Today’s News Links: 09-29-12

Obama’s War on Journalism

US Investigates Possible WikiLeaks Leaker for ‘Communicating with the Enemy’, a Capital Offense

Iraqi-American is Imprisoned by US for Saving His Family from US Sanctions

The Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth

American Militarism

Austerity Anger: Protestors Hit the Streets of Madrid and Lisbon in Tens of Thousands

Hundreds of Thousands of Greeks March Against Austerity

Broad Range of Organizations Support ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping at Supreme Court

Amnesty et al. v. Clapper: FISA Amendment Act Challenge

Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran

Iranian Exiles, DC Lobbyists, and the Campaign to Delist the MEK

The Government has Made an ‘Absolute Mockery’ of Bradley Manning’s Right to a Speedy Trial

Hugo Chavez: People’s Hero in Final Showdown

Bahrain: Summary Execution of Protestors Continues with Western Arms and Under Impunity Policy

Bahraini Activist Nabeel Rajab’s Appeal Trial Resumes

In Iran, Sanctions Take Toll on the Sick

MEK: Working Magic the ‘Terrorcrat’ Way

Even Dumb Ideas Have Consequences

Anti-Apartheid: An Interview with Ronnie Kasrils

NYU-Stanford Report Documents US Government’s False Narrative on Drone Strikes

Appeals Court Judges Seem Skeptical of CIA Secrecy on Drone Program

We Could be Heroes: A Letter to my Dismal Allies

Tunisia Rape Victim Accused of ‘Indecency’

Kenya and its Coastal Discontents

Nigeria Stops Hajj Flights Over Deportations

Rat Reality Show: Russian Scientists to Broadcast GMO Experiments

Judge Slams Occupy Chicago Arresta as Unconstitutional, Throws Out Case

California’s Prop 37: Monsanto, GMO Labelling, and the Public Interest

Today’s News Links: 09-25-12

New Stanford/NYU Study Documents the Civilian Terror from Obama’s Drones

‘Democracy Kidnapped!’ – Madrid Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Teargas as Thousands Surround Spanish Congress 

Why They Hate Us [II]: How Many Muslims has the US Killed in the Past 30 Years?

Muhammad Salah: The Unjust Fate of an American ‘Terrorist’

Editorial: Welcome to Saigonistan

Ex-Blackwater Firm Will Teach Military Spies Self-Defense

Groundbreaking Strides Toward Civil Liberties in Berkeley

Today’s News Links: 09-24-12

Video Clip: School of the Americas – Class Over?

State Department Attacks CNN for Doing Basic Journalism

Vandana Shiva: Myths About Industrial Agriculture

Dozens Arrested After Saudi Prison Protest

Pakistan Charges Murder Over Factory Fires

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

The War Between the Civilized Man and the Savage

Our Dishonest Debate Over NSA Spying

‘Targeted’ Drone Strikes and Magical Thinking

3 Bloggers Sentenced in Vietnam

Australian Catholic Church Admits Child Abuse

India Floods and Landslide Kill 33, Displace 1 Million

Today’s News Links: 09-23-12

NSA Whistleblower: ‘It’s a Violation of Everybody’s Constitutional Rights’

5 Lessons from the De-Listing of the MEK as Terrorist Group

‘Muslim Rage’ Protests: What You May Have Missed

Natural Gas Fracking Fires Protests Over Pollution Fears

Bahrain: Serious Injuries Among Protestors Due to Continued Use of Excessive Force by Riot Police

Bahrain: UN Human Rights Review Must Spur Action, Not Hollow Pledges

Today’s News Links: 09-21-12

The link I posted to this documentary last week was expired. Here is a working link 9/11: Hijacking Catastrophe

The Only Surprise is There Aren’t More Violent Protests Across the Middle East

Video Clip: Why Don’t People Care About Their Freedoms? Interview with David Seaman

Guantanamo Prisoner’s Tragic Letter

Philippines: Killing of Human Rights Defender Mr. Genesis Ambason

Trader: LIBOR Fraud Happening Since 1991

UAE: Attacks on Human Rights Defender Mr. Ahmed Mansoor and Ongoing Smear Campaign Against Him

Editorial: The UAE’s Crude Tactics Call for a Response

Editorial: India’s Supermarket Move Shows its Tired Government has Run Out of Ideas

Oakland: Searching for Answers to the Police Killing of Alan Blueford

Bahrain/Geneva: Concerns Over Ongoing Intimidation of Human Rights Defender Mohammed al-Maskati

Former US Senator Bob Graham: Re-open Investigation Into 9/11 Attacks

3 New York Jewish Groups Condemn Pam Gellar’s ‘Savages’ Ads in Subways

Today’s News Links: 09-20-12

The Rule of Money: How American Democracy Became the Property of Commercial Oligarchy

