Today’s Update: 06-06-12

I wasn’t able to post articles today, so I’m just going to post a modified version of a well-known quote.

“When they said Muslims were terrorists, you never spoke up
you’re not a Muslim

when they said immigrants were terrorists, you never spoke up
you were born in this country

when they said protestors, activists, and “Occupy” were terrorists, you never spoke up
you’re not into politics

when they said journalists and those who ask questions are terrorists, you never spoke up
you weren’t questioning anything

and when they come, take your family, your rights, and everything else you’ve ever had, and say that YOU are a TERRORIST…

 

….there will be no one left to speak up for you…”

Today’s News Links: 06-05-12

Petition: Tell Your Rep to Oppose Drone Strikes That Kill Civilians

Petition: End Plans to Construct the Northern Gateway Pipeline

On Aid, Obama Sells Out African Countries to Big Ag

Document: 2006 NYPD Report on Surveillance of Muslims and Mosques

Some Questions on the Houla Massacre…and Beyond

Interview: Medea Benjamin on the Life and Death Decisions of Drone Warfare

BP Accused of Attack on Academic Freedoms After Scientists Subpoenaed 

Bahrain: The Dragonfly’s Eye

Bahrain Activists Recount Abuse Claims in Retrial

Tamils Being Deported to Sri Lanka from Britain Being Tortured

Bilderberg 2012: Were Romney and Bill Gates There?

A Letter to the Obama Administration Challenging Drone Strikes

Carlos Montes Court Case Ends in Victory

Damascus: City on the Edge of Darkness

Opinion: Celeb Partners with Monsanto, G8, to Bio-wreck African Farms with GMOs

Verdict Revives Egyptian Anger

A Diabolical Mix: US Wages and European Austerity

Editorial: What Did Obama Mean by Change?

Africa: G8 Detour on Food Security

The New Alliance for Food Security: Nothing New About Ignoring Africa’s Farmers

Nuclear Savages

Nuclear Disarmament at an Impasse

Nepal Adds Legal Recognition for Third Gender

Zimbabwe: Diamond Abuses Show Need for Reform

Human Rights Watch to Russia: Reject Restrictions on Peaceful Assembly

Opinion: Mubarak Will Die in Jail, But That’s No Thanks to Us

Bilderberg 2012: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Bilderberg 2012: Ken Clarke’s Drive of Shame

DR Congo: Rwanda Should Stop Aiding War Crimes Suspect

Occupy Buffalo Helps Convince City to Divest From JP Morgan Chase

China: Legacy of Tiananmen Denial Erodes Rule of Law

Awash in Undisclosed Cash

Michigan’s Abu Ghraib?

Today’s News Links: 06-02-12, 06-03-12, 06-04-12

The High Price of Dark Fusion

NATO Summit Highlights Similarities Between Neo-Cons and Neo-Liberals

The White Savior Industrial Complex

Jeremy Scahill Says Obama Drone Strikes in Yemen Constitute Murder

War on Terror: The World’s Biggest New Business [not quite my usual material, but DOES contain important info & ideas]

Another Indigenous Tribe in Danger of Execution

Never-ending Prosecution and Vendetta: The Story of Sami al-Arian

Amnesty Int’l: Egypt’s Mubarak Trial Fails to Deliver Full Justice

Germany Weighs Up Federal Europe Plan to End Debt Crisis

When It Hits the Fan, the Government’s Boots on the Ground May Be Your Neighbors

BP Sends a Chill Through the Scientific Community

Human Rights Reports and Targeted Killings

Pakistan: Documents Show ‘Bin Laden Doctor’ Jailed for Link to Fighters, Not for Aiding CIA

Chinese Silence on Tiananmen Under Scrutiny

US and China in Tianamen Anniversary Row

To China With Love From Zimbabwe 

Is Canada’s Pipeline a Pipe Dream?

US Army Adds Charge in Bales Afghan Shooting Case

Syria: The Dangers of One-Sided Reporting

Explaining Nigeria’s Energy Crisis

Closing a Loophole in the War on Terror

US Drones Attack Pakistan Targets for Third Successive Day

Syrian Rebels Kill 80 Soldiers, Opposition Claims

NY Mayor and NYPD Back Marijuana Decriminalization Proposal

Israel Turns on Its Refugees

Shifting the Burden of Proof in Malaysia

Bradley Manning Lawyer in Struggle to Get Gov’t Documents Released

Israel Asks Arab Visitors to Open Emails to Search

Video Clip: Have Egyptians Been Denied Full Justice?

10 Take-aways From the Anti-NATO Demonstrations part 1

LA Plastic Bag Ban Could Mean the End for All Plastic Bags

Tobacco Firms Accused of Thwarting Controls

Photos: Congo Fighting Enters Third Week

Pakistan and US: Allies Without Trust

The Rock-Mining Children of Sierra Leone Have Not Found Peace

Blowback and the Consequences of Obama’s Foreign Policies

Video Clip: US Elections – What Happened to Hope and Change?

Jailed Palestinians Warn of New Hunger Strikes

Kuwaiti Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail for Twitter ‘Blasphemy’

Turkish Court Indicts Senior Israeli Military Officials in Murders on Gaza Flotilla

Death, Yes…But Torture? At Super-MAX

20 Years After the Earth Summit: What Does the Future Hold?

The Planet Wreckers

Video Clip: Should Israel Be Responsible for Immigrants?

Opinion: Invest in the Afghan People, NOT Foreign Contractors

MF Global Trustee: Corzine Mismanaged Firm’s Growth

Japan’s Latest Nuclear Crisis: Getting Rid of Radioactive ‘Debris’

Bombs Hit Shi’ite Site in Baghdad, 26 Killed

Obama Administration Argues No Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking of Citizens

Today’s News Links: 06-01-12

Islam is a Religion, and is Therefore Protected by the Constitution

Tough-Guy Leaking: Iran Edition

Drone-on-Drone Action

Where the Drones Are

Iran: War is Not Even the Question

The Obama-Bush Doctrine

CIA Probes Publication Review Board Over Allegations of Selective Censorship

Cartwright Report Calls for Nuclear Reductions and Elimination of US Land-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

Congress Looking Happy to Reauthorize Broad, Secret Spying Powers

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed: The Outsourcing of Extraordinary Rendition?

Law-Makers Consider Extension of Overseas Surveillance Powers

Fracking in California Raises New and Old Concerns

It’s No Secret: There are More Government Secrets Than Ever

Is This What Democracy Looks Like? Reflections on Chicago

Editorial: Too Much Power for a President

Bilderberg 2012: Bigger and Badder Than Ever

The Leveson Inquiry: Oh, What a Lovely Game

Virtual Blackout from National Media on Black Voter Surppression in Florida

Quebec Student Talks Collapse

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drones

Partners in Deforestation and Slum-ification

Kill the ‘Kill List’

What Gets De-classified?

US Federal Prisons Fail to Respect Religious Freedom of Prisoners, in Disregard of Court Orders

Losing Yemeni Hearts and Minds

Obama’s Favorite Vietnam-Afghanistan Parallel

The Price of Democracy

Re-defining the Arab Spring: Is Chaos Taking Over?

New Mexico’s Record-Setting Wildfires Deepen Trend of ‘Mega-fires’

Another Right-Wing Drone Sceptic: Jack Goldsmith Changes His Tune on Drone War

Collateral Damage in the War on Protestors

Please Don’t Kill Me, Obama

The NAACP’s Relevance Step

Israeli Minister Inflames Racial Tensions With Attack on ‘Infiltrators’

Amnesty Int’l: Egypt Must Return to Rule of Law as State of Emergency Ends

Counter-Revolution Disguised as Democracy in Egypt

Mubarak Trial and Troubled Elections Threaten to Further De-stabilize Egypt

The History of the 1990’s, Revised

3 Decades On, the Search Continues for El Salvador’s Stolen Children

Brazilian Leader Rouseff’s Pardon of Illegal Deforesters Condemned

 

