Very timely: Today,… EFF filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration… seeking information on drone flights in the United States. The… FAA… is the sole entity within the federal government capable of authorizing domestic drone flights, and for too long now, it has failed to release specific and detailed information on who is authorized to fly drones within US…
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Thanks Tom Friedman for telling Egyptians what their revolution should be
The New York Times foreign affairs columnist is rightly ridiculed for pontificating as if he sees himself the spokesperson for America itself. What’s good for the US often seems to be his priority. He recently spoke in Cairo (in between interviewing Muslims he didn’t think the West should bomb, yet), and found some people less…
Day in the life of anti-democratic Israel
One (via the New York Times): Two weeks after ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem… wore yellow stars and striped prison uniforms, invoking Nazi Germany to protest what they called their persecution by secular Israelis, Israel’s Parliament moved closer to approving a bill that would ban the display of Third Reich symbols and even make it a crime…
This is how our empire rolls; take resources and kill civilians
American imperialist arrogance is almost comical in its ineptitude. Invade Iraq, kill so many and still make off with the oil contracts. This piece in the Washington Post by John Tierman is that rare piece of remembrance of the mostly nameless civilians we kill in the name of freedom and democracy. And we wonder why…
Israel lobby has no interest in peace in Palestine, merely prolonging Zionist exclusion
Albert Dadon is a leading Australian Zionist lobbyist who loves nothing better than cosying up to any old Israeli politician who gives him the time of day. Backers of occupation? No problem. Defender of the status-quo? Of course. He has no desire to do anything to change Israel for the better, merely to get Australian…
Assange; Australian government thinks its true master sits in DC
Julian Assange tells The Power Index that Canberra needs to grow a back-bone (fat chance): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains frustrated by the lack of assistance from the Australian federal government over his prolonged overseas legal plight, three weeks ahead of his appeal against extradition in the UK Supreme Court. In an exclusive interview with… The…
Equal rights for all Jews in Israel, of course, but what about Arabs?
As around 50% of Israelis allegedly support the right of Orthodox Jews to segregate bus lines – what is this, rural Iran? – but a number of women are fighting back against growing intolerance inside the Zionist state. If only there was the same kind of passion directed towards the Palestinians who suffer under Israeli…
