A picture of the man who has come to embody the inequities of Greece‘s financial crisis has begun to emerge, with friends and neighbours shedding light on the life of the elderly pensioner who killed himself in Athens on Wednesday. (more…)
April 2012
Monthly Archive
Thu 5 Apr 2012
Greek suicide seen as an act of fortitude as much as one of despair
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Thu 5 Apr 2012
Glenn Greenwald Salon
I’m currently conducting interviews as a follow-up to the rather acrimonious debate that erupted this week from my argument that “terrorism expertise” is not an actual discipline, but rather (like the term “terrorism” itself) just another instrument for legitimizing the violence of the U.S. and its allies, delegitimizing the violence of their Muslim adversaries, and dressing up state propaganda with the veneer of academic neutrality (more…)
Mon 2 Apr 2012
Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense
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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails (more…)
Mon 2 Apr 2012
Texas Prosecutors Go Rogue — And Get Away with It!
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William Fisher Truthout
John Thompson spent 18 years in prison – 14 of them on death row – for crimes he did not commit. But as he was facing his seventh execution date, a private investigator hired by his lawyers discovered that scientific evidence of his innocence had been knowingly concealed by the New Orleans District Attorney’s office. (more…)