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Sunday, September 29

9 Free Documentaries: Inside Smart Weapon Scopes, How Money is Made, Manufacturing Consent, How America Went Postal, Life At Any Price, Hunting the Internet Bullies, The Lord is Not on Trial Today, Contagion, Four Horsemen


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Long Shot: Inside the Scope of Smart Weapons
In spring of 2013, Texas-based start up TrackingPoint Solutions released the first ever precision-guided firearm, which is essentially a long-range, laser-guided robo rifle. Call it the gun of tomorrow: The technology is so advanced we’ve heard it can have beginners killing at extreme distances with single-shot accuracy in mere minutes.The PGF’s closed-loop system is based off jet fighter lock and launch technology, something TrackingPoint CEO Jason Schauble says not only marks the next great paradigm shift in the evolution of firearms—it helps users make ethical kill shots too. But critics of the PGF platform, no doubt part and parcel of a rising tide of intelligent killer apps, say the gun, or rather its proprietary scope, marks the dawn of “skill-free killing”.


How Money Is MadeHow Money is Made details the processes involved in printing money, primarily the US dollar. It also explores the world of counterfeiting and fraud that embodies the monetary world.


Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Media
Noam Chomsky’s documentary “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Media” from 1988. analyses mass media and the political ramifications and implications of the messages broadcasted in the United States, being its goal to direct public opinion while “numbing” the people and maiming their ability to educate themselves and effectively produce antagonical political criticism and judgement regarding the established officially broadcasted messages crafted by the powerful in conjunction with mass media outlets throughout the US!


Murder By Proxy: How America Went Postal
Murder By Proxy: How America Went Postal is a documentary film that examines the phenomenon of spree killing, particularly in a workplace, that became known in the United States as “going postal”. The film argues that the phenomenon originated in the United States Postal Service as a result of hostile work environment following the Postal Reorganization Act of 1971 and then spread to the rest of society.


Life At Any Price
Two-thirds of the world’s women live in countries where abortion can be obtained for a variety of social, economic or personal reasons. In other nations it is allowed only in cases of rape, foetal abnormality or when a woman’s life is at risk.


Hunting The Internet Bullies: When Social Networking Turns Bad
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have changed our way of communication. Despite the many advantages that come with this change, there are some serious problems that have occurred  One of them is cyber bullying. Pop star Cher Lloyd is a famous example for a victim of internet bullying. She shares her story and fears with BBC-reporter Declan Lawn.


The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today
The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentary that tells the compelling personal story of the late Vashti McCollum, and how her efforts to protect her ten year-old son led to one of the most important and landmark First Amendment cases in U.S. Supreme Court history - the case that established the separation of church and state in public schools.


















ContagionIn India a deadly, mutant strain of tuberculosis is spreading across the country. In the shadows of India's capital, New Delhi, Anjou Kashab quietly battles her demons. Her frail body is being ravaged by tuberculosis. Both her lungs are infected and she's on a cocktail of pills and injections to stay alive. For 10 years Anjou has been fighting the illness, but the drugs haven't worked. She's seen more than a dozen doctors and swallowed thousands of prescription pills in the hope of a cure. Instead of the vibrant, young woman she once was, Anjou is now skin and bone, weighing just 29 kilos.


















Four Horsemen – Revealing the fundamental flaws in the economic system
As the global economy continues to veer from crisis to catastrophe – many more people are looking for wise counsel on how to reshape the Western Economy. Over the last three years 23 global thinkers – many of whom have been marginalized have come together to break their silence and explain how the world really works. Their views transcend mainstream media and short term political explanations to describe simple terms what needs to be addressed in our universities, governments and corporate structures. Ee will not be returning to “business as usual”.

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Wednesday, January 30

30.Jan.2013 - VIDEOS: CCTV Protest or Vandalism? plus: Climate Change Denial, Abortion Debate, Profiling, Fed Up with Israel, Long Distance Revolutionaries, CIA Whistleblower Sentenced, Dirty Wars, Gatekeepers Documentary,

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Camover: Game to destroy CCTV cameras: vandalism or valid protest?

