Category Archives: Justice

BRADLEY MANNING & THE UNSPOKEN AMERICAN EMPIRE

One Thousand Days When One is Too Many By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers/Nation of Change/ Feb. 24, 2013 Please note: Although the protest activities described in this October 2011 newsletter article have already taken place this past weekend, the … Continue reading

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LEGALITY OF AMERICAN POLICE STATE ON TRIAL

The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ February 11, 2013 On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth … Continue reading

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POLICE STATE AMERICA

It Has Happened Here By Paul Craig Roberts/ paulcraigroberts.org/ February 7, 2013 the police state is real The Bush regime’s response to 9/11 and the Obama regime’s validation of this response have destroyed accountable democratic government in the United States. … Continue reading

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Should We Know Why the Government Can Decide to Kill Us?

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report President Obama’s choice for CIA Director, counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, will face a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Undoubtedly, he will have to answer questions about a 16-page leaked Justice Department memo obtained by … Continue reading

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AMERIKA

 The Institutionalization of Tyranny By Paul Craig Roberts/ paulcraigroberts.org/ January 18, 2013 Republicans and conservative Americans are still fighting Big Government in its welfare state form. Apparently, they have never heard of the militarized police state form of Big Government, … Continue reading

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Are Some Supreme Court Justices Corporations?

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Bradley Who?

Bradley Manning trial? Virtually ignored. Taxes on the wealthy? That hurts everyone. A rare report on poverty? Let’s accompany it with news of a $450 premium Starbucks gift card. Just another week in the corporate news media……

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Corporations (Like BP) Aren’t Criminals, My Friend

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The Great American Killing Machine

Journalist Jeremy Scahill condemns the killing of  16-year–old Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, an American citizen assassinated in a C.I.A. drone strike in Yemen last year, as well as   other targeted assassinations under President Obama.  Scahill also points out  the increased prosecutions … Continue reading

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DOES THE CONSTITUTION STILL MATTER?

Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta: Lawsuit Challenging Targeted Killings ACLU/ October 24, 2012 The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights(CCR) have filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s targeted killing of three U.S. citizens in drone strikes far from … Continue reading

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