June 20, 2013

June 20, 2013

Video: NSA Whistleblower: NSA Spying On – and Blackmailing – Top Government Officials and Military Officers

They went after members of Congress, both Senate and the House, especially on the intelligence committees and on the armed services committees and some of the–and judicial. But they went after other ones, too. They went after lawyers and law firms. All kinds of–heaps of lawyers and law firms. They went after judges. Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Videos

blackmail, Booz Allen, CIA, data mining, database state, FBI, Government, intelligence, James Clapper, Narus, NSA, Obama, prism, progressive, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint, Video, Whistleblower
June 20, 2013

Clapper misleads Congress By Leroy Pletton

Why would Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper feel he could get away with misleading Congress? Pretend a program he knew exists, does not exist? Giving false or misleading information in federal jurisdiction is a felony under federal law 18 USC § 1001 (banning committing both false and misleading [statements]). Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Booz Allen, Congress, data mining, database state, James Bamford, James Clapper, Journal, Narus, Paul, prism, Review, rights, snowden, spying, surveillance, USA, Verint, whistle blower, Whistleblower
June 20, 2013

UK: Forward to a broad party of the left?

Phil Hearse reports on the first meeting of Left Unity’s National Co-ordinating group which took place in Doncaster on Saturday June 15. Continue reading

Socialism, UK

conference, democracy, elections, Islamophobia, racism, Socialist Resistance
June 20, 2013

US Claims of Chemical Weapons Use By Syria A Pretext for Arming Rebels

Pt 1. Omar Dahi: Despite escalating humanitarian catastrophe, G8 summit failed to advance diplomatic settlement Continue reading

Syria, Videos

conference, economics, G8, gas, Qatar, Real News, Saudi Arabia, Syria
June 20, 2013

PAMBAZUKA NEWS 635: SPECIAL ISSUE: MOBILISING YOUTH IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA

20 June 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Continue reading

Pambazuka Africa News

Africa, Brazil, education, justice, Malawi, PAMBAZUKA, Twitter
June 20, 2013

Understanding the latest leaks is understanding the rise of a new fascism By John Pilger

In his book, ‘Propaganda’, published in 1928, Edward Bernays wrote: “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.” Continue reading

National Security State

Booz Allen, data mining, database state, fascism, GE, Google, Iraq, James Bamford, James Clapper, Narus, NSA, PR, prism, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint
June 20, 2013

The Lies of Empire: Don’t Believe a Word They Say By Glen Ford

The U.S. reprises Iraq, inventing a WMD threat from Syria. The FBI concocts home-grown terror through stings, while the NSA claims it has secretly saved many lives. “Why this steady stream of government-invented terror, if the real thing is so abundant?” And, isn’t the U.S. arming and funding the same jihadists they are supposed to… Continue reading

Black Agenda Report, Capitalism

Afghanistan, Africa, African Union, Congo, edward snowden, FBI, Ford, genocide, International Criminal Court, NSA, R2P, Responsibility to Protect, spying, terrorist, War Against Libya, Washington Post
June 20, 2013

Call it Fascism: Big Brother Writ Large in America By Stephen Lendman

Unconstitutional mass surveillance became official US policy. Bush began it. Obama accelerated it. He did so straightaway as president. He promised otherwise. He pledged transparency and openness. He promised no more Bush/Cheney lawlessness. He lied. He exceeded the worst of his predecessors. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Big Brother, Booz Allen, data mining, database state, Global Research, James Bamford, James Clapper, Narus, Obama, prism, progressive, snowden, spying, Stephen Lendman, surveillance, Verint
June 20, 2013

Wikileaks Newslinks 20 June 2013

20 June 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks Says It Is Working to Negotiate Asylum in Iceland for Snowden New York Times WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks activists in Iceland are discussing with government officials there the possibility of asylum for Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed hundreds of classified documents on N.S.A. Continue reading

Spies-R-Us

assange, Asylum, Iceland, NSA, snowden, WikiLeaks
June 20, 2013

You’ve Heard that the Government and Big Corporations Are Spying. But Do You Have ANY IDEA How Widespread the Spying Really Is?

You know that the government has been caught spying on the Verizon phone calls of tens of millions of Americans. The spying effort specifically targeted Americans living on U.S. soil. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Booz Allen, data mining, database state, DHS, drones, Government, ICE, James Bamford, James Clapper, land, Narus, NSA, prism, privacy, rights, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint
June 20, 2013

Monsanto Refuses to Testify on Genetically Modified Crops in Puerto Rico By Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero

Monsanto has refused to testify at a major government hearing in Puerto Rico about local testing and sale of genetically modified seeds. Critics say that crops from these seeds harm the environment and can cause serious human health problems. Continue reading

Capitalism, Environment

corporations, CORPWATCH, environment, GMO, justice, Monsanto, Puerto Rico, resources, rights, testing
June 20, 2013

Workers in Britain suffer the greatest fall in wages since the 1930s By Robert Stevens

The UK is experiencing the deepest and most protracted economic downturn in a century. The decline in wages is even greater than that resulting from the Great Depression of the 1930s. Continue reading

Capitalism, UK

austerity, growth, RBS, recession, TUC, unions, welfare, WSWS
June 20, 2013

UK health unions betray Mid Yorkshire trust dispute By Barry Mason

The dispute involving around 400 clerical staff and administrative workers at the Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust has been wound up by the Unison and Unite unions. Continue reading

Health, UK

cuts, jobs, NHS, PFI, Socialist Party, Trade, unions, WSWS
June 20, 2013

VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 19 June 2013: One by one, Israel’s coalition members abandon two-state rhetoric

19 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterThe Closure ContinuesIMEMC – A Report on the Impact of the Israeli Closure on the Gaza Strip (01 January – 31 December 2012) This report is issued in the context of the closure policy imposed by the Israeli authorities on the Gaza Strip, which has been implemented Continue reading

VTJP Palestine/Israel

Arab, Egypt, Hamas, Israel, Obama, PA, Syria
June 20, 2013

British authorities arrest terrorists who fought in Syria

Amid a state of media blackout, British authorities arrested a group of terrorists who participated in the fighting in Syria. Continue reading

Syria, UK

Al-Manar, France, Jabhat al-Nusra, London, Reuters, SANA, suicide, Syria, terrorist, Turkey, UN
June 20, 2013

The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order by Michel Chossudovsky

In the expanded second edition of Chossudovsky’s international best-seller, the author outlines the contours of a New World Order which feeds on human poverty and the destruction of the environment, generates social apartheid, encourages racism and ethnic strife and undermines the rights of women. Continue reading

Books, Capitalism, Global Research

Chossudovsky, Global Research, Globalization, IMF, Iraq, market, New World

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