the Guardian
‘You feel like you’re in prison’: workers claim Amazon’s surveillance violates labor law
Exclusive: employees at a Missouri warehouse file charges against firm alleging use of ‘intrusive algorithms’ to deter union efforts
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Amazon warehouse workers claim Amazon has programmed the computers that give them orders so as to disrupt union organizing.
Green activists push Biden to <a href="Green activists push Biden to freeze ‘disastrous’ deepwater oil export facilities.">freeze ‘disastrous’ deepwater oil export facilities.
[2/2] … ever was. It deserves our support. Diversity is a different issue. Efforts for diversity are desirable when they operate at the long term -- aiding the members of disprivileged groups to overcome the unfair obstacles that bigotry puts in their way. But we should not be carried away in pursuit of diversity.
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The Black Lives Matter era is over. It taught us the limits of diversity for diversity’s sake. I hope the Black Lives Matter campaign is not truly over. It is a campaign to put a stop to the hairtrigger racist violence of uniformed thugs. That campaign is as justified and necessary now as it …
the Guardian
The Black Lives Matter era is over. It taught us the limits of diversity for diversity’s sake | Nesrine Malik
Hastily established racial equality schemes are being shuttered. What survives is a movement that’s achieving real change, says Guardian columnis...
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Israeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti ‘amounts to torture’
With thousands now held without charge, lawyers say Israel is signalling that no detainee is safe
The Intercept
After Torturing Him, U.S. Breaks Guarantees of Safety to Former Guantánamo Detainee
The U.S. held Saeed Bakhouch at Guantánamo Bay for 20 years without charge, then sent him to have his rights violated in Algeria.
the Guardian
Norman Finkelstein on Gaza, ‘from the river to the sea’ and political messaging: ‘We need to bring unity to this struggle’
New York University professor Nikhil Singh interviews the political scientist and longtime critic of Israel after his speech at Columbia University
North Carolina mask ban bill passes state senate
the Guardian
A new project promised low-income families ‘zero net energy homes’ – but they still rely on gas
Utilities attach themselves to social justice causes amid culture war over attempts to phase out gas
[2/2] … "antisemitism". Jewish civil libertarians, including the author of the IHRA definition, are campaigning against this bill. Americans, if you love our freedoms, now is the time to defend them.
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The US faces a wave of McCarthyism, this time using "antisemitism" rather than "communism" as the target for repression. Congress is working on a bill to "combat antisemitism" which is based on the IHRA criterion for antisemitism, which is a way of arbitrarily declaring some views on political questions to be …
the Guardian
Washington is pushing policies to combat antisemitism. Critics say they could violate free speech
In the wake of campus protests, some say proposals are part of of a broader effort to silence criticism of Israel
2024: March - June Political Notes
the Guardian
Upside-down US flag reportedly hung outside Samuel Alito’s home days after Capitol attack
Incident casts doubt on supreme court justice’s impartiality in upcoming cases as inverted flag is associated with Trump’s stolen election claims
the Guardian
Red flag? Samuel Alito scandal casts further doubt on supreme court’s impartiality
The court will play a crucial role in November’s election. Alito’s pro-Trump flag adds fuel to an already raging ethics debate
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the Guardian
Supplies arrive in Gaza via new pier but land routes essential, says US aid chief
Samantha Power says barely 100 trucks of aid a day enter Gaza, far less than 600 needed to address threat of famine
[2/2] … antisemitism scares, or whatever it may be, in order to gain power This is why I condemn the digital systems that provide all the infrastructure for Chinese-style total surveillance. All the more-or-less free countries today are threatened by this. You can fight back by insisting on buying only with cash, and by not carrying a portable phone.
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J Edgar Hoover spent his career building and running America's repressive secret police. I love this quote from Justice Brandeis: "The greatest dangers to liberty lie in insidious encroachments by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." But they are generally aided by people motivated simply by unscrupulous ambition - people eager to create and use terrorism scares, …
Reason.com
An American gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover’s authoritarian legacy
Hoover’s reign at the FBI compromised American civil liberties and turned the FBI into America's secret police.
[01/04] This is a message about Julian Assange, from Susan McLucas and Paula Iasella.
"Julian is just one decision away from extradition" -- Stella Assange
On May 20th two UK High Court judges will rule on Assange’s appeal hearing after considering the U.S. assurances submitted mid-April.
We have sent 5,000 postcards, many personal and handwritten, to 100 senators, President Joe Biden, AG Merrick Garland and CIA director, William Burns. Now is the time to amplify those messages.
the Guardian
G7 agree to end use of unabated coal power plants by 2035
Agreement gives leeway to countries heavily reliant on coal and allows power plants fitted with carbon-capture technology
Inquirer.com
How media’s money woes threaten democracy | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what Donald Trump’s Wall Street windfall says about modern capitalism.
[2/2] … doesn't give or sell pandas, it only lends them for a limited time, and any offspring belong to China. So China can demand concessions from countries that have pandas and don't want to relinquish them. Oddly enough, Taiwan has some pandas which it actually owns. If Taiwan can produce some baby pandas, it could undermine China's panda diplomacy.
Your voice needed: Stop Medicare Advantage abuse!
Corporate health insurers have been conducting a stealth privatization of our Medicare system, under the guise of for-profit plans marketed as “M...