Today’s News Links: 07-18-12

Posted on July 18, 2012 by admin

Posted on July 16, 2012 by admin

Audio Clip: Tavis Smiley and Cornell West on Obama’s Kill List

Neo-McCarthyism

Mexican Elections and US Politics: Can Americans “Just Say No” to the Drug War Addiction?

News Channel or Hype Machine? CNN on the Iran ‘Threat’

New York’s Black Sites

What’s Big Food Doing in the Organics Business?

In Search of the ‘Islamic Menace’ in Bolivia

Opinion: The NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping is a Crime, Not a State Secret

NY Pro-Palestinian Ads Accused of Being “Anti-Semitic” by Jewish Leaders

Abigail Disney Disclaims Shares in Ahava Beauty, Promises to Donate Profits to Palestinian Cause

International Activists to Sue Israel

That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Trial

UK: After G4S, Who Still Thinks Outsourcing Works?

Today’s News Links: 07-15-12

Posted on July 15, 2012 by admin

War is Betrayal

The 1% Connection: Mexico and the US, Crony Capitalism and the Exploitation of Labor Through NAFTA

Video Clip: GlaxoSmithKline Fraud Case: Does Crime Pay?

Amnesty’s Shilling for US Wars

Obama Piles New Sanctions Against Iran

Turning a Blind Eye to Catastrophic Truths

In Vast Effort, FDA Spied on E-Mails of its Own Scientists

TPP Trade Negotiations Seal Obama’s Pro-Corporate Approach to Foreign Policy

Waiting for Helicopters? Cholera, Prejudice, and Rights to Water in Haiti

US Drone Strikes Setting Dangerous Global Precedent

A Bill to Stop Modern Day Trafficking Under Government Contracts

Agent Orange at Okinawa’s Futenwa Base in 1980’s

Food Rebellions and Political Accountability

Saudi Arabia Hits Out at Russia Over Rights Comments

2 Die During Saudi Arabia Protest at Shi’a Cleric Arrest

Video Clip: Should the US be a Global Moral Authority?

Video Clip: Blowing the Whistle on Obama’s America

China Attempts to Seal Tibet Off from Outside Information

Peter Hain Urges Wider Zimbabwe Sanctions Aimed at Robert Mugabe

What’s Still the Matter with Wal-Mart

Greece’s Other Crisis: Xenophobic Violence

“Development” with Blinders at the World Bank

Human Rights Watch: UAE Must Halt Expulsion of Bidun Rights Activist

Today’s News Links: 07-14-12

Posted on July 14, 2012 by admin

Excuses for Assassination Secrecy

America’s Shadow Wars in Africa

Syria: No to Intervention, No to Illusion

This Global Financial Fraud and its Gate-keepers

Silencing Pro-Palestinian Speech on Campus

Israel Upside-Down

Joseph Stiglitz: Terrifying Future for America if We Don’t Reverse Inequality

Occupy Will Return

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Corporate Escape From Accountability

Bradley Manning Treated More Harshly Than a Terrorist, Lawyer Says

Michelle Bachmann’s Muslim Witch Hunt

Scranton, Pennsylvania: Where Even the Mayor is on Minimum Wage

Today’s News Links: 07-11-12

Posted on July 11, 2012 by admin

Petition to European Parliament/European Commission: Put Crooked Bankers Behind Bars

America’s Own Terror Group

The MEK: High-Priced Advocacy Raises Questions for Supporters of Iranian Exile Group

Libor: The Crime of the Century

‘Bravery’ and Drone Pilots

Fukushima as Manufactured Disaster

Behind the Paraguayan Coup

Apologies to Mexico

Capitalism’s Boundless War

Citizens United: California Becomes 6th State to Call for Amendment Against Ruling

Oil and Illusions

UK’s The Guardian: Extensive Coverage of the Eurozone Crisis Deal

Dept. of Defense Report Reveals Some Detainees Interrogated While Drugged, Others ‘Chemically Restrained’

