Showing posts with label Cecily McMillan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cecily McMillan. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
CounterCurrents: Cecily McMillan On Prisons, Profit, Protest, And Privilege, New Species Loss Appear On The Latest IUCN 2014 Redlist
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Putin Leaves G20 Early After Harsh Reception
By Nadia Prupis
http://www.countercurrents.org/prupis171114.htm
Russian president Vladimir Putin left the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Brisbane, Australia early, flying back to Moscow on Sunday after world leaders accused him of bullying and warned him to drop his support of separatists in Ukraine
Why Is Europe Staying With The Leading Fascist Power, That’s Now Turned Nazi?
By Eric Zuesse
http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse171114.htm
The United States is a gung-ho supporter of a genocide that it created. Why does Europe tolerate this, and even participate in it? But, they do
Quantitative Analysis Exposes Pro-One Percenter Obama's Pre-G20 Deceit
Over Democracy, Climate Change Action & Green Climate Fund
By Dr Gideon Polya
http://www.countercurrents.org/polya171014.htm
Just before the 2014 G20 meeting in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia , President Obama made a speech at the University of Queensland in which he claimed US support for democracy, US climate action and US donation to a Green Climate Fund for Developing nations. Unfortunately, quantitative analysis reveals massive deception in all these matters by the endlessly mendacious, pro-One Percenter Obama
Economists Are More Human Than They Think, Unfortunately
By Hendrik Van den Berg
http://www.countercurrents.org/vandenberg171114.htm
The type of economic growth we have experienced over the past 200 years cannot continue because it cannot be further supported by our natural environment. The evidence clearly shows that atmospheric temperatures are rising, nature is failing to sustain many of the services that are critical to human life, and the widespread exploitation of nature is sharply reducing the biodiversity that safeguards our existence. There is no longer any doubt that ‘growth' (by which we mean the massive use of carbon energy, the increase of material output per person, and the rapid growth of the overall human population) is the cause of this environmental degradation. And yet, economists across the political spectrum call for ‘restoring growth' as quickly as possible
New Species Loss Appear On The Latest IUCN 2014 Redlist
By Marianne de Nazareth
http://www.countercurrents.org/nazareth171114.htm
As populations grow exponentially across the globe, the global appetite for our planets resources continuously push new species to the brink says the new IUCN Red List. Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Chinese Pufferfish, American Eel, Chinese Cobra and an Australian butterfly are the species which the IUCN have specifically pointed out and which are threatened with extinction
Redefining “Imminent,” How The U.S. Department of Justice Makes Murder Respectable,
Kills The Innocent And Jails Their Defenders
By Brian Terrell
http://www.countercurrents.org/terrell1714.htm
The breadth of the government’s definition of “imminent” is murderous in its enormity. It is all the more ironic that the same Department of Justice will also regularly define the word so narrowly as to convict and imprison law abiding and responsible citizens who act to defend the innocent from genuinely imminent harm by the actions of the U.S. government. On example especially relevant to the issue of killing by drone is the case of the “Creech 14.”
Inequality: Capitalism’s Inefficiency With Food
By Farooque Chowdhury
http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury171114.htm
Robbing better food is enough to deprive a people of its life and intellect. The arrangement of inequality that capitalism imposes deprives the majority, the members of “low-status households”. They are not allowed, the arrangement is so made, to afford better food
Two Detroits, Separate And Unequal : A Journey Across a City Divided
By Laura Gottesdiener
http://www.countercurrents.org/gottesdiener171114.htm
The future of the rest of the sprawling city -- once the symbol of American industrialization and working-class power -- remains at best insecure, physically and financially. In the 1940s, President Franklin Roosevelt declared Detroit, then the nation’s fourth largest city, the “great arsenal of democracy” for churning out bombers for the Allied powers, as in peacetime it rolled out cars for the consumer economy. Then the auto giants began closing their urban factories and reopening their plants in white suburbs. In the same era, the industry, national unions, and the FBI all cracked down on the labor organizations founded by radical black workers
The Internationalisation Of Bangladeshi Military Intervention In 2007
By M Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury
http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury171114.pdf
It has been empirically seen that Army Chief Moeen U. Ahmed used governmental efforts to become the President of Bangladesh. He and his accomplices worked hard to receive support of foreign powers in this regard
Cecily McMillan On Prisons, Profit, Protest, And Privilege
By Mickey Z.
http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz171114.htm
Cecily is a graduate student at the New School for Social Research, a union organizer and a former Occupy Wall Street activist. On March 17, 2012, the six-month anniversary of the OWS encampment, McMillan was arrested, sexually assaulted, and beaten by members of the NYPD. Nonetheless, in Spring 2014, McMillan was unjustly convicted of felony assault of a police officer and faced seven years in prison. Following an international leniency campaign, McMillan was sentenced to 90 days at the Rikers Island Correctional Facility. In July 2014, she was released on good behavior after serving 58 days
Ten Cases Under AFSPA You Should Know About
By Ravi Nitesh
http://www.countercurrents.org/nitesh171114.htm
Here are few infamous cases, listed about which we all should know, in view of our sensitization towards human rights and how there are difficulties in ascertaining the punishment to security personals who are surviving with impunity. It is also evident that these atrocities are still continued. Though here are the selected cases only, there are hundreds and thousands of cases like these where human rights violations reported in areas where AFSPA is imposed (North East region and J&K)
Kashmir: The Visoka’s Curse!
