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The Specter of Authoritarianism and the Future of the Left: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux
The commanding institutions of society are now in the hands of powerful corporate interests whose strangulating control over politics renders democracy corrupt and dysfunctional, says Henry A. Giroux.

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Our Constitutional Liberties Are Eroding From Border to Border
The surveillance state may be symbolized by the National Security Agency, but according to journalist Todd Miller those in the United States should also be looking to the nation's …

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Genetic Testing of Citizens Is a Backdoor Into Total Population Surveillance by Governments and Companies
Building a DNA database within the NHS would be a massive waste of public money. But it would also create a system of total surveillance which would enable the …

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Participatory Totalitarianism
We are not passive objects of the surveillance state. We are active subjects of our own YouTube channels.

One Year of Snowden Leaks
Michael Ratner: The empire has been hurt by the Snowden, Manning, Assange revelations.

New Study Details Government’s Post-9/11 Strategy in Domestic Terrorism Cases
A new study details how the US government unfairly prosecuted so-called domestic terrorists.

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Official Secrets: Absolute Control
Control of information by the government-corporate complex is expanding.

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That Surveillance Reform Bill Was Gutted, Passed and Sent to the Senate
Want real surveillance reform? Well, we almost had it. The USA Freedom Act started off with a roar before being slightly weakened (compromised is the word being used) by …

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Noam Chomsky | Edward Snowden, the World’s “Most Wanted Criminal“
Policy must assure the security of state authority and concentrations of domestic power, defending them from a frightening enemy: the domestic population, which can become a great danger if …

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Henry Giroux and Brad Evans | Disposable Futures
As more and more individuals and groups are now considered excess, consigned to zones of abandonment, surveillance and incarceration, dystopian politics has become mainstream politics and the practice of …