If you’re not somebody who films the devastation wrought by the U.S. on the countries it attacks, or provides insight into Iraqi occupation opponents and bin Laden loyalists in Yemen, or documents expanding NSA activities on U.S. soil, then perhaps you’re unlikely to be subjected to such abuses and therefore perhaps unlikely to care much. As is true for all states that expand and abuse their own powers, that’s what the U.S. Government counts on: that it is sending the message that none of this will affect you as long as you avoid posing any meaningful challenges to what they do. In other words: you can avoid being targeted if you passively acquiesce to what they do and refrain from interfering in it. That’s precisely what makes it so pernicious, and why it’s so imperative to find a way to rein it in.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border - Salon.com
U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border - Salon.com:
Strip-Searches: Obama Wants You to Bend Over (Or Squat) and Spread ‘Em | Black Agenda Report
Strip-Searches: Obama Wants You to Bend Over (Or Squat) and Spread ‘Em | Black Agenda Report:
"The decision throws out laws against unreasonable strip searches in at least ten states, and overrides federal law enforcement regulations against intrusive searches. The High Court decision also flies in the face of international human rights treaties to which the United States is a signatory."
"The decision throws out laws against unreasonable strip searches in at least ten states, and overrides federal law enforcement regulations against intrusive searches. The High Court decision also flies in the face of international human rights treaties to which the United States is a signatory."
America's hall of mirrors recovery | Robert Reich | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
America's hall of mirrors recovery | Robert Reich | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:
"US economic growth is grotesquely distorted, with the benefits bloating the 1%, while middle-class Americans are still pinched."
"US economic growth is grotesquely distorted, with the benefits bloating the 1%, while middle-class Americans are still pinched."
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