Today’s News Links: 04-06-12

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Thinking the Unthinkable on Iran

US Trained Terror Group

Domestic Terrorism in Wisconsin

Afghanistan-US Prison Transfer Gets Go-Ahead Despite Torture Risks

Junta Backpedals as Tuaregs Declare Independence from Mali

How Detention Without Charge Links Israel and Apartheid South Africa

Bahraini Hunger-striker Casts Long Shadow Over Claims of Reform

Russia: Journalist Elena Milashina Attacked

Former Senior Bush Official on Torture

Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont Over GMO Food-Labeling

Human Rights Watch: Israel Cutting Palestinians Off From Farmlands

The Other Half of the Kony Equation

Protestors Beware: Supreme Court Expands Invasive Strip-Searches

US: Using Sexual Humiliation as a Political Tool for Control

America’s Public Schools: Still Unequal and Unjust

International Roma Day Highlights Discrimination Against Europe’s Romani

The Wall Street Backlash

NASA Scientist on Climate Change: Injustice from One Generation to the Next

NOM [National Organization for Marriage] Unveiled; It’s Not Pretty

Groundtruthing Uganda

Living as a ‘Sub-Human’ in Sweden

Today’s News Links: 04-05-12

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Petition: Stop a Real Life Hunger Game – Bahrain Must Release Prisoner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

Amnesty Int’l petition: Free Tibetan Filmaker Imprisoned in China

Petition: Save the Internet: Tell Congress to Drop CISPA

Poem: What Must Be Said by Gunter Grass

Gulf States Warned Against Arming Syrian Rebels

Drones Flying Under the Radar

When Dictators Tweet

Anti-fascists Mobilize Against English Defence League

State-dominated Media and Iran

Subsidizing Energy Giants to Wreck the Planet

Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry [part 1]

The US as #2: The Rise of China

UK: Police in Crisis After Flood of Racism Complaints

The Doctrine of Intervention

The Real Nuclear Outlaws: How the US and Israel are Shredding the NPT

US: Fixing Democracy at Home

Commentary: Two Decades On, Bosnia War Crimes Should Haunt Europe

FBI Taught Agents They Could ‘Bend’ or ‘Suspend’ the Law

Today’s News Links: 04-04-12

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Glenn Greenwald Interviews Rachel Maddow on Obama’s Endless War

Course Correction: Avoiding the Total Ruin of Institutionalized Injustice

The Assault on Public Education

Inside a Military Court Hearing: How the Government is Railroading Bradley Manning

How Corporations Turned From Producers into Predators

Bahrain Transfers Jailed Activist al-Khawaja to Prison Clinic on Day 55 of Hunger-strike

Bahrain’s Government Must Stop Killing Its People, and Listen to Them

American Cannibalism in Syria

Kochs, Lies and Videotape

Mike Bloomberg’s New York: Cops in Your Hallways

Dissenting Memos From Bush Torture Program Published

Palestine’s Freedom Theatre: Remembering Juliano, One Year Later

Jordan: Demonstrators Beaten in Custody 

Human Rights Court Agrees to Hear Case of Guantanamo Detainee

Human Rights Watch: US Should Join International Ban on Landmines

Uprooting 30,000 Bedouin in Israel

Democracy Under Attack

Will Pumping More American Oil Lower Gas Prices?

Santa Monica Student Protestors Pepper-Sprayed on Campus

Today’s News Links: 04-03-12

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How the Intelligence Community is Creating a New American World

The Drone Boom

Honoring Shaima Alawadi

An Odious Affair: The UN in Somalia

Playing the Blame Game in Haiti

US: New CISPA Cyber Security Bill Will Censor Web

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month*

Planned Parenthood Clinic in Wisconsin Fire-Bombed

The Obama Dept. of Justice and Strip-Searching

Poland Breaks Silence About CIA Prison

Guilt and Identity Politics: The Toulouse Murders

Broken Promises: America’s Forgotten Iraqi Allies Face Death or a Long Road Home

Amnesty Int’l Report -Isolated and Dehumanized: Inmates in Arizona’s Isolation Units

Amnesty Intn’l: Jordan Must Repeal Law Allowing Detention Over ‘Insulting the King’

Bahrain: A Case Study in Despotism

Nuclear Zero: Getting to the Finish Line

Palestine Has Always Been Off the Agenda

Results of ACLU’s Nationwide Cellphone Tracking Records Request

Tibetan Self-Immolations: Why Isn’t the World Listening?

Today’s News Links: 04-02-12

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Who Benefits From the Organized Violence of War

Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You

Hana Shalabi: Her Hunger-strike Ended; Her Punishment Continues

Human Rights Watch: Sierra Leone Must Pass Freedom of Information Bill

UK: Backlash Over Plans to Monitor All Internet Use

UK Accused of Double Standards Over Weapons Exports to Bahrain

Syria: Assad Agrees to April 10 Ceasefire Deadline

‘Yes’ to Tarsands, ‘No’ to Coal: Obama Confounds Climate Community

Why Do Some Countries Hate American NGO’s So Much?

