Chris Hedges Truthdig
The liberal class functions in a traditional, capitalist democracy as a safety valve. It lets off enough steam to keep the system intact. (more…)
October 2011
Monthly Archive
Mon 17 Oct 2011
Mon 17 Oct 2011
America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Globalization/EmpireNo Comments
Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time
Nick Turse TomDispatch
They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work in climate-controlled trailers (more…)
Mon 17 Oct 2011
Linda Taffs and I will be interviewed about Dr. Dhafir’s case on Gorrila Radio tonight at 8 p.m. EST. Â Linda is a member of the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee and was part of a Canadian Peace Team that visited Iraq during the sanctions (more…)
Mon 17 Oct 2011
Citibank Arrests Customers for Trying to Close Accounts
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , FinanceNo Comments
NEW YORK – Customers of Citibank were arrested over the weekend after trying to close down their bank accounts. (more…)
Sun 16 Oct 2011
41 percent of children in America live in poverty and four trillion dollars paid for war, is the greatest obscenity of our day. And God weeps, God weeps for what God’s children are doing! Rev. Dr. George Regas leading up to his arrest, October 7, 2011. Â (more…)
Fri 14 Oct 2011
Beware the Democrats!
Ismael Hossein-Zadeh Counterpunch
The threat I am referring to is not that of being pepper-sprayed, arrested, beaten or imprisoned. It is a different type of threat (more…)
Wed 12 Oct 2011
Occupy Wall Street: Reclaiming Public Space, Reclaiming Dignity
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Jules Boykoff the Oregonian
As the public-space prairie fire known as Occupy Wall Street spreads across the country from New York to Portland, it’s becoming glaringly apparent activists are pinging the political target. (more…)
Tue 11 Oct 2011
Lt. Col. Barry Wingard Truthout
Consequently, even if Fayiz and Fawzi conclusively prove their innocence, they will nonetheless remain imprisoned at GTMO, because a single Kuwaiti, released without trial by President Bush in 2008, allegedly became a suicide bomber in Iraq. Thus, if the proposed NDAA passes, Fayiz and Fawzi will serve a life sentence for an offense committed by another man. (more…)