the Guardian
Activist groups to challenge NSW protest laws on free speech grounds as Chris Minns says he’s ‘confident’ in reforms
Pro-Palestine and Indigenous activist groups say state government ‘trying to strip away the right to peacefully protest for everyone’ in wake o...
 *Activist groups to challenge New South Wales's [anti-]protest laws on right to free speech grounds.*
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the Guardian
Grassroots group’s bank account frozen due to ‘Palestine Action investigation’
Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which has no affiliation to direct action group, informed by deputy mayor
2025: May - August Political Notes
 A UK group that accepts donations to provide aid to people in Palestine has had its bank account frozen as part of an investigation into the arbitrarily banned protest group "Palestine Action." The
the Guardian
Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policy
Bill C-12 includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants
 Canada is adopting artificial restrictions on applying for asylum, designed to prevent many people's applications from ever being considered on the merits of the facts. One of these excuses is to pretend that the US is a safe country for refugees, which it certainly isn't nowadays.
civicshout.com
A White House Enemies List Threatens Press Freedom
Donald Trump has crossed a red line. After recently calling the New York Times a “threat to national security,” his administration launched an ...
 US citizens: Condemn the official White House enemies list as an attack on the press and on democracy.
the Guardian
Andy Burnham apologises for past police LGBTQ+ discrimination
Greater Manchester mayor acknowledges ‘unacceptable discrimination’ after region’s police chief declined to apologise
Glossary
 The mayor of Manchester apologized to queer people for the persecution that the Manchester thug department systematically directed at them in the 1980s (and, I suspect, before and after that decade). Many other police forces in Britain have apologized.
the Guardian
The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at how the struggle to adapt t...
 Coping with the future of the climate disaster demands political honesty about extreme weather. Because it's not enough to cope with the current level of disaster. Even more important is to avoid making it worse.
Demand Progress
Investigate Trump’s corporate ballroom donors!
Trump and his far-right lackeys want to remake America to reflect MAGA’s authoritarian views.
 US citizens: call on Congress to investigate the corporations that have donated to the cheater's new ballroom. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
US citizens: phone your state legislators and call on them to reject digital state ID systems. Details may vary, but those systems will surely require people to run nonfree software to use them; in addition, they will enable government agencies to identify people more often. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
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Ars Technica
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
 ChatGPT appears to have led one user into a world of delusions, in which he murdered his mother then killed himself. It refuses to release the log of his conversations with ChatGPT to the court. Given the circumstances, the court ought to compel the company to hand over the full log. However, looking at the issue more generally, a system which insists on identifying each user is
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and call for impeaching RFK Jr. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.