man-who-protested-by-stopping-boat-race
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Expulsion_of_man_who_protested_by_stopping_boat_race)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Expulsion_of_man_who_protested_by_stopping_boat_race%29

content:
<p>
A race rower opposes expulsion of the man
who <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/trenton-oldfield-boat-race-why-deport">protested
by stopping a UK boat race.</a>


title: Subpoena because of connection with Wikileaks
uri: Subpoena-because-of-connection-with-Wikileaks
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Subpoena_because_of_connection_with_Wikileaks)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Subpoena_because_of_connection_with_Wikileaks%29

content:
<p>
The US subpoena's Herbert Snorrason's email from gmail.com because of
his <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/herbert-snorrason-wikileaks-google-assange">past
connection with Wikileaks.</a>


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Moral_Monday_protest)
title: Moral Monday protest
uri: Moral-Monday-protest
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Moral_Monday_protest%29
content:
<p>
Thousands joined the
latest <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/25-1">Moral
Monday protest</a> in North Carolina.


title: US and Chinese governments resemble and deserve each other
uri: US-and-Chinese-governments-resemble-and-deserve-each-other
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(US_and_Chinese_governments_resemble_and_deserve_each_other)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28US_and_Chinese_governments_resemble_and_deserve_each_other%29

content:
<p>
A Chinese state-run newspaper praised Snowden for 
"<a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/25/peoples-daily-savages-us-over-snowden'>tearing 
off Washington's sanctimonious mask</a>".
<p>
US condemnations of China's human rights abuses are typically valid,
and China's condemnations of US human rights abuses are typically
valid too.  These two governments increasingly resemble and deserve
each other, but both Americans and Chinese deserve something better.


title: How the IRS chose groups to study carefully
uri: How-the-IRS-chose-groups-to-study-carefully
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(How_the_IRS_chose_groups_to_study_carefully)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28How_the_IRS_chose_groups_to_study_carefully%29

content:
<p>
The IRS used various phrases to choose groups to study carefully,
but studied them all by the 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/irs-chief-tea-party-occupy-tax">same 
criteria</a>.
<p>
The IRS also looked for some 
<a href="http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/06/irs-also-targeted-groups-labeled-themselves-progressive">keywords 
associated with progressive groups</a> for special scrutiny.


title: US anti-war activists infiltrated as "domestic terrorists"
uri: US-anti-war-activists-infiltrated-as-domestic-terrorists
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(US_anti-war_activists_infiltrated_as_domestic_terrorists)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28US_anti-war_activists_infiltrated_as_domestic_terrorists%29

content:
<p>
The US infiltrated anti-war activists as "domestic terrorists";
this is proved because 
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/24-9">one 
infiltrator confessed</a>.
<p>
UK thugs infiltrated 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/24/metropolitan-police-spying-undercover-officers">groups 
that criticized the behavior of thugs</a> (for instance, corruption
and apparent killing of prisoners).
<p>
The UK human rights group 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jun/25/liberty-gchq-nsa-target-illegal">Liberty 
demands an investigation</a> of whether it has been spied on.


title: Berlusconi used official powers for cover-up
uri: Berlusconi-used-official-powers-for-cover-up
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Berlusconi_used_official_powers_for_cover-up)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Berlusconi_used_official_powers_for_cover-up%29

content:
<p>
Berlusconi has been found guilty of paying an underage prostitute,
and then 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/silvio-berlusconi-guilty-underage-prostitute">using 
his official powers to cover it up</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Colorado_wildfire)
title: Colorado wildfire
uri: Colorado-wildfire
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Colorado_wildfire%29
content:
<p>
A 100-sq-mi wildfire in Colorado was 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/colorado-wildfire-doubles-south-fork">fed 
by global heating in three ways</a>: lots of hot weather, drought, and
trees killed by beetles that have spread due to higher general
temperature.


title: UK man sentenced to prison for having copies of publications
uri: UK-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-having-copies-of-publications
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(UK_man_sentenced_to_prison_for_having_copies_of_publications)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28UK_man_sentenced_to_prison_for_having_copies_of_publications%29

content:
<p>
A UK man has been sentenced to prison 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/24/birmingham-man-guilty-terror-offences">solely 
for having copies of publications</a>.
<p>
This is tyranny.


