ACLU Petition: Tell Congress to Fix FISA

A Victory For All of Us

Chicago Activists Denounce Massive Security Apparatus at NATO Summit Amidst Cuts to Social Services

Azerbaijan: Authorities Violently Disperse Peaceful Rallies

A Choice of Capitalisms

Bahrain Human Rights: Systemic and New Violations and Impunity

Human Rights Watch to Angola: Stop Rape, Abuse of Congolese Migrants

Israeli Soldiers Filmed Firing Guns at Palestinian Citizens

Google’s Darkening Agenda

Supreme Court to Review US Overseas Surveillance Power

States Back Montana in Citizens United Campaign Finance Fight

Rio+20 – Let’s Prioritize Social Sustainability

Alexis Tsipras Warns Greek Crisis is Also Europe’s

Iraq Turns to US Drones to Protect Oil Platforms

How the US Fuels Latin America’s Surveillance Technology

Mali Leader Injured in Attack By Protestors

NATO Sets Irreversible But Rocky Course in Exit From Afghanistan

US Seeks Extra $70 Million for Israeli Defense Deal

Democrats and Bain Capital

Supreme Court to Review Legality of Warrantless Wiretapping of Americans

Kuwaiti Pleads Innocent in Twitter Trial

Did Slaves Catch Your Seafood?

The Police, the iPhone, and Your Right to Record

Former Guatemala Dictator to Face Massacre Charges

Philippines: UN Rights Body to Assess Manila’s Record

Sri Lanka Releases Former Army Chief

Appeals Court Rules CIA Can Keep Water-boarding Descriptions Secret

Student Activism, Reborn

Kurdish Oil Deal Stirs Iraqi Tensions

Mafia Suspected in South Italy School Blast

The Algorithmic Arms Race

Note: I don’t usually listen to NPR, but the following transcript of Thursday’s edition Fresh Air is a must-read: Why the US is Aggressively Targeting Yemen

Bring Back Glass-Steagall – Tell Wall Street Banks to Stop Gambling With Our Money

NATO: An Instrument for Geostrategic Interests

Colonized by Corporations

Occupy Wallstreet Versus American Military Might

First ‘Occupy’ Trial Ends in Acquittal Thanks to Citizen Journalism

Time for NATO to Face New Realities

Injuries, Arrests in Clashes Between Protestors and Police

NATO’s Hard Sell at the Summit

A Peaceful Start to the NATO Protests

Big Summit and Big Protest Ready for Launch

NATO Saturday: Trains, Protestors, and Charges

NATO Summit: Police, Protestors Clash in Loop

Applying the Six-Day War to Iran

Obama Emphasizes Growth Over Austerity at G8 2012

Terror Charges Ahead of Chicago NATO Summit

Who is Killing the Journalists in Mexico?

Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain Must Commit to Accountability at Universal Periodic Review

Shades of the Past as People Flee Fighting in Congo’s Kivu Provinces

 Pirate Guards Need Global Guidelines, Says UN Agency

UN Imposes Sanctions on Guinea-Bissau

 Missile Defense is Back

Bahrain Activist Nabeel Rajab Gets Bail But Still Detained

Worse Than Keystone

Neocons Planning New Pre-emptive Strike on History – Applying the 6-day War to Iran

What the Mainstream Media Still Doesn’t Get About Big Banks

How Many Innocent People Has the US Executed?

Israel’s Prison Regime Can No Longer Go Unnoticed

The NYPD’s Racist Marijuana Arrest Crusade and Its National Implications

Congress Still Okay with Indefinite Detention and Torture of Americans

Time for NATO to Fill in the Blanks of Afghanistan

The 2002 Political Climate

Beleaguered West Papuans Left to Count the Cost of Indonesia’s Palm Oil Boom

US Immigration: ACLU Alleges Human Rights Violations at Detention Centers

Blind Activist Arrives in New York

Chen Guangcheng’s Friends and Family Still at Risk in China

Afghanistan Army: Troops Complain of Poor Equipment and Disrespect

Born Unequal in Colombia

Deadly Flood Hits Northern Afghanistan

Eggs Thrown as Taiwanese President Sworn In

Is Your Online Personal Data Up for Sale?

