Notices by ácrata (acrata@mastodon.starrevolution.org)

#CNN is giving Steve Bannon a 60 minute #propaganda opportunity. How Bannon is considered newsworthy escapes me https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-bardella-cnn-bannon-interview_us_5b12b29ee4b0d5e89e200267

US domination of #tech services by a small number of giant companies has the result of imposing US internet policies on the world; #Mastodon's #Switter instance bumped from #Cloudfare over #SESTA https://boingboing.net/2018/04/19/race-to-the-bottom-2.html

#Greece: ex-finance minister and frequent commentator Varoufakis has launched a new anti- #austerity party, the European Realist Disobedience Front (!), and it will challenge the currently ruling Syriza party in the next general election https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/greece-ex-finance-minister-varoufakis-launches-new-party/2018/03/26/5187c860-30fc-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_story.html?utm_term=.63662190eb32

#UK's so-called snooper's charter, authorizing a mass #surveillance regime, has been ruled unlawful by an appeals court. The Security ministry remains defiant and will seek additional legislation https://www.rt.com/uk/417419-snoopers-charter-mass-surveillance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

#Philippines Department of Justice orders filing of murder charges against the 3 cops who shot and killed 17 year old Kian De Los Santos in a drug operation "They're being charged for murder because treachery was found to be present because the sudden and unexpected attack on the hapless victim Kian was clear and convincing." https://www.rappler.com/nation/194749-doj-murder-charges-cops-kian-delos-santos-slay?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29

As of January 1, it is illegal in #Iceland to pay men more than women, companies must acquire a pay equity certificate; Iceland #1 in the 2017 Global Gender Gap report, the US is 49th, ranking barely above Kazakhstan https://thinkprogress.org/in-iceland-its-now-illegal-to-pay-women-less-than-men-68e5a633a8d8/

#China jails owner of #VPN organization for 5.5 years, for helping citizens evade "the great firewall of China" http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30334532

#Venezuela will launch its own #cryptocurrency in an effort to evade effects of US financial sanctions https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/venezuela-to-launch-cryptocurrency-to-fight-trump-sanctions/2017/12/03/11490c94-d875-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html?utm_term=.d762d24e1509

Banks in #France shut down the account of the rightwing National Front, as well as the account of its leader Marine Le Pen, moves likely to cripple the party https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/french-far-right-chief-says-partys-bank-shuts-down-accounts/2017/11/22/67199d24-cf96-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html?utm_term=.ba9df61a5bd7

#Catalonia, the Anarcho-sindicalist tradition and its present-day incarnation, the #CNT (Confederación Nacional de Trabajo), the "No State Solution", and discussion of the question of whether #anarchists have a dog in the present secession fight https://itsgoingdown.org/no-state-solution-cnt-members-catalonia-spain-general-strike/