The Daily Shaarli

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August 10, 2021

Airbrushing History
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The plan to ban legacy prosecutions arising from the Troubles in Northern Ireland isn’t an anomaly – it’s part of a broader effort to erase Britain’s crimes from the historical record.

Canada undermines Haitian democracy: déjà vu all over again
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The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last month reflected the disintegration of Haitian politics after a decade of foreign intervention that empowered the right-wing PHTK party. A broad group of Haitian political actors, la Commission pour la recherche d’une solution à la crise, is seeking to form a consensus government that would remain in place for a year or two in a bid to stabilize the country, revitalize moribund state institutions and then oversee elections.

United States: Activision workers walk out against sexist oppression
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For years, a toxic culture of rampant sexism has permeated Activision Blizzard, the video game development company behind titles including World of Warcraft and Call of Duty.

The Procedural is Political - Cosmonaut
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Renato Flores argues for a culture shift around meeting procedures that takes into account differing backgrounds to make our organizing spaces more accessible to everyone regardless of education and time available.

O (no!) Canada: Fast-moving proposal creates filtering, blocking and reporting rules—and speech police to enforce them | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Policymakers around the world are contemplating a wide variety of proposals to address “harmful” online expression. Many of these proposals are dangerously misguided and will inevitably result in the censorship of all kinds of lawful and valuable expression. And one of the most dangerous proposals may be adopted in Canada. How bad is it? As Stanford’s Daphne Keller observes, “It's like a list of the worst ideas around the world.” She’s right.

How Canadian ‘aid’ is stifling development and prosperity in West Africa
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Rights-based development seeks to topple the capitalist logic of profit and center anti-imperialism and the need to assist in the creation of sovereign, autocentric economies across the Global South. Only then can the underdevelopment of means-based development aid be replaced by self-sufficiency which will benefit postcolonial countries far more than the IMF’s failed dictum that the private sector is the only viable engine for poverty reduction.

New York Times Tech Staff to Walk Out, Escalating Union Fight
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They say company is waging an illegal anti-union campaign