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Stop NATO news: February 14, 2012: Pentagon: Obama Asks Congress For $613 Billion Defense Budget
14 February 2012 — 012 Pentagon: Obama Asks Congress For $613 Billion Defense Budget U.S. Special Operations Command Wants Operations In Asia, Africa, Latin America Russia To Deploy New Air Defense Systems On Border China Opposed To Expanding U.S. Military Presence In Asia-Pacific NATO Strengthens Ties With Armenia Venezuela Slams NATO Powers For Pushing Syrian Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 9 February 2012: British, Qatari Troops Waging Secret War in Syria?
9 February, 2012 — Information Clearing House Israel Kills Iran’s Nuclear Scientists, U.S. officials By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem Iranian nuclear scientists are being killed by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel‘s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30478.htm Continue reading
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ACTA: “Usurps Congressional Authority”, “Threatens Numerous Public Interests”, “Backroom Special Interest Deal”, a “Masquerade”
Now everyone is talking about ACTA. But – because ACTA is complicated, and is just starting to receive coverage – most are not sure exactly what ACTA really is, or why we should be concerned about it. We’ll give you an executive summary of what you need to know. Continue reading
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SOPA, PIPA and now ACTA Newslinks 19-24 January 2011
25 January 2012 — williambowles.info 012 As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet Max Keiser and Stacy HerbertYesterday at 17:57 Continue reading
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BREAKING: Copyright Lawyers Oppose SOPA … And Say It Won’t Even Work By Washington’s Blog
Many experts have said that the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are not only draconian, but that they fail to address the root problem. Continue reading
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Video: SOPA Sledgehammer Could Smash Any Site on Web By grtv
John Davies, the Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK – the umbrella foundation in charge of Wikipedia – said the site’s unprecedented blackout was a tough decision to make, but a necessary one in the bid to raise global awareness. Continue reading
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Blackout – Save the Internet today
The US Congress was poised to pass a law allowing officials to censor access to any website around the world. But after we delivered our 1.25 million strong petition to the White House, it came out against the bill and with public pressure at a boiling point even some bill backers are switching sides. Now,… Continue reading
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Why is the Internet on strike today?
Today, Mozilla is joining the virtual strike against Internet censorship – along with others like Wikipedia and Google – to raise awareness of US Congress legislation that could fundamentally alter the Internet we know and love. Continue reading
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Wikipedia, Reddit to Shut Down Sites Wednesday to Protest Proposed Stop Online Piracy Act
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world, will join websites like the content aggregator Reddit to “go dark” on Wednesday in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which are currently being debated in Congress. Continue reading
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A Poisoned Chalice: Liberation, ANC-Style By John S. Saul
There is good and obvious reason to celebrate the long history of the African National Congress (ANC): the organization’s marked dedication over one hundred years to the cause of the betterment of the lot of the oppressed African people in South Africa. It has also sustained an honourable commitment to a multi-racial, pan-ethnic outcome to… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 4 January 2012: Former "Dumbest Member of Congress" Scorches Romney
3 January 2012 — Information Clearing House Marching Towards War EU Reaches Agreement to Ban Imports of Iranian Oil By Reuters “The US talks about sanctioning our oil but they should know that if Iran’s oil exports from the Persian Gulf are sanctioned, then no one will have the right to export oil through the Continue reading
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South Africa: Media freedom’s roller coaster ride in 2011 By Pamela Stein and Dario Milo
There can be no doubt that media freedom in South Africa suffered some major blows in 2011, not least by the lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, passing the Protection of State Information Bill, known in some quarters as the Secrecy Bill. Much has been written about that draft official secrets legislation, and it… Continue reading
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South Africa: Media freedom’s roller coaster ride in 2011 By Pamela Stein and Dario Milo
There can be no doubt that media freedom in South Africa suffered some major blows in 2011, not least by the lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, passing the Protection of State Information Bill, known in some quarters as the Secrecy Bill. Much has been written about that draft official secrets legislation, and it… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 28 December 2011: War is God
28 December, 2011 — Information Clearing House Continue reading
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BA Report 21 December 2011: Failing Our Imprisoned Youth / Black Tolerance of Obama / Passing of a Racist
21 December 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left Georgia Prison Strike, One Year Later: Activists Outside the Walls Have Failed Those Inside the Walls by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon In December 2010 inmates in up to a dozen Georgia prisons either refused to leave their Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 15, 2011
Stop NATO Chicago Plans ‘Extraordinary Measures’ Against Anti-NATO/G8 Protests U.S. Congress Passes $662 Billion Military Authorization Bill Congress Authorizes Pentagon To Wage Internet War Pentagon Plans Space Telescopes To Spy Anywhere On Earth Uganda: U.S. Special Forces Begin Counterinsurgency Mission Africa Partnership Station: U.S. Warship Completes Six-Month Mission Continue reading
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The Constitution Is Dead: The Gradual Transition towards an Orwellian Police State By Devon DB
Many in America still believe that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and that politicians, both Republican and Democrat alike, still hold that view and ensure that any and all legislation passed does not violate it. However, in today’s America, the Constitution is effectively a null and void document, nothing more than… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 December 2011: Paul Craig Roberts: Congress is Repealing the Constitution
2 December 2011 — Information Clearing House Obama Lawyers: Citizens Can Be Killed By US By MATT APUZZO Administration officials say Obama has sole power to declare citizen’s enemies. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29870.htm Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 1 December 2011
1 December 2011 — williambowles.info ZANU PF to avoid Wikileaks scandal at Congress ZimEye Zimbabwe By A Correspondent THE Zanu-PF Politburo has decided to chop out the Wikileaks scandal from its agenda at the upcoming Congress to be held in Bulawayo. The Politburo met in Harare yesterday to discuss the agenda of the 12th annual Continue reading
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The SOPA Scoop: Anti-Piracy Bills Enrage Web Freedom Groups, Divide Congress
Imagine that the US government granted itself sweeping legal authority to shut down alleged pirate sites and intervene when web sites host any kind of content that infringes a copyright. Continue reading
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