Today’s News Links: 06-25-12

Posted on June 25, 2012 by admin

Posted on June 22, 2012 by admin

Petition: In Support of Diplomacy, Not War, with Iran

UN Expert Labels CIA Tactic a “War Crime”

Analysis: Oversight Failures Help Oil Obama’s Killing Machine

Tortured Punished, Torturer Cleared: The Story of Ahmed Abu-Ali

Video Clip: Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Seeks Asylum From Ecuador in Attempt to Avoid Extradition to US

Interview: Will Ecuador Give Assange Asylum?

Julian Assange Asylum Application May Take Time, Says Ecuador President

Austerity Protests Spread Through Khartoum

From Agent Orange to ‘Kill Lists’ Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

A Coup in Cairo: As Muslim Brotherhood Claims Election Victory Military Strips President of Power

Saudi Arabia Plans to Fund Syria Rebel Army

Police Pseudo-science and the ‘War on Terror’

Beyond the Politics of the Big Lie – The Education Deficit and the New Authoritarianism

The Cheney Effect – in the Obama Administration

Crowds Mass in Tahrir Against Military Coup

Tom Horne, Death Threats, and the US Constitution

A World Without Slavery

Colin Powell – Another War Criminal Cashes In

Hope Dies at Guantanamo

Paraguay’s President Lugo Ousted

Japan to Restart 2 Nuclear Reactors

US Receives Bids to Drill in Gulf of Mexico

Opinion: Julian Assange’s Right to Asylum

Commentary: What Will Washington Do About Lugo’s Ouster in Paraguay?

Search for Rare Earth Substitutes Gathers Pace

Today’s News Links: 06-21-12

Posted on June 21, 2012 by admin

Petition: Ask Congress to Co-Sponsor the Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012

UN Investigator Decries US Use of Killer Drones

ICE Domain-Name Seizures Threaten Due Process and 1st Amendment

The Sugar-Mama of Anti-Muslim Hate

US, Israel Developed ‘Flame’ Computer Virus to Slow Iranian Nuclear Efforts, Officials Say

Report: Drones Not Used Effectively on US Borders

“Officials Say” Journalism

Lawsuit Challenges US Surveillance Powers

Drones are Different

Alice Walker Declines Request to Publish Israeli Edition of ‘The Color Purple’

Background: The Fast and Furious Scandal

House Committee Approves Sweeping, Warrantless Electronic Spy Powers

Google: Western Governments Increasingly Indulge in Online Censorship

Interview: WikiLeaks Will Carry on Despite Crackdown on Whistle-blowers

Israel Demolishes Arab Village – 38 Times

China’s Arbitrary Expulsion of Tibetans From Lhasa Escalates

Smoke and Mirrors – Malaysia’s “New” Internal Security Act

Human Rights Watch: Bahrain Must Reject Confessions Linked to Torture

Guatemala: Lives and Livelihoods at Stake in Mining Conflict

Human Rights Watch Slams Indian Mining Industry

Human Rights Watch to Bangladesh: Stop Boat Push-Backs to Burma

Revealed: CIA Secretly Operates on Syria’s Border, Supplies Arms to Rebels

Amnesty Int’l: Senegal’s New Gov’t Must End Impunity for Human Rights Violations

NSA Won’t Say How Many Americans It’s Spied On; Cites ‘Privacy’ Concerns

Fighting for the Right to Pee in India

Today’s News Links: 06-18-12

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

Petition: Support the End Polluter Welfare Act

Petition: Amnesty Int’l – Free All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar

The New Obama Doctrine: A 6 Point Plan for Total War

The CIA’s Secret Push to Keep Bush-Era Torture Rules

The Real Reason Eric Holder Should Resign as Attorney General

11 Key Things You Should Know About the Bloodshed in Syria

When Chomsky Wept

The Dilemma at the Heart of America’s Approach to Africa

Saudi Arabia Increases Crackdown on Human Rights Activists

Canada Will Spy on People, Politely

It Couldn’t Happen Here, It Does Happen There: The Value of American – and Afghan – Lives

NY Gov. Cuomo Plans to Experiment with Fracking in Economically Struggling Areas

Oman: Activist Arrests Threaten Freedom of Expression

Huge Multi-Racial Father’s Day March Tells Bloomberg and NYPD: No More Stop-and-Frisk

Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims

The Associated Press Sues NJ Police Department Over Muslim Spy Data

Rodney King’s Legacy was to Blast Away the Myth of a Post-Racial US

GOP/Dem Rhetorical Convergence

Native American Tribes Owed Millions by Government, Supreme Court Rules

Joseph Stiglitz: What are Your Chances of Economic Success?

