This: Today, the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) released its… 2011 Report on Terrorism. The report offers the U.S. government’s best statistical analysis of terrorism trends through its Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS), which compiles and vets open-source information about terrorism—defined by… U.S. law… as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine…
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Assange interviews cypherpunks
This week’s The World Tomorrow (previous episodes here) talks to three cypherpunks, individuals who challenge the ever-growing power of corporations to control the internet. Fascinating:
Blood on British hands; sending Tamils back to be tortured
These serious allegations are horrific. A government’s duty of care is paramount and yet in this case it seems that the desire for Britain (and indeed, Australia, who says very little about war crimes in Sri Lanka) to have a good relationship with Colombo is central. Also note the use of a private, chartered plane,…
#LeftTurn talk on Byron Bay radio
I was interviewed earlier this week by Sarah Ndiaye for Bay FM in Byron Bay all about my new book with Jeff Sparrow, Left Turn:
The Indian view of online revolutions
Here’s another (mostly) positive Indian review of my recently released edition of The Blogging Revolution (previous Indian reviews here). This one is by Anuradha Goyal: An Australian Jew goes around five non-democratic countries, 3 in middle east – Iran, Syria, Egypt and two others: China & Cuba, talks to limited people connected on the internet…
My #LeftTurn chapter on media complicity in war post 9/11
This appears in Crikey’s Pure Poison blog today: Following is an extract from “Media War Junkies Unite”, an essay by Antony Loewenstein from… Left Turn: Political essays for the new Left… which is edited by Loewenstein and Jeff Sparrow, and which was released last week. *** The decade since 11 September 2001 has seen a litany of…
Scahill calls out liberals for remaining largely silent over Obama’s drone murders
After last week’s New York Times feature on Obama’s “Kill List” for supposed terrorists, independent journalist Jeremy Scahill tells MSNBC that the US President has created a Minority Report style of justice: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
#LeftTurn reviews start coming in
The book has only been out for a few days but already responses are appearing. Leading independent bookstore Readings has made the title Book of the Month and Week (after already featuring interviews and other coverage): ”˜Perhaps the best kept political secret of our time is that politics, as a democratic undertaking, can be not…
#LeftTurn co-editor Jeff Sparrow talks Left stuff
This morning my co-editor on… #LeftTurn, Jeff Sparrow, spoke on Melbourne 3RRR Breakfast radio about our recently released book and why it’s vital to hear alternative perspectives on war, peace, the economy and climate change: