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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryBig Boys Gone Bananas!*  Gertten, Fredrik Film/Video 2011 First there was a film about banana workers saying the Dole Food Company had made them infertile. Then Dole attacked the filmmakers. Now it's time for a new film! Canada's prime minister wants to make it harder for people to vote against him Konrad, Caroline Article 2015 Stephen Harper, who won by an uncomfortably small margin in the last election, has passed laws designed to keep voters who oppose him from the polls. Cops Charge Black Activist with "Lynching": Defend Maile Hampton! Article 2015 On January 18, 2015, Maile Hampton, a young black woman and member of the ANSWER Coalition, was leading chants at a Sacramento, California, protest against a pro-cop rally. An online video shows the c... The Day America Died: Assassinating Awlaki Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2011 As long as the President sanctions an illegal act, executive branch employees are no longer accountable to the law that prohibits the illegal act. On the president’s authority, the executive branch ca... Dismantling Democracy: Stifling Debate and Dissent in Canada Article 2015 An extensive dossier of the Harper government's attacks on democracy, debate, and dissent. Eavesdropping on the Planet: The Inalienable Right to Snoop? Blum, William Article 2013 Like a mammoth vacuum cleaner in the sky, the National Security Agency (NSA) sucks it all up: home phone, office phone, cellular phone, email, fax, telex … satellite transmissions, fiber-optic communi... First a Hand on Your Crotch, Next a Boot in Your Face: False Choices and Airport Security Scott, Michael Article 2010 Since 9/11, we have given up many of our rights and our government has condoned practices like torture, legalized assassination, kidnapping, indefinite detention without access to council or trial – a... From Wikileaks to TSA: Anti-Empire Report Blum, Willian Article 2010 We have to remind the American people of what they once knew but seem to have forgotten: that they don't want BIG government, or SMALL government; they don't want MORE government, or LESS government; ... GovernmentSources.ca Website A portal with information about government, Canadian and international, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and impor... Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Outrageous Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture Krasovitzky, Laura Article 2015 Civil asset forfeiture violates civil and property rights, not to mention fundamental notions of justice. Now, finally, it's under increasing fire. Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence Compiled: The Tyee's full, updated list of 70 Harper government assaults on democracy and the law. Beers, David; and Tyee Staff and Contributors Article 2015 Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have racked up dozens of serious abuses of power since forming government in 2006. From scams to smears, monkey-wrenching opponents to intimidating public servants... If U.S. Mass Media Were State-Controlled, Would They Look Any Different?: Snowden Coverage Cohen, Jeff Article 2013 The Edward Snowden leaks have revealed a U.S. corporate media system at war with independent journalism. Many of the same outlets that missed the Wall Street meltdown and cheer-led the Iraq invasion h... Information Terrorists?: The Vile Campaign Against Julian Assange and Wikileaks Lindorff, Dave Article 2010 WikiLeaks is under concerted attack from the US government. Also under attack by the US government is the whole idea of freedom of thought and of information. It needs to be clearly understood that th... John Pilger: The dirty war on WikiLeaks Pilger, John Article 2012 War by media, says current military doctrine, is as important as the battlefield. This is because the real enemy is the public at home, whose manipulation and deception is essential for starting an un... The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America -- and Spawned a Global Crisis Hudson, Michael W. Book 2010 Hudson explains the rise and fall of the subprime mortgage business by chronicling the rise and fall of two corporate empires: Ameriquest and Lehman Brothers, who did more than any other institutions ... Net freedom 'at stake' on WikiLeaks York, Jillian Article 2010 Internet service providers are cutting access to the whistleblower site, raising broader concerns about online freedom. One Thousand Years of Solitude: Life in the SHU Mariner, Joanne Article 2012 Indefinite solitary confinement: a large-scale experiment in sensory deprivation and social isolation. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - June 5, 2015: Residential schools Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices focuses on residential schools. As documented by the just-released report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, residential schools were set up to forcibly 'assim... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 21, 2015: Canadian federal election, mining and the environment Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Featuring the Canadian federal election, mining and the environment, failure of Syriza in Greece, refugees, veterans of India's struggle for independence. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 24, 2015: Whistleblowers and national security Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2015 This issue sheds light whistleblowers and the murky world of national security. Governments may often pay lip service to the importance of protecting whistleblowers, but in reality they are almost alw... PayPal admits US pressure over WikiLeaks account freeze Addley, Esther Article 2010 PayPal today admitted it suspended payments to WikiLeaks after an intervention from the US State Department. Police Ripped Off More Stuff Than Burglars Did Last Year: Civil asset forfeiture is big business for cops Smith, Phillip Article 2015 Law enforcement use of asset forfeiture laws to seize property -- often without a criminal conviction or even an arrest -- has gone through the roof in recent years, and now the cops are giving the cr... Reflections on a whistleblower: Two years after Snowden Tzabiras, Marianna Article 2015 Two years after Snowden, the international state of surveillance and the ranks of whistleblowers both continue to grow.
