The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
First Occupy Solidarity Network, Now Assange First we saw Micah White split from Adbusters and announce the creation of the Occupy Solidarity Network, an explicitly political creature with its root in Occupy Wall Street. Now two weeks later Democracy brings us WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Calls on Computer Hackers to Unite Against NSA Surveillance (starting at 31:00 …
These books will be reviewed: Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Vintage, 1992) Katz, Bruce and Jennifer Bradley. The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy (Brookings, 2013) McGahey, Richard and Jennifer Vey (eds). Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s …
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Calls on Computer Hackers to Unite Against NSA Surveillance WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed a major gathering of computer experts Monday at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany, calling on them to join forces in resisting government intrusions on Internet freedom and privacy. We play highlights from Assange’s speech, as well …
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Afghanistan: 12 Year Review Al Qaeda: 2013 Comeback Year Bees Under Attack — Bayer and Syngenta Suing EU to Overturn Ban on Bee-Killing Pesticides Bill Gates Favorite Health Graphic BOOKS: Foreign Affairs Best Picks for 2013 BRAIN: Reading a Novel Boosts Brain BRAIN: Russia Spent 1 Billion on Mind Control CIVIL: NYPD Cites Mosaic Theory, …
A Special Tribute to Gandhi: In my view, four aspects of Gandhi’s legacy remain relevant, not just to India, but to the world. First, non-violent resistance to unjust laws and/or authoritarian governments. Second, the promotion of inter-faith understanding and religious tolerance. Third, an economic model that does not rape or pillage nature. Fourth, courtesy in …
IMHO, Snowden needs to experience being the object of an “extraordinary rendition” and then be warehoused incommunicado at either GTMO or one of the Supermax facilities. Too bad that appears tactically infeasible at the moment. Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished By Barton Gellman Washington Post, December 23, 2013 Phi Beta …
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The Year Hacktivists And The Government Went To War Gerry Smith Huffington Post, 20 December 2013 Peter Ludlow, a philosophy professor at Northwestern University, wrote in The Nation that the prosecution of hacktivists was part of “a war on knowledge” that extends beyond hackers to include Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, who exposed government secrets. …