title: Senators demand NSA correct misleading statements
uri: Senators-demand-NSA-correct-misleading-statements
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Senators_demand_NSA_correct_misleading_statements)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Senators_demand_NSA_correct_misleading_statements%29

content:
<p>
Senators demanded the NSA correct 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/senators-nsa-letter-inaccurate-information-privacy">misleading 
statements in its "factsheet" about surveillance</a>.


title: US threatens countries to try to stop Snowden
uri: US-threatens-countries-to-try-to-stop-Snowden
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(US_threatens_countries_to_try_to_stop_Snowden)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28US_threatens_countries_to_try_to_stop_Snowden%29

content:
<p>
The US is threatening countries around the world to try to 
<a href="">stop
Snowden from reaching asylum</a>.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(US_knowledge_of_oil_in_Haiti)
title: US knowledge of oil in Haiti
uri: US-knowledge-of-oil-in-Haiti
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28US_knowledge_of_oil_in_Haiti%29
content:
<p>
The US seems to have 
<a href="http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/oil_sites.html">known 
for a long time</a> about oil in Haiti.  Its puppet government in
Haiti may be intended to help the plutocrats take that oil for a
pittance.


title: Proposed bill to narrow PAT RIOT act surveillance powers
uri: Proposed-bill-to-narrow-PAT-RIOT-act-surveillance-powers
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Proposed_bill_to_narrow_PAT_RIOT_act_surveillance_powers)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Proposed_bill_to_narrow_PAT_RIOT_act_surveillance_powers%29

content:
<p>
Senator Sanders has proposed a 
<a href="media/4ccbdee6.Restore20Our20Privacy20Act.pdf" data-original-source="http://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Restore%20Our%20Privacy%20Act.pdf">bill</a> 
that would narrow some of the PAT RIOT act surveillance powers.
<p>
I can't tell without more information and advice whether this would be
sufficient to make that law good, but it looks like a substantial
change in the right direction.


title: Bob Brown faces 100 years in prison for exposing a conspiracy
uri: Bob-Brown-faces-100-years-in-prison-for-exposing-a-conspiracy
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Bob_Brown_faces_100_years_in_prison_for_exposing_a_conspiracy)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Bob_Brown_faces_100_years_in_prison_for_exposing_a_conspiracy%29

content:
<p>
Bob Brown faces 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/24/surveillance-us-national-security">100 
years in prison</a>, either for exposing a conspiracy to falsely smear
Wikileaks and Glenn Greenwald, or for the rant he posted when he
couldn't bear the government's threats about that.
<p>
There has been no investigation of the conspiracy he exposed.
<p>
This selective prosecution shows the government regards laws
as means of imposing its power.


title: Imposing inappropriate US agriculture in Africa
uri: Imposing-inappropriate-US-agriculture-in-Africa
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Imposing_inappropriate_US_agriculture_in_Africa)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Imposing_inappropriate_US_agriculture_in_Africa%29

content:
<p>
Genetically modified crops 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jun/24/gm-crops-african-farmers">destroy African agriculture</a> by trying to impose inappropriate US
agriculture in its place.


feed_id: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(The_lies_of_banksters_in_Ireland)
title: The lies of banksters in Ireland
uri: The-lies-of-banksters-in-Ireland
url: http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28The_lies_of_banksters_in_Ireland%29
content:
<p>
Banksters in Ireland 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/24/anglo-irish-bankers-taped-recordings">lied 
to sucker the state into giving them a bailout</a>.


title: Israel shuts down Palestinian children's puppet festival
uri: Israel-shuts-down-Palestinian-children-s-puppet-festival
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Israel_shuts_down_Palestinian_childrens_puppet_festival)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Israel_shuts_down_Palestinian_childrens_puppet_festival%29

content:
<p>
A Palestinian children's 
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/israel-cancels-puppet-show-jerusalem">puppet 
festival in Jerusalem</a> was shut down by Israel because it was
funded by the PA.


title: Student who had affair with teacher speaks out
uri: Student-who-had-affair-with-teacher-speaks-out
feed_id:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html 25_June_2013_(Student_who_had_affair_with_teacher_speaks_out)

url:
http://stallman.org/archives/2013-mar-jun.html#25_June_2013_%28Student_who_had_affair_with_teacher_speaks_out%29

content:
<p>
"<a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/24/affair-pupil-teacher-abusive-jeremy-forrest'>Don't 
tell me my affair with a teacher was abusive — I'll be the judge
of that.</a>"
<p>
The author dares to resist the pressure to pretend that Forrest is a
predator and that his lover was his victim, saying that we should
listen to her (she does not think so).


