Richard Stallman

Richard Stallman's Political Notes -

Urgent: Remove RJK Jr - 2025-12-20T22:39:16+00:00

US citizens: call on your congressional officials to impeach RFK Jr and remove him from office , for supporting medical disinformation.

See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

Urgent: Write to Frank Bisignano - 2025-12-20T22:39:16+00:00

US citizens: write to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano saying to keep Social Security offices open.

Urgent: Support Medicare for All - 2025-12-20T22:39:16+00:00

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and senators to support Medicare for All.

You can use 202-858-1717 to call your U.S. Representative, and 202-519-0494 to call your U.S. Senator. Here is a suggested script from National Nurses United:

Hi, my name is _______. I am a constituent and I'm a nurse/other health care worker/patient. I'm calling today in support of Medicare for All. Our health care system is failing patients and providers, and incremental fixes aren't enough. Support for Medicare for All is broad, and growing by the day. If you are not yet a cosponsor of the Medicare for All Act, I urge you to sign on. If you are already a cosponsor, thank you — and please continue championing Medicare for All as the real solution to this health care crisis.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

Urgent: Divest New York State pension funds from Blackrock - 2025-12-20T22:39:16+00:00

US citizens: Urge New York State's pension funds to divest from Blackrock .

Human Rights Violations at Florida Detention Centers - 2025-12-20T22:39:15+00:00

Amnesty International: how deportation prisons in Florida gravely violate human rights .

Lawyers accuse DoJ of political pressure in University of California antisemitism investigation - 2025-12-20T22:39:15+00:00

Lawyers who worked for the Justice Department said they were pressured by higher-ups to prosecute the University of California for discrimination against Jews, before they had a chance to study the facts of the case.

Guan Heng may face removal from US after ICE arrest - 2025-12-20T22:39:15+00:00

Guan Heng documented China's repression of Uyghurs, then fled to the US. The US is pushing to deport him to Uganda, which might send him to China for brainwashing.

I am curious why the US denied him asylum.

ICE prison’s 911 calls overwhelm rural Georgia emergency system - 2025-12-20T22:39:15+00:00

A deportation prison in a rural area of Georgia is overloading the area's ambulance system. Some injured prisoners have to wait a long time to get to a hospital.

Hilda Ramirez Sanan and her children illegally and forcefully detained - 2025-12-20T22:39:15+00:00

Deportation thugs violently attacked a mother and her children , and injured them, without bothering to ask whether they were entitled to live in the US. It is inexcusable for them to do that to anyone.

These thugs behaved like a violent street gang and should be treated as such. To attack in any violent way a person who is not fighting, or per vehicle or other property, deserves a sentence of some years in prison. Causing permanent injury should add more years to the sentence.

Such actions are normal for the US deportation thugs. Ilhan Omar recently called them "Blatant racial profiling, an egregious level of unnecessary force, and activity that appears designed for social media rather than befitting a law enforcement agency."

Oil companies pretending to help - 2025-12-19T04:38:59+00:00

How planet-roasting oil companies systematically advertise to pretend to be helping to solve the problem they continue causing.

More on US-seized oil tanker - 2025-12-19T04:38:59+00:00

More information on the oil tanker that the US seized near Venezuela.

It was not, as I thought, Venezuelan. It identified itself falsely as registered in Guyana. I did not see in the article where, if anywhere, the ship was actually registered. Maybe I was mistaken in saying that seizing the ship was an act of war against Venezuela, or any country.

Big pharma - 2025-12-19T04:38:58+00:00

The wrecker bullied Britain into taking around 4 billion dollars from medicine and paying it to US Big Pharma instead.

Bullshit generators and scams - 2025-12-19T04:38:58+00:00

Another reason why you can't trust bullshit generators: scammers systematically feed them false information by injecting dangerous lies into sites that the generators scan.

Trump administration going after universities - 2025-12-20T22:39:13+00:00

The bully and his henchmen are trying many ways to attack US universities .

UK universities cut recruitment ties with fossil fuel industry - 2025-12-20T22:39:13+00:00

Some UK universities are refusing to help fossil fuel companies recruit staff.

José Antonio Kast elected Chile’s next president - 2025-12-20T22:39:13+00:00

Chile elected a new president who is a follower of the murderous dictator Pinochet and the murderous would-be dictator of the US.

Tories would end 2030 ban on new fossil-fuel cars - 2025-12-20T22:39:12+00:00

The Tories hope to climb back from near-oblivion by encouraging continued sale of fossil-fuel cars. This could drive the last nail into the coffin of civilization.

US air force plane midair collision near Venezuela narrowly avoided - 2025-12-20T22:39:12+00:00

A US Air Force plane flying near Venezuela with its transponder off flew in front of an airliner and risked causing a collision .