The Long Roots of the NYPD Spying Program

Greek Elections Fuel Fear of ‘Social Explosion’

Dalai Lama Visit: Leeds Stands Up to ‘Bully Boy’ China

Using New Media, Chinese Try Out Food Activism

Rio+20 People’s Summit Gathers Pace

Aung San Suu Kyi Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

Feeding the Obesity Crisis

High Expectations for New International Criminal Court Prosecutor

Syria Becoming Wider Global, Regional, Proxy War

One Year On, Saudi Arabian Women Still Driving Their Way to Greater Freedom

Respect is Crucial in Nuclear Talks with Iran

Bahrain: 5 Questions for the Kingdom [via Human Rights First]

In the Afterglow of Chen Guangcheng, Much to be Desired for Human Rights in China

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Protests

“May God Be With Egypt”

Opinion: What Went Wrong in Egypt

Opinion: Time for Egypt to Unite Against the Military

Opinion: The Wrong Austerity Cure

The Imperatives of Political Pressure

Campaigners Demand an End to $1 Trillion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Killed by “Progress” – Uncontacted Manhunt Remembered 25 Years On

Rhode Island House Defends Constitution, Passes Anti-NDAA Resolution

Analysis: China Must Act to Prevent Escalation of Tensions Over Tibet

Palestinian Soccer Star/Hunger Striker Mahmoud Sarsak to be Freed by Israel

Today’s News Links: 06-14-12

Posted on June 14, 2012 by admin

Video Clip: What Drives US Policy in Central America?

The US Expands Secret Intelligence Operations in Africa

Obama Trade Document Leaked, Reveals New Corporate Powers and Broken Campaign Promises

Al-Qaeda’s Best Friend

On Drone Warfare: Who Lives? Who Dies?

Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain Urged to Quash Convictions of Protest Medics

Amnesty Int’l: Egypt Must Urgently Cancel Dangerous New Powers Given to the Military

NATO Apologizes Over Civilian Deaths in Airstrike

Whistle-blower Bradley Manning Thanks Supporters

Mitt Romney Bain: A Look at the Republican Record

Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy Bribery Scandal

Today’s News Links: 06-13-12

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

Obama’s Robotic Assassins

US Security Expands Presence at Foreign Airports

NATO Preparing Vast Dis-information Campaign

Military Hero Worship

What Might Cause Another 9/11?

US Drones Deeply Unpopular Around the World

Judge Forrest and the NDAA

Special Report: Watergate – the Untold Story

Obama’s ‘Kill List’ and Blood Thirsty Americans

Panetta’s Pacific Vision

The Myths of the Drone War ‘Successes’

Slave Doctors for Capitalism

Victims’ Rights and 9/11 State Violence

Obama Defender Rep. Peter King

Hatred: What Drones Sow

Montana Citizens United and the 11th Amendment

Moscow Returns Fire by Accusing US of Arming Syria’s Rebel Forces

The New Wave of Herbicide-Resistant Crops

Israel Suffering From Own Racism

The Green Movement at 50: Missoin Unaccomplished

Where Jim Crow Survives: Alabama

Body Counts – The Human Cost of the ‘War on Terror’

Qatar – Migrant Construction Workers Face Abuse

Sheldon Adelson: Big Money Bogey-Man

Will the Middle East Starve?

