The Makings of a Police State-Part VI: A Nation of Suspects by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
2 February 2010

A Nation of Suspects

Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in ‘changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them‘- – Paulo Freire

The illegal domestic wiretapping of all Americans, the invasive search practices at every airport directed at every single US passenger, the compilation of all data on all citizens in not only one but multiple government databases, the unreasonable and warrantless search and seizure practiced on US masses facilitated arbitrarily by the FBI, are among many known and unknown government practices directed at the entire population of the United States of America.

Israel Launches Airstrikes On Gaza

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shabbirh
February 02, 2010

Breaking news – based on eye witnesses in Gaza, more details to follow.

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Israel launches air strikes in Gaza

The Golf War (1999)

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linktv
February 02, 2010

“The Golf War” documentary tells the story of Filipino peasants being violently and illegally kicked off their ancestral land to make way for one of Asias largest golf resorts. Filmmakers Jen Schradie and Matt DeVries interviewed developers and politicians, as well as armed guerrillas and peasants fighting the development. They even caught Tiger Woods promoting golf in the Philippines.

Daniel Kovalik: Plan Colombia Continues Under Obama Administration

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RussiaToday
February 02, 2010

Barack Obama this [past] summer signed a deal to give the Pentagon access to 7 military bases in Colombia. Some argue that the United States aims to cash in on Colombia’s oil; big oil may turn up the heat on Colombia’s drug war.

Deepening Debt Crisis: The Bernanke Reappointment: Be Afraid, Very Afraid by Prof Michael Hudson

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by Prof Michael Hudson
Global Research, February 2, 2010

If the economy deteriorates in the L-shaped “hockey-stick” rut that many economists forecast, what political price will President Obama and the Democrats pay for having returned the financial keys to the Bush Republican appointees who gave away the store in the first place? Reappointing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may end up injuring not only the economy but also the Democratic Party for years to come. Recognizing this, Republicans made populist points by opposing his reappointment during the Senate confirmation hearings last Thursday, January 27 – the day after Mr. Obama’s State of the Union address.

Noam Chomsky: The Tea Party is a Sign of the Failure of the Left

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Thanks to Rosa’s Ghost

Noam Chomsky on Latin America, the Supreme Court, Obama and more

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January 28, 2010

Interview conducted for the IWW. Feel free to duplicate.

Keiser Report №13: Barry Ritholtz: Bailout Nation

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RussiaToday
February 02, 2010

Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines. This week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the scandal behind the UK economy, which is lying on a bed of nitroglycerin, the Tea Party racket and the Save Our Savers group. Keiser also speaks to Barry Ritholtz, author of Bailout Nation, about Tim Geithner, Barack Obama and Ben Bernanke.

Peaceful Protesters Roughed Up, Arrested By Obama’s Pentagon + Obama Budget Request Seeks Additional $7B for Nuclear Arsenal

by Bruce Gagnon
featured writer
Dandelion Salad
Organizing Notes
Feb. 2, 2010

Is this how Obama thanks those who are taking his call for the abolition of nuclear weapons seriously? He has then roughed up and arrested for standing with signs outside Vandenberg AFB in California while his Pentagon fires “missile defense” tests in the sky above the Pacific Ocean?

For years people have been protesting outside Vandenberg AFB when the base launches missiles. Now and then the military police would grab one of the organizers and arrest them but often nothing was done at all. But on January 31, just as another $150 million “missile defense” test was launched from the base, the Obama led Pentagon had virtually everyone who was at the protest, legally standing outside the base, arrested.

Anand Gopal: Shocking stories of US tortures in Afghanistan + “America’s Secret Afghan Prisons”

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RussiaToday
February 02, 2010

An ever increasing number of U.S. troops are fighting for peace in Afghanistan. But an investigative journalist claims to have revealed the shocking truth about surprise night raids by American forces and secret prisons where detainees are routinely tortured. In an exclusive interview to RT, Anand Gopal says Obama’s mission in Afghanistan is not much different from Bush’s in Iraq.

US exonerates authors of Bush torture memos + Spanish judge to probe Guantanamo torture claims

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by Kate Randall
http://www.wsws.org
2 February 2010

Bush administration lawyers whose secret memos justified waterboarding and other forms of torture will not be referred to authorities for possible sanctions, according to a forthcoming ethics report.

Unnamed sources who spoke to Newsweek magazine said the Obama Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has concluded that John Yoo and Jay Bybee, who penned the infamous memos, used “poor judgment” but will not be subject to disciplinary action. Yoo and Bybee worked in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, along with Steven Bradbury, who is also named in the report.