Today’s News Links: 05-31-12

Bush’s Torture Over-reach Becomes New Normal Under Obama

A Reminder About WikiLeaks

“Pogrom” on African Refugees in Tel Aviv

Send in the Homeland Police Drones, Says Virginia Governor 

Peru Uses Emergency Rules to Try to End Anti-Mining Protests

Francois Hollande Defends Early Afghan Pullout

Bipartisan Assault on Middle East Peace

5 Reasons Drone Assassinations are Illegal

Report: Iran Government Assault on Academic Freedom

Pakistan Pays the Price for its Defiance

Out of Jail, Bahraini Activists Nabeel Rajab and Zainab al-Khawaja Urge End to US-Backed Crackdown

Bahrain Media Targets Leading Activists

Defense of Marriage Act Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Appeals Courts

China Cracks Down After Tibetan Self-Immolations

Opinion: Clinton’s $33 Million Raid on pakistan Shows That, in End, Hypocrisy Will Win

US Deal to Arm Italy’s Drones Opens New Front in Arms Trade

The American Agenda in Afghanistan: A Civilian’s Review

Human Rights Watch to Sudan: Ban Death by Stoning

Human Rights Watch: Malaysia Should Reverse Book Ban

NYPD Muslim Surveillance in NY Permissible According to Attorney General Report

Turkey Seeking Curbs on Abortions, C-Sections

Immigrant Tracking Moves Deeper Into the Realm of Sci-Fi

Ireland: The Torture of Marian Price

UK: Heavy Police Presence Thwarts Anti-GM Protest

Nigeria: Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning

Nothing’s Sacred: The Illegal Trade in India’s Holy Cows

Today’s News Links: 05-29-12 & 05-30-12

The Authoritarian Mind

How Extremism is Normalized

From Hopeful Immigrant to FBI Informant – the Inside Story of the Other Abu Zubaidah

‘Militants’ – Media Propaganda

Secret ‘Kill List’ Tests Obama’s Principles

Massimino Questions Legality of Obama’s Targeted Killing Program

America’s Murderous Drone Campaign is Fueling Terror

Bilderberg 2012 – The Technocrats are Rising at This Year’s Annual Conference

A Letter from the Mother of Julian Assange

Chris Hayes’ ‘Heroes’ Hazing

Free Carlos Montes: Political Activist Faces 22 Years Over Thrown Soda Can

Empty Talk From the G8

In Myanmar, Stigma and Neglect Add to HIV Misery

HR 4133: United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012

Niger: Small-Scale Farmers Harvest Against the Odds

Attorney General Warns Minority Voting Rights Under Threat From State ID Laws

Pakistan: Still No Justice One Year After Journalist’s Killing

20 Years of GNO Policy That Keeps Americans in the Dark About Their Food

Hundreds Detained in Tibet After Self-Immolations

Bangladesh Indicts Islamic Leaders for War Crimes

Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in Jail for War Crimes

Bahrain Urged to Free Remaining Prisoners of Conscience

Israel: Palestinian’s Conviction Violates Freedom of Assembly

Obama’s Secret Warriors – The Golden Age of Special Operations

Apple’s Efforts Fail to End Grueling Conditions at Foxconn Factories

Fracking at Top of Exxon, Chevron Meetings

Can Cities Desegregate?

The World Bank and the Green Economy

Human Rights Watch to UAE: Free Blogger Activist

Japan Starts Atomic Watchdog Debate, Reactor Decision Nears

Ethiopia: ‘Special Police’ Execute 10

Tunisia Report: Injured of the Uprising Urgently Need Care

The GM Debate is Growing Up

Top US Companies Shelling Out to Block Action on Climate Change

Vienna Dismisses Beijing Objections to Dalai Lama Meet

Article: Papuans Should Have Their Identity Recognized by Government

Cleveland ‘Occupy’ Arrests are the Latest in FBI’s Pattern of Manipulation

India Set for Sweeping Protests as Petrol Prices Rise

Congress to Look at Future of Internet Control

Memorial Weekend Updates: 05-25-12 ~~ 05-28-12

Memorial Day’s Lesson in Amnesia

Rebel Music: The Life and Music of Bob Marley

US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Return Medals at NATO Summit

The Tentacles of Empire

Big Pharma: The Mind Druggers

Libya, Africa, and AFRICOM

Chicago Cops are the Terrorists

Liberal Illusions: The Myths of Equal Rights

Why is General McChrystal Teaching an Off-the-Record Course at Yale?

