This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Susan Sarandon and Slavoj Žižek Lead Celebrity Call for Greater Whistleblower Protections
The public can finally see for themselves the war crimes, corruption, mass surveillance and abuses of power of the U.S. government and other governments around the world.
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The Games of #GamerGate: Unpacking the Latest Viral Controversy
As with Occupy Wall Street, the organic rise of the GamerGate movement – though sprung from an environment as politically irrelevant as video games – is creating odd alliances and surprising bedfellows.
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Anti-Fracking Protests Go Global As Europeans Refuse Corporate Trade Pact
Thousands marched in dozens of countries last weekend to reject fracking while more than 1,000 actions occurred across Europe in opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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What's Next For Hong Kong? End U.S. Ties and Build National Consensus
With the protests at a turning point, the next steps of Occupy Central and the Umbrella Revolution depend, in part, on how well – and how quickly – the democracy movement organizes.
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The Coming Climate Revolt: Why Today's Generation Must Take the Helm
The corporate elites will not veer from our path towards ecocide unless they are forced from power – and this means the beginning of a titanic clash between our corporate masters and ourselves.
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Hackers' Forum to Defend Global Internet Overshadows U.N. Meeting
Last week's activist-organized Internet Ungovernance Forum in Istanbul brought together hackers, activists, academics and diplomats from around the globe to debate our online future.
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U.S. Military Bans The Intercept Fearing Further Leaks of Government Secrets
Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps staff have been prohibited from reading stories published by The Intercept because they may contain classified information from a "potential new leaker."
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Now Is Critical Moment To Kill Widely Unpopular Global Trade Agreements
The opposition is global and growing louder – which is why we're poised to halt attempts by corporations and governments to push through these mega-deals for multinationals.
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Exposing the Trade In Services Agreement: Free Pass For Multinationals to Run Wild
The TISA rules, whose secret draft text was made public last month by Wikileaks, assist the expansion of financial multinationals into other nations by prohibiting new regulations on them.
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Recent Crimes of the FBI: Who Is Watching the Watchers?
Is the FBI the kind of government institution we want to keep funding with our taxes – and are its actions acceptable to a public that's been made to look and feel ever more like the enemy, rather than the protected?