The Return of Debtors' Prisons: Reservations for the Poor Breyman, Steve Article 2010 Nearly a quarter of the people spending time behind bars on Riker’s Island in 2008 - one in four inmates - were there because they didn’t have the money to pay bail on a misdemeanor charge. These unfo... Revealed: How DOJ Gagged Google over Surveillance of WikiLeaks Volunteer Gallagher, Ryan Article 2015 The Obama administration fought a legal battle against Google to secretly obtain the email records of a security researcher and journalist associated with WikiLeaks. The Secret Secret: Of Wikileaks and Literacy Johnson, Jimmy Article 2010 Only those with proper clearances can participate in discussions that affect significant aspects of our lives. Certain technological achievements, our collective ethical decisions (torture, secret pri... The Servility of the Satellites: The Snowden Affair and the Destruction of Effective Democracy in Europe Johnstone, Diana Article 2013 Recent revelations confirm the completion of the transformation of the "Western democracies" into something else, an entity that as yet has no recognized name. The outrage against the Bolivian Preside... The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America from Slavery to the War on Terror Parenti, Christian; Rossetti, Chip (eds.) Book 2004 Parenti explores the history of American surveillance from colonial times to the present. What this historical evidence clearly reveals is a continuum of the culture of surveillance. The weakest, most... Spies Hacked Computers Thanks to Sweeping Secret Warrants, Aggressively Stretching U.K. Law Fishman, Andrew; Greenwald, Glenn Article 2015 British spies have received government permission to intensively study software programs for ways to infiltrate and take control of computers. The GCHQ spy agency was vulnerable to legal action for th... Spooky Business: A New Report on Corporate Espionage Against Non-profits: Sources News Release Article 2013 Giant corporations are employing highly unethical or illegal tools of espionage against nonprofit organizations with near impunity, according to a new report by Essential Information. Tracking Harper's 9-year-long assault on unions Manek, Haseena Article 2015 Stephen Harper has been Prime Minister of Canada for almost a decade. In that time, the system of protections that were put in place by decades of advocacy by labour organizations and unions has been ... Truth in Chains: The Arrest of Julian Assange Floyd, Chris Article 2010 Tell a truth that discomforts power, that challenges its domination over our lives, our discourse, our very thoughts, and you will be destroyed. No institution, public or private, will stand with you;... TSA's Gestapo Empire: A Greater Threat Than the Terrorists Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2010 The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is a far greater threat to the lives and freedom of Americans than the 'terrorists' it claims to be protecting them from. 12 most absurd laws used to stifle occupy movement Khalek, Rania Article 2011 Here are 12 desperate and unsuccessful measures the authorities are using to discourage, deter and crack down on peaceful protests. The US Government's Frontal Assault on Freedom: Hillary the Identity Thief Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2010 The leaked Wikileaks documents show that the last thing the US government wants anywhere is a government that is accountable to its own citizens instead of to the US government. Sources LibraryAustralian court imposes generalized news blackout on bribery case Sources News Release 2014 WikiLeaks has revealed the existence of a blanket gagging order applying to all citizens and news media throughout Australia. Big business censorship Boura, Malcolm 2011 Big business is almost entirely unaccountable. Some of the worst offenders are US corporations exporting harmful attitudes from the USA to the rest of the world. We suspect that some of them are drive... Electronic Frontier Foundation to Court: There's No Doubt the Government Destroyed NSA Spying Evidence Sources News Release 2014 The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a federal court today that there was no doubt that the government has destroyed years of evidence of NSA spying -- the government itself has admitted to i... IFJ Condemns United States "Desperate and Dangerous" Backlash over WikiLeaks Sources News Release 2010 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the political backlash being mounted against the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks and accused the United States of attacking free spe... Life Sentence Stories from four decades of court reporting - or, how I fell out of love with the Canadian justice system (especially judges) Blatchford, Christie 2016 Through an examination of notable trials she has covered, Chrisitie Blatchford makes the case that Canada's judicial system is out of control and often inept. Judges, she says, are the new senators, u... Will the government's counter-extremist programme criminalise dissent? Kundnani, Arun 2015 From 1 July, a broad range of public bodies - from nursery schools to optometrists - will be legally obliged to participate in the U.S. government’s Prevent policy to identify would-be extremists. Und... |
