World Press Freedom Day came and went earlier this month. While it’s important to take a day to recognize our right to speak and share information, threats to our First Amendment freedoms happen all the time, everywhere.
It’s a threat that will become very real on the streets of Chicago this weekend, as a [...]
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Chicago Police Department via AP
Jared Chase (left), Brian Church (center) and Brent Vincent Betterly were charged Saturday with plotting terrorist acts.
Updated at 4 p.m. ET CHICAGO — Three anti-NATO protesters charged with terrorism conspiracy planned to attack four Chicago police stations, the local campaign headquarters for President Barack Obama and [...]
The protesters peacefully filled the city center of continental Europe’s biggest financial hub on a warm and pleasant afternoon, said Frankfurt police spokesman Ruediger Regis. He said 20,000 people were there, while organizers put the number at 25,000.
The protest group, named Blockupy, has called for blocking access to the
Most debate has centered on the TPB attack, probably because its problems became known first. An Anonymous-hating former supporter calling himself (or herself, of course) AnonNyre on Twitter claimed responsibility for the TPB attack. “Tango Down – thepiratebay.se – The Reason – http://pastebin.com/j0PLqynP” he tweeted at the time. The linked Pastebin [...]
WikiLeaks was down for the count longer than The Pirate Bay.
On Wednesday The Pirate Bay mentioned on its Facebook page that Wikileaks was also under a DDoS attack. WikiLeaks confirmed the report via Twitter, stating that the whistle blowing site had been under sustained DDoS attacks over the last 72 hours. The site’s [...]
SYDNEY, May 19 (UPI) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently fighting extradition from Britain to Sweden, would be a strong Australian Senate candidate, a poll indicates.
The survey was done by UMR, internal polling firm for the Australian Labor Party, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Among supporters of the [...]
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: World leaders are convening at the heavily guarded Camp David in Maryland today for the G8 summit. The G8 comprises eight world leaders who meet face-to-face annually at a summit that has become a focus of media attention and protest action. The focus of this year’s summit will be the European economic crisis. [...]
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Article source: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/5/18/i_know_he_was_scared_trayvon
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