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'How little rights you have:' Anonymous leaks more PRISM-related NSA docs
Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous collective have leaked a US Department of Defense memo relating to the PRISM program, revealing that the National Security Agency has secretly gathered intelligence on millions of Americans for years. Continue reading
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‘How little rights you have:’ Anonymous leaks more PRISM-related NSA docs
Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous collective have leaked a US Department of Defense memo relating to the PRISM program, revealing that the National Security Agency has secretly gathered intelligence on millions of Americans for years. Continue reading
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African Land Grabs: Defending Basic Human Rights, Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
Groups around the world accuse European business magnates Vincent Bolloré and Hubert Fabri of using intimidation to silence local opposition to African land grab. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 31 May 2013
31 May 2013 — williambowles.info The WikiLeaks story exposed, but not resolved Boston Globe Alex Gibney’s overlong but fascinating “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks” manages to convince you that both sides of the equation deserve consideration even as the film carefully separates the strands of a maddening snarl of event and accusation. Continue reading
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Video: Friend of Boston bombing suspect unarmed when killed by FBI
Ibragim Todashev, who was killed during an FBI interview last week, was unarmed when he was fatally shot, according to law enforcement officials. Civil rights activists are now calling for independent investigation of the death. Continue reading
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Bush Adminstration Convicted of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity By Francis A. Boyle
In February 2011, Bush was forced to cancel a scheduled appearance in Geneva, Switzerland after human rights groups filed a criminal complaint charging him with violating international treaties against torture. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 631: SPECIAL ISSUE: AU/OAU AT 50, CELEBRATION AND REFLECTION
23 May 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in AfricaPambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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‘Anonymous’ hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown on Guantanamo
The US military has restricted access to wireless internet at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp due to hacking threats said to be part of a protest over conditions at the facility where detainees have been engaged in a hunger strike for over 100 days. Continue reading
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Rise Up or Die By Chris Hedges
Joe Sacco and I spent two years reporting from the poorest pockets of the United States for our book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.” We went into our nation’s impoverished “sacrifice zones”—the first areas forced to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace—to show what happens when unfettered corporate capitalism and ceaseless economic expansion… Continue reading
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Statewatch: Austerity, democracy and civil liberties
The Journal has been redesigned and each issue will now have a thematic focus. This issue focuses on the nexus between austerity, civil liberties and democracy. Continue reading
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9/11 in Context: The Importance of the Growing Contradictory Evidence By Elizabeth Woodworth
Nearly 12 years after the event, the official account of 9/11 continues to be actively studied by academics around the world. The idea of 9/11 as a false-flag operation to build support for an aggressive foreign policy in the Middle East is steadily gaining ground, suggesting that a policy change is overdue. Continue reading
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19 Year Old Student in Custody: President Obama has already delivered a Guilty Verdict to Suspected Boston Bomber By Patrick Henningsen
In an extraordinary executive intervention, the President of the United States has weighed in on the Boston Bombing case – already delivering a guilty verdict for the Tsarnaev brothers. Continue reading
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Syria’s Civilian Suffering – Western Imperialism Resorts to Medieval Barbarity By Finian Cunningham
The human suffering in Syria, which has escalated from crisis to disaster over the past two years, is the nefarious work of Western governments and their regional allies. It is a simple, provable, glaringly obvious truth. Yet, the thought-control Western mainstream media manage to somehow turn reality on its head, and make a virtue out… Continue reading
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Interview: “My Afghanistan – Life in the Forbidden Zone” by Nagieb Khaja, Ian Sinclair
Nagieb Khaja, a well-known journalist and filmmaker in Denmark, has travelled extensively in Afghanistan since 2004. In 2008 he was kidnapped by the Taliban. His new documentary ’My Afghanistan – life in the forbidden zone’ provides civilians in Helmand province with camera phones, thus giving a voice to those normally ignored by the Western media. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 17 April 2012 (05/13)
17 April 2013 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Dublin III: Council of the European Union 2. EU: Agency for Fundamental Rights report: Fundamental rights at the EU’s southern sea borders3. EU: European Commission: Proposal for a Regulation for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation4. UK: Secret mission? UK “homeland security” Continue reading
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EXPOSED: Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fraud
NYT admits fraudulent Syrian human rights group is UK-based “one-man band” funded by EU and one other “European country.” Continue reading
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Africa: Imperialism’s High Mark of Conquest in the 21st Century By Glen Ford
The US-NATO military curtain has fallen the length and breadth of Africa. “Zimbabwe and tiny Eritrea are among the few nations on the African continent that have not yet been absorbed into the AFRICOM matrix.” Continue reading
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Video: “Aleppo, the Castle”: Documentary on Atrocities Committed by US-NATO Sponsored Terrorists in Syria
This is a documentary of 7 parts, broadcasted by Syria TV, with subtitles in English, about the war launched by the Islamist fighters in Aleppo. Continue reading
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