Chris Hedges | The Crime of Peaceful
Protest
Chris Hedges, TruthDig
Hedges writes: "The judge seems to have alternated between boredom and rage throughout the trial, now three weeks old. He has repeatedly thrown caustic barbs at her lawyers and arbitrarily shut down many of the avenues of defense. Friday was no exception."
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Chris Hedges, TruthDig
Hedges writes: "The judge seems to have alternated between boredom and rage throughout the trial, now three weeks old. He has repeatedly thrown caustic barbs at her lawyers and arbitrarily shut down many of the avenues of defense. Friday was no exception."
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US Troops Land
in Lithuania Amid Ukraine Crisis
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "US troops arrived Saturday in Lithuania, part of a US contingent of 600 sent to the region to reassure NATO allies amid the escalating Ukraine crisis."
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Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "US troops arrived Saturday in Lithuania, part of a US contingent of 600 sent to the region to reassure NATO allies amid the escalating Ukraine crisis."
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Intelligence
Directive Bars Unauthorized Contacts With News Media
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Aftergood reports: "'IC employees…must obtain authorization for contacts with the media' on intelligence-related matters, and 'must also report…unplanned or unintentional contact with the media on covered matters,' the Directive stated."
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Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Aftergood reports: "'IC employees…must obtain authorization for contacts with the media' on intelligence-related matters, and 'must also report…unplanned or unintentional contact with the media on covered matters,' the Directive stated."
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Joshua Holland
| Can America's Descent Into Plutocracy Be Reversed?
Joshua Holland, Moyers and Company
Excerpt: "We just have this politics of resignation — a belief that there's nothing you can do about it, that the rich and powerful will control our politics and that's the way it will always be."
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Joshua Holland, Moyers and Company
Excerpt: "We just have this politics of resignation — a belief that there's nothing you can do about it, that the rich and powerful will control our politics and that's the way it will always be."
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Palestinian
President Abbas Speaks Out on Holocaust
Karin Laub, Associated Press
Laub writes: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust 'the ugliest crime humanity has known in modern history,' a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi genocide."
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Karin Laub, Associated Press
Laub writes: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust 'the ugliest crime humanity has known in modern history,' a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi genocide."
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Donald
Sterling Must Go
Mitch Lawrence, New York Daily News
Lawrence writes: "But this wasn’' just an anti-Magic Johnson rant. It was just part of an anti-African-American rant lasting close to 10 minutes. Whether it's the NBA or anyplace else, there's no place for that kind of talking in America in 2014."
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Mitch Lawrence, New York Daily News
Lawrence writes: "But this wasn’' just an anti-Magic Johnson rant. It was just part of an anti-African-American rant lasting close to 10 minutes. Whether it's the NBA or anyplace else, there's no place for that kind of talking in America in 2014."
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Overcoming the
Water Wars
Giulio Boccaletti, Live Science
Boccaletti writes: "Conflict is probably the most frequently used word in stories about water in the U.S. West. The word represents the seriousness of global water issues, from the drought-prone areas of Asia to the infrastructure-poor countries of central and southern Africa."
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Giulio Boccaletti, Live Science
Boccaletti writes: "Conflict is probably the most frequently used word in stories about water in the U.S. West. The word represents the seriousness of global water issues, from the drought-prone areas of Asia to the infrastructure-poor countries of central and southern Africa."
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