The New Eco-Devastation : How Rural America Got Fracked

Historic Facebook Debut Falls Flat

Teenage Refugees Being Routinely Locked Up

Deadly Earthquake Rocks Northern Italy

Pakistan Set to Test Fire Nuclear-Capable Missile

Bangladesh Announces First Oil Discovery

Support Turkey’s Opposition to Israeli Participation in NATO Summit

A Look at Major Issues at NATO’s Summit in Chicago

The NATO Summit Template for Policing Chicago

US Drug War in Honduras: Botched DEA Raid Leaves 2 Pregnant Women, 2 Men Dead

Trial Sought for ‘High Value’ Guantanamo Prisoner

Video Clip: Chris Hedges on the NDAA Injunction

Ending NATO’s Double Standards

‘Reporter’s Privilege’ Under Fire From Obama Administration Amidst War on Leaks

Project SALAM: Support and Legal Advocacy for Muslims

Drone Film-maker Denied Visa

‘Virulent’ Homophobic Attacks Put South Caucasus Activists at Risk

DEA Recording Americans’ Movements on the Highway

America’s Press Freedom Threat

Euro Crisis’ Vultures

Palestinian Refugees and the UN

How to Resist Big Brother 2.0

How the Poor are Made to Pay for Their Poverty

Widespread Military Torture of Protestors Arrested in May

Selling Zionism in the 1920’s

Human Rights Watch report: Cultivating Fear – Sexual Harrassment of Immigrant Farmworkers in the US

Fury as Quebec Passes Law to Stifle Student Fee Protests

NDAA Detention Provisions Go Too Far

Christianity’s Anti-Gay Stance Backfires

Chen Guangcheng’s Brother Describes Beating by Officials

Drugmakers Weigh Emergency Supply Plan for Greece

‘Agent Orange’ was Tested in Okinawa

2013 Military Authorization Amendments to Watch

The Unsung Heroes of African Health Systems

No Freedoms to Hate Us For Anymore

Physicians for Human Rights: New Global Vaccine Strategy Glosses Over Basic Immunization Gaps

Veterans Say No to NATO

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell 2.0

The Whole World is Watching: NATO in Chicago

Report: Experiences of Forced Labour in the UK Food Industry

NDAA: Homeland Battlefield Act Portion Found Unconstitutional by NY Judge

Federal Court Enjoins NDAA

Survivors of Sgt. Robert Bales’ Afghan Murder Spree Recall Night of Horror

Obama’s New Free-Speech Threat

Decorated War Veteran to Return Medals at Anti-NATO Protest

US DEA Kills Innocent Civilians in Honduras – US Media Silent

Srebrenica: Ratko Mladic Goes on Trial for Genocide

Abu Ghraib and Hiroshima by PowerPoint and Lectern

Analysis: Why We Must Name All Drone Attack Victims

Should We Ditch the Idea of Privacy?

This Election’s True Winner: the US Military

US Says Mali and Guinea-Bissau Must Return to Civilian Rule

House Moots Afghan Exit, Iran War, Drone Strikes, Indefinite Detention

Neocons Versus Islamophobes

When Polluted Water is “Safe” to Drink – Inside the Dimock Fracking Fight

Can We Retain Privacy in the Era of Big Data?

Palestine: Observing the Nakba

State Dept. Poised to Raise Chances of War with Iran

Mali’s Worst Human Rights Situation in 50 Years

European Central Banks Stops Operations With Some Greek Banks

Where the Wounded Are

Pakistan to ‘Finalize’ End to NATO Blockade

How Long Will Japan’s Nuclear Recess Be? Enter Kazakhstan

Chileans Await Education Reforms

NATO Ignoring Civilian Deaths in Libya

Chen Guangcheng, Chinese Dissident, Says Family is Being Abused

Israel Isolates Its Arab Citizens

Israel: Accountability for Violations Needed Despite Palestinian Prisoner Deal

China Suffers From Moral Crisis, Dalai Lama Says

Wall Street, Romney and Obama

This is Why You’re Fat: the 2012 Farm Bill and the Real Obesity Lobby

$642 Billion for the Military – This Year

Nuclear Safety Debate Between Industry and Regulators Focuses on Radiation Filters

Opinion: Algeria’s Election Was a Fraud

Over-Consumption is Threatening Earth

Dalai Lama Poison Plot: China Denies Plans to Assassinate Tibetan Leader

Is JP Morgan’s Loss a Canary in a Coal Mine?

