Today’s News Links: 12-07-12

Must-see Documentary: Why We Fight

Live Coverage: Egypt Protests [RT On-Air]

Earthquake Hits East Coast of Japan

US Military Facing Fresh Questions Over Targeting of Children in Afghanistan

Neoliberal Plague: AIDS and Global Capitalism

The War Crimes of a Sergeant, the War Crimes of a Nation

Swedish NGO: ISAF Attacked Afghan Hospitals, Violating ‘All Established Rules’

The Changing Face of Brazil’s Deforestation

Pentagon Prepares Military Operation in Mali

How Capitalism is Destroying Democracy: An Interview with Eugene Jarecki

Why Israeli Settlements are the Real Threat to Peace

‘Stupid and Criminal’ Treatment: Lawyer for Bradley Manning Speaks Out

Brian Dooley on Bahrain: Free Expression is Not a Catch Phrase

Brazil Arrests Dozens of Corrupt Policemen

Human Rights Watch Report: ‘The Answer is No’ – Too Little Compassionate Release in US Prisons

Florida Scientists Prepare to Release Hundreds of Thousands of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes

Today’s News Links: 12-06-12

After Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis: Next Casualty of This Murderous Racism

‘Everyone in US Under Virtual Surveillance’ – NSA Whistleblower William Binney

Slowing Down the Surveillance State: A Guide to Warrantless Government Spying

Pentagon Secretly Flying Drones in US Airspace

Europeans Outraged Over the US Using PATRIOT Act for Worldwide Spying 

Michele Bachmann Wins: How the Anti-Muslim Fringe Hacked the Media

Clombia: Reform Will Boost Impunity for Military and Police Human Rights Abuses

Mexican Police Brutality Uncovered by Human Rights Investigators

Human Rights Watch to Burma: Investigate Violent Crackdown on Mine Protestors

Human Rights Watch to Russia: Stop Efforts to Ban Human Rights Book

Are We Trading Away Our Rights and Environment?

Who Controls Your Texts?

Fiji: Abuses Jeapordze Constitution Process

Qatar: Poet’s Conviction Violates Free Expression

Today’s News Links: 12-05-12

Obamacare Architect Leaves White House for Pharmaceutical Industry Job

Several Killed in Egypt Clashes

Scholars and Spies: A Disastrous Combination

NDAA 2013 Still Allows for Military Detention Within the US

Homeless and Helpless: The Rohingya Muslims of Rakhine State

Iran Claims Capture of US Drone

Blackwater Becomes New Landlord in Afghanistan for US Special Forces

Panama and Israel:  A Special Relationship

Tea and Teargas in Tahrir Square

How Bahrain Lost the Propaganda War

Hundreds Dead in Philippines Typhoon

Amnesty International: Israel Must Halt Construction of West Bank Settlements

Video Clip: 28 Years Later, Women in Bhopal Still Waiting for Justice

The UN Asks for Control Over the World’s Internet

An Intolerable Status Quo in Bahrain

New DVRs Will Use Cameras and Microphones to Monitor Their Users

The National Museum of Industrial Homicide

Facebook Mobile Update Raises Serious Privacy Concerns

Today’s News Links: 12-04-12

Chris Hedges: Katrina, All Over Again

The US and Israel: A Short Quiz on ‘Rogue Nation’ Status

Morsi Flees as Angry Crowd Storms Cairo Palace in Clash with Riot Police

Video Clip: The US Role in the DR Congo Conflict

Progressive Media Claims They’ll Be ‘Tougher’ on Obama Now

Op-Ed: UN Internet Regulation Talks in Dubai Threaten Web Freedom

Video Clip: Malaysia’s Migrant Workers – Worked to Death

Video Clip: China – Unnatural Selection

Today’s News Links: 12-02-12

Reining in Obama and His Drones

Congo: Genocide in Silence

A Second Wave of Genocide Looms in Congo, with Susan Rise on Point

A Different War in Gaza

An Interview with Cornel West on Occupy, Obama, and Marx

Video Clip: Holding Chevron Accountable

Environmental Risk: UK Protests Over Fears of Fracking Ban Lift

Israel Seizes $120 Million in Palestinian Tax Revenue Over UN Vote

Flying Into Trouble? Drones to Use US Airspace as Safety Record Questioned

NSA Embarrassment: Spy Agency Censors Their Own Talking Points in FOIA Response

Pentagon Reportedly Planning to Double Size of its Worldwide Spy Network

Paternalism and Ass-Covering in Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’

Op-Ed: Electronic Privacy Needs a Bi-partisan Upgrade

Investigation, Clean-Up of Chemicals on Hold After NJ Bridge Collapse

Today’s News Links: 12-01-12

Can You Trust the President, Congress or the Courts to Protect Your Privacy Rights?

It’s an Anti-Imperialist Struggle, Not a Clash of Civilizations

Can Photos From Gaza Help Blaze the Path to Peace?

