Daily Archives: July 7, 2008 »
EMPIRE OF THE VANITIES
SchNews | In the run up to the annual meet and greet by world leaders (and ensuing mass insurrection on the other side of the police lines) at the G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan,
Read More »Domestic spying quietly goes on
By Bradley Olson | With Congress on the verge of outlining new parameters for National Security Agency eavesdropping between suspicious foreigners and Americans, lawmakers are leaving largely untouched a host of government programs that
Read More »There’s even more evidence that Bush was wrong on torture approach
Who would have thought that Chinese communists would become a model for U.S. interrogators? What a disgrace. The New York Times reported last week that U.S. military trainers at the Guant�namo Bay prison in
Read More »I assume that everything I do is probed and examined by omnipotent corporations
The Guardian | I’ve got the opening scene of a dystopian thriller all worked out. It’s a hot summer night in a typical suburban flat. A young woman (let’s call her Alison) stands over
Read More »‘Big Brother’ government costs us £20billion
By Andrew Porter | The cost of Britain’s “surveillance society” measures is now running at £20 billion, a new report reveals today. The amount is equivalent to £800 per household and includes £19 billion
Read More »CCTV row breaks out in crime-free village
Daily Record | VILLAGERS are up in arms after CCTV was installed in an area where crime is almost unknown. Nearly all of them have signed a petition to have the spy cameras removed.
Read More »Bush-Led ‘Disaster Capitalism’ Exploits Worldwide Misery to Make a Buck
By Naomi Klein The Nation | Once oil passed $140 a barrel, even the most rabidly right-wing media hosts had to prove their populist cred by devoting a portion of every show to bashing Big
Read More »Protesters train at camps before Japan G8 summit
By Danielle Demetriou | Dreadlocks flailing in the wind, the man emitted a fierce cry as he ran down the quiet country lane towards me, brandishing a bamboo stick in each hand. Normally, I would
Read More »MPs accuse Washington of lying over rendition flights
By David Connett | MPs are to launch an investigation into US activities on Diego Garcia after accusing Washington of lying about extraordinary rendition flights from the British-controlled island in the Indian Ocean. They
Read More »UK lawmakers to launch new rendition probe
By DAVID STRINGER | Lawmakers pledged Sunday to study the movements of planes and ships traveling to the remote British outpost Diego Garcia amid persistent suspicion it is used by U.S. authorities to detain
Read More »Ending Poverty in a Carbon Constrained World
By Andrew Simms -The New Economics Foundation | Several years ago the International Red Cross sent me on behalf the World Disasters Report to assess the early impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations. What
Read More »Files show US military planned nerve gas testing in Australia
There are revelations the United States military was planning to test deadly nerve gas in north eastern Australia in far north Queensland rainforest in the 1960s. Australian Defence Department files obtained by Australian television
Read More »TOWER 7 REPORT EXPECTED TO BLAME FIRE FOR COLLAPSE
It wasn’t only the Twin Towers that collapsed on September 11. A third World Trade Center tower that wasn’t hit by the planes also fell. As a report into Tower 7 prepares to publish
Read More »Iraqi torture victims slam UK ‘contempt’
The Observer | Iraqi civilians who were tortured by British soldiers say the government is treating them with ‘contempt’ ahead of a potential multi-million-pound payout for the abuse they suffered. The eight Iraqis arrived in
Read More »Judge Rejects Bush’s View on Wiretaps
By ERIC LICHTBLAU | A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the “exclusive” means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government’s claim
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