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Apple's social plan to beat Facebook 
Apple has a plan to create social networks automatically from it's massive iMessage traffic. A patent has been filed, and the infrastructure is in place. Could a shift of power from Menlo Park to Cupertino be in the works?...
Posted: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 3:32pm PST
Presenting we.riseup.net 
For the last eight years, we have been developing a web application called "Crabgrass," running at https://we.riseup.net. In a nutshell, Crabgrass is a simple way for groups to edit shared wiki pages. Crabgrass, however, has a few features that make it unique in the world of collaborative web applications. In particular, Crabgrass is designed to allow people to privately collaborate within a group and with other groups....
Posted: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 3:25pm PST
Puerto Rico House Approves Public Utility Reform Bill: Part of Proposed Debt Deal Puerto Rico's House of Representatives approved legislation to reform its highly indebted public utility company "PREPA." The utility company's investors want the reform package before they approve a debt restructuring deal that includes a 15 percent cut in repayments....
Posted: Tue, Feb 16, 2016 10:08am PST
Animal Liberationists: Why We Must Take The Fight To Human Targets By definition, terrorism is violence against the innocent....
Posted: Fri, Feb 12, 2016 5:06pm PST
US Judge Explores Ending Argentina Sanctions After $6.5 Billion Offer to Hold-Outs US District Judge Thomas Griesa ordered "hold-out" investors on Thursday to explain why various sanctions on Argentina should not be lifted. The court order comes in light of Argentina proposing a $6.5 billion settlement to the groups popularly known as "vulture funds."...
Posted: Fri, Feb 12, 2016 2:38pm PST
NYers release video asking Taylor Swift to “Shake Off” diamonds of settlement-builder 
New York human rights advocates today released a parody video of a Taylor Swift song that called for the pop star to publicly distance herself from Israeli diamond and settlement mogul Lev Leviev. Swift wore Leviev diamonds in photos in the September 2015 edition of Vanity Fair. The video release followed a Saturday afternoon musical protest at the Leviev diamond store in Manhattan in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, with protesters arriving for the third time in a row to find the store closed ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 12, 2016 11:21am PST
Farewell to Homo Oeconomicus Capitalism is not running so well. Is this because people are judged wrongly with misguided models? Don't competition and cooperation strengthen each other? Why is the SF-condo model praised to the skies and the Vancouver B.C.- community center model ignored and scorned as unrealistic? Is democracy supplanted by plutocracy? Has resignation eclipsed passion? Public spirit returns with counter-measures, re-balancing, affordable housing and local initiatives....
Posted: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 7:13am PST
Capitalism, Sports & The Super Bowl: The Cost, The Politics, Privatization And The Game 
The presentation looks at the history of the Super Bowl, who profits, the marketing and how privatization of public spaces has expanded with this corporate enterprise...
Posted: Wed, Feb 3, 2016 11:55am PST
Silicon Valley Billionaires Caught Bribing Elected Officials in HSBC Case Silicon Valley Billionaires Caught Bribing Elected Officials in HSBC Case...
Posted: Wed, Feb 3, 2016 11:27am PST
Congressional Hearing Examines Puerto Rico Debt Crisis The US House of Representatives held its second hearing on Puerto Rico's debt crisis this year. The hearing focused on potential legislative solutions including bankruptcy protection and an economic oversight board....
Posted: Tue, Feb 2, 2016 1:18pm PST
Argentina Negotiates Debt Dispute with "Holdout" Hedge Funds Argentina begins negotiations with groups that sued the country for more than $1 billion after the country's 2001 default....
Posted: Wed, Jan 13, 2016 9:52am PST
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. International Day of Service 
Celebrate, observe, be in service and answer the call for human rights!
"Request for your urgent intervention in the situation in Cameroon. It's necessary to give our help now to these environmental activists from Cameroon." You can send a fax! Urge the authorities to do what they can, to stop the repression of Besingi and other activists." A Form Letter, with 8 addresses to international officials, agencies and human rights organizations follows....
Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2016 9:10pm PST
Spring Break Delegation to Bolivia, Food Sovereignty, and Indigenous Resistance! 
The Plurinational State of Bolivia is the first country in the hemisphere governed by a progressive indigenous leader. Learn about indigenous struggles for sovereignty over food, land, and water. Gain an understanding of the spiritual and philosophical foundations of Pachamama. And discover the traditional ecological knowledge of the country’s indigenous peoples. Meet with farmers, community leaders, government officials, and others. Experience the rich culture of the Andes and soak in the si...
Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2016 10:19am PST
U.S.-backed dirty war In a stunning development, Guatemalan police have arrested 18 ex-military leaders on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the decades-long, U.S.-backed dirty war against Guatemala’s indigenous communities. The ex-military leaders face charges of ordering massacres and forced disappearances during the conflict, which led to perhaps a quarter-million deaths....
Posted: Sat, Jan 9, 2016 2:22pm PST
Economic Inequality Divides Economics and Society An unequal distribution of income paralyzes the whole economy and doesn't only hit individual households... Redistribution from top to bottom in a national economy ultimately depends on which social groups can enforce their interests more strongly. The advocates of the neoliberal side seek to push back the welfare state again and again....
Posted: Thu, Jan 7, 2016 5:59am PST
Let’s get One Million tweets for Oscar! 
As Oscar López Rivera approaches his 73rd birthday on January 6, 2016 the National Puerto Rican Agenda and National Boricua Human Rights Network are launching a social media campaign (Twitter and Facebook) calling for his release....
Posted: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 7:36am PST
Social Inequality Today The neoliberal rollback has created growing instabilities. An advancing process of de-democratization and social re-feudalization is connected with the rise of the new "super-rich." The development of global capitalism reveals its contradictory form described by Marx and other philosophers in which something new is constantly proclaimed that ultimately only leads to the old conditions... Piketty warned of the growing inequality between the rich and the poor....
Posted: Mon, Jan 4, 2016 5:12am PST
Korean American Forum of California (KAFC) denounces recent accord between Japan & Korea 
Korean American Forum of California (KAFC) denounces the recent accord between Governments of Japan and South Korea regarding the Military Sexual Slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army from 1932 until end of WWII....
Posted: Fri, Jan 1, 2016 4:36pm PST
The Bureau of Caucasian Affairs 
To Replace The BUREAU OF Indian Affairs...
Posted: Fri, Jan 1, 2016 12:06pm PST
Puerto Rico Plans to Default on New Year's Day Puerto Rico plans to default on its debt payment due January 1...
Posted: Wed, Dec 30, 2015 11:52am PST
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