Cecily McMillan’s Occupy trial is a huge test of US civil liberties
The US constitution’s Bill of Rights is envied by much of the English-speaking world, even by people otherwise not enthralled by The American Way Of Life. Its fundamental liberties – freedom of...
View ArticleThe mentality of J Edgar Hoover’s FBI undergirds today’s surveillance state
The FBI has pushed Congress and the White House – and reportedly quietly lobbied the tech companies – to support a dangerous overhaul to wiretapping laws that would require Internet companies like...
View ArticleFrom MLK To Anonymous, The State Targets Dissenters Not Just Bad Guys – Glenn...
The record is suffused with examples of groups and individuals being placed under government surveillance by virtue of their dissenting views and activism – Martin Luther King, the civil rights...
View ArticleThe Pentagon report on Snowden’s ‘grave’ threat is gravely overblown – Julian...
NSA defenders still won't tell the whole truth, but a newly revealed damage assessment offers a window into government damage control – not any actual damage done by Snowden
View ArticleSnowden would not get a fair trial – and Kerry is wrong – Daniel Ellsberg
Edward Snowden is the greatest patriot whistleblower of our time, and he knows what I learned more than four decades ago: until the Espionage Act gets reformed, he can never come home safe and receive...
View ArticleRadical new economic system will emerge from collapse of capitalism – Jo Confino
"If the old industries can monopolise the pipes, the structure, and destroy network neutrality, then you have global monopolies and Big Brother for sure. But if we are able to maintain network...
View ArticleGitmo Comes to Chicago – Lucy Steigerwald
Though the war on drugs is far from over, recreational marijuana is now legal in three US states. This week, Alaska joined Washington state and Colorado in dialing back the conflict has been a...
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