Category Archives: Activism
Hundreds Rally to Declare “I Stand with Snowden” | Common Dreams
In a massive outpouring of support for the 29-year-old systems administrator behind last week’s National Security Administration surveillance leak, hundreds of civil liberties advocates and concerned citizens are staging a mass demonstration in New York City’s Union Square Monday at noon to declare: “I stand with Edward Snowden.” The demonstration follows revelations Sunday on the […]
Edward Snowden’s Worst Fear Has Not Been Realized – Thankfully | Common Dreams
If “whistleblowing” is defined as exposing secret government actions so as to inform the public about what they should know, to prompt debate, and to enable reform, then Snowden’s actions are the classic case. US polling data, by itself, demonstrates how powerfully these revelations have resonated. Despite a sustained demonization campaign against him from official […]
Dmitry Berezhkov arrested by Norwegian police | Barentsobserver
A trusted source speaking to BarentsObserver who will remain anonymous says there are clearly political reasons for why Dmitry Berezhkov stays in Norway and can’t return to Russia. The source points to the fact that there over a long period had been a dispute between Russian authorities and RAIPON. Dmitry Berezhkov was arrested just after […]
Renaming the Redskins: Four New, Nonracist Names and Logos for D.C.’s NFL Team – Businessweek
Controversy over the name of the National Football League’s Washington Redskins surfaced again in May, when 10 members of Congress wrote to the league and Dan Snyder, the team’s owner, asking for a change. The legislators said the name is a “racial, derogatory slur” against Native Americans. Snyder has long resisted a change (in spite […]
When the Surveillance State Is Used to Investigate and Prosecute Whistleblowers, the Occupy Movement and Environmental Activists
President Obama assured us on Friday that our phone conversations are not being listened to, but that is not a credible reassurance unless the White House comes up with documents that make what is going on transparent in terms of its protocols and process. There is little “an enemy” can learn from the broad strokes […]
We’ve already let go of Mandela – analyst | News24
“The bottom line is that Mr Mandela has not been at the moral and political centre of South Africa for a very long time,” political commentator Eusebius McKaiser said on Monday. “We have let go of him ages ago.” “I think there will be concerns from outside South Africa that Mandela is seen as the […]
Assange on Snowden: He’s a hero, we’ve been in contact — RT News
Assange – who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK and is running for a seat in the Australian senate later this year – approved of Snowden’s actions calling him “a hero who has informed the public about one of the most serious events of the decade, which is the creeping […]
Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum?
Four decades ago, Daniel Ellsberg surrendered to federal authorities to face charges of violating the Espionage Act. During his trial, he was allowed to go free on bail, giving him a chance to explain his actions to the media. His case was eventually thrown out after it was revealed that the government had wiretapped him […]
Schneier on Security: Project Shamrock
Twenty years ago, Senator Frank Church warned of the dangers of letting the NSA get involved in domestic intelligence gathering. He said that the “potential to violate the privacy of Americans is unmatched by any other intelligence agency.” If the resources of the NSA were ever used domestically, “no American would have any privacy left…. […]
What inspires Turkey’s protest movement? – Features – Al Jazeera English
Raiding the park on the morning of May 30, the police used tear gas and water cannons to force the peaceful activists out of the area. This was followed by the burning of activists’ tents and belongings. The activists, most of whom were students, called for help through the internet. Hundreds of supporters rushed to […]
