Here's an important book about the struggle between labor and capitalism. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1449-the-long-deep-grudge
If you see it in a bookstore, the last chapter provides a good tldr summary.
“And if we prevent people from saying [controversial] things out loud because we don’t like them right now… then we’re actually freezing society as a whole to progress.” Read on for more of @evan_greer’s thoughts on free expression https://www.eff.org/speaking-freely/evan-greer
The first global coops have emerged in recent years. Instead of being limited to local coops, everyone online will be a few clicks away from buying goods and services from a growing number of digital coops.
This makes “Coop Coupons" more viable than before.
Any publicly listed corporation that's big enough (e.g. the biggest in its field) is evil. It's their nature. They can't not be.
Here's why: https://davelane.nz/megacorps
St. Paul, MN: Community Mobilizes to Back Up Nurses Facing Down Far-Right ‘ReOpen’ Protesters https://itsgoingdown.org/st-paul-mn-community-mobilizes-to-back-up-nurses-facing-down-far-right-reopen-protesters/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
No, they haven't.
"Harrisburg University develops facial recognition software to ID criminals, no racial bias"
@isagalaev @sir I'm not so sure about that.
Copyright does also help "the little guy" to a certain extent by providing a means of defence against large corps taking their work and using it without recognizing/paying the artist.
However, I completely agree that the way it works right now is totally broken and, unless you have lots of money, it's hard to fight a case.
This video by Tom Scott is great at explaining many of the aspects of copyright, if you're interested: https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=1Jwo5qc78QU
Netherlands commits to Free Software by default - FSFE: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200424-01.en.html
#UK #government 'using #crisis to transfer #NHS duties to #PrivateSector’ | Business | The Guardian
@lightweight the intentional neglect of those in poverty by most countries, with ridiculously low public benefits with burdensome bureaucratic requirements to access, and discrimination in so many areas (e.g. assumptions of having access to a car) is coming to light, when suddenly more of the previously ‘job-secure’ (middle class) are suddenly stood down. Here it’s clear that the doubled JobSeeker is only just adequate, and the ‘normal’ payment is maliciously low.
An anonymously submitted video of peeps in Chicago throwing down for May Day. After marching in the streets, they arrive at a children's detention facility run by Heartland Alliance (currently shut down for renovations) and did some redecorating.
"...most of the increase in capital’s share of national income documented by economists such as Thomas Piketty was because of rising land prices, not to the increasing value of corporations.
...landlords naturally receive more value than they produce... because the value of the land they own is determined by the productivity of the city around that land, much of the rent that landlords capture is not generated through their own efforts."
"Voting for the lesser of two evils or not voting" narratives involving the USA Presidential election seem to be concentrated on worst case outcomes vs mediocre gains. #fuckednomatterwhat #capitalismsucks
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa