Today’s News Links: 10-16-12

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The Lame Rules for Presidential Debates: A Microcosm of US Democracy

Video Clip: Fear, Anger and Politics – The Crackdown on American Muslims After 9/11

The Brookings Institution Demands Sevile Journalism

Playing the ID Card

Human Rights Watch to Bahrain: Overturn Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab’s Conviction

Saudi Forces Open Fire on Protestors in Qatif

Private Army Formed to ‘Fight Piracy’ in Somalia Leaves Behind Troubled Legacy

Noam Chomsky on the Cuban Missile Crisis: How the US Played Russian Roulette with Nuclear War

Under Israeli Pressure, US Cancels Gaza Scholarships

Opinion: EU Support for Israeli Crimes Makes it Unworthy of Noel Peace Prize

Facebook Raises Privacy Concerns as Company Tweaks Security Settings

Today’s News Links: 10-14-12

Posted on October 14, 2012 by admin

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Stieg Larsson Prize for 2012 Awarded to Bahrain Activist Maryam Al-Khawaja

Human Rights Watch: King of Bahrain Should Quash Convictions of Medics

Glenn Greenwald on Various Items: Free Speech v. Community; Lawlessness in Libya; Sprawling Surveillance State

Questions on Drones, Unanswered Still

Blood, Oil, and the ‘American Dream’

Universities Dump ADIDAS Over Labor Disputes

Today’s News Links: 10-13-12

Posted on October 13, 2012 by admin

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How Obama Expanded the National Security State

Bradley Manning, the NDAA, and WikiLeaks

Martha Raddatz and the Faux Objectivity of Journalists

Bahraini Protestors Emboldened by Police Teargassing

Wal-Mart’s Historic First Strike: American Workers are On the Move

‘Occupy the Pipeline’ Battles Fracking in New York State

Judges Doubt Need for Secrecy in Bradley Manning Court-Martial

A Hall of Shame for Venezuelan Elections Coverage

Ethiopia: World Bank Support for ‘Development’ by Force

Omar Khadr: An Un-Dangerous Mind

Media Seeks Court-Martial Files in Bradley Manning Case

Opinion: If Anti-Muslim Ads are Protected, So Must Be My Free Speech Right to Protest

Opinion: ‘Homeland’ is Brilliant Drama. But Does it Present a Crude Image of Muslims?

Guatemala: Swift Charges Against Soldiers for Killing Protestors

Alabama Police Officer Shot and Killed Naked Student Despite Having Non-Lethal Arsenal

BP Amnesia: Life and Death After the Spill

Today’s News Links: 10-11-12

Posted on October 11, 2012 by admin

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Project Censored 2012: The Stories You Didn’t Read

6 Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t be Raised in the Presidential Debates

Video Clip: On Columbus Day, Indigenous Urge Celebration of Native Culture and Teaching of Americas’ Genocide

Dennis Kucinich: ‘Want to Stop Attacks on Embassies? Let’s Stop Trying to Overthrow Governments’

Third Northwest Activist Jailed for Staying Silent

Six 1 Percenters Desperate to Elect Mitt

Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse

Today’s News Links: 10-10-12

Posted on October 10, 2012 by admin

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US Supreme Court Finalizes Gift of Immunity to Telecom Giants

Life and Death at Guantanamo Bay – The Human Face of Indefinite Detention

Revealed: How Agent Orange was Stored at the US Military Base on Okinawa

US Delegation’s Message of Peace Received Warmly in Pakistan

Report: Drone Attacks in Pakistan are Counter-Productive

Why Chavez was Re-Elected

Stopped-and-Frisked: ‘For Being a F***ing Mutt’ [recording]

How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S

Arkansas Legislative Candidate Charlie Fuqua Calls for Death Penalty for Children, Expulsion of All Muslims

Physicians for Human Rights Calls Imprisonment of Medics a ‘Black Day’ for Bahrain

Disaster in the Making: Grave Warning Issued that Keystone Pipeline is Structurally Flawed

Black Lung is Back

Today’s News Links: 10-09-12

Posted on October 9, 2012 by admin

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Election Year Garbage

Video Clip: Living Under Drones

Website: Stop the NDAA

The Chavez Victory Will be Felt Far Beyond Latin America

Greek Anti-Fascist Protestors Tortured by Police After Clash with Golden Dawn

E conomic Crimes in Congo

Why America Needs White History Month

Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers Declare Victory

Today’s News Links: 10-08-12

Posted on October 8, 2012 by admin

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Reflections on ‘Columbus Day’

Iran Sanctions Now Causing Food Insecurity, Mass Suffering

Sanctioning Society: From Iraq to Iran

Opinion: Americans Deserve a Better Choice in This Election Than the One They’ve Got

Americans Press US Ambassador for End to Drone Strikes in Pakistan – and Ambassador Responds

Opinion: We Demonize Chavez for His Resistance to Our Western Dogma

Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti

A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light

The NYPD: 9 Terrifying Facts About America’s Biggest Police Force

Chris Hedges on War: The Maimed Amongst Us

Lakota: The Revitalization of Language and the Persistence of Spirit

Fusion Centers: Too Much [Bad] Information

Inquiry Cites Flaws in Regional Counter-Terrorism Offices

Top Enforcement Agencies Don’t Track Crimes by Informants

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Warning Reveals his Moments of Memory Loss

Nigerian Soldiers Kill Dozens of Civilians

Colombian Authorities Fail to Stop or Punish Sexual Violence Against Women

Secret Cold Wars Test in St. Louis Raises Concerns

Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in US

East Asia’s Patriots and Populists

President Obama’s Dangerous Drone Legacy

Amnesty International: Rwanda Must Investigate Unlawful Detention and Torture by Military Intelligence

South African Miners Protest Mass Sacking

Today’s News Links: 10-05-12

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

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The US Presidential Debates’ Illusion of Political Choice

Fracking and Tar Sands: The New ‘Golden Age of Oil’ That Wasn’t

What the Drones Protests March in Waziristan Aims to Achieve

Mau Mau Veterans Win Right to Sue British Government

Mau Mau Veterans Ruling: Where Other Torture Claims Could Come From

Report: Napolitano Misled Congress on Terrorism ‘Fusion’ Centers

Homeland Security Fusion Centers Target Fishing, Marriage Counseling, at Huge Cost

Anglo American Platinum Sacks 12,000 Striking South African Miners

Today’s News Links: 10-03-12

Posted on October 3, 2012 by admin

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Obama’s Libya Response Highlights his Foreign Policy Mentality

What is Happening to Muslims Will Happen to the Rest of Us

Why You Should Be Outraged About the Ruling to Keep the NDAA in Effect

Seeking the Truth About the CIA’s Detainee Abuses

Big Oil Pleads Immunity from Prosecution for Human Rights Crimes

A Shell Game: Kiobel vs Royal Dutch Petroleum

Philippines Gags Internet with Draconian Cyber Crime Law

Banned Book Week: A Long Legacy of Protecting the Right to Read

Bahrain’s Denial of Visas to Rights Activists Underscores Contempt for Human and Worker Rights

Today’s News Links: 10-02-12

Posted on October 2, 2012 by admin

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The True Reason the US Fears Iranian Nukes: They Can Deter US Attacks

Tough Talk: A Guide to the Presidential Debates You Won’t Hear

David Seaman Interviews a Man from Last Week’s Spain Protests

The World Bank and the Development Delusion

Bahrain: Prisoner of Conscience Dies Due to Lack of Adequate Health Care; Medical Doctors Arrested in House Raids

Bahrain: Court Refuses to Release Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab; Imprisonment Sentenced Passed on Activist Zainab Alkhawaja for Tearing Up Photo of King

The Archbishop, Oedipus, and the Golden Ass

Free Speech Scores a Hat Trick

Military Attorney’s Access to his Guantanamo Client Eroded

Treatment of Nigerian Female Pilgrims Embarrasses Saudi at the Start of Hajj

American Express Ordered to Pay $85 Million for ‘Illegal Card Practices’