ACLU Action Alerts
Thu Nov 19 20:43:02 2009 GMT
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Protect Women's Access to Abortion Care in Health Care Reform

Tell Congressman Chandler to protect women's health

NJ marriage equality

Vote for SB2210 and reject any new, punitive amendments

Support the Student Safety Act

Write to Tampa City Council On Behalf of Gender Equality

Take the next step toward justice

Tell Congress It's Time to Reform the Patriot Act

Protect American Workers

Support SB1550, the Strong STANDARDS Act

New Mexico: It's about fairness.

New York: Make Marriage a Reality

Tell Congress it's time to reform the Patriot Act!

Tell Congress it's time to reform the Patriot Act!

End Funding For Abstinence-Only and Fund Comprehensive Sex Ed

Tell DHS: Stop Funding Video Spying

Help prevent "intelligence" abuses

Tell Congress: Rein in DHS Travel Abuses

Amnesty International
Fri Nov 20 14:43:32 2009 GMT
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Russia moves one step closer to death penalty abolition

Tunisia releases prisoners held over Gafsa protests

Iranian refugees released from detention in Turkey

Mongolian death row inmate receives pardon

Iran execution postponement move welcomed

Governments sign up to defend economic, social and cultural rights

Freedom for Indigenous Mexican woman wrongly imprisoned for three years

Six Gambian journalists released

Chile issues arrest warrants against at least 120 Pinochet agents

Death row prisoners freed in Nigeria

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
Sat Nov 21 02:46:04 2009 GMT
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Copyright Status Keeps User in Suspense

DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

AAFM Complains to Yahoo

Trademark is Serious Business to Games Workshop

Blog DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

Photograph DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

MQ2Source Complains of Software Theft

Pakistani Governor Seeks to Have Personal Photos Taken Down

Sports DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

Images DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

Music DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

Music DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

Software DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

Civil Liberties
Fri Nov 13 23:45:53 2009 GMT
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Stupak is as Stupak Does

A Ban on Private Coverage of Abortions?

Terrorism, Rebellion, and Hate Crimes

On Medical Marijuana, a Good Suggestion

Obama's LGBT Rights Speech: Promise by Promise

Senate Judiciary Committee Rejects JUSTICE Act, Adopts Weaker Legislation

If Animal Cruelty Isn't Obscene, What Is?

In Defense of the Polanski Arrest

Russ Feingold is At It Again

They Didn't Win

Copyfight
Fri Nov 20 20:45:14 2009 GMT
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A Little Light Weekend Reading - Google Books Settlement

"Veihl'd" Assumptions

Income Breakdown for "Best Selling" Author

Cognitive Dissonance Writ Large

Must-See TV: ACTA

Now THAT's Funny!

In An Effort to Prove They Cannot Learn

It's People Like You What Cause Unrest

Pandora in the NY Times

New Technology -> New Art

In Their Own Words

Dear Ralph Lauren - Choose Your Targets Carefully

Dilbert Has a New Line of Business

Won't Someone Please Think of the Children

The Cartel Swallows Marvel - IP Contention Ensues

Digital Rights/Digital Wrongs
Fri Nov 20 17:46:21 2009 GMT
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Oracle begs EC for more time

Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too

Database anonymity at risk, warns researcher

NJ teen jailed over Scientology DDoS

GooHooSoft bear-hugs 'Apache for web specs'

Appeal Court: Mod chips infringe game copyright after all

EC forms industry body to probe behavioural ad issues

Religious discrimination law may open door for decent deviants

High Court: Online article with only four visits not libel

Swiss roll Street View into court

Government consults on possible £500,000 data breach fines

Commentard to lose mask for teasing politico's son

US Supremes prod software patent law

Police to keep innocents' DNA despite human rights ruling

Libel reform campaigners seek £10k damages cap

Glenn Beck loses and wins domain name case

UK.gov denies innocent will be hit by filesharing regime

ICO investigates Play.com breach

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Fri Nov 20 05:44:26 2009 GMT
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Google Books Settlement 2.0: Evaluating Competition

UK Alert: Stop the Pirate-Finder General!

A Pirate-Finder General for the UK?

EFF Tackles Bogus Podcasting Patent - And We Need Your Help

Stopping the ACTA Juggernaut

ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights Privacy Campaign

Google Books Settlement 2.0: Evaluating Access

Google Books Settlement 2.0: Evaluating the Pros and Cons

Google Book Search Settlement Revised: No Reader Privacy Added

More Freedom Necessary as Top Developers Abandon iPhone

Global Issues
Thu Nov 19 02:44:28 2009 GMT
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Protecting the environment by giving it an economic value?

Climate change: small changes, big effects

Pharmaceutical companies: questionable drug donations and distorting trial results

Geopolitical Dominance and Climate Change in the Arctic

Climate justice: an often-ignored concept in climate change mitigation discussions

Climate change: already affecting people and livelihoods around the world

World military spending: over $1.4 trillion in 2008

Coral Reefs Declining, Succumbing to Climate Change

Health Care Around the World

Tax Havens; Undermining Democracy

Animal and Nature Conservation: Rhinos still being killed for their horns

Global Financial Crisis: Rich countries resisting meaningful reform

Climate Change Introduction

AIDS in Africa

The Banana Trade

Global Financial Crisis

Energy Security

Loss of Biodiversity

Human Rights News
Sat Nov 21 11:44:47 2009 GMT
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Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

