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February 3, 2020

The Robin Hoods of France: Electrical Workers Cut Electricity to Sell-Out Union, Reconnect for Country’s Poor

Juan Andrés Gallardo Left Voice

The strikes in France continue! In the past few months the electrical workers have taken up the mantle of Robin Hood by cutting power to the rich and reconnecting the poor.

February 3, 2020

Libya: Before and After Muammar Gaddafi

Roxana Baspineiro teleSUR

Nine years after his death, residents in the chaos-wracked country's capital have grown to miss the longtime leader as the frustrations of daily life mount.

February 3, 2020

18 Years After Its Opening, Justice Remains Elusive for Prisoners of Guantánamo

Aisha Maniar Truthout

demonstrators dressed in prison uniforms

More prisoners have died at Guantánamo than have been convicted by the military commissions. 2019 was a bad year for justice for former and present Guantánamo prisoners, and not just prisoners subject to the military commission process.

February 3, 2020

How the President Became a Drone Operator From Obama to Trump, the Escalation of Drone Warfare

Allegra Harpootlian TomDispatch

Everything we thought we knew about drone warfare -- and America’s wars more broadly -- is about to be thrown out the window. Under the circumstances, one thing is predictable: ever more civilians are going to die in America’s wars.

February 3, 2020

First Meeting of the Healthy California for All Commission: A Step Toward State by State Single Payer, Medicare for All?

Marilyn Albert Portside

A single payer system drives down the cost of health care…single payer is the way to go.” -Gavin Newsom, campaigning for California Governor, 2017 “You can’t jump over a chasm in two steps”. -Dr. Quentin Young

February 3, 2020

Senate Conducts Another U.S. Trial Where Racism Decides the Outcome

Max Elbaum Portside

McConnell with other Republican Party Senators

...inspire and bring into unified action the substantial majority of U.S. people who disagree with one another on many things but agree Trump and his enablers are a danger to people and the planet...

April 5, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | April 5, 2019

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Trevor Noah Interviews Bernie Sanders. Behind the Doodle: Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach. You Won’t Believe What Obama Says in This Video! Faces Places | Movie. Attorney General Barr Is Caught in a Double Mueller Bind.

April 5, 2019

Artificial Intelligence Can Now Emulate Human Behaviors – Soon It Will Be Dangerously Good

Ana Santos Rutschman The Conversation

Giving researchers and companies freedom to explore, in order to seek positive achievements from AI systems, means opening up the risk of developing more advanced ways to create deception and other social problems

Bernie Sanders - A Progressive Agenda for the 2020 Presidential Race

April 5, 2019

Senator Bernie Sanders talks about his emergence as the 2020 Democratic presidential front-runner, fighting for single-payer health care and tackling income inequality.

Behind the Doodle: Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach

April 5, 2019

Google celebrated the renowned German composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach with their first ever AI-powered Doodle. The Doodle is an interactive experience that encourages players to compose a two measure melody of their choice. The Doodle then uses machine learning to harmonize the custom melody into Bach’s signature music style. More on the promise and risks of AI.