By M.Ashraf
http://www.countercurrents.org/ashraf171114.htm
After the devastation and displacement caused by the recent flood, one would have expected people to remain under shock for a long time. However, the rallies for the forthcoming elections give an impression that nothing has changed and the people are behaving as they used to do. There has been no chastisement as one would have expected from such a natural disaster attributed by many to be the “Divine Retribution” for our misdeeds! People are on the path to usher in the same lot of so called leaders who turned Kashmir into a virtual den of corruption, dishonesty and immorality
My Memories With AK-47
By Sajad Rasool
http://www.countercurrents.org/rasool171114.htm
A barrage of thoughts unsettles my mind as I see men in uniforms roaming around with their infamous AK-47 rifles
Long Road To Justice: Human Rights of Female Migrant Workers
By Shobha Shukla
http://www.countercurrents.org/shukla171114.htm
Erwiana was one of the women who shared their lived experiences of the struggle against oppressive structures as a migrant worker, providing a picture of the impact of the existing gender inequalities on women's lives, at the 1st plenary of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Thursday, July 24, 2014
RSN: What I Saw on Rikers Island
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FOCUS: Cecily
McMillan | What I Saw on Rikers Island
Cecily McMillan, The New York Times
McMillan writes: "Violence is easy to grasp and to condemn. What's harder to understand for people who haven't done time is the day-in, day-out degradation and neglect."
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Cecily McMillan, The New York Times
McMillan writes: "Violence is easy to grasp and to condemn. What's harder to understand for people who haven't done time is the day-in, day-out degradation and neglect."
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
RSN: Ohio: Poster Child for Mindless Global Self-Destruction
William
Boardman | Ohio: Poster Child for Mindless Global
Self-Destruction
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "John Kasich is a smart guy who knows better than to be an overt serial killer, so, as governor of Ohio, he joins with others who prefer to do their mass killing by stealth, maybe spread the carnage out over future generations who will be unable to hold the Kasiches and the ALECS of this world to account."
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William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "John Kasich is a smart guy who knows better than to be an overt serial killer, so, as governor of Ohio, he joins with others who prefer to do their mass killing by stealth, maybe spread the carnage out over future generations who will be unable to hold the Kasiches and the ALECS of this world to account."
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Lone Star
Crazy: How Right-Wing Extremists Took Over Texas
Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone
Binelli writes: "After nearly six years of pumping out cynical horror stories involving our nefarious president and a Washington bureaucracy run amok, the right-wing fear machine has managed to reduce its target audience to a quivering state of waking nightmare, jumping at shadows."
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Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone
Binelli writes: "After nearly six years of pumping out cynical horror stories involving our nefarious president and a Washington bureaucracy run amok, the right-wing fear machine has managed to reduce its target audience to a quivering state of waking nightmare, jumping at shadows."
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Occupy
Activist Cecily McMillan Released From Jail After Two Months
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine reports: "Cecily McMillan, the Occupy Wall Street activist who was imprisoned for assaulting a police officer, was released on Wednesday after spending eight weeks at New York's Rikers Island jail."
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Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine reports: "Cecily McMillan, the Occupy Wall Street activist who was imprisoned for assaulting a police officer, was released on Wednesday after spending eight weeks at New York's Rikers Island jail."
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Obama
Escalation Raises Specter of Iraq 'Mission Creep'
Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams
McCauley writes: "As the number of American troops sent to Iraq nearly doubled on Monday and the White House continues to flex its executive privilege to make unilateral military decisions, citizens and lawmakers alike are raising concerns and objections over the escalating American presence in the country, asking: Are we nearing 'mission creep?'"
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Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams
McCauley writes: "As the number of American troops sent to Iraq nearly doubled on Monday and the White House continues to flex its executive privilege to make unilateral military decisions, citizens and lawmakers alike are raising concerns and objections over the escalating American presence in the country, asking: Are we nearing 'mission creep?'"
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US Discloses
Secret Somalia Military Presence
Phil Stewart, Reuters
Stewart reports: "U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab."
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Phil Stewart, Reuters
Stewart reports: "U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab."
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Dr. David
Suzuki | Save the Bees, Ban Neonic Pesticides
Dr. David Suzuki, EcoWatch
Suzuki writes: "Bees may be small, but they play a big role in human health and survival. Some experts say one of every three bites of food we eat depends on them."
