Nafeez Ahmed reports that "NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism". By Pakalolo Daily Kos August 11, 2014 Most of us on this site are well aware that climate change impacts will exacerbate marginal living in poor and desperate nations particularly those in Africa, South Asia and the More
by Rania Khalek raniakhalek.org June 29, 2014 Editor's Note: If you are an activist of any type who engages in nonviolent protest, you need to listen to this. On this week’s episode of Unauthorized Disclosure, Kevin Gosztola and I spoke with Nafeez Ahmed, a writer and contributor to The Guardian, about his groundbreaking article, “Pentagon preparing for More
Social science is being militarised to develop 'operational tools' to target peaceful activists and protest movements Posted by Nafeez Ahmed 12 June 2014 theguardian.com Editor's Note: They have the whole thing backward. Instead of preparing for "mass civil breakdown" (revolution), they should be studying the sociopaths who have taken over the government of America, the people More
... A University of Bath study ... based on confidential sources, found that a whole range of corporations - such as McDonald’s, Nestle and the oil major Shell, “use covert methods to gather intelligence on activist groups, counter criticism of their strategies and practices, and evade accountability.” Posted on Jun 15, 2013 Ear to the Ground Truthdig.com More
... A University of Bath study ... based on confidential sources, found that a whole range of corporations - such as McDonald’s, Nestle and the oil major Shell, “use covert methods to gather intelligence on activist groups, counter criticism of their strategies and practices, and evade accountability.” Posted on Jun 15, 2013 Ear to the Ground Truthdig.com More
