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Peace in Our Time

“The accuser,” from 1920.

‘If I disappear’: Chinese students make farewell messages amid crackdowns over labor activism - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/if-i-disappear-chinese-students-make-farewell-messages-amid-crackdowns-over-labor-activism-/2019/05/25/6fc949c0-727d-11e9-9331-30bc5836f48e_story.html

9 Klan Members Showed Up to Their Ohio Rally. 600 Anti-Racists Came, Too.

A branch of the Ku Klux Klan—the Honorable Sacred Knights of Madison, Indiana—planned a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday. But when the time came to march, only nine supporters of the group showed up downtown, and they were met by 500 to 600 counterprotesters rallying against racism. City leaders feared a rerun of the […]

Europe's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by billionaires, voting for billionaire-friendly policies, lining their own pockets - http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ZgeCXzYOn9U/turkeys-vote-for-christmas.html

These corporations backed the politicians who will murder women by banning legal, safe abortions - http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/U99XBYIgRIc/never-again-2.html

Growing up high: Neurobiological consequences of adolescent cannabis use

About one in five Canadian adolescents uses cannabis. Neuroscientists have been researching the effects of cannabis on the adolescent brain. Adolescence is associated with the maturation of cognitive functions, such as working memory, decision-making, impulsivity control and motivation, and the research presented suggests cannabis could have long-lasting, but possibly reversible effects on these.

I’m looking for a consultant regarding EU funding for MNT Reform (open source hardware portable computer/platform), maybe in the context of Horizon 2020 or similar. Please RT

#1yrago Comcast's $1.2b/year modem-rental scam picks your pocket, then exposes you to hackers, stalkers and identity thieves https://boingboing.net/2018/05/24/corrupt-connectivity.html

The @purism Librem 5 smartphone will run GNU/Linux.

Why will it succeed, when others did not? Is it the hardware kill-switches?

Yes, but mostly it is the all-out privacy and security. The time is right. This era calls for it.

https://puri.sm/

Move 9 women freed after 40 years in jail over Philadelphia police siege

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/25/move-9-black-radicals-women-freed-philadelphia

Delta is union busting — try flying with these unionized carriers instead | News Hits - https://m.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/05/24/delta-is-union-busting-try-flying-with-these-unionized-carriers-instead

‪It’s Been One Year Since GDPR Scared the Crap Out of Silicon Valley, What’s Next? https://gizmodo.com/it-s-been-one-year-since-gdpr-scared-the-crap-out-of-si-1834978929?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_campaign=top #privacy

You Could Get Prison Time for Protesting a Pipeline in Texas—Even If It’s on Your Land

This story was originally published by Grist and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  The fight against a Texas pipeline just got a little more challenging. On Monday, the Texas Senate passed legislation that makes interfering with pipelines and other oil and gas infrastructure a crime punishable by up to a year in prison and $10,000 in […]

It Came From 2019!

Widespread permafrost degradation seen in high Arctic terrain

Rapid changes in terrain are taking place in Canada's high Arctic polar deserts due to increases in summer air temperatures.

“Here We Go Again”: A Federal Judge Just Blocked Mississippi’s Six-Week Abortion Ban

“Here we go again.” So begins the preliminary injunction by US District Judge Carlton Reeves, who on Friday blocked a six-week abortion ban from going into effect in Mississippi. Six months ago, Reeves also found a 15-week ban passed by the state Legislature unconstitutional, a bill that he called “pure gaslighting.” Mississippi’s only remaining abortion clinic […]

Socialists and Labor Share the Same Goal

This article was first posted by Jacobin.

Sara Nelson in her own words on building a fighting labor movement, the proud history of democratic socialism in America, how workers ended the shutdown, and how they'll stop Trump, too.