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「NATO加盟国はアメリカと武器開発共同事業をやろうヨ」と、トランプ米大統領はNATO首脳会談で戦争商売の営業をやりました。　イラン核施設攻撃でアメリカが使ったステルス爆撃機も今や最新兵器とは言えず、在庫整理にお忙しいようです。　その一方で、＜平和の大統領＞というトランプ自作のあだ名を、世界が口にしてくれることを期待し、自らも連呼し、＜ノーベル平和賞＞を狙っています。　戦争と平和を両天秤にかけて金儲けをするのはやめてください。
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【シンポ開催】メディア業界のハラスメントと市民の「知る権利」7月６日（日）１３時から１６時３０分　全水道会館＝日本新聞労働組合連合 中央執行委員長 西村 誠

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　新聞労連と東京地連は、7 月 6 日（日）に「メディア業界のハラスメ ントと市民の『知る権利』」と題したシンポジウムを開催します。 新聞業界は深刻な産業不況に悩まされており、離職の増加や採用難が常態化しています。その理由は、部数減少など構造的に産業の将来が見通せないということもありますが、職場内でハラスメント やジェンダー不平等がいまだに横行していることも大きいと言えます。ハラスメントやジェンダー差別は、職場の閉塞感、風通しの悪さをもたらし、それが自由で多様な発想を阻害し取..
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Georgia Court Rules for Transparency over Private Police Foundation

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3 days 9 hours ago

A Georgia court has decided that private non-profit Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) must comply with public records requests under the Georgia Open Records Act for some of its functions on behalf of the Atlanta Police Department. This is a major win for transparency in the state. 

 The lawsuit was brought last year by the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) and Electronic Frontier Alliance member Lucy Parsons Labs (LPL). It concerns the APF’s refusal to disclose records about its role as the leaser and manager of the site of so-called Cop City, the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center at the heart of a years-long battle that pitted local social and environmental movements against the APF. We’ve previously written about how APF and similar groups fund police surveillance technology, and how the Atlanta Police Department spied on the social media of activists opposed to Cop City.  

This is a big win for transparency and for local communities who want to maintain their right to know what public agencies are doing. 

Police Foundations often provide resources to police departments that help them avoid public oversight, and the Atlanta Police Foundation leads the way with its maintenance of the Loudermilk Video Intergration Center and its role in Cop City, which will be used by public agencies including the Atlanta and other police departments. 

ACPC and LPL were represented by attorneys Joy Ramsingh, Luke Andrews, and Samantha Hamilton who had won the release of some materials this past December. The plaintiffs had earlier been represented by the University of Georgia School of Law First Amendment Clinic.  

The win comes at just the right time. Last Summer, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that private contractors working for public entities are subject to open records laws. The Georgia state legislature then passed a bill to make it harder to file public records requests against private entities. With this month’s ruling, there is still time for the Atlanta Police Foundation to appeal the decision, but failing that, they will have to begin to comply with public records requests by the beginning of July.  

We hope that this will help ensure transparency and accountability when government agencies farm out public functions to private entities, so that local activists and journalists will be able to uncover materials that should be available to the general public. 

José Martinez