Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureELCOT’s repeated changes in the tender have forced out free software and pushed in Microsoft products, a move that in the words of former ELCOT MD C Umashankar could ‘end up putting unproductive laptops with Windows in the hands of poor students’. This would entrap them in Microsoft’s proprietary web of licences, renewals, updates and…
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Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationIts clear that Obama is part of the 1% and against the 99% Obama’s jobs czar, Jeffrey Immelt, thinks we can beat China by making life easier for corporations…Show original
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationThe president isn’t offering strong alternatives to the GOP’s regressive ideas. Republicans are debating again tonight. And once again, Americans will hear the standard regressive litany: government is bad, Medicare and Medicaid should be cut, “Obamacare” is killing the economy, undocumented immigrants are taking our jobs, the military should get more money, taxes should be…
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationWhat happens when drug shortages spike? Another example that “Markets” are not the answer to every question.Show original
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationProgressives believe in openness, equal opportunity, and tolerance. Progressives assume we’re all in it together: We all benefit from public investments in schools and health care and infrastructure. And we all do better with strong safety nets, reasonable constraints on Wall Street and big business, and a truly progressive tax system. Progressives worry when the rich…
Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation The full story, in charts….The problem in a nutshell is this: Inequality in this country has hit a level that has been seen only once in the nation’s history, and unemployment has reached a level that has been seen only once since the Great Depression. And, at the same time, corporate profits are at a…