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Palestinian and Israeli tangled in suffering
*Palestinians and Israelis are bound together in suffering. Seeking
to untangle this, as the UN has, should not be seen as making
excuses for HAMAS.* |
| 7:05a |
Protests and strikes against Amazon.com Protests and strikes against Amazon.com are planned for Nov 24.
Can anyone tell me where these plans are published?
Amazon wiped out enormous numbers of jobs through its anticompetitive
practices. That is one of many reasons to refuse to buy from that company.
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| 7:05a |
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| 7:05a |
(Satire) Fetishes on all campaign materials
(satire) *New Law Requires Political Candidates To Disclose Fetishes
On All Campaign Materials.*
If an Onion page appears blank, try disabling Javascript entirely or
telling LibreJS to blacklist all scripts in the page, then
right-click and select item "Reveal hidden HTML". Or use a browser
such as lynx that doesn't implement Javascript and CSS.
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| 7:05a |
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| 7:05a |
Prominent editors and executives fired for criticizing Israel
A few prominent magazine editors and executives have been fired or
pushed out for publicly criticizing Israel's actions towards
Palestinians. However, thousands are coming to their defense.
I don't entirely know, and don't necessarily agree with, their
specific positions. That isn't the point anyway. A free society
needs to offer room for people to disagree.
Unless someone is an enemy of democracy and human rights in the US,
and seriously wants to abolish them, we should accept per presence as
part of our society, and argue (if we wish) the points we disagree
about.
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| 7:05a |
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| 7:05a |
Bandcamp sold
Bandcamp was sold to a company that has no respect for the community
it served. Someone who appreciated the site laments this.
I might have appreciated Bandcamp too, if its unjust practices had
not excluded me from using it. To access music there required (1)
running nonfree JavaScript software and (2) identifying oneself to
make a payment.
I did not try to check whether Bandcamp also requires/required
agreeing to an antisocializing contract: that is, a commitment not to
share copies of the music with anyone else. It wasn't crucial for me
to know that, since I couldn't use the site anyway. But now I wonder
— does anyone know if Bandcamp demands a promise to be divided and
ruled?
This is an example of a situation I notice from time to time. Most
internet users spinelessly accept being the victim of widespread
unjust practices. As a result, when they really love a site, it is
quite likely that I will condemn the site for injustice to its users.
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| 7:05a |
Ariel Bernstein
Ariel Bernstein participated as a soldier in Israel's 2014 ground
invasion of Gaza. What he learned is that such invasions are no path
towards peace or security — they are mere revenge.
Since then, he has worked for reconciliation and peace.
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