1 July 2013 — BagNews
We need to understand these protest images in S. Africa more in terms of current and similar photos from Brazil and Turkey. The public, in other words, is more sensitive these days to when they’re being patronized.
Day: July 1, 2013
Source: NSA Spied on Chávez in Rome
1 July 2013 — Venezuela Analysis
The DataGate? It began in Rome when the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on the visit of Hugo Chávez. In May 2006, U.S. secret services organized a massive espionage operation against the Venezuelan president. The Italian capital was intercepted for a week.
New Documents Shed Light on NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance
1 July 2013 — Anti-Fascist Calling…
With the Obama administration in full damage control mode over revelations of blanket surveillance of global electronic communications, new documents published by The Guardian, including the draft of a 2009 report by the NSA’s Inspector General marked Top Secret and a Secret 2007 Justice Department memo prepared for then US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, show that “a federal judge sitting on the secret surveillance panel called the Fisa court would approve a bulk collection order for internet metadata ‘every 90 days’.”
Egypt Newslinks 1 July 2013
1 July 2013 — williambowles.info
Egypt’s Military Gives President 48 Hours to Resolve Crisis
Wall Street Journal
CAIRO—Egypt’s military gave Mohammed Morsi a 48-hour ultimatum to “resolve the crisis” before the military intervenes, setting the stage for a possible military coup a day after millions thronged Egypt’s streets demanding the president’s resignation.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323297504578578991289439784.html
Our Sad, Misunderstood Labor Unions By David Macaray
1 July, 2013 — Dissident Voice
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as the exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. — John Steinbeck
‘British police secretly operated outside democratic control for years’
1 July 2013 — RT
Peter Francis revealed that 20 years ago he had worked as an undercover cop in the Metropolitan Police Force’s secret Special Demonstrations Squad (SDS). Francis said he was tasked to dig up dirt which the Met could use to discredit the family of murdered black teenager, Stephen Lawrence, and thereby derail their campaign for a full and effective police investigation into his death. The Lawrence family correctly believed the original investigation had been fumbled because of institutional racism by the police at that time.
Video: Ecuador Defies US Threats To Deny NSA Whistleblower Refuge
1 July 2013 — The Real News Network
Michael Ratner: As Ecuador stands up to US pressure over Snowden, leaked documents continue to shed light into US surveillance state (inc. transcript)
New Snowden leak: US bugged dozens of foreign embassies
1 July 2013 — RT
The US has been spying on dozens of foreign embassies and missions belonging to its rivals and allies in America to keep tabs on disagreements between them, new documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed.
Wikileaks Newslinks 1 July 2013
1 July 2013 — williambowles.info
Wikileaks founder says Snowden info will keep getting published
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Sunday that Edward Snowden made sure that the information he took about U.S. surveillance programs will continue to be published regardless of what happens to the former U.S. spy …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/30/us-usa-security-snowden-idUSBRE95T0CA20130630
Bradley Manning Newslinks 1 July 2013
1 July 2013 — williambowles.info
Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc
Reading Eagle
“And after all, this is a story about a leaking machine that’s supposed to keep everyone anonymous, but it turns out it’s not that simple. It turns out that leaking ends up being a human relationship, and so in that context you have to know about …
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=489808
Wikileaks Newslinks 30 June 2013
30 June 2013 — williambowles.info
‘Tensions don’t exist’: WikiLeaks refutes media reports about ‘Ecuadorean …
RT (blog)
“The story is spun to be about tensions that don’t exist,” WikiLeaks posted on its Twitter account in response to the article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. “Hacked/intercepted emails in relation to an NSA spying story. Talk about …
http://rt.com/news/assange-ecuador-tensions-snowden-430/
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 30 June 2013
30 June 2013 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
Report: “1790 Palestinians Kidnapped, 16 Killed, In First Half of 2013”
IMEMC – The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 1790 Palestinians in the first six months of this year, including 300 who were kidnapped in June, and added that 16 Palestinians have also been shot and killed by Israeli military fire in six months. …
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