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"The #Labour party arose from a long wave of protests by workers against capital, calling for workers’ rights and for sweeping democratic reforms. These protests and their organisers came to be known as the labour movement. Its early actions included the radical war in Scotland, the Merthyr and Newport risings... the Swing riots... and the General Strike of 1842. No such protests would have me…

Heartbreaking.
“This essentially says the United States is no longer your ally, that the United States doesn’t see clearly beyond the rhetoric of your regime,”
https://www.

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights
State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

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Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights
The Trump administration has made U.S. human-rights reports favorably evaluate countries the president likes, @anneapplebaum writes. Now the State Department portrays “Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador”:

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights
State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

Supreme Court conservatives poised to further gut the Voting Rights Act (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/politics/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-conservatives
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p108#a251014p108

**Judge rules attempt to dismiss airport workers’ bargaining rights suit won’t fly** | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-rules-attempt-to-dismiss-airport-workers-bargaining-rights-suit-wont-fly/

Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/roblox-licensin…

Roblox Launches Licensing Platform: Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega
Roblox is launching a new licensing platform to streamline the process for IP rights holders to partner with creators on the gaming platform.

My comment on police frisks in the Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/15/dc-police-ice-national-guard-laws-rights/?commentID=04c04578-4c41-4ba4-a32d-3d43c909df96

As Trump takes over D.C.’s police, here’s what law enforcement can and cannot do
With federal and local officers on D.C.’s streets, here’s what to know about what law enforcement agencies can legally order you to do — and what they can’t.

The US State Department survey of human rights -another thing destroyed by Trump.
https://www.

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:
Rally · Volunteer organized
Thursday, July 17
7:30 – 8:30pm PDT
State Street & West Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
About this event
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.
On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s pass…

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble. From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump adminis…

Supreme Court turns away parental rights dispute brought by Colorado families (Melissa Quinn/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-turns-away-parental-rights-dispute-brought-by-colorado-families/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p65#a251014p65