What Curaçao ATC said suggests the US is doing dangerous things like this often.

Chinese pro-democracy activist talks on how to find courage to oppose Trump - 2025-12-20T22:39:12+00:00

A Chinese democracy activist (now in the US) reports on how invigorating it is to speak against a tyrannical state.

Police officer spycops scandal - 2025-12-20T22:39:11+00:00

The UK is investigating the "spycops" operation which sent undercover cops to infiltrate leftist political groups engaged in political protest campaigns by pretending to be supporters and dishonestly forming romantic relationships with other supporters.

For the state to snoop on nonviolent democratic activism is an attack on democracy. Pretending to love someone in order to snoop on per activities is personal dishonesty. Both are vicious, though the former is the more consequential of the two wrongs.

I have the impression most people think the worst aspect of this is the non-monogamy of it -- part of the monogamist idea that loving someone else is a personal "betrayal". Such possessiveness is not a part of my idea of love. If my sweetheart loves someone else in addition to me, as long as she does love me I can still be happy loving her.

UK creepy digital billboards - 2025-12-20T22:39:11+00:00

*Digital billboards that can film viewers’ responses to adverts have been installed in hundreds of apartment blocks [in Britain].*

They are installed in the lobby where people wait for the elevator. Putting something very distracting there is more than just Orwellian. It is a nasty distraction.

I suggest some responses:

• Give them the finger.
• Paste something opaque over the camera.
• Put something opaque over the whole screen.

‘Weak’ Europe’s 'problem' - 2025-12-20T22:39:11+00:00

*[The fascist's] New doctrine identifies "weak" Europe's problem: not enough racism.*

It aims to *destroy liberal democracy as we know it ,* in Europe as well as in the US.

US lifts one trade sanction on Belarus - 2025-12-20T22:39:10+00:00

The US lifted one specific trade sanction on Belarus, which (perhaps in exchange) has release political prisoners.

Urgent: Amazon labor union - 2025-12-17T10:38:36+00:00

US citizens: call on Amazon to come to the table with Amazon Labor Union.

See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.

Advice to Americans from anti-fascist activists - 2025-12-17T10:38:36+00:00

Advice to Americans from anti-fascist activists in Hungary, Turkey and El Salvador.

Environmental damage from food and fossil fuel production - 2025-12-17T10:38:36+00:00

A UN committee reports: "Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour."

That is 51 trillion dollars per year.

We should not hesitate to invest trillions of dollars to end that damage. It will be a profitable investment if we invest enough.

But we should take care not to let big businesses own the results of that investment.

US military right to repair equipment - 2025-12-17T10:38:36+00:00

Plutocratist politicians are so in thrall to lobbyists that they voted to deny the US military the right to repair its own equipment.

In peacetime, the inability to make a nontrivial fix can waste taxpayers' money. In battle, it can be deadly. There may be no time to fly a repairman to a war zone; the repairman might even refuse to go.

Everyone deserves the right to repair — which is related to software freedom.

Children hospitalised in Gaza for acute malnutrition - 2025-12-17T10:38:35+00:00

*More than 9,000 children in Gaza hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October, UN says. Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months ago.*

State of Victoria apologized to indigenous Australians - 2025-12-17T10:38:35+00:00

The State of Victoria (in Australia) has apologized to indigenous Australians for British colonization, listing a series of wrongs for which it accepts blame.

Putin applauds bully's pressure on Europe - 2025-12-17T10:38:35+00:00

Putin applauds the bully's pressure on Europe to give up defending Ukraine.

New York City's wealthiest not fleeing - 2025-12-17T10:38:35+00:00

*No, New York City's wealthiest are not fleeing the city after Mamdani's win.*

Montgomery bus boycott - 2025-12-17T10:38:35+00:00

Long-time activist Rosa Parks started the Montgomery bus boycott with a shot in the dark, no advance plan. The blacks of Montgomery had an organized and motivated community which seized the opportunity.

We need to continue trying to launch resistance against today's unjust systems, including proprietary operating systems.

The corrupter and mortgage fraud - 2025-12-17T10:38:35+00:00

The corrupter has accused couple of appointed officials of mortgage fraud because they got mortgages on two properties and described both as primary residences. It turns out that he did the same thing.

Whether this actually constitutes fraud, I don't know. Let's not follow legal advice from a habitual liar.

Climate crisis supercharged deadly storms - 2025-12-17T10:38:34+00:00

* The climate crisis supercharged the deadly storms that killed more than 1,750 people in Asia by making downpours more intense and flooding worse, scientists have reported. Monsoon rains often bring some flooding but the scientists were clear: this was "not normal".*

US captured oil tanker off Venezuela - 2025-12-17T10:38:34+00:00

The US attacked an oil tanker off Venezuela, this time capturing it rather than bombing it.