The political alarmism behind climate change denial


Foul Play in the Senate, and Today’s Abortion Debate

The Government is Profiling You

US CITIZENS FED UP WITH ISRAEL

Noam Chomsky : Long Distance Revolutionary

Long Distance Revolutionary: Michael Parenti


Ex-CIA Agent, Whistleblower John Kiriakou Sentenced to Prison While Torturers He Exposed Walk Free


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Dirty Wars, Documentary on U.S. Covert Warfare Abroad, Wins Sundance Cinematography Award


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The Gatekeepers: In New Film, Ex-Shin Bet Chiefs Denounce Occupation, Compare Israel to Nazi Germany


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Labels: abortion, cameras, CIA, citizen killings, climate, debates, global warming, government, israel, nazis, protest, revolt, revolution, senate, spying, torture, USA, vandalism, warfare, whistleblowing

Sunday, January 20

20.Jan.2013 - The Videos: 1/2 Million Iraqi Children Killed, Criminalizing Pregnancy, Freedom to Connect, Poverty in America, Scientology's Child Labour Camp, Cambodian Walmart Workers Expose Abuse, Surveillance Strategy, Fighting in Syria

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500,000 Iraqi children killed
The Clinton-Obama camp is fine with that


Criminalizing Pregnancy: As Roe v. Wade Turns 40, Study Finds Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women


Freedom to Connect: Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) on Victory to Save Open Internet, Fight Online Censors


Dr. Cornel West: Poverty in America



Scientology’s “Child Labour Camp” In Australia



ISRAEL SOLDIERS ARREST PALESTINIAN MOTHER AND 18 MONTH OLD FOR TRYING TO VISIT THEIR OWN PROPERTY



Cambodian Walmart Workers Expose Abuse at Factory



Surveillance Strategy Is ‘Privileged and Confidential,’ FBI Says

Video appears to show Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiites fighting in Syria


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Labels: abortion, asia, censorship, children, citizen killings, cornel west, criminology, death, iraq, palestine, poverty, religionists, rights, scientologists, scientology, soldiers, video, wal-Mart, women, work

Friday, November 2

02.Nov.2012 - Demonic Possession, New York Crises, Climate Change Gridlock, High School Atheist Club, New World Order, Capitalist Dictatorship, Next President of Austerity, Small Markets Big Money, Vote the Bible Shirts, Fighting Monsanto, We Are Not Powerless

Congratulations to Eric Fox of Colorado for winning the Free Book, The End of Faith by Sam Harris! 
December, we will be giving away another book! Stay tuned for details! There is no catch besides getting involved. 
Stay informed. Immerse yourself. Everything affects you and your loved ones. 
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Shocking Poll - More than Two-Thirds of Republican Voters Believe in Demonic Possession

And less than half think humans are responsible for climate change.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/shocking-poll-more-two-thirds-republican-voters-believe-demonic-possession

1 Not-So-Simple, Pretty Funny Question for the 73% of White Evangelicals Who Will Apparently Be Voting for Romney

A question that deserves an answer before election day.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/1-not-so-simple-pretty-funny-question-73-white-evangelicals-who-will-apparently-be


Residents of New York Face a Huge Range of Crises

Contradictions abound in NYC -- huge swathes of the city are fine, while entire neighborhoods are facing serious shortages.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/residents-new-york-face-huge-range-crises

Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 1)
Global warming is no longer a fear for the future, it’s threatening human civilization now. But a good portion of humanity doesn’t seem that concerned. On this edition, part 1 of a special 2 part series, Brian Edwards-Tiekert takes us through the climate change that is happening, the political response that isn’t, and the people trying to break the gridlock.
http://www.radioproject.org/2011/06/climate-change-gridlock-where-do-we-go-from-here-part-1/
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article imageStudent Duncan Henderson Fights for Two Years to Start Atheist Club at Alabama High School

Student Duncan Henderson has been trying to start an atheist club, called the “freethinker” club, at Auburn Junior High in Auburn, Alabama, but was met with strong resistance for two years.
(spelling corrected here^)
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/christianity/student-duncan-henderson-fights-two-years-start-atheist-club-alabama-high

From Chaos To A New World Order: Words Of Hope At The United Nations
Existing political/economic structures that serve not the people are in decay, a new world order based on universal principles of goodness: justice, equality, unity and freedom Is the call of many around the world.
http://www.countercurrents.org/peebles011112.htm

