The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) has received harsh criticism inside and outside of Pakistan since its radical re-drafting in April of this year. A coalition of Pakistan’s leading online rights groups and businesses warned the current version, written… Read More ›
Archive for November 2015
Bulk Call Details Records Collection Ends: What that Means
The NSA’s collection en masse of the call detail records of millions of ordinary Americans ended quietly at midnight November 29. The bulk collection was phased out after a 180-day transition period provided for in the USA FREEDOM Act. The… Read More ›
Scope of Secretive FBI National Security Letters Revealed by First Lifted Gag Order
Fourteen years after the FBI began using national security letters to unilaterally and quietly demand records from Internet service providers, telephone companies and financial institutions, one recipient — former ISP founder Nicholas Merrill — is finally free to talk about what… Read More ›
Under House Arrest, a Climate Activist Waits Out the Paris Conference
ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, climate activist Joel Domenjoud’s day started with a phone call saying that police had broken down the doors of a friend’s squat, arresting at least two people. Fearing that his home would be next, Domenjoud slipped… Read More ›
Let’s Not Whitewash George W. Bush’s Actual, Heinous Record on Muslims in the U.S.
The New York Times this morning has an op-ed by Al Jazeera host Mehdi Hasan, whom I regard as one of the world’s best television journalists. Its primary point is one that has been recently promoted by others such as… Read More ›
Naomi Klein on Paris Summit: Leaders' Inaction on Climate Crisis is "Violence" Against the Planet
Ahead of the 21st UN climate change conference in Paris, more than 170 nations submitted plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say the proposed targets end up falling far short of what is needed to mitigate against drastic… Read More ›
"If You're Not at the Table, You're on the Menu": Indigenous Activists Demand Role in Paris Climate Talks
Across the world, indigenous and poor communities who have contributed least to carbon pollution are most often the most impacted by climate change, which which threatens their land, food supply and access to water. At the UN Climate Change summit… Read More ›
French Farmer-Activist José Bové on Paris Protest Ban: "We Are in Prison in Our Own Home"
Among those who took to the streets of Paris in protest Sunday was the French farmer, activist and politician José Bové, one of the world’s leading critics of corporate globalization and genetically modified organisms. Bové is a sheep farmer who… Read More ›
Indigenous Climate Activists: Paris "Police State" is the Reality Frontline Communities Live With
Democracy Now! catches up with Dallas Goldtooth of the comedy group the 1491s, and his father Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of Indigenous Environmental Network, at The Place to B, a Paris hostel that serves as the center for independent journalists… Read More ›
"I Am Paris, I am Bamako, We Are Humanity": Memorial at Bataclan Theatre Honors Attack Victims
Shortly after arriving in France for the United Nations Climate Summit, President Obama laid a single rose at a memorial for the victims of the Paris attacks outside the Bataclan, the concert hall where the deadliest violence took place on… Read More ›