'Today We Fight Back': Global Action Against Mass Surveillance

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'Today We Fight Back': Global Action Against Mass Surveillance
By Jon Queally

http://www.countercurrents.org/queally10214.htm

Today—Tuesday, February 11th, 2014—is the day the people across the world are "fighting back" against mass, unwarranted surveillance. With an online campaign designed to galvanize supporters of privacy and the open internet against the troublesome trend of government spying, more than 600 hundred organizations from around the globe are participating by posting banners on their websites and urging their members to endorse a set of 13 Principles for privacy protections


A Faux “Humanitarian Pause” In Homs?
By Franklin Lamb

http://www.countercurrents.org/lamb110214.htm

As two delegations, one representing the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, led by Bashar Assad, and the other claiming to represent the popular opposition which is seeking its overthrow, arrived in Switzerland this morning to continue with Round Two of Geneva II, there is uncertainty over the agenda and whether to extend this weekend’s 36 hour “Humanitarian pause” to allow aid into the Old City of Homs. Such a deal, which could come at any time, would bolster confidence ahead of the Round Two of the peace talks


Is A Policy A Law? Is Murder Murder?
By David Swanson

http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson110214.htm

Associated Press reports, "An American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year."


Stay Hydrated, Challenge Corporate Power, Defend All Earthlings
By Mickey Z.

http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110214.htm

The time is perfect -- right here, right now -- for us to: 1. Fight to save the children dying as a result of poor sanitation. 2. Reject an animal-based diet that’s threatening all life on the planet. 3. Unite to bring down the dominant corporate culture. 4. Occupy our inner doorperson and break open the gates to a more compassionate, equitable, and sustainable future


Logic In The Face Of Sea Level Rise
By Brent Blackwelder

http://www.countercurrents.org/blackwelder110214.htm

Relocating people, especially in the wake of a disaster, is a difficult thing to do. But what is more humane? Finding a different but safe home for families or setting them up over and over again directly in the path of catastrophe? A true-cost economy would provide a much kinder response by assisting victims of weather disasters and avoiding the repetition of past mistakes


BDS Needs To Counterattack
By John Spritzler

http://www.countercurrents.org/spritzler110214.htm

There should not be a Jewish state: it is bad for ALL ordinary people, gentiles and Jews alike; it is only good for the privileged ruling elites who take advantage of the anger between Jews and gentiles, that a Jewish state foments, to keep elite rulers in power over ordinary people. Until we make this argument aggressively and proudly, Zionists such as Roger Cohen will be able to persuade good Americans to side with Israel and its ethnic cleansing projects. Let's not let them get away with it!


Swami Aseemanand And Art Of ‘Statement Withdrawal’
By Ram Puniyani

http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani110214.htm

Now the whole thing will lapse in the quagmire of the authenticity of the interview, the forensic test of the tapes and what not. If Swami could retract the statement given to the Magistrate, disowning the interview is no big game. This aspect of alleged RSS related activities need to be thoroughly and professionally investigated irrespective of the stature of those directly or indirectly involved in the acts of terror