Stop-and-Frisk Controls Praised in Philadelphia

NSA Whistleblowers Back Lawsuit Over Government Spying

London 2012: Army Reinforcements Called In for Olympics

Amnesty International Urges Bahrain to Release Imprisoned Activist Nabeel Rajab

Evidence of a US Judicial Vendetta Against WikiLeaks Activists Mounts

After the Blowback: Eliminating Terrorism

Mali: Counter-Terrorism and the Benefits of Doing Nothing

London Summit on Family Planning: “Let Them Have Contraception”

Obama Signs Order Outlining ‘Emergency’ Internet Control

US: Coming to the Aid of War Criminals in Nicaragua

Palestine: In Ramallah, Breaking Bones, Breaking Trust

UK: Government $1 Billion Deal for Controversial Petrobras Deep-Sea Oil Drilling

Migrant Nightmares: Ethiopian Domestic Workers in the Gulf

Living Under Siege in Iran

Is the TPP Really the Best Way to Build a 21st Century Society?

One Year On: Failure of Leadership in Sudan and South Sudan Leading to Human Rights Crisis

Opinion: Romania Must Not Sell Out Smallhold Farmers to Biotech Industry

Today’s News Links: 07-10-12

Posted on July 10, 2012 by admin

Foreign Demand Ignites US Tobacco Profits

Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic Fights to Stay Open

Guatemala Farmers Losing Their Land to Europe’s Hunger for Biofuels

How the NYPD Overstated Its Counter-Terrorism Record

Mexicans in Guadalajara Protest Against Enrique Peña Nieto’s Election Win

Opinion: Irregularities Reveal Mexico’s Election Far From Fair

Florida Keys Residents Resist Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes

Today’s News Links: 07-09-12

Posted on July 9, 2012 by admin

Petition: Become a Citizen Co-Sponsor of the DISCLOSE Act of 2012 to End Secret Election Spending

Obama Seizes Control Over All Communication Systems with Executive Order

The Cowardly Lions of ‘Free Speech’

The Police and the Occupy Movement

Paraguay Coup: Agribusiness, Land Owners, Media Elite and the US Lead to Destabilization

Opinion: This Conflict in the Holy Land Must End for the Children’s Sake

Bahrain Imprisons Leading Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab for Pro-Democracy Tweet

More Demands on Cell Carriers in Surveillance

Investigation: Romney’s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious IRA

Climate Change: This is Just the Beginning

ACTA Killed: MEPs Destroy Treaty in FInal Vote

Video Clip: Rendered, Tortured, and Discarded: A Shocking Story of an Innocent Man’s Ordeal in US Prisons Abroad

Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War

ACLU: Internet Freedom is Worth Fighting For

The ‘Monsanto’ Rider: Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity From Federal Law?

The Mass Graves of Kashmir

The Wall Street Scandal of All Scandals

Company Earned Millions in Defense Contracts While Making Illegal Sales to China

Black Lung Surges in Coal Country

Today’s News Links: 07-07-12

Posted on July 7, 2012 by admin

The Longest War

Weimar America

Dianne Feinstein Targets Press Freedom

Extradition or Asylum? Assange Awaits Ecuadorian Decision

Press Still at Assange’s Throat

Syria Through the Looking Glass

Why is the Government Collecting Your Biometric Data?

Human Rights, Drones, and Other Various Matters

Washington’s Militarized Mindset

Glenn Greenwald: ‘Two-Tiered Justice’

The Vietnam War and the Struggle for Truth

The Post-Cold War Era is Over

Big Pharma’s Big Fines

The American Law University Review article on the case of Syed Fahad Hashmi

In the Name of Security: Human Rights Watch Report on Post 9/11 Counter-terrorism Laws