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Dr. David Suzuki, EcoWatch
Suzuki writes: "Bees may be small, but they play a big role in human health and survival. Some experts say one of every three bites of food we eat depends on them."
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
RSN: Live From Rikers: Cecily McMillan on the Horrific Conditions Inside
FOCUS | Live
From Rikers: Cecily McMillan on the Horrific Conditions Inside
Callie Beusman, Jezebel
Beusaman writes: "When I tried to arrange a press meeting with her through the Department of Corrections, the media coordinator gave me a brusque denial and essentially hung up on me. Other members of the press have only been able to visit as friends or family members, meaning that they're not allowed to bring a pen or paper in with them."
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Callie Beusman, Jezebel
Beusaman writes: "When I tried to arrange a press meeting with her through the Department of Corrections, the media coordinator gave me a brusque denial and essentially hung up on me. Other members of the press have only been able to visit as friends or family members, meaning that they're not allowed to bring a pen or paper in with them."
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
RSN: The Betrayal of Cecily McMillan
Marc Ash | The Betrayal of Cecily McMillan
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: “If Cecily McMillan can be convicted by twelve New Yorkers of assaulting a police officer, based on the evidence presented at her trial, then anyone can be convicted of anything, anywhere – regardless of the facts. Congratulations to the New American Security State.”
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Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: “If Cecily McMillan can be convicted by twelve New Yorkers of assaulting a police officer, based on the evidence presented at her trial, then anyone can be convicted of anything, anywhere – regardless of the facts. Congratulations to the New American Security State.”
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EPA Unveils New Proposal Targeting Greenhouse Gases
Bill Chappell, National Public Radio
Chappell writes: “New federal regulations announced Monday aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030. The draft proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency has sparked opposition from industry groups who say the changes would be prohibitively expensive. But the proposal's backers say the rules are needed to cut carbon pollution that scientists say contributes to climate change.”
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Bill Chappell, National Public Radio
Chappell writes: “New federal regulations announced Monday aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030. The draft proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency has sparked opposition from industry groups who say the changes would be prohibitively expensive. But the proposal's backers say the rules are needed to cut carbon pollution that scientists say contributes to climate change.”
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10 Supreme Court Game-Changers Looming
National Constitution Center
Excerpt: “The Supreme Court faces another historic June, with at least 10 major case decisions to be announced. Here is your brief guide to these cases, some major decisions already announced, and resources about the decisions.”
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National Constitution Center
Excerpt: “The Supreme Court faces another historic June, with at least 10 major case decisions to be announced. Here is your brief guide to these cases, some major decisions already announced, and resources about the decisions.”
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Rebecca Solnit | #YesAllWomen Changes the Story: Our Words Are Our Weapons
Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch
Solnit writes: “The murderer at Isla Vista was also repeatedly called ‘aberrant,’ as if to emphasize that he was nothing like the rest of us. But other versions of such violence are all around us, most notably in the pandemic of hate toward and violence against women.”
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Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch
Solnit writes: “The murderer at Isla Vista was also repeatedly called ‘aberrant,’ as if to emphasize that he was nothing like the rest of us. But other versions of such violence are all around us, most notably in the pandemic of hate toward and violence against women.”
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Senate Campaign Spending Bill Must Address Corporate Personhood, Money as Speech
Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Common Dreams
Sopoci-Belknap writes: “Remember back in 2009 before the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling when the U.S political and legal system wasn’t about prioritizing the interests of the extraordinarily wealthy, but instead was fair and just no matter what your social status?”
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Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Common Dreams
Sopoci-Belknap writes: “Remember back in 2009 before the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling when the U.S political and legal system wasn’t about prioritizing the interests of the extraordinarily wealthy, but instead was fair and just no matter what your social status?”
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Gun Lobby Funding Lawsuits All Over America
Eric Segall, The Daily Beast
Segall writes: “The gun lobby is currently funding lawsuits all over America, trying to invalidate local, state, and federal gun restrictions. Important gun legislation has recently been invalidated by federal appellate judges in Illinois and California.”
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Eric Segall, The Daily Beast
Segall writes: “The gun lobby is currently funding lawsuits all over America, trying to invalidate local, state, and federal gun restrictions. Important gun legislation has recently been invalidated by federal appellate judges in Illinois and California.”
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Indian Police Turn Water Cannons on Anti-Rape Protesters
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: “Indian police used water cannons Monday to disperse hundreds of women protesting violence against women in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where two teenagers were gang-raped and found hanging from a tree last week.”
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: “Indian police used water cannons Monday to disperse hundreds of women protesting violence against women in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where two teenagers were gang-raped and found hanging from a tree last week.”