Israel Strikes Gaza, Violating Ceasefire 

Palestine/Israel: After the UN Vote, How to Stop the Rockets for Good

Free Trade and Economic Imperialism

Op-Ed: The UN Vote to Recognize Palestine Legitimizes a Racist Status Quo

Quick Thoughts on the Significance of the November 2012 Palestine UN Bid

It’s Time to Stop Killing in Secret

Video Clip: BBC Interviews Julian Assange

Feds Monitor Facebook ‘Likes’, Skype Used to Build FBI Case Against California Terror Suspects

Yes We Cannabis: Dismantling the Marijuana Control System

Indefinite Detention is Already Bad; Don’t Add Discrimination

The KGB Would Have Been Delighted by the NSA’s Toys

Treated Like a ‘Caged Animal’: Bradley Manning Breaks Silence in WikiLeaks Hearing

Video Clip: Panama – Village of the Damned

Syria: Opposition Using Children in Conflict

Clashes in Mexico After President Sworn In

Tibetan Immolations, Security Measures Escalate Amid Chinese Propaganda

Teargas for Shiites: Anti-Blockade Rally Clamped Down in Bahrain

Orange March: Thousands Join in Kuwait Opposition Demo as Election Looms

Brazil: State Should Act on Killings by Police

UAE: No Model of Progress

Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Ban Taping of Police in Illinois

TSA Lashes Out at Whistleblower for Revealing Security Breaches

Hazmat: New Jersey Train Derails, Toxic Spill Reported in Creek

Today’s News Links: 11-30-12

Bradley Manning: A Tale of Liberty Lost in America

AP’s Dangerous Iran Hoax Demands an Accounting and an Explanation

NDAA 2013: White House and Senate Fight Over Indefinite Detention

Nobel Peace Laureates Call for Israel Military Boycott Over Gaza Assault

Photos Show Wal-Mart Apparel at Site of Deadly Factory Fire in Bangladesh 

New York Times Bureau Chief in Jerusalem Will Now Have Her Facebook Entries Edited

Op-Ed: Political Differences Aside, Where is Our Humanity for Gaza? 

South Korea: The Politically Motivated Onslaught on Free Speech

Tibetan Activist Talks About the Alarming Escalation of Self-Immolation in China

Qatar: Outrageous Life Sentence for ‘Jasmine Poet’

Australia: Asylum Camp Cruel and Inhumane

Peru Bans Genetically Modified Food as US Lags

Russian Parliament to Consider Federal Anti-Gay Law

Russian Mafia Whistleblower Found Dead in UK

Cleveland Anarchist Bomb Plot Aided and Abetted by FBI

Mozambique: Thousands Unlawfully Held in Substandard Prisons

Today’s News Links: 11-28-12

NDAA 2013: Will Congress Kill Indefinite Detention Without Trial for Americans?

AP Believes it Found Evidence of Iran’s Work on Nuclear Weapons

“Leave, Leave” – Anti-Morsi Protestors Chant as Police Respond with Tear Gas

200,000 Egyptians Protest as ‘Pharaoh’ Morsi Digs Heels in Over Power Grab

200 Wounded as Tunisia Security Forces Use Tear Gas, Shotguns Against Protestors

Court Hears About Bradley Manning’s Treatment in Custody

BP Faces Temporary Ban from New US Contracts

Opinion: Why Obama’s ‘Targeted Killings’ are Worse Than Bush’s Torture

Video Clip: CNN Interviews Julian Assange

As Gazans Recover from Israeli Attacks, Trauma Mixes with Tentative Hope

UAE: Cybercrimes Decree Attacks Free Speech

Veteran who Barely Survived Police Beating at Occupy Rally Sues Oakland

Today’s News Links: 11-27-12

Egyptians Stage Mass Anti-Morsi Rally

Wal-Mart Failed to Protect Bangladesh Workers

Tens of Thousands Protest in Indonesia

Nobel Laureates Slam the US Over Bradley Manning Case

Human Rights Watch Report: Losing Humanity – The Case Against Killer Robots

Bahrain: Promises Unkept, Rights Still Violated

Investigators Prepare to Exhume Arafat’s Body

Human Rights Watch: Build on Ceasefire to Improve Human Rights in Gaza

Video Clip: In Israel, African Migrants Under Attack

Center for Constitutional Rights Report: Salah vs US Department of Treasury

Congo: M23 Rebels Set Conditions for Doma Exit

China’s New Leader Warns Against Corruption

 

Today’s News Links: 11-26-12

Glenn Greenwald on Obama, Hypocrisy, and Kill Lists 

Chris Hedges: Stand Still for the Apocalypse

“It’s Mostly Punishment”: Testimonies by Veterans of the Israeli Defense Force from Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Few Facts, a Lot of Racism: US Media Embraces Israeli Narrative

Obama ‘Drone Warfare Rulebook’ Condemned by Human Rights Groups

Journalists Demand UN Probe Into Why Israel Targeted Them in Gaza

Video Clip: Egypt – The President’s New Powers

Egypt’s Morsi Stands by Decree

Bangladesh Textile Factory Fire Leaves More Than 100 Dead

Op-Ed: Western Shoppers Can Help Prevent Another Bangladesh Factory Fire

Why Fires in South Asia Kill More Than Blazes Elsewhere

Human Rights Watch: Inadequate Hate Crimes Reporting Undermines OSCE Report

“It was All in Their Hands and They Let Her Go” – Remembering Savita Halappanavar

5 Reasons I’m Opting Out of the TSA’s Scanners [and You Should Too]

Video Clip: Adam Kokesh Films Conversations, Harassment from TSA Officers

Senate Bill Rewrite Lets Feds Read Your E-Mail Without Warrants

Video Clip: Time to Monitor Guatemala’s Mining Sector?

Farmers Dump Thousands of Gallons of Milk on Brussels Police, European Parliament

UN Says Japan is Underestimating Nuclear Fallout Risks

New Facebook Policy Raises Alarms Over Sharing of User Data

Black Friday: The Disasters, Dramas, and Near-Deadly Debacles

Paula Broadwell’s Big Mistake