Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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NYPD closes Unit that Spied on Muslims
The New York Police Department has ended its “secret” spying on Muslims. The decision by the nation’s largest police force to shutter the surveillance program represents the first sign that William J. Bratton, the department’s new commissioner…
The FBI’s Facial Recognition Database Combines Lo-Res Photos With Zero Civil Liberties Considerations
Another FOIA lawsuit brought against the government by the EFF has resulted in the release of previously withheld documents. The papers cut loose this time detail the FBI’s facial recognition database and other parts of its “Next Generation Identification…
5 Ways Nevada Rancher Militia Resembles Pakistan’s Taliban
(By Juan Cole) 1. Federal versus local control of land Pakistan The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan is ruled directly from the capital, […]
Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA
Rep. Peter King has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to attack anyone who thinks Ed Snowden did something useful. He was one of the first to call for the reporters who revealed the NSA’s surveillance to be prosecuted and has no qualms about…
Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in “Capn America 2”: “The Whole Society is Corrupt”
(By Scott Huver) BAM! POW! ZAP!: The ‘Winter Soldier’ Screenwriters Dish About Their Story Decisions and Cap’s Future (via Fandango Movie Blog) By: Scott Huver on […]
On Eve of Pope’s visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village
(By Quinn Coffey) Just weeks before Pope Francis’ first official visit to the Holy Land, a number of Christian holy sites in Israel and Palestine […]
Top 6 Pulitzer Prize “Traitors” in American Journalism
(By Juan Cole) The Pulitzer Prize committee’s opinion that Edward Snowden is a public servant rather than a traitor or criminal, as evidenced in its […]
Who Rules America Today? – Domhoff
Talk by G. William Domhoff: Who Rules America Today? h/t G. William Domhoff
Mussolini buys Crowds during visit to Libya (1937) – Historical Video of the Day
Italy ruled Libya from 1911 until midway through WW II, with the fascist years being especially harsh. This newsreel gives a sense of how the […]
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