IFRC calls for dramatic rethink on humanitarian assistance in Africa

THE GATHERING. Bringing Human Rights Home This Christmas

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott UN court

UN blasts Iran's human rights violations

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court (Reuters)

Elections at the European Court of Human Rights

UN adopts resolution condemning North Korea for human rights violation

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

Rwanda Genocide Survivors May Boycott U.N. Court

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

Afghan prison abuse reports not new

Lynne Stewart: Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court

Indianz.Com
Fri Nov 20 20:46:01 2009 GMT
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VOA News: Indian basket weaving enjoys a revival

Blog: DOJ testimony addresses reservation crime

ESPN: 'Rez ball' a source of pride in Indian Country

Police probe potential threats over 'Fighting Sioux'

Letter: Money aids Indian nursing program at UND

Grand Traverse man wants part-time tribal council

Obama weighs other options for land-into-trust fix

Editorial: Supreme Court fails on 'Redskins' name

DOI delays decision on off-shore drilling in Alaska

Ex-Northern Cheyenne worker sentenced for theft

Senate Indian Affairs hearing on drugs and gangs

Standing Rock chairman not pushing 'Sioux' vote

Senate Indian Affairs action on IHCIA postponed

Cherokee Nation to contribute $54K to politicians

Group fights sacred site protection in New Mexico

DOI disbursed $765M to Indian trust beneficiaries

Suspect in custody as First Nation mourns death

Navajo woman killed in accident at Southern Ute

Lessig Blog
Thu Aug 20 10:44:51 2009 GMT
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Announcing the hibernation of lessig.org/blog (from the blogs-deserve-a-sabbatical-too department)

Remix supporting a Medieval world (as critics have insisted)

REMIX unmixed

The struggle to improve PACER

Speak Out on (Canadian) Copyright

Code v2 in Chinese

fabulously cool: iFixit's teardown platform

On "socialism": round II

Et tu, KK? (aka, No, Kevin, this is not "socialism")

GSC: Senator Ben Nelson is angry (second in a series)

RIP! in Minneapolis -- May 28.

The Solipsist and the Internet (a review of Helprin's Digital Barbarism)

The Kindle experience: this must be a nightmare

Remix Culture: (They say) Fair Use is Your Friend

GreenWorldApps: Easier ways to Clear Up Your Carbon

Survival International
Mon Sep 21 13:50:49 2009 GMT
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World Bank suspends oil palm loans after protests

Brazil: Davi Yanomami asks Brazil’s President to remove goldminers

Brazil: Village torched as Guarani Indians evicted from land

Peru: Government discovers evidence of an uncontacted tribe

Malaysia: Penan tribe arrested outside government offices in Borneo

Malaysia: Government report confirms Penan girls were raped by loggers

Peru: 100 days after the 'Amazon's Tiananmen', pressure mounts on government

Global: A canoe for Survival and tribal peoples at the Canoe Slalom World Championships

Peru: Anglo-French oil company threatened with eviction by Amazon tribes

Peru: 'No oil drilling without tribes' consent', UN tells Peru

Colombia: Twelve Indians shot dead by armed men

Peru: Call for napalm bombing of 'savages' wins Survival racism award

Malaysia: Logging protests spread in Borneo as nomads block roads

Tanzania: Maasai evicted and imprisoned to make way for safari hunting concession

Botswana: Botswana official admits: 'Bushmen were evicted for diamonds'

Peru: Government investigates reports of illegal logging

Peru: Aerial photos reveal loggers inside uncontacted Indians’ territory

Peru: Amazon Indians struck by swine flu 'for first time'

alt.society.civil-liberty
Wed Oct 28 14:43:20 2009 GMT
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"Democracy's Greatest Defect" [must reading from misguided and ill-advised Bigger Gove...

Prisons -- still a growth industry!

Who's in Big Brother's Database? (book review)

Re: It's Illegal To Look At The Police, Or Talk About What They Do

Scientology abuse and fraud

Psychiatric abuse and fraud

Panamax 2009: A US Military Exercise to Train Soldiers to Impose

DEA Agent thanks NBC and MSNBC...

Phony terror alerts used for political gain in 2003-2005

Paintball Tank Covers

Geithner is after the Social Security Trust Fund, DoE needs a full account of the last 8 years

Hi! Peace and Abundance!

New Website

Drugs should probably be legalized

THE FREE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT - POLYGAMY SHALL BE MADE LEGAL

soc.rights.human
Fri Nov 20 20:47:47 2009 GMT
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RE: 虐殺未遂(最高裁判所全員殿...

HELP: To the Supreme Court, the US Supreme, and the UN (1994.08(USA)-2009.11.20(JAPAN))

Capitalism & Functioning Democracy Are at Odds

52% of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Obama

Video: Oslo Freedom Forum - Palden Gyatso (Part 1, 2 and 3)

Police Property Seizures Ensnare Even the Innocent

US Trained Butchers of Timor

US Residents Fight for Right to Hang Laundry

Carbon trading / tax will have EXACTLY the same effect as the " Salt Tax " had in India

"Gospel of prosperity" + the É(eh)PC

brand jeans supplier (paypal payment)( www.brandtrade07.com )

Human Rights Watch Condemns China on Tibet.

HELP: To the Supreme Court, the US Supreme, and the UN (1994.08(USA)-2009.11.19(JAPAN))

Video: Tibetan Website Founder Sentenced to 15 Years in

HELP: To the Supreme Court, the US Supreme, and the UN (1994.08(USA)-2009.11.18(JAPAN))