Liberties
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Chicago artist Chris Drew faces 15-years jail for recordeding arrest
An artist who used a video camera to record being arrested by police is facing up to 15 years in prison. Chris Drew has been charged with Class 1 felony under the Eavesdropping Act in Chicago, Illinois. Continue reading
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Refugee Diagram by Atelier Collectif
10 January, 2011 — MRZine There are many reasons for leaving one’s country. . . . N.B. Click on “Subtitles” to view this video with English subtitles. Directed by Atelier Collectif. Animation by William Henne, Caroline Nugues, and Lionel Seneterre. Produced by Zorobabel. 2006. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Daily News roundup 25 December, 2010
Daily Newslinks to stories about Bradley Manning. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning An “Ethical Giant” By David House
The conditions of Bradley Manning’s confinement became a top issue in the press last week as bloggers traded blows with US officials over allegations that Manning endures inhumane treatment at the Quantico, VA detainment facility. In the midst of this rush by the Defense Department to contextualize Manning’s confinement, I traveled to see the man… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Suffering in Solitary Confinement By Kristen Saloomey
While the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, fights his legal battles in front of the cameras (or from the palatial estate in Britain where he is under “house arrest”) the American soldier accused of releasing secret US government documents to him remains hidden from public view. Army Private Bradley Manning has spent seven months in… Continue reading
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Lynne Stewart Transferred to Texas By Stephen Lendman
Seven previous articles discussed Lynne Stewart’s case and status, explaining the gross injustice against a heroic human rights lawyer who devoted her career to defending society’s poor, unwanted, and unfairly persecuted – defendants deprived of due process without an advocate like her. Continue reading
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Jody McIntyre: It is rough out there
“Suddenly, four policemen grabbed my shoulders and pulled me out of my wheelchair. My friends and younger brother struggled to pull me back, but were beaten away with batons. The police carried me away. Around five minutes later, my younger brother was also forced through, the wheelchair still in his hands.” Continue reading
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America’s human rights rhetoric tarnished by actions — RT
62 years ago, the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, making today, International Human Rights Day. America’s first lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt, helped inspire the 1948 agreement – a global pledge critics say the US is failing to follow. Continue reading
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A symbol of flawed justice — RT
While American prisons overflow with prisoners, radical journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on death row for almost three decades with no end to his legal process in sight as he continues his fight against the US criminal justice system. Continue reading
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What the TSA is NOT Telling You about Full Body Scans…
There are about 350 full-body scanners being used in close to 70 U.S. airports, and that number is expected to increase to 1,000 scanners by the end of 2011. Dubbed “naked” scanners because they give a graphic image of your body, including genitalia and other personal effects like sanitary napkins, the devices are raising privacy… Continue reading
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US elections: Public policy privatized, ‘democracy’ bought and sold
This is a special election year in the US. For the first time, corporations are allowed to funnel as much money as they want into political campaigns – and they are definitely not missing out on the chance to buy influence on Capitol Hill. The election system in the US is such that it is… Continue reading
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I Pity The Nation That Needs To Jail Those Who Ask For Justice By Arundhati Roy
For her recent talk on Kashmir writer Arundhati Roy has come under threat of “sedition” charges in India. These speeches are currently being analyzed by Delhi police. Continue reading
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Julian Assange: How A Whistleblower Should Leak Information (Full Transcript)
You have secret information that the world needs to know. Here are some simple things that you need to know. Continue reading
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“Blood on British Hands”: The Fate of Guantanamo Detainee 239 British National Shaker Aamer by Felicity Arbuthnot
So Shaker, now nearing nine years on, remains in helpless, voiceless, limbo. “The only time I have seen him emotional was over his family. I was able to get photographs of his youngest child into him, but that was very heartbreaking for him, in a way he didn’t want to see it. I saw him… Continue reading
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Invasive Cyber Technologies and Internet Privacy: Big Brother is only a “Ping” or Mouse Click Away By Tom Burghardt
Increasingly, secret state agencies ranging from the CIA to the National Security Agency are pouring millions of dollars into data-mining firms which claim they have a handle on who you are or what you might do in the future. Continue reading
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Obama Continues Most of Bush’s Wiretap Policies
Shayana Kadidal: Government refuses to disclose possible wiretapping of civil rights lawyers Continue reading
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FBI Raids Activists’ Homes in Sinister COINTELPRO Replay By Tom Burghardt
In a replay of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s infamous COINTELPRO operations targeting the left during the 1960s and ’70s, America’s political police launched raids on the homes of antiwar and solidarity activists. Heavily-armed SWAT teams smashed down doors and agents armed with search warrants carried out simultaneous raids in Minneapolis and Chicago early morning… Continue reading
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The Fraudulent Criminalization of Marijuana By William John Cox
For almost 40 years, the United States has waged a war on its own citizens who have used marijuana as a part of a drug culture originally encouraged by the government. The war was commenced despite the government’s own findings that marijuana posed less of a risk to American society than alcohol, and that the… Continue reading
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