Udo und Nanas DJ-Schweini-Remix 'Street Riots in Athen' Blockupy Frankfurt 180 BpM 'Strassenkaempfe in Athen' ; English Lyrics as subtitles. Read More

By Amy Goodman Nearly 12 years after it was first enacted, the “Authorization for Use of Military Force” remains in force, giving the Obama administration and the Pentagon carte blanche to wage war, to occupy nations, to kill people with drone “signature strikes,” based not on guilt but on a remote analysis of a suspect’s “patterns of life.” Related Entries May 22, 2013 Talking Heads May 22, 2013 Apple Read More

AT&T, ALEC, FCC, Part 2: The AT&T FCC Petition is ALEC Model Legislation. Huffington Post (blog) "'This is a clarion call for Congress and the FCC' to reform the Communications Act, the American Legislative Exchange Council's John Stephenson told us. 'It's showing the federal government a possible way forward on communications law.' Stephenson .. Read More

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The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure, in a letter from Attorney General Eric H Read More

Soderbergh’s new Liberace biopic carefully navigates the campy joy of the pianist’s persona with the hard edges of his personality, finding an important niche in America’s conversation about gay rights.         Read More

Bloodshot eyes flit across glowing screens while pointer fingers twitch; clicking…reblogging… refreshing. Undulating middle-fingers scroll through a horde of “news”. More drone killings; shared Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress confirming that the government has killed four Americans since 2010 in strikes overseas, and claiming that the government’s actions were justified. “This letter is evidence that Congress has a crucial oversight role, and that the executive branch is accountable to Congress and the American people. Read More

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan Background On 22 April, Anti-Government Elements (AGE) launched a major attack in Qaysar district, making Faryab province one of their key targets of the spring offensive. The fighting later spread to Almar district of Faryab province and Ghormach of Badghis Province, displacing approximately 2,500 people. The attack in Qaysar was well organized, involving several hundred AGE fighters. Read More

A prominent Chinese nationalist has called for China to take tighter control of the country's Internet in part by building an online army of civilians to monitor the Web and promote state ownership of major portal sites. Zhang Hongliang (張宏良), a Maoist opinion leader, put together  [zh] an elaborate plan of action on his blog on May 17, 2013 soon after the “ Seven Speak-Nots “ policy, a list of seven forbidden subjects for discussion in schools an… Read More

Monday's sitting of Trinidad and Tobago's Parliament saw the Opposition Leader quoting from several e-mails , which, he alleged, implicate key government ministers, including the Prime Minister , in attempting to cover up her administration's actions surrounding the Section 34 controversy . Netizens were taking notice Read More

Bad facts make bad law: it’s legal cliché that is unfortunately based on reality. We saw as much yesterday, in the case of Ryan Hart v. Read More

The line of reports from Al-Qusayr remains the same as yesterday, and today we are almost able to say, that the “battle” is pretty close to its end. Meanwhile, such reports of the presents of fighters of the Lebanese Tayyar Al-Mustaqbal (Future Movement) in al-Qusayr are interesting: “Province of Homs Read More

We noted even before the TARP bailout law was signed into law that bailout moneys could flow to foreign banks. We were right. Read More

Call them mentally ill; call them creatively maladjusted or anything you want. There are some people who genuinely struggle and need help coping with issues in their psyche. We need a decent plan to help these people heal and to enable the ones who may never heal.. Read More

Over the past few months, Human Rights First has been working hard to make sure that immigration reform includes much-needed changes to the U.S. asylum system. Read More

Segunda parte de la entrevista a la educadora y ensayista chilena Rosario Carcuro Leone sobre las obras de Juan Bosch La mancha indeleble: cuentos selectos, ... Read More

A hundred years ago, nature-oriented travel to places like tropical Africa and Asia was often associated with big game hunting. Read More

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a sweeping immigration reform bill on Tuesday, but only after sifting through more than 200 amendments. The bill would give the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants a 13-year pathway to citizenship, which would be the biggest change to the immigration system in years. Read More