Bold statements go a long way for whistleblowers calling Edward Snowden a hero and bringing attention to the fact that the U.S. intelligence community has simply gone too far. By Katie Rucke  @katierucke | March 27, 2014 MintPressNews.com A photo of former NSA security contractor Edward Snowden. (Photo/zennie62 via Flickr) Edward Snowden is not a traitor, the intelligence community More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/7Ju4yzEHxJk]  Show Room 3D  Published on Jan 17, 2014 Related  thepeoplesrecord  (posted on Tumblr)  Glenn Greenwald “That, in general, has long been Obama’s primary role in our political system and his premiere, defining value to the permanent power factions that run Washington. He prettifies the ugly; he drapes the banner of change over systematic status quo More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/7Ju4yzEHxJk]  Show Room 3D  Published on Jan 17, 2014 Related  thepeoplesrecord  (posted on Tumblr)  Glenn Greenwald “That, in general, has long been Obama’s primary role in our political system and his premiere, defining value to the permanent power factions that run Washington. He prettifies the ugly; he drapes the banner of change over systematic status quo More
Obama's speech and new "policy directive" eliminate the Fourth Amendment.   By davidswanson - Posted on 17 January 2014  WarIsACrime.org President Barack Obama gave a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment on Friday, and not even his fans are proclaiming victory. In this moment when Obama is actually doing one thing I agree with (talking to Iran), more and More
Obama's speech and new "policy directive" eliminate the Fourth Amendment.   By davidswanson - Posted on 17 January 2014  WarIsACrime.org President Barack Obama gave a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment on Friday, and not even his fans are proclaiming victory. In this moment when Obama is actually doing one thing I agree with (talking to Iran), more and More
The headline recommendation from the five-member review group is that the NSA stop compiling a comprehensive record of all our phone calls.    By Eugene Robinson December 20, 2013  truthdig.com Shutterstock Blue-ribbon panels are often toothless and useless. But the eminences appointed by President Obama to review the out-of-control National Security Agency have produced More
"Obama is running the biggest terrorist operation that exists, maybe in history." — Noam Chomsky (2013) [youtube=http://youtu.be/PkTdMA0hmbo] Published on Dec 4, 2013  (Date:  December 8, 2001) In response to US declarations of a "War on Terrorism" in 1981 and the re-declaration in 2001, Chomsky has argued that the major sources of international terrorism are the More
"Obama is running the biggest terrorist operation that exists, maybe in history." — Noam Chomsky (2013) [youtube=http://youtu.be/PkTdMA0hmbo] Published on Dec 4, 2013  (Date:  December 8, 2001) In response to US declarations of a "War on Terrorism" in 1981 and the re-declaration in 2001, Chomsky has argued that the major sources of international terrorism are the More
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The daylight of a global awakening By Dr. Hakim  16 September 2013  Voices for Creative Nonviolence  VCNV.org We, the Afghan Peace Volunteers, are finding strength amidst our dark nights because, in the daylight of a global awakening, we see people throughout the world refusing to comply with oppressive systems.  We see that we aren’t alone More
We don't know who did it, but there has been a war crime So we'll bomb an Arab country one more time [youtube=http://youtu.be/c53AitvBdhM] Syria 2013 There's an uncivil war in Syria, one hundred thousand dead Millions of refugees without a roof over their heads Proxy armies flowing in to a country open wide You got More
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/70790728 w=500&h=281] William Blum, Peacestock 2013 from Bill Sorem Mr. Blum is perhaps the foremost documentarian of U.S. foreign policy ‘mishaps’ in the world. Leaving the State Department in 1967 over his opposition to the Vietnam war, Blum commenced researching and writing a series of ongoing critiques of America’s interventions throughout the world since More