Thus, the war that the bully has threatened is now in progress.

Bully declared intention to push Europe into fascism - 2025-12-17T10:38:33+00:00

The bully has declared his intention to push Europe into fascism.

It seems that Europe must build up its strength until it can simultaneously resist both Putin and the bully.

US attacks on alleged drug boats - 2025-12-17T10:38:33+00:00

*All of the deadly US [attacks] on alleged drug boats are murders.*

Study of arrested by big UK police department - 2025-12-17T10:38:33+00:00

A study of people arrested by a big UK police department found that half of them displayed signs of possible ADHD. Perhaps better treatment of ADHD would help some of them avoid situations in which they get arrested.

South Carolina's measles epidemic - 2025-12-20T04:38:31+00:00

South Carolina's measles epidemic is spreading rapidly and around 250 are in quarantine.

This is the organized efforts of anti-vaxxers at work.

Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions - 2025-12-20T04:38:30+00:00

*Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds.*

This does not mean we are safe! Natural systems that absorb CO2 have exceeded their limits and ceased to do so. This include oceans and forests.

The article foolishly uses the misleading term "global south", which misrepresents the less-developed (and poorer) countries as a sort of region so as to encourage people to see in terms of a fictional nationalism rather than a fight against rich planet roasters in all countries who try their best to dominate the decision between increasing their riches and keeping civilization alive.

Meta shuts down accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content - 2025-12-20T04:38:30+00:00

*Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice.* Other accounts which post about queer people and their activities have also been shut.

(I am sad that the article uses the word "content" so as to treat works of writing and art as a fungible commodity, is a dirty word. I reject it even in a quotation. I hope you will join me in rejecting it .)

It is foolish to look for information in a plaform such as Facebook, and people's habit of doing that is harmful for everyone because the zucker zucks up to the bully and spreads his lies. Any organization which bases its outreach on Facebook will never reach me.

New Queensland laws overturning ban on property developer donations - 2025-12-20T04:38:30+00:00

The plutocratist government of Queensland (Australia) plans to legalize political donations by real estate developers.

Plutocratist politicians generally defend the "freedom" of plutocrats to donate money to them.

Trump’s attacks on the ‘Blacksonian’ - 2025-12-20T04:38:30+00:00

The Daughters of the Confederacy set out to undermine the freeing of the slaves by spreading the myth that slavery had been beneficial and just. (Meanwhile, to stop blacks from refuting the myth, the KKK threatened to lynch them.)

Republican leaders including the corrupter are spreading that same myth now.

The article linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I denounce bigotry , and normally I will not link to articles that practice it. But I make exceptions for some articles that make important points, such as that one -- and I present this comment about them.

Anduril partnering with an authoritarian monarchy to build drones - 2025-12-20T04:38:30+00:00

*Anduril calls itself an "arsenal of democracy." So why is it partnering with an authoritarian monarchy to build drones?*

The UAE is accused of supporting one side in the civil war over resources in Sudan.

That side is accused of recently attacking a UN peacekeeping force.

Afghan immigrants and advocates push back against Trump crackdown - 2025-12-20T04:38:29+00:00

Since an Afghan refugee shot two national guard soldiers, the persecutor tries to persecute everyone of Afghan origin.

This illustrates his perverse fixation on hyper-revenge.

Urgent: Who funded the ballroom? - 2025-12-15T22:39:01+00:00

US citizens: call on Congress to investigate the companies that have donated for the "king"'s grand 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.

Urgent: Costly Medical insurance plans - 2025-12-15T22:39:00+00:00

US citizens: call on Congress to oppose high-deductible medical plans.

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.

Navy allegedly ordered sailors to delete footage of boat strike survivors - 2025-12-20T04:38:29+00:00

*Navy allegedly ordered sailors to delete footage of boat [attack] survivors.*

Trump’s military takeover of US cities is costly - 2025-12-20T04:38:28+00:00

The bully refuse to say how much of our money he has spent on militaryintrusion into US cities , so the best we cab get is an educated estimate of round half a billion dollars.

While this is a significant sum, their principal harm is the terror and state lawlessness that they spread.

Waymo driverless taxi safety - 2025-12-20T04:38:28+00:00

The first crucial safety question about the Waymo driverless taxi's killing of a beloved store cat is whether a human driver would have been likely to avoid doing the same. (It would be unfair to criticize Waymo for doing something only as well as a human could)

This article presents reasons why a human would probably have avoided it, and relates them to the fact hat the control software is actually not intelligent.

The principal injustice that driverless taxis do is not the rare killing of a tame cat. It is surveillance : it is impossible to use them without identifying oneself.

Does anyone know whether it is even possible to hail them on the street? I expect that is impossible, but I would like to be sure.