Capitalist Dictatorship in Romney Campaign
he mainstream media and even Democrats have been slow to call Mitt Romney's deliberate falsehoods "lies." But after just calling them what they are, it is also important to analyze their meaning. Lies on Romney's scale do not simply show contempt for the intelligence of American voters. They show contempt for democracy, and display some of the features of capitalist dictatorship of a sort that was common in the late twentieth century. 
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/14295-capitalist-dictatorship-in-romney-campaign

The Source of Romney’s Lying

Exclusive: An enduring mystery about Mitt Romney is why he lies so persistently and with so little shame. Some people blame his business experience or cite the basic dishonesty of politics, but there is also the curious foundation of his Mormon religion which was started by a proven conman, notes Robert Parry.
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/11/01/the-source-of-romneys-lying/

Telling Truths about Israel/Palestine

False national narratives play key roles in controlling human behavior, especially when enforced by an aggressive propaganda system that demonizes factual counter-narratives. That has long been the case as Israel minimized its harsh treatment of Palestinians, but the truth has begun to break through, says Lawrence Davidson.
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/10/28/telling-truths-about-israelpalestine/

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama meet at their second debate
The next president of austerity
We know from history that the "lesser evil" is no guarantee against the "greater evil."
http://socialistworker.org/2012/11/01/the-next-president-of-austerity

Small markets, big money
The sports media is moaning about the trade of Oklahoma City Thunder star James Harden to the Houston Rockets--but NBA owners are making out just fine.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/11/01/small-markets-big-money

WHY DO WE NEED A PRESIDENT ANYWAY?

It wasn’t always a given that we’d have a single executive who has the power to make final decisions about the fate of our country.

http://news.discovery.com/history/president-history-121101.html#mkcpgn=emnws1

Christian group fights Texas for banning ‘Vote the Bible’ shirt at polls
"Vote the Bible" shirt banned at Texas polling placesA Christian group in Texas is threatening to file a formal complaint with the Attorney General’s office because a woman who lives near Austin was forced to cover up her “Vote the Bible” T-shirt after election officials suggested that it could be construed as illegal electioneering.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/01/christian-group-fights-texas-for-banning-vote-the-bible-shirt-at-polls


A Grim Warning from Science

One of the things that makes Sandy different from Katrina is that it’s a relatively clean story. The lessons of Katrina were numerous and painful—they had to do with race, with class, with the willful incompetence of a government that had put a professional Arabian horse fancier in charge of its rescue efforts.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/01-8

Corporate Media Breaks Climate Silence, Following Undeniable Sandy Superstorm

As many have now observed, part of the new reality in Sandy's aftermath—whether too slowly, reluctantly or imperfectly—is that many mainstream media outlets, once decidedly resigned to avoid the scientific consensus, are now asking significant questions about the role of human-induced global warming and the impact of climate change and extreme weather.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/01-6

Hurricane Sandy and the Myth of the Big Government-vs.-Small-Government Debate

Quite a shock the other day to look out my window in Jersey City, and see the Hudson River rushing over what used to be the street in front of my building. For nearly three days my dog and I played Robinson Crusoe and Friday, sleepily watching from our little apartment-island while we waited for hot water, cell service, the internet, even elevators to come back on line.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/01-6

Why Monsanto Is Fighting Tooth and Nail Against California's Prop 37

A new poll conducted by the University of Southern California and the LA Times has found that Proposition 37, the GMO labeling initiative has slipped a whopping 17 points since the last poll in September. The proposition continues to lead but only by 2 percentage points with less than a week before the election. Thirteen percent of likely voters are still undecided on whether to require mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms in foods.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/01-4

We Are Not Powerless to Confront Climate Change

Millions of victims of Superstorm Sandy remain without power, but they are not powerless to do something about climate change. The media consistently fail to make the link between extreme weather and global warming. Through this catastrophe, people are increasingly realizing that our climate has changed, and the consequences are dire.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/01-2

Senate likely to revisit cyber bill when Congress returns

Senator Joe Lieberman, one of the authors of the bill, would consider dropping a provision aimed at shoring up protection of critical infrastructure that had raised concerns among Senate Republicans, if that issue could be addressed in an executive order, Jeffrey Ratner, senior adviser for cybersecurity on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-usa-cyber-legislation-idUSBRE89U1QK20121031

Looking Beyond Election Day: The Issues That Threaten to Derail the Nation

What follows is an overview of the major issues that both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, despite their respective billion dollar war chests, have failed to mention during their extensive campaign trail stumping and televised debates. These are issues that aren't going away anytime soon. Indeed, unless we take a proactive approach to the problems that loom large before us, especially as they relate to America's ongoing transformation into a police state, we may find that they are here to stay.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/looking-beyond-election-day_b_2049168.html

