VIDEO | Mark Fiore: Hiding, Secret and Shell
Most of these people with offshore accounts are just trying to avoid paying taxes, but many of them are corrupt politicians and other criminals.
David Swanson: Non-French War Deaths Matter
Swanson: We are all France. Apparently. Though we are never all Lebanon or Syria or Iraq for some reason. Or a long, long list of additional places.
NYT | The Displaced: War has driven 30 million children from their homes
Nearly 60 million people are currently displaced from their homes by war and persecution — more than at any time since World War II. Half are children.
Popular Resistance: Elections and Movements
Article: The relationship between movements and elections is complicated to navigate but to succeed we will need both an electoral and non-electoral movement that are independent of the corporate duopoly.
Samer Muscati: South Sudan’s War on Women
From the article: “If you run they will kill you, so you just close your eyes so you don’t see the rapes.”
▶ Wikileaks Revelations Expose US NSA Tentacles Reaching into Allied Governments Around The World
[Center for Constitutional Rights]'s Michael Ratner break downs how documents expose United States economic and political spying as CCR calls on UN to Protect Publishers as well as Whistleblowers.
Mark Fiore: The Gospel of Denial
Fiore: Now that Pope Francis has come out on the side of acknowledging human-caused global warming, Republican presidential contenders are suddenly on the side of “science” not religion. Where does this pope guy get off on mixing religion and politics, sheesh!
U.N. Security Council Takes ‘Historic’ Stand on Killings of Journalists
When war breaks out, most non-combatants run the other way. But a handful of courageous reporters see it as their duty to tell the world what’s happening on the ground. And many pay a high price. By Kitty Stapp OSC NationofChange.org May 30, 2015 Since 1992, 1,129 journalists have been killed on the job, 38 percent of More
Reversing Grassroots Win, US Senate Approves Fast Track Trade Measure
Friends of the Earth: "These trade deals would harm the environment, allow corporations to roll back government laws on fossil fuel exports and impede future action by Congress to protect the planet from climate disruption. A vote for Fast Track is a vote for climate disaster and an attack on our clean air and water."
Libel Lawsuit Against Danish Media Sets Stage for 9/11 Evidence in Court
As a scientist who had taught for 40 years at the University of Copenhagen, Dr. Harrit was appalled at being labeled a “crackpot” and likened to creationists and Holocaust deniers. So he filed a libel suit... By Admin Info-wars.org February 28, 2015 By Josef Hanji and Ted Walter A watershed moment took place in Denmark More
Ayotzinapa: A Timeline of the Mass Disappearance That Has Shaken Mexico
As of December 7, there are now 42 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School missing after police in the city of Iguala, Guerrero, opened fire on their buses and kidnapped a group of 43 of them, in a case that has gripped the country and sparked protests globally. To help readers who might be unfamiliar with this story, here is a timeline of key events to understand the ongoing case.
Jody Bolz: BLACK SITE
By Jody Bolz BlogThisRock November 7, 2014 BLACK SITE "It's one of the most sophisticated, refined programs of torture ever," an outside expert familiar with the protocol said. —The New Yorker First, take away light. Leave time-but make it dark, disordered. Make it sleepless. Not day, not night. Leave space-but make it small. Make it More