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In
the utter travesty known as "the Bradley Manning court-martial
proceeding," the military judge presiding over the proceeding yet again
showed her virtually unbreakable loyalty to the US government's case by
refusing to dismiss the most serious charge against the 25-year-old Army
Private, one that carries a term of life in prison: "aiding and
abetting the enemy."
By Kevin Zeese
The Seeds of Rebellion Are Taking Root, and Protests Against Injustices Are Blooming Across the Country 
As
these movements grow, they become a power unto themselves that can
reshape nations. The roots of rebellion are in social movements and
governments should pay heed because "With technological advancements and
opportune conjunctures, the underdogs of yesterday can quickly turn
into the makers of tomorrow."
By Kenneth Kendrick
Why Can't We Call A Whistleblower a Truth Teller? Why is the word Whsitleblower seen as such a negative term. Can we be renamed?
One
may wish to point to the Executive Branch or Congress for what former
President Jimmy Carter calls our currently nonfunctioning democracy, but
the ultimate villain is the rugged individualism, anti-intellectualism
and racism among generations of the American people.
Benjamin
Netanyahu said his two principal goals in the negotiations would be
maintaining a Jewish majority in Israel and avoiding creation of an
Iran-backed "terrorist state" on its borders. "Our negotiating partners
will have to make concessions that enable us to preserve our security
and crucial national interests," he explained to his cabinet at a Sunday
morning meeting.
As
the Obama administration dials back the number of drone attacks in
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, the U.S. military is shifting its huge
fleet of unmanned aircraft to other hot spots around the world. This
next phase of drone warfare is focused more on spying than killing and
will extend the Pentagon's robust surveillance networks far beyond
traditional, declared combat zones.
Soon
after President Obama appointed him director of national intelligence
in 2009, Dennis C. Blair called for a tally of the number of government
officials or employees who had been prosecuted for leaking national
security secrets. He was dismayed by what he found. In the previous four
years, the record showed, 153 cases had been referred to the Justice
Department. Not one had led to an indictment.
I
grew up in the Boston area, spent my whole early life there. To this
day I'm a maniacal fan of Boston sports teams ndash; in fact, I was
moved to
Brandon
Toy, an Iraq War veteran and a mid-level project manager at General
Dynamics, concluded that what he had done and was doing went against the
best principles of the United States -- and so resigned with a
declaration that if "every foot soldier threw down his rifle," things
might change.
Photo
caption: 'New York Times reporter James Risen has said in previous
comments that he would rather go to prison than reveal the identity of
his source.
French
scientists have found what they believe to be the world's biggest
virus. Dubbed Pandoravirus, only six per cent of its genes resemble
anything else on Earth.
Some
New York City home sellers seem determined to keep bidding alive even
after there appears to be a winner: a process dubbed goalpost-shifting.
"Sellers are constantly shifting the bar higher, and in some cases,
rightfully so," a longtime Manhattan broker who asked to remain
anonymous, said. "There's a lapse between the time when a listing is
priced and activity on that listing, and prices are climbing in that
period -- that's why this market is setting a new bar." The process
leaves even brokers, who in theory take the same tack as their clients,
shaking their heads.
By Susan Strong
Say: "True Public Safety Means Prevention!" This article calls attention to the dangerous new conservative frame, "public safety" linked to "crime," provides extensive documentation for the success of cost-saving prevention,and argues that we should tweak their frame as suggested now.
There's
no back sports page where I get much of my news today, on the Internet.
But on Tuesday night, July 16, I found myself, figuratively speaking,
turning to the back page of Facebook. I needed relief from the front
pages of this social media site, which screamed with anger, hatred,
bigotry and ignorance over the not-guilty verdict on George Zimmerman.
On the back page I found the oasis of inspiration called Mariano Rivera.
A brief reminiscence of a privileged two hours I spent dining with Helen Thomas and a friend, etched into my memory always.
Detroit is bankrupt and I'm thinking about Uncle Gunshot, Swedish immigrant and a man who loved Detroit.
By Ashu M. G. Solo
Staying the Course in a Righteous Cause This political poem is about fighting against bigotry for the advancement of liberty.
By Angola 3 News
Opening the Box: Sarah Shourd on Herman Wallace, California Hunger Strikers and the Horror of Solitary Confinement 
Thanks
to public pressure, Herman Wallace of the Angola 3, recently diagnosed
with cancer, has finally been transferred out of solitary confinement,
following a letter sent to the US DOJ by four Congressmen asking for an
investigation into LA prisons. With the inspiration from this victory,
the next step is Herman's release from prison on humanitarian grounds,
as called for by Amnesty International's recent action campaign.