Sandy Forces Climate Change on US Election
A dead deer lies among driftwood and debris left by a combination of storm surge from Hurricane Sandy and high tide in Southampton, New York, on October 30, 2012. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)The presidential candidates avoided the topic at all their big public forums - except for Romney's Republican national convention joke about how silly it was to try and slow the rise of the oceans (which probably didn't win him many votes on the Jersey Shore this week). Obama did talk climate with MTV last week, but that venue almost defines the issue's fringe status; his other real discussion of it was with Rolling Stone - global warming is, apparently, only for people with earbuds.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/14300-focus-sandy-forces-climate-change-on-us-election

Two diametrically opposed views on the #Occupy movement

Two wildly different takes on the Occupy movement have recently found their way into my Twitter feed. Both deserve careful consideration (watch this blogspace):
http://johnpostill.com/2012/11/01/two-diametrically-opposed-views-on-the-occupy-movement/

When will male politicians take women's rights seriously?
Feminism appears to be back with a vengeance in the UK. Kirsty Styles reports from the UK Feminista lobby of Parliament, and asks how long it will take before the f-word that really rings true in our society is 'fairness'
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/kirsty-styles/when-will-male-politicians-take-womens-rights-seriously

'Letting taxpayers fund parties directly could revive our rotten system.' (photo: Donkey Hony)When Corporations Bankroll Politics, We All Pay The Price
t's a revolting spectacle: the two presidential candidates engaged in a frantic and demeaning scramble for money. By 6 November, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will each have raised more than $1bn. Other groups have already spent a further billion. Every election costs more than the one before; every election, as a result, drags the United States deeper into cronyism and corruption. Whichever candidate takes the most votes, it's the money that wins.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/14284-when-corporations-bankroll-politics-we-all-pay-the-price

Why the Protestant Work Ethic Is a Menace to Society

Good riddance to a religious approach that preached salvation through constant hard labor.
http://www.alternet.org/labor/why-protestant-work-ethic-menace-society

The 9 Most Anti-Science Candidates in America
These House and Senate candidates don't like that book learnin'.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/9-most-anti-science-candidates-america

How Christian Fundamentalism Feeds the Toxic Partisanship of US Politics

When evangelicals attack 'the gay agenda' of an anti-bullying event in schools, something is sick in America's religious culture
http://www.alternet.org/how-christian-fundamentalism-feeds-toxic-partisanship-us-politics


Distrust growing among voters in California


US military spending in question



US-Israel conduct Largest Military Drill to date



The Depression Cure That Society Won't Allow




More 'Once in a Lifetime' Weather Events Likely



A Crisis Foretold: Studies Warned New York Infrastructure Critically Threatened by Climate Change

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Without Power and Aid, Low-Income Residents of NYC’s Lower East Side Struggle in Storm’s Aftermath

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David Rohde: Superstorm Sandy Has Exposed New York City’s "Hideous Inequality"

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As Missouri Senate Race Tightens, New Details Emerge on Todd Akin’s Anti-Abortion Past

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Labels: abortion, bad science, california, candidate, christians, climate, crisis, depression, fundamentalism, hurricane, israel, military, new york city, religion and politics, senate, USA, voters, voting, weather, work

Tuesday, September 4

4.Sept.2012: The Serious Revolt Option, Stealing the Election, Conservatives Ignore Facts, Work Getting Worse, Global Climate Disaster, RNC Lies, Rape and Pregnancy, Mitt Romney's Tax Avoidance, No Accountability for Torturers, Police State, Green Bank, Area 51 Secrets, Corporations and the Founding Fathers, Civil Rights, Did Jesus Die?