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
CLG: 57 nuclear waste barrels from Los Alamos pose potential 'imminent' and 'substantial' threat, Broken bolt pieces found in pump, reactor vessel delay Salem 2 nuclear plant restart, et al
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57 nuclear waste barrels from Los Alamos pose potential 'imminent' and 'substantial' threat 20 May 2013 Los Alamos National Laboratory packed 57 barrels of nuclear waste with a type of kitty litter believed to have caused a radiation leak at the federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump, posing a potentially "imminent" and "substantial" threat to public health and the environment, New Mexico officials said Monday. State Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn issued a formal order giving the lab two days to submit a plan for securing the waste containers, many of which are likely stored outdoors on the lab's northern New Mexico campus or at temporary site in west Texas. The order says 57 barrels of waste were packed with nitrate salts and organic kitty litter, a combination thought to have caused a heat reaction and radiation release that contaminated 22 workers with low levels of radiation at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad in February.
NMED to WIPP: Seal nuclear storage rooms 20 May 2014 The New Mexico Environment Department on Tuesday demanded the federal government seal off two underground storage rooms in a nuclear waste repository to prevent the possibility of another radiation leak. In its second administrative order to the Department of Energy this week, the Environment Department is demanding detailed proposals for the "expedited closure" of panels six and seven at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. Those panels - large rooms excavated from a deep salt mine to hold nuclear waste - contain drums that are believed to have caused a hot reaction that that led to a radiation release in February.
Broken bolt pieces found in pump, reactor vessel delay Salem 2 nuclear plant restart 19 May 2014 (Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ) A scheduled outage for the Salem 2 nuclear plant has been extended for an indefinite period after workers found heads of broken bolts in a key cooling pump and at the bottom of the reactor vessel. The bolt pieces were discovered during inspections being conducted during the outage which began last month. PSEG Nuclear Spokesman Joe Delmar said Monday the extended outage had been caused by a "bolting issue," but declined to elaborate further.
Former Malaysian Leader Says CIA Could Have Taken Control of Missing Jet --Former PM accuses CIA of cover-up 19 May 2014 19 May 2014 A former Malaysian leader on Sunday accused American intelligence agents of covering up what really happened to the Malaysia Airlines plane missing since March. Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad claimed that Flight 370, which disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board, claimed that the CIA could have taken control of the Boeing 777, and lamented that the Malaysian government is bearing the brunt of the blame for the mystery... "What goes up must come down," Mohamad wrote in a blog post. Mohamad said "the 'uninterruptible' autopilot would be activated--either by pilot, by on board sensors, or even remotely by radio or satellite links by government agencies like the Central Intelligence Agency, if terrorists attempt to gain control of the flight deck."
U.S. to disclose 'legal justification' for drone strikes on Americans --Some facts will still be excluded from the document - official 20 May 2014 The U.S. government will disclose its [so-called] legal justification for the use of drones against U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday. The U.S. solicitor general has made the decision not to appeal a federal appeals court's decision in April requiring the release of a redacted memorandum spelling out the justification for the policy, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly. The court and the Justice Department have not set a time for the document's release.
The NSA records EVERY cell phone call in the Bahamas as part of previously unknown program revealed by Snowden papers --Program is part of larger MYSTIC program 20 May 2014 The NSA is listening in on every cell phone call made within or to the Bahamas, according to revelations contained with the documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. As part of a program codenamed SOMALGET, the National Security Agency is recording millions of communications in the nation of 370,000 and they're even able to replay a given conversation for a month after it happens. Bahamian leaders did not authorize the surveillance, the extent of which goes far beyond the metadata spying that's known to have been down in the U.S. and a slew of other countries.
U.S. utility's control system was hacked, says Homeland Security 20 May 2014 A sophisticated hacking group recently attacked a U.S. public utility and compromised its control system network, but there was no evidence that the utility's operations were affected, according to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS did not identify the utility in a report that was issued this week by the agency's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, or ICS-CERT. ICS-CERT said in the report posted on its website that investigators had determined the utility had likely been the victim of previous intrusions. It did not elaborate.
Holy hypocrisy, Batman! Because, the US would *never* spy on anyone, right? LOL! US to bring criminal charges against Chinese officials over cyber-espionage 19 The US Justice Department is charging figures linked to the Chinese military with stealing US trade secrets, in an escalation of tensions with China over economic espionage. Suspicions about extensive corporate data theft have swirled around China for years, but never before has the US formally accused the People's Liberation Army with criminal activity. Last year, a report by the information security firm Mandiant concluded that a unit of the PLA, known as Unit 61398, was likely behind data theft comprising hundreds of terabytes. It found that the scale of the espionage was unlikely to have occurred without government sponsorship.
U.S. Charges 5 Chinese Officers With Hacking U.S. Companies 19 May 2014 The charges, unsealed today in District Court in Pennsylvania, allege the Chinese officers conspired to steal trade secrets and other information from U.S. companies, the U.S. Justice Department said. In releasing the indictment, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and other law enforcement officials sought to put a human face on the impact of computer hacking, saying jobs of industrial workers have been jeopardized in the U.S. industrial heartland in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where some of the target companies have facilities.
