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Salami tactics – the end of Democracy
Last year, on a newspaper comment thread, someone called me a ‘nitwit’ because I said that civil liberties in the UK and USA are starting to resemble those found in places like China and North Korea. I’m not going to … Continue reading
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Tagged civil liberties in the UK, civil liberties in the USA, Edward Snowden, Five Eyes countries, Glenn Greenwaldl, Julian Assange, Laura Poitras, London O2 Arena, Monty Python, Naomi Wolf, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, New Hampshire Liberty Forum, NSA, police state America, police state Britain, Python final performance, ten steps to a police state, The End of America, The Terrorism Act, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP
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Syria
Yesterday, UK politicians voted against military intervention in the Syria conflict, although it was a close call: 272 votes for military action, 285 against. It’s the first time in modern history that MPs have voted against a Prime Minister’s call … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Rusbridger, Amash amendment, David Cameron, David Miranda, GCHQ, Glenn Greenwald, Justin Amash, National Security Agency, NSA, police state America, police state Britain, Syria conflict, Syrian chemical weapons attack, Syrian civil war, the Guardian, UK propaganda, US propaganda
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Rule, Britannia
Yesterday, David Miranda, a Brazilian citizen, was detained for nine hours at Heathrow Airport while transiting from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro. Miranda is the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who’s breaking the Edward Snowden stories. It seems certain … Continue reading
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Tagged 38degrees.org, Anti-Social Crime and Policing Bill, civil liberties in the UK, civil liberties in the USA, D-Notice, David Miranda, Edward Snowden, GCHQ, Glenn Greenwald, HR 347 anti protest bill, Julian Assange, Laura Poitras, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, NSA, police state America, police state Britain, PSPO, Public Spaces Protection Order, The Terrorism Act
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Sheep, Blind Mice and Ostriches
The Guardian ran a piece today about the Lavabit secure e-mail service, which has just been shut down by its owner, Ladar Levison, who said that he wouldn’t be “complicit in crimes against the American people” (here); ie, he wouldn’t … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky gets interviewed
A month or so ago, Noam Chomsky gave a telephone interview to Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks. Over the decades I haven’t always agreed with Noam Chomsky (who’s now 84-years-old), yet in this interview he’s absolutely spot on with … Continue reading
The Boston bombers reveal a police state
At the time of writing this is still a breaking story, yet I have to say that I’m astonished at the reaction by the US authorities towards two young men, the Boston bombers, one a 26-year-old, now shot dead by … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Maher, Boston bombings, gun control, police state America, terrorism in the USA
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