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This is the Mastodon account for Richard Stallman. I founded GNU & the @fsf and with them launched the Free Software Movement. Please join or donate to the FSF: https://www.fsf.org I use this account to mirror the political notes from my web site, stallman.org. Read my linking policy: https://stallman.org/linkpolicy.html The views expressed here, as in stallman.org, are my personal views, not those of the Free Software Foundation or the GNU Project. #FSF #GNU #FreeSoftware
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Richard Stallman 1 year ago
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the Guardian
Can Syrian rebels maintain momentum and take Damascus?
Assad’s forces have offered little resistance so far, as attention turns to how his allies will react
2018: March - June Political Notes - Richard Stallman
 Commenting on the military situation in Syria, as the rebels keep advancing. Assad is a murderous military dictator. In the past, his enemies were murderous Islamists, so it was hard to say that either one was less vicious than the other. The only part of Syria deserved support was Rojava. Will the Islamist
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Richard Stallman 1 year ago
the Guardian
Israel formally tells UN of intent to sever all ties with Unrwa relief agency
Country’s allies and aid workers say move could cripple services for Palestinians who increasingly depend on them
 *Israel formally tells UN of intent to sever all ties with Unrwa relief agency.* I don't know whether this will make a difference to Palestinians in Gaza, since Israel is already choking off food, water and medicine for them. But it could overwhelm the West Bank with suffering.
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Richard Stallman 1 year ago
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the Guardian
The super-rich claim they’ll flee to escape a Labour ‘tax grab’. Here’s an idea for how to stop them | Polly Toynbee
If the 1% follow through on their threats, an ‘exit tax’ could raise £500m a year – by plucking golden feathers as they take flight, says th...
 Rich UK citizens threaten to fully move away from the UK if the UK requires them to pay taxes. Experience shows that few actually follow through on such threats. I have an idea for how make it even less likely they will resist taxation: require them to renounce their UK citizenship in order to avoid being liable for UK taxes. Then make it a crime for a non-citizen to fund or support …
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Richard Stallman 1 year ago
the Guardian
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say Israel has fired on their bases deliberately
Unifil says two peacekeepers were injured after Israeli tank fired on one observation point and soldiers fired on another
 *UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say Israel has fired on their bases deliberately.* It did this in two different places at around the same time. In one, a drone reconnaissance seems to have been preparation for the attack. Meanwhile, a number of Israeli tanks drove up to a UN peacekeepers' position, apparently to threaten the peacekeepers into pulling out.
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Richard Stallman 1 year ago
the Guardian
TikTok videos spread misinformation to new migrant community in New York City
False information spurred these west African migrants to come to the US. Now they receive even more misleading guidance about navigating their new ...
 Fake testimonials on TikTok, purporting to be from unauthorized immigrants and made in their own languages, are designed to fool people back home to think they would be welcomed if they were smuggled into the US. So it's not just minors that TikTok is likely to harm, and it isn't mainly a mater of being owned by a Chinese company.
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Richard Stallman 1 year ago
[3/3] … nationalization ensures that any additional funds put in will not be frittered away on private investors' profits, the government can put in what is needed and really get publish benefit for it.
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