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July 29, 2008

When the U.S government has the “right” to torture minors

Aggregated from: Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » USA

The current U.S government, and any of its sympathisers, should never preach democracy and human rights for as long as the despicable and unjust Guantanamo Bay prison is still in operation. Torturing mere suspects is a severe crime, especially if they are not even allowed a fair trial, regardless of...

July 27, 2008

Another step towards oppressing U.S. citizens

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

"The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate two bills that could give the federal government unprecedented control over the way parents raise their children – even providing funds for state workers to come into homes and screen babies for emotional and developmental problems. "The P...

ICE Swoops Down on Ohio Restaurants

Aggregated from: VivirLatino

We told you it was only a matter of time before we were announcing and denouncing the latest ICE raid. Yesterday ICE targeted 8 restaurants in Northern Ohio and arrested 58 people. All those arrested were citizens of Mexico and working at Casa Fiesta, a chain of Mexican restaurants in Ashland, Frem...

July 26, 2008

Sudan: Who's Next After Al Bashir on the US Hit List?

The International Criminal Court Prosecutor has requested an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir for his ”criminal responsibility in relation to 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.” A Sudanese blogger writing in Arabic wonders who will be next on the United States' hit list which targets Arab leaders.

July 21, 2008

Progress, of sorts

Aggregated from: Pickled Politics » United States

“A US judge has ruled that the first war crimes trial at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, involving Osama Bin Laden’s former driver, can go ahead. Judge James Robertson dismissed a claim from lawyers for Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni, that it should be stopped while he challenged the proces...

Ay the Hipster Irony (and Racism).

Aggregated from: VivirLatino

We're told to "get a sense of humor" and ironically to "lighten up" when it comes to our reaction as people of color to racist imagery and histories being put up on magazine covers and more recently, on a tee shirt. When a 25-year-old Manhattan graduate student who was assaulted Tuesday night got d...

July 17, 2008

American courts ride roughshod over Constitution

Aggregated from: BiblioPolit

Judges, all the way to Supreme Court justices, have rode roughshod over the American Constitution for years. These actions by judges who do not have a high regard for the American Constitution, have for all practical purposes "broken" the Constitution many times, and in effect curtailed the freedoms...

July 10, 2008

Vanishing American democracy

Aggregated from: The Road to Surfdom

Anyone who takes even a passing interest in events in the USA will be aware of public discussions about warrantless eavesdropping that have been going on since 2005. I’m not going to attempt to summarise the long, involved saga. My purpose here is to note one of the arguments that has been made by...

July 7, 2008

Obama's Hopscotch to the White House

Aggregated from: IraqPundit

Can anyone follow Barack Obama's positions on anything?Charles Krauthammer writes about the candidate's dizzying changes. The candidate's own team knows just how unsteady Obama's positions are. The other day Rahm Emanuel was so desperate to deflect criticism that he argued it was John McCain who was...

Independence For All

Aggregated from: A Political Glimpse from Ireland

I believe this is a special Independence Day for many people because they can feel the change in the air. No, this is not an Obama post but rather a post about the the changing world that we live in and how we can either fight these changes or accept them. Every July 4th, I am thankful for my time g...