Moments of imperial and economic decline — according to a recent poll, 65% of Americans now believe this country to be “in a state of decline” — can also be periods of cultishness, even of madness incarnate. (more…)
December 2010
Monthly Archive
Tue 21 Dec 2010
Sat 18 Dec 2010
Dirk Adriaensens BRussels Tribunal (Dirk is a member of the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee Advisory Board)
A forced disappearance (or enforced disappearance) is defined in Article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2006, as the arrest, detention, abduction (more…)
Sat 18 Dec 2010
Pentagon bars own journalists from reading Wikileaks
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AFP – The Pentagon has banned journalists with the popular defense daily Stars and Stripes from consulting leaked diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks, prompting charges of censorship. (more…)
Sat 18 Dec 2010
Harkat Condemned by Secret Allegations he Cannot See
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Friends,
Below are some links to updates from the Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada and Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture. (more…)
Fri 17 Dec 2010
On Thursday, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg were among the 131 anti-war activists arrested during a nonviolent demonstration outside the White House to protest against the war in Afghanistan as well as America’s ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Pakistan. (more…)
Thu 16 Dec 2010
A sad day for the US if the Espionage Act is used against WikiLeaks
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Guardian U.K. -Â Numerous US officials are calling for a resurrection of the US Espionage Act as a tool for prosecuting WikiLeaks. The dusting-off of the old law is all but certain. But the outcome of the constitutional dust-up that is sure to follow will result in triumph or tragedy for the US bill of rights. Â (more…)
Thu 16 Dec 2010
Tomdispatch.com – My advice: don’t even try getting on the subway car filled with American politicians and their acolytes accusing WikiLeaks and Julian Assange of terrorist activity. It’s already standing room only. (more…)
Wed 15 Dec 2010
Der Spiegel – Even though key payment channels have been blocked, donations for WikiLeaks keep flowing in. Hendrick Fulda is a board member of Germany’s Wau Holland Foundation, one of the whistleblowing platform’s main funding channel. (more…)