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Also, some light reading 😉 #Anarchist
“Certainly, anarchists have frequently defined themselves first on the basis of what they reject -the state, capitalism, inequality, patriarchal society, war, militarism, repression in all its forms, authority- rather than on what they have defined as an alternative” Carlos Taibo
And this, always #Anarchist Book: Quiet Rumours- An Anarcha-Feminist Reader
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Mona Eltahawy
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#Egypt is hosting an Africa human rights session beginning April 24, 2019, while its government is presiding over the worst human rights crisis in the country in recent decades, 15 African, Egyptian, and international organizations said today. hrw.org/news/2019/04/2…
“#Egypt is trying to appear like a country open for human rights delegates and sessions while, at the same time, crushing all dissenting voices and its once-vibrant human rights community,”
“In recent years, the #Egyptian authorities have relentlessly cracked down on nongovernmental organizations, issued the 2017 draconian law that effectively bans all independent work by nongovernmental groups, and prosecuted scores of staff workers of Egyptian organizations.”
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Mona Eltahawy
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.@hrw: the constitutional amendments were "a shameless attempt to entrench the military's power over civilian rule, and the referendum took place in such an unfree and unfair environment that its results can have no pretence to legitimacy". google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.… #Egypt
Opposition figures alleged that the government had denied #Egyptians freedom to express peacefully opposition to the changes before the vote and that it had used public money to distribute electoral bribes.
There were reports during the referendum that some people were offered free rides to their local polling stations or given food parcels once they’d voted. An activist was arrested for holding up a banner saying "No to the constitutional amendments" #Egypt
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Benjamin Braun
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Jamie Dimon's CEO letter to his Dear Fellow Shareholders is out.

I read the sections "Is #capitalism to blame? Is #socialism better?" and "Large, successful companies" so you don't have to.

Executive Summary: Jamie writes like a Stalinist toddler. 1/5
reports.jpmorganchase.com/investor-relat…
First, in case the Fellow Shareholders didn't know: "Many countries are called social democracies".

And, just FYI: "This is completely different from traditional socialism." 2/5
Second, socialism produces "officials who often have an increasing ability to interfere with both the economy and individual lives".

Has to be weighed, of course, against capitalism producing bankers who have an incredible ability to interfere with the English language. 3/5
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Key insight: #Capitalism inherently concentrates #wealth into a shrinking minority & given that our political system is funded by private $ & that $ = power. It explains why regulations can only temporarily slow/reverse the trend. peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/03/05/wea… via @PplPolicyProj
Now of course regulations & #progressive taxation are needed but to truly defeat inequality & protect our political system. We need to democratize the main source of #inequality which is the workplace. Our factories, stores, & offices aka the businesses that make up the #economy.
To do that we have to bring #democracy into the economy. Accomplished by passing comprehensive legislation that helps fund, promote, + incentivize the expansion & creation of #Worker #Cooperative businesses. Which are businesses owned & run by their workers democratically.
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Andrew Seeder
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Here's a thread about the books I read this year!

#reading #books #libraries #readingrainbow
1. "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff. Yes, I hate-read this book in a matter of days. Problematically, Bannon comes across as an articulate, insightful source and not an arch nationalist parasite. Will Wolff's depiction be hagiography in the future?
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Reading #Sec377Verdict. This thread will pick up my reading from Page 96 and section on privacy. The first thread upto this point here:
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"Under the autonomy principle, the individual has sovereignty over his/her body."

Although this section is on privacy, this sentence stands out because of its implications for other areas of civil rights, including future body data rights.
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The term #capitalism is highly confusing. The definition is clear enough: the private ownership of the means of production (capital). But the implications are very different depending on one's political or economic perspective. Both are right and wrong. Let's take a look at them.
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