Assange, Potential Enemy of the State, Speaks to U.N. Posted on Sep 27, 2012 truthdig.com Speaking from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, a weary Julian Assange denounced the Obama administration for exploiting the Arab Spring for political gain during an address to the United Nations via video link on Wednesday morning. Democracy Now! Assange borrowed a More
Is Mainstream Media Biting The Bullet For Homeland Security By Jack Swint (about the author) September 18, 2012 opednews.com According To Some Media…Recent Stories Exposing DHS Mass Purchase Of Bullets Is Nothing More Than Embellished & Salacious Conspiracy TheoryThere is no dispute that our government has been buying up large amounts of ammunition. Purchase orders More
Is Mainstream Media Biting The Bullet For Homeland Security By Jack Swint (about the author) September 18, 2012 opednews.com According To Some Media…Recent Stories Exposing DHS Mass Purchase Of Bullets Is Nothing More Than Embellished & Salacious Conspiracy TheoryThere is no dispute that our government has been buying up large amounts of ammunition. Purchase orders More
A Pernicious Attack on Freedom of Expression Assange and Sweden’s Shame by MARK WEISBROT September 7-9, 2012 Counterpunch.org It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie, where the kidnapper walks up from behind, with a gun protruding from his trench coat pocket. “Keep walking, and don’t say anything,” he warns. Such was the U.K. More
A Pernicious Attack on Freedom of Expression Assange and Sweden’s Shame by MARK WEISBROT September 7-9, 2012 Counterpunch.org It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie, where the kidnapper walks up from behind, with a gun protruding from his trench coat pocket. “Keep walking, and don’t say anything,” he warns. Such was the U.K. More
The Decline of Political Protest> Pussy Riot and Amnesty International What is most notable about this attention, and the attention of the Western media in general, is its tone. The tone is by no means a diplomatic appeal intended to persuade authorities to free the women in question. Rather, it is a tone of provocation. by DIANA More
The Decline of Political Protest> Pussy Riot and Amnesty International What is most notable about this attention, and the attention of the Western media in general, is its tone. The tone is by no means a diplomatic appeal intended to persuade authorities to free the women in question. Rather, it is a tone of provocation. by DIANA More
Colonels in Mirrored Sunglasses An excerpt from Greg Palast’s Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Thursday, September 6, 2012 gregpalast.com Here are the facts, ma’am: In the 2008 election, no less than: 767,023 provisional ballots were cast and not counted; 1,451,116 ballots were “spoiled,” not counted; 488,136 absentee ballots were mailed in, but not counted. Add it up: in the More
Colonels in Mirrored Sunglasses An excerpt from Greg Palast’s Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Thursday, September 6, 2012 gregpalast.com Here are the facts, ma’am: In the 2008 election, no less than: 767,023 provisional ballots were cast and not counted; 1,451,116 ballots were “spoiled,” not counted; 488,136 absentee ballots were mailed in, but not counted. Add it up: in the More
The bizarre, unhealthy, blinding media contempt for Julian Assange It is possible to protect the rights of the complainants in Sweden and Assange’s rights against political persecution, but a vindictive thirst for vengeance is preventing that. Glenn Greenwald The Guardian guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 August 2012 13.10 EDT Julian Assange: the British press’s public enemy No1. More
The sham “terrorism expert” industry A highly ideological, jingoistic clique masquerades as objective scholars, all to justify US militarism. BY GLENN GREENWALD August 15, 2012 Salon.com (Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson) Shortly prior to the start of the London Olympics, there was an outburst of hysteria over the failure to provide sufficient security against Terrorism, but as Harvard More
The sham “terrorism expert” industry A highly ideological, jingoistic clique masquerades as objective scholars, all to justify US militarism. BY GLENN GREENWALD August 15, 2012 Salon.com (Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson) Shortly prior to the start of the London Olympics, there was an outburst of hysteria over the failure to provide sufficient security against Terrorism, but as Harvard More
