Today’s News Links: 03-15-12

Posted on March 15, 2012 by admin

Reply

Petition: Tell Pres. Obama to Hire a New Head of Federal Housing Finance Agency

Amnesty Int’l: Ship Carrying Weapons from US to Egypt Must Stop

Afghanistan: “Why Did They Not Stop the Killings?”

In the US, Infiltration of Political Movements is the Norm, Not the Exception

SEC, Citigroup May Win Appeal in Fraud Case

Palestine: Healthcare in the Occupied Territories

The Impediment to Democracy in Haiti

Doctors Without Borders: Urgent Humanitarian Aid Needed for 80,000 Sudanese Refugees

Chagos: the Heart of the American Empire?

Air Pollution Set to Become Biggest Environmental Killer

Video Clip: Rabbi Y.D. Weiss says Zionism has created ‘rivers of blood’

Turkey: Erdogan’s Kurdish Challenge

Internet Providers to Start Policing Web July 12

Rediscovering Poverty

Opinion: Europe’s Failure to Integrate Muslims

Before Kony There was Lubanga

Sri Lanka’s Shameful Record on Human Rights

Today’s News Links: 03-14-12

Posted on March 14, 2012 by admin

Reply

Petition: Ask Congress to Stop the Secret Bailout of AIG

Petition: Prosecute the Killer of 17-year old Trayvon Martin

Petition – New York state: Tell Gov. Cuomo we Care Support the Reproductive Health Act

Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence

6 Ways the Media has Mis-Reported Syria

When Un-armed Teen is Shot and Killed for ‘Looking Suspicious’ we Should All be Outraged

Bahrain’s Sham Trials: University Student Sentences to 15 Years in Priso

The Art of Lying

Guatemala: 5th Former Soldier Convicted for Role in Dos Erres Massacre

The International Criminal Court Convicts Congo Armed Group Leader for Using Child Soldiers

Argentine-Falklands Conflict Touches Both to Core

Obama’s Personal Role in a Journalist’s Imprisonment

Why is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?

Goldman Sachs Director Quits, Calls Bank “Morally Bankrupt”

Mexico: Senate Approves Amendment Making Attacks on Journalists a Federal Crime

US Sees Sudan ‘Back From Brink’ but Food Crisis Looms

Unknown Tech Company Fights FBI in Surveillance Case

Riches to Rags for Spanish Town

Study: Irrigation System in Northern China Responsible for Rising Emissions

Today’s News Links: 03-13-12

Posted on March 13, 2012 by admin

Reply

Petition: End the Use of Child Soldiers

Petition: Tell President Obama Now is the Time for a Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan

Wars and Potential Wars Abound

“Big 4” Accounting/Auditing Firms Spending More than Ever on US Lobbying

How Private Contractor Mislead the Public, then  Get Rich Off of Others’ Problems

How Israel Stacks the Legal Deck

Ceasefire Reached After Israeli Air Strikes Kill 26 Palestinians in Gaza

How the News Media Doesn’t Give Peace a Chance

States’ Top Jurists Call for Criminal Justice Reform

How the ANC Lost its Way [from Jan. 2012]

Big Pharma: Outsourcing the Drug Industry

Soldiers as Terrorists

Regulators Say Fracking Caused 12 Earthquakes in Ohio

China Faces WTO on Rare Earth Trade

Today’s News Links: 03-12-12

Posted on March 12, 2012 by admin

Reply

Petition: Tell USDA Stop Putting PINK SLIME in School Lunches

Kandahar Massacre: Int’l Forces Must Increase Protection of Afghan Civilians

Supreme Court Likely to  Endorse Obama’s War on Whistleblowers

Opinion: White Nationalism – A Scourge that Won’t Go Away

President Signs Law Placing Prior Restraint on Free Speech

The Selective Compassion of the Media and Human Rights Establishment

Washington’s High-Powered Terrorist Supporters

Dangerous Ignorance: the Hysteria of Kony 2012

When Public Schools Become Disposable: The War on Education

Protecting Psychologists who Harm: the APA’s Latest Wrong Turn

The Modern War Canon

Decisions, Not Excuses in Afghanistan

Today’s News Links: 03-11-12

Posted on March 11, 2012 by admin

Reply

16 Afghan Civilians Murdered by US Soldier

Afghanistan: Dash for the Exit

War as the President’s Private Preserve

Why the American Empire was Destined to Collapse

In ‘Open Government’ Data, What’s Really Open?

