Keystone XL Activists Labeled Possible Eco-Terrorists
Green Scare Continues by STEVE HORN Documents recently obtained by Bold Nebraska [1] show that TransCanada – owner of the hotly-contested Keystone XL (KXL) [2] tar sands pipeline – has colluded with an FBI/DHS Fusion Center in Nebraska [3], labeling non-violent activists as possible candidates for “terrorism” charges and other serious criminal charges. Did you like this? Share it:
Spying, Control and Murder Under the Imperial Presidency
Surveillance and the Corporate State by ROB URIE With all of the fear mongering the subject has received in recent decades, Americans have in fact had remarkably little to fear directly from ‘terrorism.’ While actual attacks have been spectacular—they were designed to garner attention, they are both rare and far less dangerous than opportunistic politicians [...]
The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning
By Chris Hedges FORT MEADE, Md.—The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled the defense team. The Army private first class is not permitted to argue that he had a moral and legal obligation under international law to make public the war crimes he uncovered. The documents that [...]
Edward Snowden: Profile in Courage
Whistleblowing in the Name of the Constitution by CHRISTOPHER H. PYLE Edward Snowden may go down inhistory as one of this nation’s most important whistleblowers. He is certainly one of the bravest. The 29-year-old former technical assistant to the CIA and employee of a defense intelligence contractor has admitted to disclosing top secret documents about [...]
Philip French: Behind the Candelabra
A brilliant performance by Michael Douglas illuminates an affectionate and funny portrait of the flamboyant entertainer By Philip French / The Observer (UK), Saturday 8 June 2013 Michael Douglas as Liberace in Behind the Candelabra: ‘sheer brilliance’. Photograph: HBO/Everett Collection http://youtu.be/4gxpYz4YBSI Liberace was a fabulously rich, self-created midwesterner, the child of humble immigrant parents known for his extravagant lifestyle and vulgar [...]
TURKEY: C’est Une Révolte, Pas (Encore) Une Revolution!
C’est Une Révolte, Pas (Encore) Une Revolution! (1) Sungur Savran On May Day 2013, the police poured tonnes of tear gas on tens of thousands of workers and youth in different quarters of Istanbul, Turkey in order to stop them from approaching Taksim Square. The government had decided that this square, the traditional venue for [...]
Six reasons why choosing Hong Kong is a brilliant move by Edward Snowden
By MsExpat, a journalist and essayist who lives in New York and Hong Kong and Fellow of The Mighty Corrente Building. Originally published at Corrente. I live in Hong Kong. And when the news broke that Snowden had decided to take refuge in my city, I was puzzled at first. But then, as I read [...]
Europe is getting restless: Obama’s Soft Totalitarianism
06/17/2013 People around the world were shocked to learn of the extent of US snooping. This anti-Obama poster comes from Hong Kong. Europe Must Protect Itself from America A Commentary by Jakob Augstein Is Barack Obama a friend? Revelations about his government’s vast spying program call that assumption into doubt. The European Union must protect [...]
by Stephen Lendman
Shimon Peres
On July 6, 1945, Harry Truman authorized awarding the Medal of Freedom “to any person….who, or on after December 7, 1941, has performed a meritorious act or service which has aided the United States in the prosecution of a war against an enemy or enemies and for which an award of another United States medal or decoration is considered inappropriate.”
On February 22, 1963, Jack Kennedy ordered it be replaced by Presidential Medal of Freedom. Continue reading »
The corporate media write lies on the American public’s consciousness with impunity, as if it were a blank slate incapable of understanding or remembering anything.
The power of the corporate media to deceive the people is simply astonishing, but, mind you, it depends on an already distracted, ignorant, semi-passive multitude whose marching values have been carefully cultivated.
In 2003 we went into Iraq under scandalously false pretexts, guns blazing–bragging about our ability to deliver “shock and awe” with impunity (the mark of the bully)–and with one goal in mind: to rob and rape that country blind of its riches. The official excuse was that Iraq and Saddam were mortal threats that had to be neutralized. Continue reading »
By SULTAN AL QASSEMI , AL ARABIYA NEWS
Tribalism, the author frankly warns, is today a force for reactionism throughout the Middle East. “Tribalism…undermines alternative social and political affiliations, such as secularism, liberalism, socialism, and even Islamism, which already exist in the region in one form or another.” (1)
Sultan Al Qassemi
Across the Arabian Peninsula and stretching well into North Africa and Sudan, there is a common bond, perhaps only behind religion and language in importance, that binds Arabic language speakers together. Museums across the Gulf proudly display lineage maps illustrating the family trees of ruling members, linking them through lines and photos from bygone centuries up to the current leader. Major financial institutions in Dubai and Bahrain display in their offices large-scale maps detailing prominent ruling family members of the Gulf States and their marital, government, and business affiliations. Tribalism in modern day Arabia is alive and well. In this article, I highlight recent developments to illustrate how those in power in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula use tribalism, and how, sometimes, it is used against them. Continue reading »
by Stephen Lendman
Spain’s “indignados” rally. “They do not represent us!”, they shout. More and more people around the world express their total lack of faith in bourgeois democratic politicians.
This one won’t be the last. The late Bob Chapman warned years ago about what’s unfolding now in real time. He explained what this writer calls bad policies assure bad results. It happens every time.
They’ve simmered for decades. They continue now. They’re worse than ever. Gresham’s Law explained that bad money drives out good. So does bad behavior.
Money power in private hands assures it. Throughout its history, the Fed bears direct responsibility for monetary debasement and decline of American living standards. A 1913 dollar isn’t worth a plug nickel today. Ahead perhaps it’ll be worthless. Continue reading »
Por Fernando Avila I., MAPU
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Nuevo senador Patricio Walker, burgués típico de centro-derecha y claro representante de las pretensiones populistas falsas de la Democraci Cristiana.
El senador Patricio Walker ha declarado que “el Presidente Piñera fue claro y categórico al condenar la existencia de los presos de conciencia en Cuba y en pedir su libertad. Ojalá el gobierno de Bachelet hubiese tenido esa misma actitud” (El Mercurio, 21-03-2010), luego señaló que “condena las dictaduras de izquierda y de derecha”.
Walker en ambos casos está equivocado, en la primera desconsidera la afirmación de Bachelet, en su momento, en orden a que Cuba es una democracia diferente, si ella tiene esa idea lógicamente es atentar contra su “conciencia” demandarle algo respecto de lo cual Bachelet tiene un concepto distinto a Walker y Piñera. Continue reading »