Big companies are sitting on cash, which they should invest in the rapidly growing solar industry.
Few
people can explain gas and oil drilling with as much authority as Louis
W. Allstadt. As an executive vice president of Mobil Oil who ran the
company's exploration and production operations in the western
hemisphere before he retired in 2000. In 31 years with the company he
also was in charge of its marketing and refining in Japan, and managed
its worldwide supply, trading and transportation operations. Just before
retiring, he oversaw Mobil's side of its merger with Exxon, creating
the world's largest corporation.Allstadt has become an indispensable
guide for one of the country's most powerful environmental movements,
New York's grass-roots anti-fracking resistance. Recently he was elected
a Cooperstown Trustee. He is modest and low-key, his authority
hallmarked by personal understatement. He said this interview was a
first for him.
As
a matter of history, black Americans -- at least those who were allowed
to vote -- were Republicans for decades after the Civil War. But some
found Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal attractive, and most found Lyndon
Johnson's support for civil rights irresistible. They left the
Republican Party. Thoughtful Republicans -- the moderates and
right-leaning modernists who accept diversity -- need to convene a
meeting to take their party back and restore the brand to its pre-1960s
luster. They ought to name their group "Republicans Against Racism."
Specialist
Jirhleah Showman was Manning's team leader prior to deployment in Iraq.
During a counseling session with Manning, Showmen said she asked
Manning why he joined the military and he replied, "To get an
education." Showmen testified that she then looked at Manning, tapped
the flag on her shoulder, and asked, "What does this mean to you?"
Showman said Manning told her that the flag did not mean anything to
him.
By Franklin Lamb
Are Palestinian Students in Lebanon Being Pressured to Choose Kalashnikovs Over College? Education cannot be ethnically cleansed, stolen, tortured, jailed, uprooted, bulldozed, massacred, murdered, bombed or burned down. Rather, staying in school and pursuing ones dream is what your cherished for-bearers, who were forced from their homes and lands into Lebanon and trekked from Palestine
The
saddest and scariest aspect of the Zimmerman verdict is that it
greenlights the vigilantism than stand-your-ground laws are already
encouraging.
In
yet another of the silly dog and pony show of ginned-up outrage that
serve as "news" in this sordid land of fear, loathing and stupidity the
corporate media has a new bogeyman. The strident attacks on Rolling
Stone magazine for their latest issue's cover featuring Boston Marathon
bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev actually looking human instead of the
standard Muslim bogeyman is a shining example of propaganda in 2013.
Helen
Thomas, long time White House correspondent, is dead. I interviewed her
in 2011. There's a link to the podcast of theinterview in this.
By Ezili Danto
For Trayvon: Obama a day late and a dollar short Obama's identification with Trayvon is good but falls short of the action circumstances demand.A child committing no crime was shot dead, then his corpse put on trial. The killer released. No Black woman's child is safe. Ezili Danto reMEMBERS Trayvon Martin, beloved native son flowing in the timeless power of the blood of the slaughtered African. Helpful links for undoing racism & four articles by whites to whites highlighted.
Whenever
we fall in love with a carpet we try to imagine its own road trip.
Badkhen details it. From the loom room in Oqa, Thawra's carpet would be
sold to a dealer in the larger village of Dawlatabad. The dealer will
call one of the Carpet Row merchants in Mazar-e-Sharif, beside the Blue
Mosque.
Unemployment
is staggeringly high. One out of three residents is in poverty; more
than half of all children in the city are impoverished. Between 2000 and
2010, Detroit lost a quarter of its population as the middle-class and
whites fled to the suburbs. That left it with depressed property values,
abandoned neighborhoods, empty buildings, lousy schools, high crime,
and a dramatically-shrinking tax base.
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Two
political prisoners: one past, one present, both lay dying. Two heroes
of the Black liberation movement: one revered, one maligned, both
endured decades of solitary confinement. Two men: one African, one
African-American, both fought for the rights of African peoples. Two
names: one internationally known, one unknown to many of his own
countrymen. Both names echo the journey to overcome apartheid and
segregation. Although Nelson Mandela and Herman Wallace each fought for
racial equity in their respective countries, South Africa and the United
States, in the eyes of their governments these men will leave two very
different legacies. Who is Herman Wallace? The fact that you may be
unfamiliar with him is neither a surprise nor an accident. For 41 years,
Wallace has been confined to a 9ft by 6ft cell in the Louisiana State
Penitentiary (Angola) for a crime he maintains he did not commit
Hundreds
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because of a shrewd maneuver by Goldman Sachs and other financial
players that ultimately costs consumers billions of dollars.
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