White House vows CIA will not stage fake vaccine programs 19 May 2014 The White House has promised the United States will not use vaccination programs as cover for spy operations -- after the move was attempted during the hunt for 'Osama bin Laden' in Pakistan. As Pakistan suffers a resurgence of polio, a top White House official pledged in a letter dated May 16 that intelligence agencies would foreswear the tactic, which is partly blamed for the spread of the crippling disease. Islamic militant leaders are reluctant to embrace vaccination programs after Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi attempted to help the CIA track down the Al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] terror chief through a fake vaccine project.
Abu Hamza Found Guilty In New York Terror Trial 19 May 2014 Extradited British cleric Abu Hamza has been found guilty of terrorism charges in the United States. The radical preacher faced 11 charges in total, including conspiring to set up a terror training camp in Oregon, conspiring to kidnap Americans in Yemen and providing support to terrorist organisations. At a federal court in New York, the jury convicted him on all counts. He could face life in prison when he is sentenced.
Lockdowns Issued at VA Medical Centers in West Haven, Newington 20 May 2014 (CT) The Veterans Administration is limiting access to healthcare facilities in Newington and West Haven after receiving a potential threat to the West Haven campus. The VA Connecticut Healthcare System sent an e-mail saying there is no immediate danger, but they are temporarily limiting access to all exterior doors of the Newington and West Haven campuses, with the exception of the main entrances to Building 2 and 5 on the West Haven campus and Building 2E on the Newington campus as a precautionary measure.
N.Y.U. Apologizes to Any ALL Workers Mistreated on Its Abu Dhabi Campus 20 May 2014 New York University issued an apology on Monday to any [?!] workers on its newly completed Abu Dhabi campus who were "not treated in line with the standards we set," after The New York Times reported widespread abuses among a labor force that numbered about 6,000 at its peak. The article described workers being arrested, beaten and deported to their home countries after striking over pay. Recruitment fees, of approximately a year's wages, were all but required, and laborers had to work overtime, sometimes seven days a week, to earn the base pay they were promised. Not one of the dozens of workers interviewed had his own passport. [Time to apologize to the underpaid professors and other exploited workers, and *do* something about it.]
Occupy activist Cecily McMillan sentenced to three months in prison 19 May 2014 An Occupy Wall Street activist has been sentenced to three months in prison for assaulting a police officer as he led her out of a protest. Cecily McMillan, who had been facing a maximum sentence of seven years, was told on Monday morning by Judge Ronald Zweibel that she "must take responsibility for her conduct". McMillan, 25, received a three-month sentence to be followed by community service and five years of probation. Having been remanded at Rikers Island jail for the past two weeks, she will receive credit for time served.
Right-Wing Obama Nominee Under Fire From Civil Rights Icon --Some critics of Boggs have been puzzled by the silence of John Lewis in recent weeks 19 May 2014 Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) announced Monday that he opposes President Barack Obama's controversial judicial nominee Michael Boggs, saying his socially conservative record on civil rights, gay rights and abortion rights "is in direct opposition to everything I have stood for during my career." Lewis has emerged as a key figure in the debate over Boggs, who has been under fire from progressives over his record as a Georgia state legislator.
NJEA says it will sue to block Christie from cutting pension payments 20 May 2014 Gov. Chris Christie's plan to balance the state budget by grabbing 2.43 billion meant for the state's pension system over two years drew an immediate response from the largest public-worker union in New Jersey. The New Jersey Education Association said it will seek to block Christie's proposal in court. Union president Wendell Steinhauer called it an "illegal, irresponsible and reckless proposal" and said the NJEA "will pursue every legal avenue" to stop the Republican governor.
Chris Christie to reduce pension payments to fill $800M NJ budget gap 20 May 2014 In a stunning reversal, Gov. Chris Christie (R-Troglodyte) today announced plans to grab, over two years, 2.43 billion meant for public workers' pensions to balance New Jersey's ailing state budget. The plan threatens to derail one of Christie's signature accomplishments in Trenton: a major revision to replenish New Jersey's strained pension fund over the long term.
McConnell Wins Senate Primary Setting Up November Challenge 20 May 2014 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell cleared the first hurdle in his bid for a sixth term. The second promises to be considerably harder. McConnell defeated Matt Bevin, a businessman aligned with the limited-government Tea Party movement, in Kentucky’s Republican primary, according to the Associated Press. McConnell, 72, will next face Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky's secretary of state, in November’s election.
Grimes wins Democratic Senate nomination in Kentucky 20 May 2014 Alison Lundergan Grimes has won Kentucky's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, setting up a highly anticipated race with Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell in November. Kentucky's secretary of state easily won Tuesday's vote. She looks to be McConnell's toughest opponent since his first election in 1984, when he narrowly ousted Democrat Dee Huddleston. Recent polls show the two locked in a virtual tie.