Sweden, the Saudis, and the Simoom Project

Opinion: American Jobs and the Never-Ending Politics of the Cold War

Falklands: Sinking the Belgrano – The Pinochet Connection

Sarkozy’s France: The Boomerang Effect

Aung San Suu Kyi Hails ‘New Era’ for Burma [Myanmar]

Myanmar’s Pock-marked Road to Democracy

India/Bangladesh: The Forgotten Hunger Strike

Ecuador Court Denies Chevron Appeal [AGAIN]

Angola: Violent Crackdown on Critics by Government Do Not Bode Well for Elections

Mali Faces Economic Blockade as Senegal Swears in New President

Video Clip: Is Mali Heading for a Split?

The Right’s Stealth Coup

Today’s News Links: 04-01-12

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Petition: Demand Justice for Elderly Unarmed Man Slain by Westchester Police Last November

Notes from Friday’s NDAA Hearing

Welcome to the New Third World of Energy: the US

5 Challengers of the Neoliberal Jackboot

Confirmed: CIA Secret Prison in Poland

Myanmar [Burma]: Democracy Icon Wins Seat in Parliament in Historic Election

Citizens United, the Supreme Court, and Our Independent Judiciary

Greece to Open Multiple New Detention Centers for ‘Illegal Migrants’

Professors Question Cornell-Technion Partnership

UK: Police, MI5 Get Power to Watch You on the Web

Israel Shields Public from Risks of War with Iran

Guatemala, Rios Montt, and the ‘School of the Americas’

Human Rights Watch: Philippines Gov’t Must Disband Paramilitaries as Promised

Tuareg Rebels Seize Malian City of Timbuktu

Interview: Changing our Culture of Consumption

Book Review: Rachel Maddow Proposes Solutions to Decades of Military Bloat

Today’s News Links: 03-31-12

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Iraqi-American Murder Highlights Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes

Government Cellphone Tracking Records Show Frequent Violation of Americans’ Privacy

Why Sgt. Bales Should Be Sent Back to Afghanistan for Trial

The Money Trail Behind Florida’s Notorious Gun Law

The Real Hunger Games: How Banks Gamble on Food Prices

Secretary of State Clinton Offers Gulf States Joint AMD Shield Against Iran

Northeast Markets Eyed for Oil Sands As Clean Fuels Standard Fades

Neo-liberal Egypt: The Hijacked Revolution

Lawsuit: Journalists Fear First Amendment Infringed by NDAA

Massive Corruption Does Not Justify Malian Coup

Coup Leader in Mali Says Military Wants Cooperation with ECOWAS

An Interview with Ousted President of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed

Power and People video clip: The Koch Brothers

Opinion: Military Commissions are a Failed Experiment; Try Terror Suspects in Civilian Courts

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Names Presidential Candidate

Today’s News Links: 03-30-12

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Sign: The Iran Pledge of [ Non-Violent ] Resistance

Petition: Tell Congress to Invest in Alternatives to Detention

The Pledge of Resistance Could Change the Game Against a War with Iran

The Dangers of Reporting the “War on Terror”

The Most Transparent Administration Ever

Bahrain Must Release Leading Rights Activist at Risk of Death

Petition to the Gov’t of Bahrain: Immediately Release Activist on Hungerstrike, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

On Today, Land Day, Israel Should Rethink its Discriminatory Land-Use Policies

Amnesty Int’l: Palestinian Detainee Hana Shalabi Should Be Released to West Bank

Obama Approves New Iran Oil Sanctions

French Police Arrest “Radical Muslims”

Commentary: Watch Us Lead the UN Donkey Up the Khyber

Spain: Millions Join Strike to Protest Labor Reforms

Leaders of Coup in Mali Given Ultimatum

Mideast Upheaval Knocks Saudi Arabia Off Balance

The Spread of ‘Suspicious Activity’ Reporting

How Privacy Has Become an Anti-Trust Issue

Somalia: Pro-Government Militias Executing Civilians

How to Beat Poverty in India

Falklands Survivors Reveal How They Deal With War Memories

Today’s News Links: 03-29-12

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Tomorrow, March 30 2012, Marks 9 Years Since the Disappearance of Aafia Siddiqui

Islamophobia, Obama, and the Art of Acting Muslim

Critical Rights Reforms Ignored in Bahrain

Opinion: 3 Congressional Challengers Very Worth Supporting

Opinion: Palestine’s Right to Exist

Still No Justice for Women Victims of Wartime Rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Amnesty International: Mali Must End Attacks on Protestors During Coup

Doctors Without Borders: Chad Facing Malnutrition and Meningitis Emergencies

‘Taliban Sympathizer’ Arrest Prompts New Questions About FBI Tactics

Apple, Foxconn Promise Better Working Conditions

Ousted Maldives Leader to Hold US Talks

Today’s News Links: 03-28-12

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The Third British Empire

Voter Suppression in 2012: Past is Prologue

MEK and its Material Supporters in Washington

University Campuses Stand with Hana Shalabi March 29 2012

Peter Beinart’s Liberal Zionist Fantasy

Syracuse University and the Effort to Break Down the Rule of Law

Flare Still Burning on North Sea Gas Leak Platform

Amnesty International Accuses US of Abuses Along Mexico Border

US Suspends Food Aid to North Korea

Report Finds Migrant Workers Were Left to Die

Human Rights Watch to Afghanistan Government: Target Abusers, Not Victims

Human Rights Watch Bahrain: Vital Reform Comittments Unmet

Portuguese Strike and March Against Austerity Plan

Political Impasse in Papua New Guinea

Bank of America is a “Hurricane of Theft and Fraud”