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With most media outlets focusing on the conflict and clashes, this beautiful video shows the cooperation, solidarity and hope of those resisting corporate rule in Turkey. Shot in and around Gezi ...

Jun 13

Edward Snowden and the State-Identified Journalist

Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo (6/11/13) wrote about Edward Snowden yesterday in a way that helped make it clear why so many in the press seem upset that the former NSA consultant revealed th...

Jun 12

The universal basic income A podcast by Steven Sumpter His blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ktt3wvg Source of audio: http://tinyurl.com/mp3yhl7

Jun 12

Sharing HBO Go Accounts Could Result In Prison - Slashdot

coolnumbr12 writes "In a recent New York Times article called 'No TV? No Subscription? No Problem?' Jenna Wortham noted how she used, 'the information of a guy in New Jersey that I had once met in a

Jun 12

Airbnb's disaster response tool to help survivors find free housing (video)

Airbnb has launched a new disaster response tool in an effort to make things easier for willing hosts to offer free shelter to survivors of catastrophes.

Jun 12

The Guardian and The Washington Post recently published slides that indicate that the US government's National Security Agency (NSA) is engaged in mass surveillance of users around the world through

Jun 12

Thank NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden - RootsAction

A whistleblower has boldly stepped forward to expose the National Security Agency's vast spying on our phone records and online communications.

Jun 12

I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the Arab spring countries. I have lived through curfews and have seen the outcome...

Jun 12

ACLU sues Obama administration over NSA surveillance

rt.com A lawsuit accusing the Obama administration of multiple constitutional violations has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union after an NSA contractor leaked details about an unprecedented example of mass surveillance.

Jun 12