And I, for one, will join in with anyone—I don’t care what color you are—as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this earth.
– Malcolm X
Activists March Against Abuses by Seattle PD
On Friday, dozens marched through the streets of downtown Seattle as part of the International Day Against Police Brutality The march was organized by Anonymous Seattle and drew a diverse turnout from people of various ages and ethnicities, as well as different political ideologies including anarchists, progressives and libertarians. The event was dedicated to being peaceful as previously reported, …
Direct Action to Stop CISPA THIS WEEK
A Week of Action to Oppose Broad Cybersecurity Legislation A coalition of Internet advocacy organizations and individuals are launching a week of action to combat the CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Viewing CISPA as one of the greatest threats to Internet users since SOPA, the coalition intends to leverage popular outrage to oppose …
Drake Exposes Campaign Against Free Speech
A former executive of the National Security Agency (NSA) is continuing his crusade against creeping encroachments on American liberty, speaking out at the National Press Club on Friday. Thomas Drake had been with the NSA for 32 years and was the senior technical director when he decided he could no longer support the agency’s actions. …
Finally: Bradley Manning in His Own Words
On Monday, Freedom of the Press Foundation published leaked audio of Private Bradley Manning‘s full statement from his recent military court hearing. Before the audio leak, the most comprehensive accounts of Manning’s statement were through live blogs, Tweetsand an approximate transcript compiled by independent journalist Alexa O’Brien. The audio of his full statement lets those following his case receive an intimate and complete …
Seattle on Drones: Thanks But No Thanks
The Seattle drone rebellion It’s not just the little flying helicopters McGinn banished last week. Seattleites are also saying no to the drone-training regimen known as standardized testing. By Knute Berger Seattle is decidedly anti-drone. The community has rejected the Seattle Police Department’s use of unmanned aircraft and Mayor Mike McGinn has ordered Police Chief John Diaz …
Feds Suspend Constitutional Guarantees in Brooklyn
On the heels of three nights of protests over the police slaying of 16 year old Kimani Gray, the NYPD has turned the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn into a State of Exception, claiming emergency powers to suspend the constitutional guarantees of the citizenry. The people regularly targeted by police harassment and violence, overwhelmingly the city’s poor and …
The Wealth Gap and One Approach to Fixing It
What’s amazing is that there’s a way to fix it. To fix all of it- in a very short period of time. I’m talking about condensing humankind in ways that are so distorted, the vast majority of the world’s treasure and power are now held in the top 5% of all human beings. The top …
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