Knesset Moves to Force National Service on Palestinians in Israel

Jordan: Bias at the Syrian Border

Polish Senator’s Startling New Allegations About CIA Torture Prison in Poland

Africa’s Abortion-Rights Breakthrough

How Qatar is Taking on the World

Angola: Protestors Detained, Disappeared

Peru: Call for Calm After Fatal Violence at Mine Protest

Commentary: “Where’s Our Right to Die?” – On Assisted Suicide

Wal-Mart’s Dirty Partners

The White House’s Blemished Record on Releasing Bush-Era Torture

Today’s News Links: 06-29-12

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

Moral Injury and the American War

NATO Proxies Turkey and Saudi Arabia Move to War Footing on Eve of Syrian ‘Peace Summit’

A Subprime Education in a Subprime World

Health Care Dissent: What the Conservative Wing Wanted to Happen

FBI Terror Plot: How the Government Destroys the Lives of Innocent People

Opinion: George W. Bush – Still the Worst

CNN ‘Journalist’ : “Don’t Be Nosy” ..?

Adelson and Koch Join Forces

Eric Holder Held in Contempt of Congress After Historic Vote

Iranians’ Past with US Colors How They See Standoff Over Nuclear Program

Julian Assange Remains at Embassy After Refusing to Report to Police

Assange Rejects Police Request to Surrender for Breaking Bail Terms

Report Reveals the Scale of Sexual Abuse by Police Officers

The Guardian‘s Live Gaza Blog

How a Grad Student Scooped the Government – and What it Means for Your Online Privacy

Ethiopia: Terrorism Law Used to Crush Free Speech

Student Anger Boils Over

America: Where It’s Easier to Get a Gun Than Good Mental Healthcare

UN Rights Council: Strong Message on Bahrain Abuses

Bahrain Must Free Injured Protestors for Urgent Medical Care

Bill of Rights Defense Committee June Newsletter

Cop Keeps Job After Brutal Restaurant Attack Leaves Victim in Critical Condition

Global Opinion of Obama Slips; International Policies Faulted

Berkeley Council Backs Police Reforms with Civil Liberties in Mind

Australia’s Mining Boom Puts Pressure on Local Communities

Permission to Bury the Dead: Sri Lanka’s War Legacy Continues

China/Burma: Kachin Refugees Lack Aid, Face Abuses

Maldives Ex-Leaders Warns Against Vote Delay

Today’s News Links: 06-28-12

Posted on June 28, 2012 by admin

Collapsing US Credibility

Why We Fight

Syria and the Phantom

The FBI’s Secret Surveillance Letters to Tech Companies

Revisiting CIA Torture on International Day of Support for Victims

Bahrain Ambassador Invited to Discussion on Human Rights Reforms

Bahrain Prosecutes Abused Human Rights Lawyer on Int’l Day for Torture Victims

UN Human Rights Council: Strong Message on Bahrain Abuses

Glenn Greenwald on Various Matters of Major Concern [Iran, WikiLeaks, et al]

Chen Guangcheng Chosen for 2012 Human Rights Award

Big Money Wins in the Big Skies of Montana

Falun Gong: Banned by China and Ignored by American Media, the Movement Turns 20

What You Don’t Know About the ‘Fast and Furious Scandal’

Psychedelic Drugs Can Unlock Mysteries of Brain, Says Former Government Advisor

How Does the US Treat Its Homeless

Seismologists Warn Japan Against Nuclear Restart

Video Clip: Paraguay – Impeachment or Coup?

Opinion: After Rio+20, We Know Governments Have Given Up on the Planet

The Int’l Criminal Court’s Many Flaws Can’t Be Simply Glossed Over

Money Rules All – But only When We Let It

The Urgency of a Computer Virus Non-proliferation Treaty

What’s Really Happened to America’s Soldiers

How Austerity is Eroding Human Rights

Liberia’s Long Wait to Turn the Light On

For Israelis, Palestinian Oppression is Out of Sight and Out of Mind

US Attorney General Held in Contempt

Afghan Civilian Toll Rises Amid New Attack

The UK’s Social Mobility Shame

Drone Documents: Why the Government Won’t Release Them

Shooting of Lesbian Teen Couple Leaves Texas Town Searching for Answers

Police, Lobbyists Defeat Attempt to Regulate License-Plate Scanners

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