Video Clip: Lover Boys – Exposing Sex Trafficking

Protests in Malaysia Over Indigenous Lands

Brazil: Amazon Tributary Hits Record High After Rains

Petition to Demand US Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan 

US Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam

NDAA Update: Fight Looms Over Detainee Provisions

The National Security State Wins – Again

No Secret Why CIA is Now Romanticizing ‘Harsh Interrogation’ Techniques

Amnesty Int’l: Sudan Must End Crackdown on Media

Human Rights Watch to Bahrain: Drop Charges Against Rights Activists

Deal with Saudis to Shore Up Bahrain Repressive Regime

Nowhere to Run: Rebels Trapped in Burma’s Escalating Ethnic War

Jesse Jackson’s Message to NATO: We Need Smarter Kids, Not More Smart Bombs

Likely Victory for MEK Shills

Opinion: Netanyahu’s threats to Bomb Iran Have Served Israel – and the US – Very Well

Video Clip: Is Netanyahu Misleading Israelis Over Iran?

Essay: Iran and the US Anti-War Movement

America, the Serial Killer

Israel’s Drone Dominance

Coming Soon: Bigger Drones

NATO Invites Pakistan to Summit

What Half a Billion Dollars Can Buy You in Washington

Peru: Disability Rights in the Voting Booth

FBI Opens Inquiry Into JP Morgan Chase Trading Loss

Petition: Tell Illinois National Guard to Stand With Their Fellow Veterans and Against NATO’s Failed Policies

Noam Chomsky: Palestinian Hunger-strike a Protest Against Violations of Elementary Human Rights

AFRICOM and the Conflict in Mali

Malaysia: Bush, Cheney and Associates Found Guilty of Torture

Abbaseya Aftermath and the Military Council’s Reign of Terror

What’s NATO Ever Done?

Noam Chomsky on Obama

Honoring a “Terror War” Architect

Why the ‘Occupy’ Movement Frightens the Corporate Elite

Against War and Austerity; Hollande is Right and Obama Should Agree

Carnage and Crisis Aversion in the Sudan

Palestinians End Hunger-Strike as Israel Agrees to Demands

How the Times of India Colluded with Monsanto in Fake Reports of BT Cotton Success

Court Allows Google and NSA to Keep Their Ties Secret

Opinion: Break Up the Big Banks

Petition Calls On Brazil Government to Veto Catastrophic Forest Code

Hinkley Nuclear Power Station Delay Deals Blow to Government Hopes

Egypt’s Real Crisis: 2 Epidemics Silently Ravaging Public Health

Carlos Deluna: Another Innocent Executed?

From the Archive: The Establishment of Israel

Insurers Find It Hard to Price Fracking Risk

UK: Government in Breach of Promise to Create Marine Conservation Zones by 2012

Monsanto’s College Stranglehold

Oil Falls as Greece, China Feed Economic Worry

Kate Doyle: The Human Rights Detective

Putting Power Over Public Safety? Japan to Re-Start 2 Nuclear Reactors

What Americans Can Learn From Eurocrisis

Deficit Reduction: The Great Distraction

America’s Appalling Holidays

Sudan’s Conflict with South Sudan Cuts Both Ways

Embedded NYT Reporter Boosts War in Honduras [and Why We Shouldn’t Listen]

Why Isn’t Closing 40 Philadelphia Public Schools National News

Climate Crisis: The Silence is Deafening

Bangladesh Clashes: Ilyas Ali Disappearance Leads to Violent Protests

40 Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regulations Cover Only Sliver of Land

US Rights Group Seeks Probe of Border Complaints

Taking It to the Streets in Spain

Americans Love a Good Killer

Prank of Pattern? Why Romney’s Bullying is Relevant to the Elections

Petition: Tell the IRS to Investigate Karl Rove’s Political Organization

Petition: Demand the Release of Information on Gulf Oil Spill

Petition: Say No to Destructive Drilling in the Arctic

Take Action: Palestinian Hunger-Strikers Near Death. 

Support the ‘End Polluter Welfare’ Act

If Charles Taylor Can Be Tried for War Crimes, Why Not Kissinger?

