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Democracy Now interview with Angela Davis, who speaks out on #Palestine, #BDS (video and transcript) https://www.democracynow.org/2019/1/11/exclusive_angela_davis_speaks_out_on

#Hungary: modification of the #labor code, designated a "slave law" brings the threat of a #GeneralStrike https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/orban-hungarys-new-slave-law-risks-first-general-strike-since-fall-of-communism.html

#Saudi woman, Rahaf Alqunun, who feared being murdered by her family if returned to Saudi Arabia, has arrived in Canada which has granted her #asylum https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brave-new-canadian-runaway-saudi-woman-reaches-new-home-n958046

Adam Smith, in Wealth of Nations: "The pretence that corporations are necessary for the better government of the trade, is without any foundation."

#Ivanka #Trump is reportedly included in the list submitted by the Administration for position of head of the World Bank. Some candidates who have qualifications for the post are also included https://nypost.com/2019/01/11/ivanka-trump-being-considered-to-head-the-world-bank/

Anthony Trollope:
"No man believes in himself who knows himself to be a rascal, however great may be his talent, or however high his pluck." (Can you forgive Her)
"Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious." (The Prime Minister). Still relevant

#Labor: Los Angeles County Unified School District teachers will strike on Monday, after failure to reach agreement in long deadlocked contract negotiations https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l-teachers-plan-strike-monday-after-no-deal-was-reached-n957966

#SCOTUS Justice Ginsburg (#notoriousRBG) is returning to work, cancer-free, no further medical treatment required https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-will-return-work-no-further-medical-n957716

The current generation of Smart TVs monetize the consumer's viewing habits by collecting their data and selling it to 3rd party advertisers. Under this business model, corporations can afford to take a loss on the initial sales, and make money off advertising more than recovering that loss https://www.businessinsider.com/smart-tv-data-collection-advertising-2019-1

Young workers (18 to 35 age bracket) in #Madrid can't afford to move out of their parent's home, due to low wages, high rents, and "touristification" https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/10/inenglish/1547139458_986333.html

My active account is @acrata, and I rarely log in here, so if you want to follow, use that account, thanks

#Thailand: on the registration of the "Commoners' Party" which aims to give civil society a say in Thai government, which has historically been dominated by the military and its supporters, or by billionaire oligarchs http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30342933

@Facebook's #Zuckerberg struggles to explain basic #tech concepts to confused US Senators, most of whom wouldn't know how to configure an email account https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zuckerberg-explains-facebook-to-a-room-full-of-confused-senators_us_5acd3233e4b09212968cb23f

Thomas #Piketty on hyper- #capitalism in #Russia, #oligarchs and off-shoring of financial assets, which assets, in the main, are unaffected by the sanctions regimes targeting Russia http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2018/04/10/capital-in-russia/#xtor=RSS-32280322

TV producers in #Germany are accused of sanitizing German history and soft-pedalling the history of the 3rd Reich http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/09/dont-mention-the-war-germany-television-holocaust-anti-semitism-babylon-berlin-europe/

#Brazil's Tiffany Abreu, the first #transgender woman to play in the country's top women's volleyball league, extends her contract for another year. She is expected to play in the Olympics, following a 2016 IOC ruling permitting the participation of transgender athletes https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/brazilian-transgender-volleyball-player-extends-contract/2018/04/10/ee4771c0-3cf8-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_story.html?utm_term=.9383bdc63b3d

#Trump orders a "top to bottom" review of US social welfare programs, with an aim to make it more difficult for applicants to receive assistance. He talks of "putting Americans back to work", but a large number of recipients are already working at jobs with poverty wages https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/10/trump-welfare-programs-513814

Multiple news sources say #Trump, supported by some of his advisers, intends to fire Rob Rosenstein or Jeff Sessions (or both), the #2 and #1 respectively at US Justice Department, in order to restrict the reach of the Special Counsel investigation https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/10/politics/trump-rod-rosenstein-robert-mueller/index.html

#HumanRights activists in #Vietnam question Zuckerberg over @Facebooks collusion in the suppression of dissent https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-vietnam/vietnam-activists-question-facebook-on-suppressing-dissent-idUSKBN1HH0DO