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Capitalism and the TPP: A Kinder, Gentler Totalitarianism
Corporate strategy, as seen in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), now dominates our government and dictates all government policy.
The Wanted 18: US and Israel Bar Palestinian Filmmaker From NYC Film Premiere About Intifada Cows
Israel recently deemed Palestinian filmmaker Amer Shomali a “security threat” and prevented him from traveling to Jerusalem to obtain a US visa.
US Government Clips NSA Wings, but Snooping Is a Global Effort
The USA Freedom Act only applies to US citizens, which means the NSA is still free to gather meta data on citizens of other nations.
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You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History
Khairullozhori Matanov, a friend of the Boston bomber, is being sentenced under a law whose purview is growing disturbingly wide.
WikiLeaks Launches Campaign to Offer $100,000 “Bounty” for Leaked Drafts of Secret TPP Chapters
We speak to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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The Ubiquity, the Banality of Mediated Policing and Punishment
How do you dismantle a system of excessive repression that many can no longer even see?
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“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time
Who ruined Mad Max's world? The new film isn't afraid to lay blame - and suggest a way forward.
NPR Tries to Scare People About the Deficit
Billionaire Peter Peterson is spending lots of money to get people to worry about the debt.
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Bill Moyers: The Challenge of Journalism Is to Survive in the Pressure Cooker of Plutocracy
What happens to a society fed a diet of rushed, re-purposed, thinly reported “content?”
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Tony Judt: The Best Man Among Us
The moral center in Judt's work is the product perhaps of a weary knowledge of the wickedness of which humanity is capable.