Pentagon Admits to Teaching Course Urging ‘Total War’ with Islam

Clinton Claims US is Not Anti-Islam

Americans Want Steep Defense Cuts

US Resumes Arms Shipments to Bahrain Despite Rights Concerns

The Struggle Over Iran

Drug War: Mutilated Bodies Found in Northern Mexico

Secret Service Senate Hearing Set for May 23

The Drone Summit, the Lunchbox, and the Invisibility of Charred Children

Double Standards Against Change in Bahrain: Interview with Maryam al-Khawaja

New Yorkers Against the Cornell-Technion Partnership

Predator Nation: America As a Shining Drone Upon a Hill

Human Rights Watch to Uganda: Draft Public Order Law Would Violate Rights

Conyers to Rice on UN: Help Alleviate Haiti Cholera Crisis

Iran Promotes Its Candidate for Next Shi’ite Leader

When Big Pharma Writes the Laws

What Does Your Fusion Center Profile Look Like?

Oil Wars on the Horizon

Wall Street’s Immunity

FBI Chief Urges Restoration of Searches Without Warrants

Coal, Foreclosures, and Bank of America’s ‘Extraordinary Event’

World Health Organization : We Are Losing the Fight Against TB [Tuberculosis]

UK Security Firm G4S Provides Services to Israeli Prisons, Police, and Army

GMO’s at Whole Foods

Florida Farm Workers Tell How Drugs, Debt Bind Them Into Modern Slavery

Palestinians Press Case of Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons

UK: Sonic cannon On Stand-by for Olympic Games Crowd Control

National Security Letters: A Little Less Secret?

US 2012: Is This the Most Boring Election Ever?

Barney Frank Criticizes House Republicans on Wall Street Reform, Jobs

JP Morgan’s Loss Could Be America’s Gain

JP Morgan $2 Billion Loss Hits Shares, Dents Image

US Treasury Claim of Iran – al-Qaeda ‘Secret Deal’ is Discredited

Mexican Poet Javier Sicilia Condemns US Role in Widening Drug Violence

Opinion: ‘Arab Spring’ Has Washed the Region’s Appalling Racism Out of the News

Resolution Introduced in House to Condemn NYPD Muslim Spying

Stigma and Suspicion: NYPD Surveillance of Muslims

US Justice Dept. Dues Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for Racial Profiling of Latinos

Fasting for Justice in Dubai

Spain’s Indignados Accuse Police of Violence

A Mother’s Day Manifesto

UN Probe: US Should Return Stolen Land to Native Americans, Including Mount Rushmore

Hillary Clinton’s Silence is Deafening on Massive Palestinian Hunger Strike

Opinion: The Insanity of Austerity

University Offer for Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng

Outrage at De Klerk’s Defiance On Apartheid

Russia: Krokodil – The Drug That Eats Junkies

Singing in Azerbaijan – But Not For Democracy

Meanwhile, In the Land of the Free…

No Accountability for Torture

Netanyahu Consolidates Power

EU Leaders Set for Euro Showdown

Yemen: US Drone Strikes Kill 11

Drones in US Flight Paths – What Could Go Wrong?

Peru’s Coffee Growers Turn Carbon Traders to Protect Their Farms From Climate Change

The Sexual Politics of Poverty

Opinion: Gay Americans Risk Mistaking Marriage Equality for Total Equality

Report Shows ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Focused on Black Youth

How America’s Police State Controls Black People

Why So Little Condemnation of Israel’s Extremism?

Bahrain: A New Sectarian Conflict?

Yahoo Chief Scott Thompson Quits Amid Claims of Fake Qualification

Spanish Anger at Austerity Spills Into the Streets

Government Spying on Americans Has Increased During Obama’s Term

Asian Mosquito Could Bring Tropical Diseases to Britain

Dear Material Truth readers-

I’m sorry I have been so behind on keeping updated. It’s finals season, and I’m also trying to plan re-locating after graduation. Staying very busy! I hope to catch up on the last few days by the end of the weekend.

Thanks for your patience :] And happy Mother’s Day!

US Attack Kills 5 Afghan Children

Report/Chart: Gay Rights in the US, State by State

The “War on Terror” and the American Character

The Spectacle of Terror and Its Vested Interests

‘Underwear Bomber’ Was Working for the CIA

Mining Firms Face Scrutiny Over Congo Deals

Europe’s Austerity Revolt

Leadership Deficits on Both Sides Prolong Uprisings

Nigerian Doctors’ Strike Hits Patients

Wall Street’s Infrastructure Racket

FBI: We Need Wiretap-Ready Websites – NOW

Smith Amendment to NDAA a Step in the Right Direction

NATO Versus Rogues?