US Schools: New Statistics Reveal Harsh Discipline of Minority Students

The US Covert War in Yemen: America’s Dangerous Game

Living Under Society’s Radar: Teenagers with HIV

Solar Power Firms in Mojave Desert Feel Glare of Tribes, Environmentalists

The Dangerous Boom in ‘Himalayan Viagra’

Tibet’s Political Leader in Exile Says China Responsible for Self-Immolation of Tibetans

Tibetan Shot, Killed at Chinese Police Station

ACLU Weekly Summary: Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration

Too Big to Fail and the Volcker Rule

Interview: The Photographer who took the Invisible Children “gun photo”

Today’s News Links: 03-10-12

Posted on March 10, 2012 by admin

Reply

Petition: The Government of Sudan Must Stop Killing its Own People [Nuba]

Scooter Libby vs. Bradley Manning

AIDS: Why Africa Suffers for the West’s Sins

Drug Legalization: The Debate Takes Off in Latin America

The Kazakhstan Massacre: Killing Hope to Benefit US Geopolitical Interests

Democrats’ Bill Targets Indefinite Detention

Human Rights Watch to Turkey: Adopt Strong Domestic Violence Law

Bahrain Protestors Boost Pressure with Huge Rally

Tunisia: Free Speech Double Standard

Obama and the “Anti-Tresspassing” Protest Law

Confusion Surrounds Keystone XL – Again

Japan: Fighting Bureaucracy to Rebuild

Big Nuclear’s Cozy Relationship with the Obama Administration

Violence Between Sudan and South Sudan ‘Echoes Violence of Darfur’

Syria: Staring into a Sectarian Abyss

Former President Clinton Urges Officials to Stem Cholera Outbreak

Today’s News Links: 03-09-12

Posted on March 9, 2012 by admin

Reply

Petition: Tell Attorney General Holder to Release All Legal Info on Assassination of Americans Without Judicial Review

Playing the Game in Afghanistan

NPR [National Public Radio] and Fracking

Two Years on, Tar Sands Spill Casts Long Shadow

How the FBI Invents Terrorists Like the US Capitol ‘Suicide Bomber’

Update on MF Global, Clients

Qur’an Burning: Mistake, Crime, and Metaphor

South Korea: Protests Against Construction of Naval Base

Egypt: One Year Later, Female Victims of SCAF’s ‘Virginity Tests’ Still Wait for Justice

Former US Senator on ‘Palling About with Terrorists”

WikiLeaks, Whistleblowers, and War

Physicians in Congress: Committing Malpractice on Millions

Maldives Security Forces Use Violence Against Peaceful Protestors

The Dangerous Myths of Fukushima

Today’s News Links: 03-08-12

Posted on March 8, 2012 by admin

1

Amnesty Petition: Women’s Rights Must be a Priority in Yemen

Amnesty Petition: Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Non-Negotiable

Womens’ Rights are Human Rights

The Arrogance of “Kony2012”

Amnesty International to Jamaica: Stop the Police Killings

Chicago Kicks out G8, Prepares for NATO

US Surgeon General Declares Youth Cigarette Smoking an ‘Epidemic’

Fracking and Psychological Operations: Empire Comes Home

To The Last Drop: Canada’s Oil Issue

Watching Over  You – ‘Deep Packet Inspection’ Technology

Today’s News Links: 03-07-12

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

Reply

Petition: Tell President Obama to Overturn Bill HR347 That Will Make Protesting a Federal Crime

The Privatization of Everything

Nigeria: Extremist Group Violently Targeting Schools

Imperial Death Mongers

The Bipartisan Nuclear Bailout

The Explosion of Drug Tourism Across Southeast Asia

Possible US Involvement in Covert War in Syria

UN Top Torture Official Denounces Detention of Bradley Manning

The Afghan Justice Quandry

The Absurdity of Us/Israeli Relations

Africa: Interview with Officer at the Committee to Protect Journalists

US Voting Rights: Bloody Sunday, Then and Now

HRW: Letter to India’s Prime Minister Regarding Sexual Assault in Police Custody

Doctors Without Borders Special Report: Emergency Obstetric Care

Today’s News Links: 03-06-12

Posted on March 6, 2012 by admin

Reply

March 8th is International Women’s Day!

Stratfor and Geopolitical Instruments of Our Demise

Blowback, TINA-Style

The Scorched-Earth Politics of America’s 4 Fundamentalisms

Under Pressure, G-8 Abandons Chicago

Battle Lines Form: Japan, the Pentagon, and the Future of Renewable Energy

Corporate Whistle-Blowers Get the Silent Treatment from Washington

Attorney General Holder Defends Execution Without Charges

Attacking Iran is Illegal

Mystery Disease Devastates Children in Northern Uganda

Billion-Dollar Brothers: The Koch’s Battle for Cato

Israeli Occupation: Revenge of the Settlers

New Privacy Policy Lets Google Watch You – Everywhere