Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 2024 was a pivotal year for international humanitarian law. On the one hand, the International Court of Justice and the […]
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Police Clear Taksim Square: Turkey’s Protests and the Neoliberal Market (Cole interview)
Update On Tuesday morning, police in Istanbul moved on protesters at Taksim Square, using teargas and water cannon to clear them out. Police began dismantling […]
Its the Corporations, Stupid: Why we are 2nd Amendment Fundamentalists but the 4th Amendment doesn’t Count
The Second Amendment to the Constitution is interpreted by lawmakers and judges in an absolute manner. Every American, we are constantly told– even mentally ill […]
Istanbul Rising: VICE Explains the Turkish Protests (Video)
VICE: “On Friday, May 31, Turkish riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray into a peaceful protest held to save Gezi Park, one of […]
Gitmo comes Home to America: Torture, Gag Orders and Legal Dirty Tricks have Corrupted the System (Brittain)
Victoria Brittain writes at Tomdispatch.com A four-month hunger strike, mass force-feedings, and widespread media coverage have at last brought Guantanamo, the notorious offshore prison set […]
How America Became Orwellian: A Short History of Big Brother Sam (ProPublica)
Cora Currier, Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer write at ProPublica On Wednesday, the Guardian published a secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over data […]
We Misunderstood Barack: He only wanted the Domestic Surveillance to be Made Legal, not to End It
We misunderstood Barack Obama years ago when he slammed the Bush administration for arbitrary intrusion in the privacy of citizens, in the name of the […]
Sen. Wyden Warned us in 2011 that the Government was Running wild on Surveillance (Video)
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) warned two years ago that when the US public discovered how the Patriot Act is actually interpreted by the FBI and […]
“I am Bradley Manning” Celebrity Support Video (Leaked Teaser)
“I am Bradley Manning” [Leaked teaser] : for celebrity support video.
PRISM: The US Government is mad at Bradley Manning for doing to it what it is Doing to All of us
Bradley Manning, who spilled the beans on the US blowing away of unarmed Iraqi journalists and overlooking war crimes by the US military and allied […]