Apple, Google, and the Price of World Domination

Asian Mosquito Could Bring Tropical Diseases to UK

Bangladeshi Authorities Condemned for Refusing to Allow Stateless Refugees to Escape Conflict

Today’s News Links: 06-11-12 & 06-12-12

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin

Video Clip: US Drone Crashes in Maryland Swamp

Leon Panetta: Military Renaissance Man

Media, Drones, and Rank Propaganda

Drone Wars and State Secrecy – How Barack Obama Became a Hardliner

Leaking War: How Obama’s Targeted Killings, Leaks, and the Everything-is-Classified State Have Merged

Amnesty Int’l: Egypt Must Investigate Attacks on Female Protestors

Amnesty Int’l Report: The ‘Big 6’ Arms Exporters

The US, Afghanistan, and the ‘India Card’

Everything Legal is Not Moral: Why We’re Taking Solitary Confinement to Court

Hugo Chavez Launches Re-elction Bid in Front of Thousands of Supporters

Justice Department Sues Florida Over Voter Purge

Human Rights Watch to Burma: Protect Muslim, Buddhist Communities at Risk

American Citizen Pressured to Become FBI Informant by Placement on No-Fly List

Obama’s Drone Wars and the Normalization of Extrajudicial Murder

Video Clip: As US Escalates Pakistan Drone Strikes, Expansive ‘Kill List’ Stirs Fear of Worse Civilian Toll

Video Clip: Blowing the Whistle on Obama’s America

Tens of Thousands Voice Opposition to Putin’s Government

Pepper-Spraying of Students in Santa Monica

Burma’s Military Reform Gap

Debunking the Financial Myths of Fracking

If Europe is a “Culture of Peace”, Why NATO?

Palestinians mull Observer Status at UN

Fixing Citizens United

Golden Dawn Threatens Hospital Raids Against Immigrants in Greece

How the Wisconsin Uprising got Hijacked

Liberia Seals Ivorian Border After Attack

Colorado Wildfire Forces Evacuations as Gov’t is Accused of Slow Response

Climate Scientists Lament a Nation Stuck on the Wrong Debate

Today’s News Links: 06-09-12 & 06-10-12

Posted on June 10, 2012 by admin

Once Again, US Bombs Mourners

Fortress USA

Obama’s Virus Wars: Mutually-Assured Cyber Destruction

The School of the Americas, the CIA, and the US-Condoned Torture Sweeping Latin America and Mexico

Words the Government Uses to Spy on You

Kaspersky: Nations Must Talk to Avoid ‘Cyber Terrorism’

Probing Obama’s Secrecy Games

Chris Hedges on the Quebec Protests: Northern Light

It’s One Person, One Vote, Not 1%

Raw Story’s Liberal Rhetoric

Greek MP: TV Assault Reveals True ‘Golden Dawn’

Burma Clashes Could Put Transition to Democracy at Risk, President Says

Sierra Leone: Fortunes Change as Diamond Trade Brings Back Investment

Afghan President Karzai: US to Cease Strikes on Residential Areas

Gay Pride Parade Banned for 100 Years in Russia

UN Rights Chief Calls for Drone Probe

Spanish PM Claims Bank Bailout ‘Triumph’ Amid Eurozone Crisis

5 ‘Stand Your Ground’ Cases You Should Know About

India Frustrations Send Some Foreign Firms Packing

EU’s Spain Bank Rescue May be Only Temporary Fix

The War on Gays

Locusts Menace Already Hunger-Striken Mali and Niger

Pope’s Bankers Under Scrutiny

Pakistan Urged to Investigate Death Plot Against Human Rights Lawyer

French Far Right on the March

Mexicans Protests Against ‘Media Bias’

Sandusky Trial to Begin on Monday

Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America

Why Arizona Banned Ethnic Studies

Did Republicans Deliberately Crash the US Economy?