Burying the Lockerbie Bomber – and the Truth

The Negation of the Palestinian State

A Memorial for America’s Conscience

Kucinich: NDAA Authorizes War on Iran

Quebec Law Breaches Canada’s International Human Rights Obligations

The Electoral Tunnel

Hardline Failure in Nuke Talks

After Guantanamo: Lakhdar Boumeiene Starts Anew in France

US DEA Kills Innocent Civilians in Honduras – US Media Silent

How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals

Chris Hedges on the War on Gays

Warrantless Spying Fight

War at What Cost? A Veteran Perspective

Rep. Smith on Opposing Indefinite Detention but Approving Propaganda

From Chile to Quebec, Solidarity of Student Movements

Egypt – The Sacking of an Election

Boeing HQ Shut Down by Anti-NTO Summit Protestors to Cap Week of Action

Video Clip: Facing the Truth About Torture

The Academic Boycott of Israel

The Politics of a Drug War in Mexico

Chris Hayes: I Feel Uncomfortable Calling Soldiers Killed in Action ‘Heroes’

Choking Off the Coverage of Bradley Manning’s Court Martial

Bahrain Activist Rajab Released on Bail

US Slammed From Both Sides of Bahrain’s Divide

Bahraini Activist al-Khawaja Ends 110-Day Hunger Strike

Asia’s Major Arms Race

To Tap Arctic Oil, Russia Partners with Exxon-Mobil

NJ Muslims Angered Over NYPD Surveillance Findings

Two Days in a Forbidden City

Mali: A President Abducted, a Nation in Turmoil

An Interview on the War on the Drugs and Mass Incarceration

Elections: Egyptian Wisdom

Greece and Our Illusions: End the Tyranny of Corporate Rule

Syria After the Massacre

NASA and Private Enterprise

Defending Montana Forests From Lawless Logging

Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the ‘Occupy’ Movement?

Meltdown at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Obama Taps Allison Macfarlane as Head of Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Death Penalty Sought in Tunisia Dictator Trial

Kabul: No One Hears the Poor

White House Leaks for Propaganda

Oops: BBC Photo to Illustrate Houla Massacre?

Both Parties Guilty in Houla Massacre

Ending Prison Rape

A Response to David Brooks’ Stance on American Capitalism

Opinion: Why Even ‘Failed’ Activism Succeeds

Bankers and Forgiveness

Fighting For – and Winning – Rights : An Analysis

Knocking the Wind Out of US Energy Options

Why Corporate Capitalism is Unsustainable

FBI Secretly Creates Internet Police

Today’s News Links: 05-24-12

Petition: Urge State Legislators to Ban Fracking in New York

Messing With Our Minds: The Ever-Finer Line Between News and Advertising

How Twitter Mapped a “Covert” Drone Operation in Yemen

The Uphill Fight Against Obama’s Drones

What Really Lies Behind the ‘War on Women’

Company Wants to Tap Mojave’s Public Lands for Southland Water

The Other US-Afghan Alliance in Chicago

Bradley Manning Military Trial: Group Petitions for a More Open Court

What Started a Mississippi Prison Riot? Depends on Who You Ask

Opinion: Sadly, Barack Obama, Like Mitt Romney, is an Apologist for the 1%

FBI Quietly Forms Secretive Net-Surveillance Unit

I Spy an ‘Occupy’: Obama’s DHS Surveils Legit Protestors

UN Criticized in Sudan After Thousands of Children Left Un-vaccinated

Jailed Bahraini Activist ‘AngryArabiya’ Pens Prison Plea

Canada Student Protests Erupt Into Political Crisis with Mass Arrests

Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal

Egypt’s Women Rise Up

Police Urge Greeks to Keep Money in Banks

On Memorial Day, America Reckons With Torture

Amnesty Int’l to Angola: Protect Free Speech as Youth Activists Attacked

Disabled — and Handcuffed at School

Turkey Proposes Charges Against Israeli Military

US: Extreme Traffic Enforcement

Trump Insinuates Self Into Romney Campaign

France Plants to Revive EU Carbon Tariff

Mali’s Interim President Flown to Paris for Medical Tests

If President Rousseff Passes the Forest Code, It Won’t Be Only Brazil That Suffers

