Published October 5, 2020 by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams A group of 15 peace activists on Saturday wrapped up a week-long nonviolent, socially-distanced protest at a Nevada Air Force base housing a command and control center for unmanned aerial drones. For the 11th straight year, CodePink and Veterans for Peace Read more…
More than 50 progressive writers and activists—including leading progressive voices Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, and Medea Benjamin—have signed an open letter urging people in swing states to vote for Joe Biden for president. “Ending the Trump presidency is, by far, the most important goal that can be achieved Read more…
Originally published by Collective 20 Note: Ethics In Tech board member Brett Wilkins is a member of Collective 20, an international group of socialist activist/writers. In our first-ever interview, Collective 20 sat down for a socially-distanced conversation with Mary Wareham, advocacy director of the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW) Read more…
August 30, 2020, By Brett Wilkins (Image credit: Steve Jurvetson/Flickr Creative Commons) On Wednesday, Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest person, shattered the $200 billion ceiling. He had a decent day on the stock market, with Amazon shares edging up about 2 percent. But a “decent” 2 percent day for the Read more…
By Brett Wilkins, August 24, 2020 The popular video sharing app TikTok announced on Monday that it is suing the United States government over an executive order from President Donald Trump banning the app because he claims it is a “national security threat.” The federal lawsuit, filed in the Federal Read more…
August 20, 2020 By Brett Wilkins Update: A California appeals court on Thursday granted Uber and Lyft an emergency stay, meaning the injunction forcing the companies to reclassify drives will not go into effect at midnight, and the companies will be able to continue operating as they currently are. The Read more…
August 12, 2020 By Brett Wilkins In a major defeat for rideshare companies, a California judge on Monday ordered Uber and Lyft to re-classify their driver from independent contractors to employees pending a 10-day stay during which the “gig economy” companies can appeal the ruling. Uber and Lyft have long Read more…
August 6, 2020 By Brett Wilkins Seventy-five years ago, the United States waged the only nuclear war in history. Among the truths held self-evident by millions of Americans is the notion that the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved lives, both American and Japanese. The choice, Americans are told Read more…
August 1, 2020 By Brett Wilkins At Wednesday’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust hearing, tech CEOs Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Tim Cook of Apple and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet (Google’s parent company) took a beating from lawmakers who grilled them on everything from monopolistic business practices Read more…
By Brett Wilkins July 28, 2020 The San Francisco Police Department used a network of downtown business cameras to conduct mass surveillance of Black Lives Matter and other protesters in late May and early June, a leading digital advocacy group said on Monday. Electronic Frontier Foundation* reports SFPD received live Read more…