To many who are new to DUSTCIRCLE.COM, the site is now in Digest mode. 
Instead of random posts of articles printed elsewhere, I am now posting a Digest which includes Title, Excerpt, and a Link. The digest layout is a brief note from me (like here), a list of articles mostly grouped by publication source, starting with the most interesting article (to me, anyway). 
Following the list of articles, I post video news near the bottom. Following those, I usually post a Band of the day. This issue, I will be posting the Documentary of the Day. 
Additionally, on the main site, I plugged the Google widget, so you can follow me through Google. Enjoy! 
- Steve :)
Why Chris Hedges Believes That Serious Revolt Is the Only Option People Have Left

Hedges discusses his new book "Days of Destruction Days of Revolt."
http://www.alternet.org/books/why-chris-hedges-believes-serious-revolt-only-option-people-have-left


Stealing the Election

Ohio is a crucial state in the November election. And Romney isn't doing well enough there to win. The following analysis may have come from Karl Rove:
http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/stealing-election


Is the Right-Wing Psyche Allergic to Reality? A New Study Shows Conservatives Ignore Facts More Than Liberals

More evidence that conservatives tilted their views of the facts to favor their moral convictions more than liberals did, on every single issue.
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing-psyche-allergic-reality-new-study-shows-conservatives-ignore-facts-more-liberals



Ten Big Lies Paul Ryan Keeps Repeating That the Corporate Media Refuses to Push Back On

A remarkably dishonest campaign is getting even worse, with no accountability from the TV networks.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/ten-big-lies-paul-ryan-keeps-repeating-corporate-media-refuses-push-back

Low Benefits, Temporary Jobs -- Work Is Getting Worse ... But Hope for Labor Rights Is Emerging from a Surprising Place

A special Labor Day interview with domestic workers organizer Ai-Jen Poo, one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2012.
http://www.alternet.org/labor/low-benefits-temporary-jobs-work-getting-worse-hope-labor-rights-emerging-surprising-place

It's Eerie -- The Global Climate Disaster Is Happening Right Now... and Humanity Is Just Pretending It's Not Happening

We are going to pay a terrible price for this charade.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/its-eerie-global-climate-disaster-happening-right-now-and-humanity-just-pretending-its


Paul Ryan's Absurd RNC Lies

David Brooks, in conversation with Gail Collins, explains that all that lying was really not Paul Ryan's fault
http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/paul-ryans-absurd-rnc-lies

Former Abortion Provider Says Climate Now More Dangerous than When He Performed Illegal Abortions

Today's political climate, on the other hand, is so emotionally charged and dangerous, he had stopped talking about his past all together.
http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/former-abortion-provider-says-climate-now-more-dangerous-when-he-performed-illegal

AlterNet Radio: Amanda Marcotte and Glenn Greenwald on the Julian Assange Affair

This week on the AlterNet Radio Hour, a look at the stand-off over Julian Assange, whom Sweden wants to answer to allegations of sexual assault. 
http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/alternet-radio-amanda-marcotte-and-glenn-greenwald-julian-assange-affair

Here We Go Again: Maryland Congressman Says ‘Few Pregnancies’ Result From Rape

Another House Republican is raising eyebrows for suggesting that women who are raped are less likely to become pregnant — just weeks after Rep. Todd Akin (R-MS) sparked controversy for his “legitimate rape” remark.
http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/here-we-go-again-maryland-congressman-says-few-pregnancies-result-rape

Matt Taibbi: Romney's Secret? Greed, Debt and Forcing Others to Foot the Bill

 new article by reporter Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone sheds new light on the origin of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s fortune, revealing how Romney’s former firm, Bain Capital, used private equity to raise money to conduct corporate raids. Taibbi writes: "What most voters don’t know is the way Mitt Romney actually made his fortune: by borrowing vast sums of money that other people were forced to pay back. 
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/13268-focus-romneys-secret-greed-debt-and-forcing-others-to-foot-the-bill

Mitt Romney's Tax Avoidance Weakens Bonds of American Society

itt Romney's income taxes have become a major issue in the American presidential campaign. Is this just petty politics, or does it really matter? In fact, it does matter - and not just for Americans.
http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/13275-mitt-romneys-tax-avoidance-weakens-bonds-of-american-society

A Major Failure by Washington 
In spite of intense efforts by the US and Israel to deter attendance at the Tehran meeting – backed by a wave of western media attacks on the conclave – over 150 nations and international bodies attended.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32345.htm

No Accountability for Torturers
The Obama administration has closed the books on prosecutions of those who violated our laws by authorizing and conducting the torture and abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody. Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that his office would investigate only two incidents, in which CIA interrogations ended in deaths. He said the Justice Department “has determined that an expanded criminal investigation of the remaining matters is not warranted.” With that decision, Holder conferred amnesty on countless Bush officials, lawyers and interrogators who set and carried out a policy of cruel treatment.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32352.htm