UN Chief Calls Rio+20 Summit ‘Painfully Slow’

Feds Say No Opting Out of “Secure Communities” Policing

Azerbaijan: Eurovision Deaf to Human Rights Abuses

Bashir Claims to Want Peace with South Sudan, But Security Comes First

It’s Time for a Corporate Spring

 

Today’s News Links: 05-23-12

Petition: The US Needs to Stop Selling Arms to the Bahrain Regime

Amnesty Int’l: Annual Report 2012

Foundations for Empire: Corporate Philanthropy and US Foreign Policy

The NDAA’s Section 1021 Coup d’etat Foiled

The FISA Amendments Act is Back

Never Forget That Bradley Manning, Not Gay Marriage, is the Issue

Opinion: War With Iran Has Already Begun

Treating Addiction as a Disease, Not a Crime

Should NATO Be Handling World Security?

The Case Against Indefinite Detention

President Rousseff Must Veto Brazil’s Devastating New Forest Code

Egypt Presidential Candidate Khaled Ali Joins Hunger-strike

Drone Attacks Can’t Save the G8

Power Outage Protests Hit Myanmar

Indian State to Let Forest Guards Shoot Poachers on Sight

The Hands Behind Sudan’s Oil War

African Asylum Seekers in Tel Aviv Race Riots

A Possible Agenda for Transition in Egypt

Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Take Up Anti-Terrorism Laws

Prison Industries: “Don’t Let Society Improve, Or We’ll Lose Business”

EU Urges Greece to Stay in Euro, Plans for Possible Exit

Germany and France Clash Over Eurobonds at Summit

Obama Officials Press Senate to Ratify Sea Treaty

The People’s Summit – An Alternative to NATO

Entrapment of Cleveland 5 and NATO 3 is Nothing New

From Pride to Shame: Veterans Return Their Medals

Chicago NATO Protests: Being There

Chinese Activist Worried About Nephew’s Legal Plight

Iran Says Nuclear Talks Lack Common Ground

Racial Profiling Bill and Secure Communities Intersect

We Must Reduce Our Prison Population

Mali Coup Leader Condemns Violent Protests

African Union Forces Intensify Attack on Somali Rebels

DRC Violence Displaces Thousands

US Befriends Kazakhstan Dictator, Now World’s Top Producer of Uranium

Secret Service Accused of Sexual Misconduct 64 Times in 5 Years

Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg Accused of Misleading Investors

Today’s News Links: 05-22-12

Amnesty Int’l Petition: The US Gov’t Should Apologize for Torturing an Innocent Man

How Much Does Washington Spend on “Defense”? 

NATO’s Missile Defense Shield ‘Up and Running’

Like Afghanistan, Mali is a Victim of Our ‘War on Terror’

Congress Cans the Constitution as Chicago Police Abduct Activists

The Politics of the ‘American Dream’

Chicago’s Fishy NATO Arrests

Tibetan Exile Group Blasts Chinese Crackdown in Autonomous Region

An Apology to Maher Arar – Moving Beyond the Season of Fear

Can Obama Say He’s Sorry?

Twitter Users in Kuwait Face Tougher Twitter Regulation

Settlers Filmed Firing at Palestinian Protestors

Racism in Lebanon

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Electronic Surveillance

Takoma Park to Congress: Fix the NDAA

The American Press and the Middle East

Trash in an Island Paradise

Mexico: Freedom of Expression Still Under Attack as 6 Journalists Killed

American Empire and the Future

How Does China Define Human Rights?

A Step Towards Democracy in Egypt?

Lebanon: Independent Investigation Into Checkpoint Killings Needed

Nepal Government Seeks More Time to Draw Up New Constitution

Welcoming Wall Street’s Anger

Argentina, Asia Rebounds Offer False Hope for Greece

Chevron Faces ‘Irreparable Damage’ From Multi-Billion Dollar Ecuador Judgement

Re-visiting Assange’s Show

Spy Agency Seeks Cyber-Ops Curriculum

Why Deficit Hysteria Sells

Editorial: A New Attack on the Constitution