Law
Occupy The Dept Of Justice
by Nick Glossop on May 20, 2013
Victims of illegal foreclosures and other outraged citizens have taken their protest to the doors of the US Department of Justice today, armed with furniture as well as banners, anger and wit.
Barricades coming down, couches coming in, banks stole our homes, so we’re moving in.
For color commentary, with photos, follow Alexis Goldstein on Twitter (it might not make the TV news), or check out her story-fication of …
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Documentary Exposes US Role in Iraq Sectarian Conflict
by Nick Glossop on March 16, 2013
This is one of the great untold stories of the Iraq War, how just over a year after the invasion, the United States funded a sectarian police commando force that set up a network of torture centers to fight the insurgency. It was a decision that helped fuel a sectarian civil war between Shia and Sunni that ripped the country apart. At its height, it was claiming 3,000 victims a
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Manning Statement: Full Audio
by Nick Glossop on March 12, 2013
Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation is publishing the full, previously unreleased audio recording of Private First Class Bradley Manning’s speech to the military court in Ft. Meade about his motivations for leaking over 700,000 government documents to WikiLeaks. In addition, we have published highlights from Manning’s statement to the court.
While unofficial transcripts of this statement are available, this marks the first time the American public has heard the
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The United States of America–Land of the Free?
by Matthew Payne on March 9, 2013
It goes without saying that America’s trademark “land of the free” is a bit out of synch with actual American practices–such as locking up more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners with only five percent of the world’s population. The vast racial and class disparities of the American “justice” system are also well known at this point. (As a Georgian, in a state with a death penalty, I like to …
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Nomination Of Bradley Manning For Nobel Peace Prize 2013
by Nick Glossop on March 7, 2013
A chance for the Nobel Committee to redeem itself after a series of rash (Barack Obama, 2009) and absurd (European Union, 2012) choices:
Dear Norwegian Nobel Committee,
We have the great honour of nominating Private First Class Bradley Manning for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.
Manning is a soldier in the United States army who stands accused of releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The
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Responsibilization And The 401K Canard
by Nick Glossop on February 22, 2013
The Personal Finance Industry Scam (or why everyone else is doing fine while you are not).
For the past few decades, Americans have spent billions of dollars on personal finance products. As salaries have stagnated and companies have cut back on benefits, we’ve taken matters into our own hands, embracing the can-do attitude that if we’re smart enough, we can overcome even daunting financial obstacles. But that’s not true. In
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LIBOR – The Financial Sector Rots From The Head
by Nick Glossop on February 15, 2013
I want to stress the importance of this. You see, neoliberalism and free markets, which is the mantra that we’ve been listening to and hearing for decades, pivots on the banks and the financial system. This is where it’s supposed to be free. This is the markets, these are the markets, and the institutions are supposed to be as free as possible. Well, they’re not. They’re actually managing this rate,
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Of Drug Cartels, Bankers, Defence Contract Scams & Cleaning Products
by Nick Glossop on January 7, 2013
Guy Lawson dropped in on the Majority Report to talk about his new book, Octopus, an apparent exposé of the comegedy of corruption plaguing our modern times.
From Baja to Wall Street, to Kabul, to a seat on the couch next to Floyd from True Romance, trust me, this clip will pay massive dividends on the investment of half an hour of your time. I’m buying this Guy’s …
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Is Canada a Colonial State?
by Andrew Loewen on January 2, 2013
Yes. It is. A simple fact, an ugly reality, elided by Canada’s public school curriculum. But one recognized even by former Liberal Prime Minister and millionaire shipping magnate Paul Martin.
We have never admitted to ourselves that we were, and still are, a colonial power.
Never in my adult years have I professed Canadian patriotism; to do so is to endorse a system of colonial domination. Nationalists are a defensive …
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FBI vs. Occupy
by Nick Glossop on December 27, 2012
This is What Counterterrorism Looks Like
Part 2
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