By Jeanne Finley Albany Times Union 10/30/10
The U.S. government and part of our population continue to associate the murderers of 9/11 with American Muslims. (more…)
October 2010
Monthly Archive
Sat 30 Oct 2010
Thu 28 Oct 2010
Guilty Plea for Child Fighter Averts ‘Publicity Nightmare
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With tongue in cheek, constitutional experts congratulated the U.S. government Tuesday for negotiating a plea deal with Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr, thus avoiding a trial in the military commission “puppet theater” of a defendant who was just 15 at the time of his offenses. (more…)
Mon 25 Oct 2010
Meet the lawyer who argued money is speech, and won
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , DemocracyNo Comments
A conservative Indiana lawyer engineered the string of legal victories that have enabled corporations and wealthy individuals to channel tens of millions of dollars into this year’s midterm elections secretly, a study by campaign watchdogs has found. (more…)
Mon 25 Oct 2010
Socialism? The Rich Are Winning the US Class War: Facts Show Rich Getting Richer, Everyone Else Poorer
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by Bill Quigley  Commondreams 10/25/10
The rich and their paid false prophets are doing a bang up job deceiving the poor and middle class. They have convinced many that an evil socialism is alive in the land and it is taking their fair share. But the deception cannot last — facts say otherwise. (more…)
Sun 24 Oct 2010
All Day Educational Event in Knowing and Defending
Our Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
Date: October 30, 2010
Time: 10 A.M — 5:00 P.M (more…)
Sun 24 Oct 2010
Al Jazeera interviews Julian Assange
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Wikileaks founder speaks to Al Jazeera about new leaked documents on Iraq war. (4.21 mins.)
Fri 22 Oct 2010
EXCLUSIVE: WikiLeaks Prepares Largest Intel Leak in US History with Release of 400,000 Iraq War Docs
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Democracy Now 10/22/10
The whistleblowing group WikiLeaks is preparing to release up to 400,000 US intelligence reports on the Iraq War. The disclosure would comprise the biggest leak in US history, far more than the 91,000 Afghanistan war logs WikiLeaks released this summer. Â (more…)
Wed 20 Oct 2010
Joe Miller’s private “guards” were active-duty military
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Glenn Greenwald Salon 10/20/10
One of the more disturbing election incidents took place in Alaska on Sunday night, when private “guards” working for GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller forcibly detained and handcuffed a journalist as he tried to ask the candidate questions which he did not want to answer.  (more…)