DhafirTrial

There is no debate on climate change in Germany. The temperature for the past 10 months has been 3 degrees above average and we’re again on course for the warmest year on record. There’s no dispute among Germans as to whether this change is man-made, or that we contribute to it and need to stop accelerating the process. (more…)

Jonathan Turley  ICH

In past columns, I have lamented how our government has not only stripped away core civil liberties from citizens, but that citizens have become increasing passive and accepting of the loss of such freedom. (more…)

Glenn Greewald Guardian U.K.

That the stars of America’s national security establishment are being devoured by out-of-control surveillance is a form of sweet justice (more…)

Chris Hedges  Truthdig

The presidential election exposed the liberal class as a corpse. It fights for nothing. It stands for nothing. It is a useless appendage to the corporate state. (more…)

Nat Hentoff CATO Institute

During the tumultuous months of the presidential campaign, most Americans heard nothing of this report in the (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Star Tribune (that originally appeared in The Los Angeles Times): “To live under drones is to live in terror.” Based on a study by Stanford University and New York University (more…)

ProPublica

Yesterday, we got a rare look at how information on your public social media profiles–including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn–is being harvested and resold by large consumer data companies. (more…)

The political trial and 22-year sentence of Dr Rafil Dhafir, an Iraqi-born doctor and humanitarian, makes a mocker of the notion that all are equal in the eyes of the US Law.

John Pilger New Statesman U.K.

In 1999, I travelled to Iraq with Denis Halliday (more…)