Obama Officials’ Spin on Benghazi Attack Mirrors Bin Laden Raid Untruths 

Drone Warfare’s Deadly Civilian Toll: A Very Personal View

Mitt Romney, the Republican Party, and Latin America

An Open Letter to Barack Obama: Mr. President, You are Abetting Murder in Honduras

Monsanto’s RoundUp is Most Used Herbicide in NYC 

Islamophobia, Left and Right

Ospreys in Okinawa

Police Shootings in Wichita: Time for a Grand Jury

Muslim-Americans at the Canadian Border: Citizens in Name Only

Topper to Their Pizza: An Interrogation 

The Struggle for Rachel Corrie’s Legacy

Today’s News Links: 09-19-12

NDAA: Unlike Afghan Leaders, Obama Fights for Power of Indefinite Military Detention 

The Clash of Ignorance

Glenn Greenwald on Various Matters: Cyberwar, Last Gasps, and Hate Speech

Terror and Teargas in the Streets of Bahrain

Rights Groups Demand Leahy Law be Applied to Bahrain Security Forces that Abuse Human Rights

Justice for Alan Blueford: The Ongoing Struggle Against Police Violence in Oakland

Anti-Austerity Protests Hit Spain, Portugal as Government Tries to Implement Cuts

Swiss Banks to Lose Hundreds of Billions of Dollars After Tax Scandal

Editorial: ‘In the Maldives, our Democracy is Being Suffocated. We Need Help’

US Taxpayers Paid More to Israeli Defense Budget Than Israelis

Striking South Africa Mining Workers Agree to Deal with Lonmin

US Supermax Prison is Condemned Internationally for its Abusive Regime

Jimmy Carter: US Drone Attacks Amount to Human Rights Violations

September 30 – October 6 is Banned and Challenged Books Week

Italian Court Upholds CIA Rendition Verdict

Critics Question Pesticide Spray Success Claims Against West Nile Carrying Mosquitoes

What’s Behind the EPA’s New 4 Gallon Minimum Purchase Mandate?

Editorial: It’s Time for Islamophobic Evangelicals to Choose

Today’s News Links: 09-17-12

Sabra and Shatila: A Preventable Massacre

America and the Muslims

Chris Hedges and the NDAA Lawsuit: ‘We Won – for Now’

Obama’s NDAA Law Allowing Indefinite Detention of Citizens Ruled Unconstitutional 

Conservatives, Democrats, and the Convenience of Denouncing Free Speech

I Will Occupy

US Media Angrily Marvels at the Lack of Muslim ‘Gratitude’

Radical Allies and Moderate Subversives: US Foreign Policy Threatens America’s Interests in the Gulf

Blowback: Unintended Consequences in Libya

Nuclear Betrayal in the Marshall Islands

Obama’s Double-Speak at the DNC

Guantanamo Still a Blight on US Record

11 Years After 9/11, It’s Time to End the War on Terror

Today’s News Links: 09-13-12

Unlawful Dissent

The Tragic Consulate Killings in Libya and America’s Hierarchy of Human Life

Inside the Strange Hollywood Scam that Spread Chaos Across the Middle East

Another Guantanamo Prisoner Death Highlights Democrats’ Hypocrisy

Former CIA Chief: Obama’s War on Terror Same as Bush’s, But with More Killing

Monopolizing War: What America Does Best

We Are at War

US Citizens’ Due Process Rights Saved From the NDAA’s Indefinite Detention

Confessions of a Former Republican

Teachers Strike in Chicago for Larger Vision of Public Education

Criminalizing Truancy: Should Kids be Jailed for Skipping School?

A Draconian Structural Adjustment for the US?

Tariq Ali on the Uprising in Syria

The Anniversary: Looking Up at Tupac Shakur

Today’s News Links: 09-11-12

Documentary: Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11

Documentary: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out on 9/11

Growth is the Problem

Kevin Tillman: ‘After Pat’s Birthday’

Chart: How 9/11 Changed the Laws

The Liberal Way to Run the World: ‘Improve’ or We’ll Kill You

Our 9/11 Torturers and the Myth of ‘Never Again’ – The Persecution of John Kiriakou

‘How My Polaroids of the Sept. 11 Attacks Let Me Into America’s Secret Court System for Terrorist Suspects’

“A Lot of People Believe This Stuff” – Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Public Relations

Guantanamo Inmate Becomes Ninth Detainee to Die at Prison Camp

The NYPD’s Far-Flung Empire

Living Under Israeli State Terror

The 100 Most Endangered Species on the Planet

This is How Facebook is Tracking Your Internet Activity

The Intersection of Hip-Hop and Homophobia: Where Tyler Met Frank

This Year’s DNC: Just Another TV Show

Clinton: The Great De-Regulator