Glenn Greenwald: US threatened Germany over Snowden, vice chancellor says
Greenwald: In the case of Germany, no government official has previously claimed that they were threatened by the U.S. as an excuse for turning their backs on Snowden...
Juan Thompson: Did the US Prison Boom Lead to the Crime Drop? New Study Says No
While Law and order politicians certainly deserve blame for Louisiana’s massive prison population, the anti-black prison industrial complex, and the for-profit jail industry, have proven to be lucrative hustles for local authorities. “Additionally, the sheriffs are given financial incentive in order to keep their local jails full. They are actually paid per inmate,” Eisen said.
The Guardian: Antisemitism on rise across Europe 'in worst times since the Nazis'
Experts say attacks go beyond Israel-Palestinian conflict as hate crimes strike fear into Jewish communities By Jon Henley The Guardian Thursday 7 August 2014 Mother of Miriam Monsonego, seven, at funeral of her daughter and three other victims of Toulouse school shooting. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images In the space of just one week last month, according to More
The Guardian: Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis’
Experts say attacks go beyond Israel-Palestinian conflict as hate crimes strike fear into Jewish communities By Jon Henley The Guardian Thursday 7 August 2014 Mother of Miriam Monsonego, seven, at funeral of her daughter and three other victims of Toulouse school shooting. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images In the space of just one week last month, according to More
The Intercept, Ryan Gallagher: How Secret Partners Expand NSA’s Surveillance Dragnet
Top-secret documents reveal how the NSA has established secret partnerships to spy on huge flows of private data. By Ryan Gallagher The Intercept 18 Jun 2014 Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Find us on TWITTER More
Counterpunch: Eugenics, American-Style
The Malthusian Obsession By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR WEEKEND EDITION JANUARY 10-12, 2014 Counterpunch.org In 1952, Charlie Follett, a wayward orphan, was a resident of the Sonoma County State Boys Home. One day when he was 14-years old, he was taken to the hospital, told to disrobe and sit on a table. The orderly didn’t explain what More
Der Spiegel> 'Key Partners': Secret Links Between Germany and the NSA
AFP Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said she knew nothing about American surveillance activities in Germany. But documents seen by SPIEGEL show that German intelligence cooperates closely with the NSA and even uses spy software provided by the US. By SPIEGEL The article you are reading originally appeared in German in issue 30/2013 (July 22, More
Der Spiegel> ‘Key Partners’: Secret Links Between Germany and the NSA
AFP Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said she knew nothing about American surveillance activities in Germany. But documents seen by SPIEGEL show that German intelligence cooperates closely with the NSA and even uses spy software provided by the US. By SPIEGEL The article you are reading originally appeared in German in issue 30/2013 (July 22, More
French Police Battle Anti-Nuclear Activists
French Police Battle Anti-Nuclear Activists Protesters damage railway and delay departure of train carrying German nuclear waste treated in France. Last Modified: 23 Nov 2011 22:25 Al Jazeera English Click here to see the video. French police have battled anti-nuclear protesters as the last train carrying German nuclear waste treated inFranceset off on its journey home. More