September 2009


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…)

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…)

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…)

After 20 years of filmmaking on US Injustices, Michael Moore Goes to the Source in Capitalism: A Love Story (more…)

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…)

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…)

PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 2 WILL MARK PUBLICATION OF BOOK ON ALBANY’S AREF-HOSSAIN STING CASE

CONTACT:    Shamshad Ahmad:  cell (518) 331-3310 [for interviews]
Steve Downs:  (518) 767-0102 [for interviews] (more…)

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)

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