Skinheads Eye Euro 2012

Today’s News Links: 06-08-12

Posted on June 8, 2012 by admin

FBI “Domestic Terrorism” Training on Anarchists, Environmentalists, Show COINTELPRO Tactics

Somebody Else’s Atrocities

Kipling, the “White Man’s Burden”, and US Imperialism

President Obama and Civil Liberties: Unraveling a Very Mixed Record

Video Clip: Democracy Now Interviews Noam Chomsky on WikiLeaks, Obama’s Assassinations and Latin America

NDAA, Indefinite Detention Injunction Applies Broadly, Federal Judge Says

A First Look at the NYCLU’s New Stop-and-Frisk App

For the Future of Our Planet, a Dialogue Between Generations

Opinion: The US Tolerance of Poverty

How Big Banks Run the World – At Your Expense

US Jobs, GDP, and the Eurozone

The Paycheck Fairness Act’s Realpolitik

Yes, Virginia, We CAN Do Something About Drone Strikes

Bringing the Battlefield to the Border

Bahrain: Human Rights Defender’s Letter Smuggled Out of Prison

Earth Tipping Point Study in Nature Journal Predicts Disturbing Changes

Obama Foreclosure Program Criticized by Expert Panel

Congress Looking Happy to a Reauthorize Broad, Secret Spying Powers

Guantanamo: The 40 Prisoners Still Held, But Cleared for Release 5 Years Ago

Rio+20 Earth Summit: Leaked Draft Reveals Conflict Among Countries

Double Standards on Civilian Deaths

June 8th is World Oceans Day

The Wisconsin Uprising Lives On

Blog post: A Primer on Internet Cyber Warfare

Bahrain Student Suspended for Phone Message

TransCanada’s Latest Extreme Energy Export Pipeline Charges in Canada and US

Today’s News Links: 06-07-12

Posted on June 7, 2012 by admin

Obama’s Personal Role in Drone Executions

Systemic Sexual Abuse of Congolese Migrants in Angola

Seeds of Doubt: Brazilian Farmers Sue Monsanto

US Post-Assad Syria Plan: Intervention in the Cards?

Lawmakers Ask Hillary Clinton to Explain Erik Prince’s Mercenaries in the UAE

UAE Turns to Deportation to Silence Critics of the Regime

How Citizens United Helped Scott Walker Win Wisconsin

Stop-and-Frisk Controversy Prompts Meeting with Justice Dept.

Obama’s Kill List – Silence is NOT an Option

Drones, Drift, and the [New] American Way of War

Praying at the Church of St. Drone

“Don’t Thank Me for My Service” – by a US Marine

Did Anyone Ever Bother to Get the Pakistani Perspective?

Israel to Build 300 New West Bank Settlement Homes

The Already Forgotten Iraq War

Add a Few Irrelevant Facts, Stir, and Let Prejudice Do the Rest

Opinion: Even I, an Israeli, Do Not Think Settlement Goods are Kosher

Canada Quits UN Tourism Body After Mugabe Appointment

The Big-Lie Coup d’etat

The War on Contraception: It’s Time to Take Sides

Chinese Dissident Li Wangyang Found Hanged in Hospital

Private Prisons Profit From Immigration Crackdown, Collaboration Between Local and Federal Law Enforcement

Neo-Con Says: Syria Has Nothing to Do with Humanitarian Concern

South Sudan Asks Officials to Return Stolen Funds

At What Temperature Does a Kindle Burn? Remembering Ray Bradbury

South Africa ‘Secrecy Bill’ Puts Continent’s Press Freedom at Risk

Scott Simon, NPR, and the Empire

Republicans: AWOL on Afghanistan

What Wisconsin Taught Us

US Military: Active-Duty Suicide Rate Soars

Death Threats Against Mexican Human Rights Defender Vidulfo Rosales

In Venezuela, the Revolution Continues

BDS Roundup: Arizona State University Student Gov’t Votes to Divest from Israel

First ‘Targeted Killing’; Now Targeted Propaganda

UK: ‘Occupy’ Returns to St. Paul’s on Pilgrimage of Protest

Many Treaties to Save the Earth, But Where’s the Will to Implement Them?

UK: Pollution ‘Outsourced’ Overseas

Australia’s Man Against the Mines

Preserving the Manhattan Project: Cynthia Kelly and the Atomic Heritage Foundation

Jonah Goldberg Says Youth of the US Too Stupid to Vote

America’s Worst Educators

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