World-News

By Kathy Kelly

We must think hard about ways to democratize our country, and reverse the ''unwarranted influence'' over our society which, half a century ago, a Republican president was warning us already belonged to the military industrial complex.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31753.htm



The Party of Great Moral Frauds

By Thomas J. DiLorenzo

The Republican Party has always been about disguising a lust for economic plunder with phony ideas about ''freedom,'' ''Christianity,'' ''equality,'' ''civilization,'' and other nice-sounding words.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31803.htm



The War Party

Video

Panorama investigates the ''neo-conservatives'', the small and unelected group of right-wingers, who critics claim have hijacked the White House.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8581.htm

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Four more years of warrantless surveillance

Antiwar.com
by Philip Giraldi

07/26/12

When the Amendments Act was passed, it came with a sunset provision. Congress understood that it should be a temporary measure because it raised some serious constitutional issues relating to privacy. The Act was to be allowed to expire after four years, but its persistence is testament to the fact that the government will never willingly give up powers that it has acquired...

http://bit.ly/SVOOjq



The new police surveillance state

CounterPunch
by David Rosen

07/31/12

May Day has come and gone, but there are lessons to be learned. In particular, the forces of established order, especially government officials and law enforcement agents, are perfecting their policing techniques to suppress popular democracy...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/07/31/the-new-police-surveillance-state/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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