Voters set stage for fall races in Oregon, Kentucky, other states 20 May 2014 Gov. John Kitzhaber and Dennis Richardson easily won their respective primaries, setting up a fall gubernatorial race in which the state's health-insurance-exchange plan, Cover Oregon, figures to be a key issue. Monica Wehby, a physician, won the Republican nomination to oppose Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley in a race that GOP strategists hope can become more competitive as the year unfolds. On a day when five other states - Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho and Pennsylvania - held primaries, Richardson, a state representative from southern Oregon, had more than 60 percent of the vote Tuesday and all his opponents were struggling to reach double-digits.
Jason Carter wins Democratic primary for governor in Georgia 20 May 2014 Georgia state Sen. Jason Carter won the Democratic primary for governor in Georgia Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, ran unopposed. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal is facing a Republican primary challenge but is favored to best his two opponents.
Judge strikes down Pennsylvania law barring gay marriage --Ruling makes Pennsylvania the 19th U.S. state where gay marriage is allowed 20 May 2014 Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage was struck down by a federal judge on Tuesday in the latest court decision in the United States confirming gay couples' rights to wed. Finding Pennsylvania's 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, U.S. District Court Judge John Jones III wrote: "By virtue of this ruling, same-sex couples who seek to marry in Pennsylvania may do so, and already married same-sex couples will be recognized as such in the Commonwealth."
Federal judge strikes down Oregon ban on same-sex marriage 19 May 2014 A U.S. District Court judge struck down Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage Monday, the seventh ruling that a state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional in the wake of last year's Supreme Court decision invalidating sections of the Defense of Marriage Act. The decision came after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a bid by the National Organization for Marriage to stay the ruling. The Oregon judge, Michael McShane, had denied NOM's effort to intervene in the case.
NBA alleges Sterling-led Clippers tried to cover up scandal 20 May 2014 Donald Sterling tried to persuade companion V. Stiviano to say the Clippers owner was not responsible for the inflammatory statements about blacks after a now infamous audio recording became public, according to the NBA's 30-page formal allegation that the league is using to try and get Sterling removed as owner. The charges, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, said that Sterling's attempt to alter Stiviano's statements was part of an effort by Sterling - aided by his wife, Shelly, and Clippers President Andy Roeser - to evade responsibility for the recording that has enveloped the Clippers owner in controversy for nearly a month.
Mama Bear Pulls Cub Off Highway to Safety 17 May 2014 Driving through British Columbia's Kootenay National Park, we stopped to capture a shot of a baby bear on the highway only to get much more of a show. While watching the cub, we saw the mama bear stick its head over the barrier to save its young from the dangerous predicament.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
DemocracyNOW!: Too Big to Jail? Credit Suisse Bank Pleads Guilty to Decades of Tax Evasion, But Execs Avoid Prison, Sen. Al Franken: Media Mega-Mergers and FCC Rollback of Net Neutrality Threaten Democracy, et al
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Major developments in recent days could shape the nation's media landscape for years to come. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission advanced a proposal that critics ... Read More →
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A new report reveals the National Security Agency is recording every cellphone call made in the Bahamas, even though the United States has said the Caribbean nation poses "little to no ... Read More →
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European banking giant Credit Suisse has pleaded guilty to helping American clients avoid paying taxes by concealing assets in illegal, undeclared bank accounts—becoming the largest ... Read More →
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While no Credit Suisse executives will be heading to jail for facilitating widespread tax evasion, Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan has been sentenced to three months in jail and ... Read More →
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We end today's show remembering Vincent Harding, the historian, author and civil rights activist who died Monday at the age of 82. He was a friend and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther ... Read More →
Thai Military Imposes Martial LawU.S. Charges 5 Chinese Army Members with Economic SpyingCleric Convicted of Terrorism in New YorkExecution Stay Denied for Missouri Prisoner with Rare ConditionCredit Suisse Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge in Tax CaseAbramson Salutes Anita Hill in Wake Forest Commencement Speech"Yes Men" Artist Unveils Fossil Fuel Divestment at Reed College in Commencement PrankHistorian, MLK Speechwriter Vincent Harding Dies at 82 |
ICH: The Terrorism Statistics Every American Needs to Hear, America's Homeless: The Rise of Tent City, USA, Children describe torture in Israeli solitary confinement, et al
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"Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear -- kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor -- with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded" - General Douglas MacArthur
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Op-Ed Articles
The Ukraine in Turmoil
By Israel Shamir
The world draws nearer to the nuclear abyss. Who will chicken out?
The Birth of a Eurasian Century
Russia and China Do Pipelineistan
By Pepe Escobar
Will the decline of the hegemon be slow and reasonably dignified, or will the whole world be dragged down with it in what has been called "the Samson option"?
Militarist Bunkum
By Paul Craig Roberts
In the 21st century Americans' worst enemies are not al Qaeda, Iran, Russia, and China. America's worst enemies are our own presidents.
The Terrorism Statistics Every American Needs to Hear
By WashingtonsBlog
The funds that the U.S. spends on counterterrorism should perhaps be diverted to other more significant perils.
