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A new revelation by the Guardian, based on leaked documents, exposes a widespread project of large corporations to spy on human rights and environmental groups. Caterpillar used informant group to spy on Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, w ...[Read more]
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THE CRIMINALIZATION OF political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the West. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing T-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel. The U.K. has ...[Read more]
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A Kansas couple decided to hire an attorney to get to the bottom of why police raided their home in April of 2012. They found shoddy police work and a cover-up that they never would have known without the money to hire the attorney. ...[Read more]
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A secret spy program developed by the National Security Agency and reported publically for the first time on Tuesday has given the United States the ability to digitally record the contents of each and every phone call occurring across entire nations.
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Despite promising he’d preside over the most transparent administration in United States history, President Barack Obama’s White House is setting new records with regards to not releasing government documents.
Never mind Obama’s assurances on the ca ...[Read more]
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Representatives for the United States government defended the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs before a hearing of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland last week. ...[Read more]
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Multiple Students for Justice for Palestine groups have been banned around the country and their members threatened with suspension for mere protest. Israel and its allies are seeking to disrupt free speech on American campuses, says Chris Hedges.
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Canadian police surrounded an annual protest against police brutality in Montreal, arresting 288 people before the demonstration had barely started.
The police claim the protest was 'illegal' as the participants did not warn the authorities of their itine ...[Read more]
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Investigative reporter Julia Angwin talks to Bill about how America has become a dragnet nation where mass surveillance rules. ...[Read more]
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It was a quiet and peaceful day in the Garden of Eden Community. This sustainable community has been growing their own food, coming together to provide basic necessities and supplying food, shelter and sustainability classes to the public for free since 2 ...[Read more]
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The US had 875,000 people in its terrorist watchlist system as of December 2012. Those secretly blacklisted have no real path to challenge their status, states a new report, thus indefinitely restricting those listed from travel or simply getting a job. ...[Read more]
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