police state
Longstanding Bahraini State Terror (tags)
Bahrain
Several Reasons to Oppose Obama's Use of CIA Drone Strikes (tags)
Despite promises of "change" from the GW Bush regime foreign policy of interventionism, President Obama has chosen to follow the path of his predecessor GW by continuing the use of CIA drones to attack terrorist and "accidental" civilian targets. By killing innocent civilians along with their targets, CIA drones increase anger and thus aid in recruitment to terrorist organizations ("blowback"), thereby making more enemies and justification of an expensive military strategy that only benefits military weapons contractors.
The new senators-elect and people's issues (tags)
The line-up of 12 new senators-elect who will serve until 2016 is now complete. As nationally elected legislators, they will play prominent parts in crafting national policy for the next six years. What are we to expect from the newly elected senators? A look at their track records, or previous positions on people's issues, and their platforms of government would be instructive.
Jennifer Van Bergen's "The Twilight of Democracy" (tags)
How democracy is being undermined in America.
Philippine Democracy Under Arroyo’s Petty Tyranny (tags)
The rampant human rights violation under the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo government and her penchant for issuing policies that have curtailed the freedom of speech and assembly have been likened to the tyranny that reigned over our country during the time of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Samantalahin ang lumalalim na krisis pampulitika (tags)
Ang naghaharing rehimeng Arroyo na mismo ang lumilikha ng kundisyon para sumambulat ang tumitinding krisis pampulitika at humantong ito sa maigting na pagtutuos sa pagitan nito at ng mamamayan. Sa desperadong pagpupumilit ng rehimen na makapangunyapit sa poder lampas pa sa 2010, ginawa nito ang lahat para maipanalo ang mga kandidato nito sa kagaganap na eleksyon. Nagsagawa ito ng todo-todong pandaraya at maruruming maniobra, panggigipit sa mga kalaban at malawakang paghahasik ng karahasan.
NDFP verifies that Prof. Sison is NDFP chief political consultant and belies GRP claims (tags)
The National Council of the National Democrat Front of the Philippines hereby verifies that Prof. Jose Maria Sison is the NDFP chief political consultant and belies the claim of the Manila government that he is chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and head of the New People’s Army (NPA).