The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Wikileaks vs. the Empire: the Revolutionary Act of Telling the Truth
To the rulers of the world in Washington and Europe, Syria’s true crime is not the oppressive nature of its government but its independence from American and Israeli power – just as Iran’s true crime is its independence, and Russia’s true crime is its independence, and China’s true crime is its independence. In an American-owned world, independence is intolerable.
Source: U.S. Department of State-USAID FY 2014–2017 Joint Strategic Plan
Surveillance: A Golden Age or Dark Days?
My friend and info-perceptive wiseman Peter Swire, who helped to formulate the post-Snowden NSA reforms issued by the Obama Administration, has a series of articles and white papers of interest to anyone who is serious about the core topic of our era.
Workers are about to become much more powerful: How will capitalism adapt ?
In Britain, three basic things would lay the groundwork for a more controlled shift of pricing power towards the workforce and away from employers: the right to a written contract; the obligation to publish salary bands for specific job titles in private-sector firms; and limiting temporary contracts to genuinely temporary or seasonal tasks.
One of the poorest regions in Afghanistan is teaching the world about sustainability
The Rural Green Environment Organization is entirely rewriting the environmental narrative for 90 villages and 40,000 people in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The region has endured decades of conflict, insecurity and the overharvesting of natural resources. What was once a region battered by conflict and environmental degradation is now flourishing.
Pope Francis criticizes ‘dictators' and ‘tyrants'
Asked by a Cuban student about the example of his leadership, Francis said, “I will tell you one thing, a good leader is one who is capable of bringing up other leaders. If a leader wants to lead alone, he is a tyrant. True leadership is fruitful. Each one of you has the seed of leadership.” He added, “The leaders of today will not be here tomorrow. If they do not plant the seed of leadership in others, they are worthless. They are dictators.”
US Intel Vets Decry CIA’s Use of Torture
Torture defenders are back on the offensive publishing a book by ex-CIA leaders rebutting a Senate report that denounced the brutal tactics as illegal, inhumane and ineffective. Now, in a memo to President Obama, other U.S. intelligence veterans are siding with the Senate findings and repudiating the torture apologists.
Comment by Robert Steele Below the Fold