8 Ways to Improve Society Without the Political Process
The worst thing about this whole situation is that these so called “authorities” maintain a monopoly on problem solving, meaning they are really the only ones who are allowed to solve problems. Thus over time people begin to believe that those in authority are the only ones who are actually capable of solving problems, when in reality, they are no more qualified than anyone else.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32349.htm

The New Normal: Travels Through the Police State
I’m pretty sure I have just experienced the most disproportionate reaction to a protest in a supposedly democratic society ever, at least since labor organizer Mother Jones faced off all by herself with one hundred members of the National Guard around a century ago. As someone who has personally been fairly actively attending protests since the early 1980′s, and as a student of the history of social movements that happened before my time as well, it seems difficult to put what just happened in Florida into some kind of relevant context, but I’ll just share my own story of the past week in north Florida and attempt to make sense of it, for whatever that’s worth.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32346.htm

Have Censored Websites Broken Any Law?
Bigmother has not been around for 28 years now. But she sure is watching over us. She died before the internet happened, yet her devotees celebrate her by blocking websites.
http://www.countercurrents.org/chatterjee030912.htm

Alleged UK visa blacklist for human rights offenders concerns Russia officials
Russia's Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko [official website] asked the British government [press release] on Monday to confirm or deny the existence of a visa blacklist for Russian officials linked to the the 2009 death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky [JURIST news archive], after a British newspaper reported that the British embassy in Moscow has implemented the "Magnitsky list" to flag entry of the officials for human rights reasons. 
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/09/alleged-uk-visa-blacklist-for-human-rights-offenders-concerns-russia-officials.php

Fears About Shariah Law Take Hold In Tennessee

In Tennessee, an incumbent in the U.S. House found herself on the defensive after being called soft on Shariah law, the code that guides Muslim beliefs and actions. And the state's governor has been forced to explain why he hired a Muslim.
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/03/159378918/fears-about-shariah-law-take-hold-in-tennessee


Green bank ready to commit £3bn to environmental firms

Officials preparing the launch of the Green Investment Bank are understood to have met with a number of businesses about committing cash to a number of environmentally friendly schemes, such as recycling plants.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/green-bank-ready-to-commit-3bn-to-environmental-firms-8101524.html

Visit Israel at your own risk, warn many Western countries

The latest travel advisory warns tourists that Israel periodically conducts military operations in the West Bank and Gaza with no prior notice, and advises travelers to avoid demonstrations.

http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/visit-israel-at-your-own-risk-warn-many-western-countries/

Palestinian farmers fighting to survive

A member of the Ein Al-Beida Agricultural Union, which represents 70 farmers in the area, Foqaha said a combination of harsh Israeli restrictions on Palestinian farmers, Israel’s near total control of resources, and neglect on the part of Palestinian authorities has made Palestinian agriculture in the West Bank almost impossible.
http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/palestinian-farmers-fighting-to-survive/

Area 51 UFO ‘secrets’ to be revealed by Las Vegas Smithsonian Institute

The National Atomic Testing Museum announced  the event,  scheduled for September 22, to reveal the men’s personal stories that propelled  them to write books and lead their own investigations outside, as well as  inside, the military.
http://worldduh.com/2012/09/02/area-51-ufo-secrets-to-be-revealed-by-las-vegas-smithsonian-institute/

Red States Are The Real Welfare States


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/02/red-states-are-the-real-welfare-states/

What The Founding Fathers Thought About Corporations

Citizens United. This is the 2010 Supreme Court case that shocked America, influenced an election, and reversed over 100 years of campaign finance laws. In this case, corporations were declared as people and as such declared to have the same rights as people do. It also opened the doors for corporations to pour unprecedented amounts of campaign donations into elections, and what’s more, these donations can be totally secret. Corporations can now literally and legally buy elections and shape the government like never before in our nation’s history.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/02/founding-fathers/



Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win–and Now Protect–Voting Rights in U.S.


Documentary of the Day: 

  "Did Jesus Die?"

Religion|Buy the DVD|Add to Playlist|59 mins
This film investigates the variety of stories surrounding the New Testament account of the crucifixion, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus, interview historians, theologians and historical researchers. This exploration of the latest theories about what really happened to Jesus 2000 years ago discovered some amazing possibilities.



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