The Militarization of Pittsburg
Bill Quigley Counterpunch 9/28/09
The G20 in Pittsburgh showed us how pitifully fearful our leaders have become.
What no terrorist could do to us, our own leaders did. (more…)
September 2009
Monthly Archive
Tue 29 Sep 2009
Street Report From the G20
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Mon 28 Sep 2009
Tomgram: Arundhati Roy, Is Democracy Melting?
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Tomdispatch 9/28/09
So you, as a citizen, want to run for a seat in the House of Representatives? Well, you may be too late. Back in 1990, according to OpenSecrets.org, a website of the Center for Responsive Politics, the average cost of a winning campaign for the House was $407,556. (more…)
Fri 25 Sep 2009
Victory on preventive detention law: in context
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Glenn Greenwald Salon 9/24/09
When Barack Obama gave his “civil liberties” speech at the National Archives in May, he advocated a new scheme of preventive detention for detainees whom he claimed “cannot be prosecuted yet who pose a clear danger to the American people,” (more…)
Thu 24 Sep 2009
After 20 years of filmmaking on US Injustices, Michael Moore Goes to the Source in Capitalism: A Love Story (more…)
Thu 24 Sep 2009
Dear Congresswoman Schakowsky:
It is an age-old tactic, when one cannot refute statements with facts, to attempt to discredit the witness. Rather than exchanging accusations, let me just go on record with facts and detailed citations. (more…)
Thu 24 Sep 2009
Philip Giraldi 9/24/09
Sibel Edmonds, the FBI Turkish translator turned whistleblower, is the most gagged person in the history of the United States. (more…)
Wed 23 Sep 2009
New Book on Albany Aref/Hossain Sting Case
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PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 2 WILL MARK PUBLICATION OF BOOK ON ALBANY’S AREF-HOSSAIN STING CASE
CONTACT:Â Â Â Shamshad Ahmad:Â cell (518) 331-3310 [for interviews]
Steve Downs:Â (518) 767-0102 [for interviews] (more…)
Fri 18 Sep 2009
The Post: U.S. must demand accountability for due process and torture abuses — in Iran
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Glenn Greenwald Salon 09/16/09
I’m asking this sincerely, not rhetorically: is there anything other than extreme self-delusion, grounded in blinding self-regard (i.e., self-decreed exceptionalism), that can explain this?  The Washington Post Editorial Page today is demanding that the Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran include not only efforts to curb their nuclear program but also:  “at least one other item should be on the agenda: the government’s recent repression of domestic opposition (more)