The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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Lobbyists for Spies Appointed To Oversee Spying
A wave of recent appointments has placed intelligence industry insiders into key Congressional roles overseeing intelligence gathering – just as lawmakers in DC are set to take up a series of sensitive surveillance issues like the Patriot Act.
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Can the Surveillance State Repeal Act Shift the Course on Spying?
Eager to reset the debate and anchor it in long overdue transparency, a bipartisan block of representatives have introduced the proposal to restore civil liberties, privacy and freedom of thought.
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The Real Cyber Bullies: How Big Business Is Helping Expand NSA Surveillance
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which President Obama could sign this month, represents a major new privacy threat to individuals as it enables corporations to feed massive amounts of communications to businesses and state.
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Spanish Congress Approves Anti-Democratic Laws Curbing Protests, Press, Internet and Speech
A draconian new gag law will punish Spanish activists with severe fines for organizing in public space, sending tweets, photographing the police, stopping foreclosure evictions, gathering in front of Congress, and many other democratic acts.
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How the "Flood Wall Street" Trial Changed the Game Of Policing
By ordering protesters to leave the entire Wall Street area, police violated protesters’ First Amendment right to carry their message directly to its intended recipients: the Wall Street bankers who bankroll climate change, a judge ruled.
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If We Want Less Racism, We Need More Economic Justice
The Justice Department report on Ferguson demonstrates how economic hardship and racial tension feed off each other.
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Documents Reveal Canada’s Secret Hacking Tactics
Canada has adopted aggressive tactics to attack, sabotage and infiltrate targeted computer systems.
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The New American Order
Welcome to 1% Elections, the privatization of the State, a fourth branch of government, and the demobilization of "We the People."
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"Kidnapped" Victims of Chicago Police File Federal Civil Rights Suit
Three men have accused police of a "common plan to falsely arrest, illegally detain, and physically abuse" them – and are suing the city of Chicago over their black site-style detention at Homan Square.
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Chaos In the Mediterranean: How Humanitarian Hawks and Mainstream Media Misled the World On Libya
As high-level discussions ensue about whether, and how, to embark on an expanded mission to battle ISIS, the cliche rings truer than ever that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
