Socialists are a rare breed of political animal in this country. There’s just one in Congress — Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Source: Exactly What Kind Of Socialist Is Bernie … Continue reading Exactly What Kind Of Socialist Is Bernie Sanders? : It’s All Politics : NPR

Remember this kid from last year who sparked some demonstrations last year calling for continuing democratic elections? Now he’s facing jail time. These are the countries we do business with in the … Continue reading Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong charged over protests

In a healthy economy, there is a symbiotic relationship between companies and people. People want to buy product, and companies make the product that the people want to buy. The companies hire … Continue reading Michael Hudson on China and our Financial Economy

Bryan Stevenson argues that young black men are still presumed guilty and dangerous by many Americans, and only transitional justice can begin to heal America’s racial wounds Continue reading Police brutality in the US should come as no surprise | The Guardian

Maybe that “self driving car” isn’t such a great idea after all! Source: The future of policing uses technology against you Continue reading The future of policing uses technology against you

World needs a “Geneva convention” for the Internet to safeguard personal data. Source: UK surveillance “worse than 1984,” says new UN privacy chief Continue reading UK surveillance “worse than 1984,” says new UN privacy chief

This agreement will expand the ability for corporations to sue an entire country in a special tribunal court if that country’s people pass any laws that might hurt potential future profits for that company. Continue reading TPP: The Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of

Two services that tracked deleted tweets by politicians and other diplomats in an effort to maintain a transparent, public record of statements made on social media, Politwoops and its sister site… Source: … Continue reading Twitter Shuts Down Services That Tracked Politicians’ Deleted Tweets In 30 Countries | TechCrunch

There’s casual Pirate Bay piracy, and then there’s private torrent trackers: members-only clubs that share the best movie and TV rips among themselves. As you’d expect, they tend to be pretty hardcore … Continue reading Hardcore Pirates Are Reportedly Banning Windows 10

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If the WINVote systems weren’t hacked in a past election, he noted in a recent blog post and during a presentation last week at the USENIX security conference, “it was only because … Continue reading Virginia Finally Drops America’s ‘Worst Voting Machines’ | WIRED

In a nutshell, Greece is up for sale, and its workers, farmers and small businesses will have to be cleared out of the way. Under the eye-watering privatisation programme, Greece is expected … Continue reading Greece is about to be completely dismantled and fed to profit-hungry corporations