Big Money and the NSA Scandal … How Dangerous is the “Security/Digital Complex”?
From Truth Out: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16909-big-money-and-the-nsa-scandal-how-dangerous-is-the-security-digital-complex By Richard Eskow Tuesday, 11 June 2013 It should be self-evident...
View ArticleDaniel Ellsberg Blazed the Path for Manning & Snowden
From World News Trust: http://worldnewstrust.com/daniel-ellsberg-blazed-the-path-for-manning-a-snowden-mickey-z Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 11, 2013 “The Pentagon Papers are mesmerizing, not as...
View ArticleAmerican Exceptionalism: Alibi of a Nation
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16878-american-exceptionalism-alibi-of-a-nation By Mike Lofgren Tuesday, 11 June 2013 Whenever a public figure bloviates about American Exceptionalism...
View ArticlePlan B: Obama allows morning-after pill for under-17s
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/plan-b-morning-after-pill President’s reversal means emergency contraception drug will be available to women of all ages without a...
View ArticleGreece’s Only Public TV Station Shuttered Spawning Widespread Anger
From Common Dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/12 ‘The Greek people are just about to lose their voice’ Jacob Chamberlain Published on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 by Common Dreams The...
View ArticleUS: Urgent Need for Surveillance Reforms
From Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/11/us-urgent-need-surveillance-reforms Ensure Oversight and Effective Safeguards for Privacy, Free Speech June 11, 2013 (New York) – Recent...
View ArticleOne American Who Isn’t for Sale
From Truth Dig: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/one_american_who_isnt_for_sale_20130611/ By Robert Scheer Jun 11, 2013 So it’s true, as filmmaker Michael Moore once warned us, the Carlyle Group is...
View ArticleEdward Snowden To South China Morning Post: Let Hong Kong ‘Decide My Fate’
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/edward-snowden-south-china-morning-post_n_3428057.html By Katherine Fung 06/12/2013 Edward Snowden spoke out for the first time since...
View ArticleProtesters Worldwide Rally to Support Whistleblower Edward Snowden
From The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blog/174763/protesters-worldwide-rally-support-whistleblower-edward-snowden Allison Kilkenny on June 12, 2013 Immediately following the announcement that the...
View ArticleSociety’s Decay Rewards Wrongdoers
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/12-9 by Ralph Nader Published on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 by The Nader Page Told you so. Some might deem it celebratory to utter this...
View ArticleNaomi Klein: ‘Anti-Shock Doctrines’ Show the Way to Resist
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/06-4 While media portray alternatives to austerity as “apocalypse,” we must say no, but also “show the yes,” said Klein Andrea Germanos...
View ArticleRemembering JoAnn Roberts
Joann Roberts was part of a different Trans-faction than me. I didn’t always see eye to eye with her. But she was in her own right, a pioneer who worked hard publishing a trans magazine in the days...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Happening but We Can Meet the Challenge
From Yes Magazine: http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/climate-change-is-happening-but-we-can-meet-the-challenge It can be hard for youth to deal with the overwhelming effects of climate change. But, by...
View ArticleSecret Trade Agreements Threaten to Undo Our Last Shreds of Food Safety
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/food/secret-trade-agreements-threaten-food-safety You could soon be eating imported seafood, beef or chicken products that don’t meet even basic U.S. food safety...
View ArticleRising Temperatures and Drought Fuel Largest Fire in Colorado History
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/14-3 Residents brace for a season of more harsh blazes as heat reaches new records Sarah Lazare Published on Friday, June 14, 2013 by...
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