Ready, Set, Borrow! Americans Piling Up Debt Already

Opinion: Even Terrorists Deserve to Be Sentenced

The Rise of Orwellian Economics

Amnesty Urges Singapore Officials to Save Malaysian Man From Execution

Amnesty Int’l: UK Plan for Secret Courts is Dangerous

Human Rights First report on Bahrain Violence – No Backdown on Crackdown

Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Ends Hunger-strike

Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Well-Known Abroad, Barely Known in China

Global Climate Treaty May Demand More Carbon Cuts From “Poor” Countries

Protestors Voice Anger Outside Bank of America Annual Meeting

Obama Declares Support for Same-Sex Marriages

US Military Embraces Robots with Greater Autonomy

Russian Jet Goes Off Radars in Jakarta

Bomb Hits Syrian Army Truck Escorting UN Team

Obama “Evolves” on Marriage

Leaving Wall Street

The Ron Paul Plot Thickens

Lugar Defeat Underscores Vanishing US Political Middle

Leaving Afghanistan By Staying

ACLU Seeks Public Access to 9/11 Trial at Guantanamo

Tracking Cellphones Compromises 4th Amendment

Algerians Sound Off on Election Boycott

Mali’s Struggle: Not Simply of Their Own Making

The Latest ‘Occupy’ Imposters

Report: Niger is Worst Nation to be a Mother

Men Jailed in UK Under-age Sex Ring

Honduras Coffee Boom Feels Growing Pains

Afghanistan’s Trade Deal With Iran Complicates US Aims

China Warns Its Citizens in Manila to Stay Off Streets Before Friday’s Protest

Petition: Stop the FBI Frame-up of Carlos Montes; Drop the Charges Today

Join Amnesty Int’l to Help Stop Threats Against Human Rights Journalists in Honduras

Human Rights Watch to Libya: Revoke Draconian New Law

Amnesty to Romania: Housing Laws Must Protect the Most Vulnerable

Noam Chomsky: On the History of the US in Decline

Senator Bernie Sanders Advocates a Free Market for AIDS Drugs

Equatorial Guinea: Opposition Figure Wrongly Convicted

Save the Children’s 2012 State of the World’s Mothers Report

The Shame of Guantanamo: A Close-up View of Injustice

Petro Plutocracy

The Lutfallah II Arms-Smuggling Scandal

Opinion: Europe – If the Left Doesn’t Lead Revolt Against Austerity, Others Will

Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb

The Indignados Make Change Contagious

Anti-Austerity Parties Win Historic Green and French Elections

US Should Return Stolen Land to Native Americans, Says UN

White House Counter-terrorism Expert Should Tell the Truth About Drone Strikes

Bahrain: Activist Nabeel Rajab Must Be Freed; Arrested for ‘Insulting’ Tweets

Ukraine: 13 EU Nations Withdraw from Summit Over Treatment of Tymoshenko

A Lesson for the Wall Street Journal on the NDAA

Austerity in Europe: What Does it Mean for Ordinary People?

North Carolina Passes Amendment Banning Same-Sex Unions

Quebec Students Boycott Classes for 12 Weeks to Protest Proposed Tuition Hikes

Is the US Trying to Regain Control of Latin America Through Proxy Wars in Colombia?

Langston Hughes and Air Raid: Waziristan

Batang Kali Massacre: British Soldiers Admitted Unlawful Killings

The Power of Plutocracy

Hilary Clinton Presses Pakistan to “Do More” to Fight Terrorism

When Impartiality is Compromised, Doctors and Aid Workers Become Targets

Carlos Slim Seeks to Extend Empire Into Ailing Europe

….So Then Who the Hell Are We?

Revisiting ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ – Timeless Absurdity

The Silence in Sudan

Chen Guangcheng Says China Agreed to Investigate Abuse

Nigerian Children Dying Due to Lead Poisoning from Gold Mining

The ‘Somebodys” and ‘Nobodys” of Nigeria

Repression Through Marginalization

UK: The Olympics and the Jubilee Distract From the Real Issues This Summer

Anatomy of a Leak: Marigold

‘Food Inc’ Chicken Farmer Goes Rogue