Putin is our new tsar, quite simply. I call him an authoritarian modernizer who stands in the balancing act between neoliberalism and monarchist tradition and wants to reorganize the country from this position.
Murdoch's World: Demagoguery, Propaganda, Scandal, Sleaze and Warmongering (tags)
Murdoch
Israel's Knesset Passes Boycott Prohibition Bill (tags)
Israeli fascism
Annotated Text of SB1070 (tags)
The text of the controversial Arizona law, with comments interspersed. Read it and pass it on. If you're protesting, you owe it to yourself to know the law.
The Secret Wars of The CIA (tags)
John Stockwell is the highest-ranking CIA official ever to leave the agency and go public
Elections or Resistance: Bolivar y Resistencia (tags)
US has military programs, bases or spies in every country in Latin America Only Cuba and Venezuela restrict US official activities. We want this entire military-espionage regime out! We won’t pay you anymore debt peonage and we take back all of our resources, our industries and our power
Protester shot 9 times by LBPD - for real (tags)
Pacifist Long Beach May Day protester shows the wounds he suffered after being shot nine times by the LBPD. One bullet passed all the way through his hand. (N.B. In a previous attempt to post this photo, I indicated he was shot by the LAPD. I apologize to LA's finest as I'm sure they would never resort to police brutality.)
"Rubber" bullet used by LBPD - for real. (tags)
Long Beach May Day protester shows a "rubber" bullet fired by the LBPD. In fact the bullet is made from very hard plastic. (N.B. In a previous attempt to post this photo, I indicated it was fired by the LAPD. I apologize to LA's finest as I'm sure they would never resort to police brutality.)