"Stocks around the world are plunging ... shockwaves through global markets" writes CNN.

"Stock markets are reeling but economists say: Don’t panic yet" writes the Washington Post.

"Wall Street suffers worst day in nearly two years after global sell-off" writes The Guardian.

👉 Have a look at the Dow of the last 30 years. Do we really think this is sustainable on a limited planet? Good lives do not blindly depend on ever more. Sufficiency is very satisfying - both in the more & in the less.

"Keeping VLC free and without ads is a no-brainer. I know people focus a lot on that part but, for me, it’s just the way it should be and it’s not difficult for me to keep it like that... Sure, more money would be fun, but most of the people I know who have more money are annoying." -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf

EDIT to add: You can donate at https://www.videolan.org/ in the upper-right hand corner.

https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/kempf-interview-vlc-videolan

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/g6cqr/iama_vlc_media_player_developer_ama/

https://usesthis.com/interviews/jean-baptiste.kempf/

#OpenSource #NonExtractiveSystems

"Therefore, the disarming of the workers was the first commandment for the bourgeois, who were at the helm of the state. Hence, after every revolution won by the workers, a new struggle, ending with the defeat of the workers, began."

– Friedrich Engels, "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State"

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:

1. Break up corporate monopolies

2. Continue building union power

3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics

Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

The Government has made an ad about our Freedom of Information laws and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6O7gHI5YKA