The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas
By Ryan Devereaux, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras
The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting, recording, and archiving the audio of virtually every cell phone conversation on the island nation of the Bahamas.
They Can't Outlaw the Revolution
By Chris Hedges
McMillan's case is emblematic of the nationwide judicial persecution of activists, a persecution familiar to poor people of color.
America's Homeless:
The Rise of Tent City, USA
By Blake Ellis
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty estimated that there are more than 100 tent communities in the United States.
Libya is tipping toward all-out civil war as rival militias take sides for and against an attempted coup led by a renegade general that has pushed the central government towards disintegration.
Libyan special forces commander says his forces have joined renegade general:
'We are with Haftar,' commander tells Reuters in Benghazi; air force base also swore allegiance to renegade general, whose forces stormed parliament on Sunday.
Libya orders Islamist militias to oppose rogue general:
Libya's army chief has ordered the deployment of Islamist-led militias to the capital, a day after the storming of the parliament building in Tripoli by a renegade general's troops.
Libyan parliament recess urged as crisis grows:
The government accuses renegade general Khalifa Haftar (CIA) of planning a coup. On Monday, the head of special forces in second city Benghazi declared his backing for Gen Haftar's group.
U.S. moves more forces closer to Libya as unrest grows:
The United States has increased the number of Marines and aircraft stationed in Sicily who could be called upon to evacuate Americans from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli as unrest in Libya grows, two U.S. officials said on Monday.
Is CIA Exercising a New Plot in Libya?:
Hifter has past connections with the CIA. Perhaps the US has decided that they need a military strongman in Libya to put down islamist influence in Libya.
Egypt: 3 Policemen shot dead at Cairo's al-Azhar:
Three Egyptian policemen have been killed at Cairo's al-Azhar University. The assailants stepped out of two cars and opened fire on a security checkpoint just outside the university late on Monday night, security sources said.
Why Don't We Care About Congo's Dead?:
Is it true that atrocities in Africa garner little international attention because the victims are black?
Tuareg rebels 'free Mali hostages':
Some 28 hostages abducted by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali on Saturday have been freed, the UN says.
Syria's rebel defense minister steps down:
Asaad Mustafa stepped down from his post for the second time, complaining that rebels were being prevented from obtaining "legitimate means of defense" against the firepower wielded by regime forces and their allies.
Syrian rebel I called a friend shot me, says Times reporter:
The Times reporter Anthony Loyd has told the BBC how he was betrayed by a rebel gang in Syria who beat him badly and shot him twice in the ankle.
58 countries urge UN to refer Syria to ICC;
France, which drafted the resolution, has called for a vote Thursday and Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin has already said Moscow - Syria's closest ally - opposes the measure, which means an almost certain veto.
The battle for Fallujah:
Fighting returns to Iraqi city as al-Qa'ida-linked rebels gain stronghold
Iraq elections: Maliki's State of Law 'wins most seats':
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's alliance won last month's parliamentary elections in Iraq, but fell short of a majority, preliminary results show. The electoral commission said State of Law had taken 92 of the 328 seats in the Council of Representatives.
White House 'unable to find' Iraq letter from Tony Blair telling George Bush:
'I'm with you whatever' : A letter sent by Tony Blair to George Bush that is "critical" to the Iraq Inquiry has gone missing from official White House records, it has been reported.
The Blair-Bush Letters: Op-Ed:
When a state embarks on illegal war and systematic torture and murder, as a state, the ramifications go extremely wide. Literally thousands of highly placed people are implicated. There is nothing short of political revolution which would bring justice.
'I will not rest until I know how many Iraqis died in British custody':
The Chris Blackhurst Interview: The lawyer tells of daily death threats and why he's optimistic the ICC can now investigate alleged war crimes in Iraq
Children describe torture in Israeli solitary confinement:
A rising proportion of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli occupation forces are subjected to solitary confinement, harsh interrogations and ill-treatment amounting to torture, according to a report published today by Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine).
Israel, Palestinians eye political gain from papal visit:
"He is taking a helicopter directly from Jordan to Palestine -- to Bethlehem. It's a kind of sign of recognising Palestine," Father Jamal Khader of the Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem told journalists.
Fact or propaganda?
Top Iran Terrorist Under CIA Protection in U.S., Book Says:
The senior former Iranian intelligence officer who quarterbacked the 1983 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut and killed scores of Americans was recently living under CIA protection in the United States, a book being published Tuesday says.
Gunmen kill two Yemen soldiers;
"Unknown gunmen opened fire at a military vehicle killing two soldiers," the source said. The attack took place at the entrance to Shehr, a coastal town in Hadramawt province.
Clashes as 'Donetsk People's Republic' names PM:
Gunfire rippled yesterday around the outskirts of Kramatorsk, about 100km north of the city of Donetsk, where on Saturday the rebels reportedly captured an administration building of a major gas pipeline for the region.
