Friday, March 1, 2013

13-03-01 US: Misc news of the abuse...


The Power to Assassinate a Compliant and Submissive People
By Jacob G. Hornberger
The president doesn't want to alarm Americans by informing them that he now wields the power to assassinate anyone he wants, including Americans here in the United States.
The US Government Has Constructed a Ubiquitous Surveillance State
By Glenn Greenwald
The Obama DOJ just succeeded in convincing the five right-wing members of the Court to allow it to conduct its Surveillance State beyond the rule of law.
Lords of Disorder:
Billions For Wall Street, Sacrifice For Everyone Else
By Richard Eskow
We're collecting nothing from the big banks in return for our generosity. Instead we're demanding sacrifice from the elderly, the disabled, the poor, the young, the middle class - pretty much everybody, in fact, who isn't "too big to fail."
Austerity USA Begins March 1st
By Shamus Cooke
If Labor and community groups united in a demand of 'No Cuts, Tax the Rich' and organized massive mobilizations, there would be a very different public debate happening right now.
Torture Inc. Americas Brutal Prisons
By Deborah Davies
Savaged by dogs, Electrocuted With Cattle Prods, Burned By Toxic Chemicals, Does such barbaric abuse inside U.S. jails explain the horrors that were committed in Iraq?
America Never Really Ended Slavery
By Jazz Hayden
The 13th Amendment states, "involuntary servitude and slavery is abolished except for those duly convicted of a crime." The "exception clause" leaves slavery still in effect for those convicted of crimes. Today America, with 5% of the world's population, has 25% of the world's prisoners.

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