Full text of the appeal of the commander of the militia of Donetsk People`s Republic Igor Strelkov:
"Citizens of Donetsk People`s Republic, I address you with a quest. It`s the quest to protect your Motherland, your homes, your families, your people
Putin orders Russian troop withdrawal from Ukrainian border:
A Nato officer reportedly said on Monday that it had seen no sign of troop movements. However, Russian defence experts said troops would need at least 24 hours to begin moving. The fact that Russia's national security council held a special meeting with Putin on Monday also lent weight to the announcement.
US missile cruiser to enter Black Sea amid NATO drills in Eastern Europe - military source:
It comes as part of a wider buildup of NATO forces close to Russian borders in the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis.
Lawmakers seek to kill Pentagon contracts with Russian firms:
The Russian Weapons Embargo Act of 2014 is the latest of several efforts to get the Obama administration to end defense contracts with Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.
Who are Hunter Biden's Ukrainian bosses?:
The appointment of Joe Biden's son to the board of Ukrainian gas firm Burisma has raised eyebrows the world over. The names of the company's actual owners are being protected like state secrets.
Gazprom to sign monumental gas deal with China:
"This deal with Gazprom and cooperation with Russia shows that China is expanding, becoming bigger and bigger, and that this part of the world is dominated by China, India, and Russia, the US role is shrinking," said Aleksandr Prosviryakov.
U.S. accuses China of cyber spying on six American companies:
A U.S. grand jury has indicted five Chinese individuals with cyber espionage charges for allegedly targeting six American companies and stealing trade secrets, the U.S. Justice Department said, publicly accusing China of cyber spying for the first time.
China denounces US cyber-theft charges:
"Given the lack of sincerity on the part of the US to solve issues related to cyber security through dialogue and co-operation, China has decided to suspend activities of the China-US Cyber Working Group," Mr Qin said.
Japan To Establish Island Military Posts Amid Rising Tensions In The South China Sea:
The islands lie around 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) southwest of Tokyo and around 200 kilometres from the north of Taiwan.
3 Afghan children killed in rocket :
Three children were killed by a rocket that hit their house in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. The Helmand provincial governor blamed the rebels.
'Over 8,000 NATO servicemen to stay in Afghanistan after 2014':
The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Central Asia and Caucasus said that over 8,000 troops would be left in Afghanistan to train and advice the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) after 2014.
Pakistani Taliban chief vows fight for Sharia:
In video appearance, Mullah Fazlullah throws peace talks with government into disarray with apparent declaration of war.
Thailand army declares martial law:
The Thai army says that it is imposing martial law amid political crisis "to preserve law and order". The army has also granted itself wide-ranging powers to enforce its decision.
In Letter to Obama, Cisco CEO Complains About NSA Allegations:
Warning of an erosion of confidence in the products of the U.S. technology industry, John Chambers, the CEO of networking giant Cisco Systems, has asked President Obama to intervene to curtail the surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
NSA Spying Inspires ProtonMail 'End-to-End' Encrypted Email Service:
One new email service promising "end-to-end" encryption launched on Friday, and others are being developed while major services such as Google Gmail and Yahoo Mail have stepped up security measures.
Australia: March in May protesters gather in capital cities:
Thousands of protesters across the country have rallied against the Abbott government's budget in a vocal display of discontent at cuts to health and education.Australia:
Blockupy: Thousands At Demo Against Capitalism in Europe ;
Large demonstrations in Europe, today, in Germany, Italy, France and Spain:
Chilean Activist 'Set Fire To $500m Worth Of Student Papers To Free Them From Debt':
A video by Francisco Tapia, aka "Papas Fritas," went viral this week in which he confessed to burning the legal papers certifying debt owed by Universidad del Mar students and had thus liberated the students from their debt obligations.
Uruguay to sell marijuana tax-free to undercut drug traffickers:
Uruguay will exempt marijuana production and sales from taxes in a bid to ensure prices remain low enough to undercut competition from black market pot smuggled in from Paraguay, according to consultants advising the government on a legalization plan.
Cannon fodder:
GOP congressman pushes for immigration vote:
The measure would create a path to citizenship for immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children and serve in the military. The bill "provides an avenue for those who want to perform the ultimate act of patriotism - serving their county - to earn legal status," Denham said in a statement.
The Obama Admin Is Calling for More Foreign Workers:
The Obama administration's Department of Labor, which is supposed to represent the needs of U.S. workers, said Monday that the government needs to find ways to get more skilled foreign workers into the country.
Do police really need mine-resistant TANKS?
Indiana sheriff says vets back from Afghanistan have created a new kind of criminal and local forces need military weapons to fight them
Occupy activist Cecily McMillan sentenced to three months in jail:
McMillan to also serve five years' probation for deliberately elbowing a New York police officer at a protest in 2012
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
| Cost Of War Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,801
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,441
Cost of War in Iraq & AfghanistanTotal Cost of Wars Since 2001
1,535,245,915,999
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