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Secrets/Secrecy
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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. Results33 Connexions Library1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 7 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryBeyond Panama: Unlocking the world's secrecy jurisdictions Article 2016 The 21 jurisdictions covered by the Panama Papers data vary from the rolling hills of Wyoming to tropical getaways like the British Virgin Islands. But all have at least one thing in common - secrecy ... Canada After Harper: His Ideology-fuelled Attack on Canadian Society and Values, and How We Can Resist and Create the Country We Want Finn, Ed (editor) Book 2015 Essays documenting the breadth and depth of the Harper government's attack on institutions, policies, and programs that embody values and principles shared by most Canadians: education, health care, w... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Fighting Secrecy and the National Security State: An Interview With Birgitta Jonsdottir, the Co-Producer of WikiLeaks's "Collateral Murder" Video Bernstein, Dennis Article 2013 An interview with Iceland Member of Parliament Birgitta Jonsdottir of the Pirate Party on the status of the international struggle against government secrecy and surveillance. 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... The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies, and the Shaping of a Modern Nation Cobain, Ian Book 2016 Ian Cobain uncovers the role of secrecy in the British state - and the lies, omissions and misrepresentations we've been fed to maintain the facade of a fair and just Britain. The History Thieves - Review: How Britain covered up its imperial crimes Jack, Ian Book 2016 A review of Ian Cobain's book The History Thieves, an engrossing study which identifies secrecy as a 'very British disease', exploring how, as the empire came to an end, government officials burned th... Key evidence in EU's risk assessment of glyphosate must not remain 'trade secret' Corporate Europe Observatory Article 2016 The chemical industry and the European Food Safety Authority are refusing to disclose key scientific evidence about glyphosate's risks, citing 'trade secrets' protection, writes Corporate Europe Obser... Kill The Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know Bourrie, Mark Book 2015 Ottawa has become a place where the nation's business is done in secret, and access to information - the lifeblood of democracy in Canada - is under attack. Leaked TTIP papers reveal 100% corporate sellout Tickell, Oliver Article 2016 Secret documents leaked to Greenpeace from the EU-US TTIP negotiations show that environmental protection, climate change mitigation, consumer protection, public health and sustainability are sacrific... Mistaking Omniscience for Omnipotence : In a World Without Privacy, There Are No Exemptions for Our Spies  Engelhardt, Tom Article 2013 Given how similar they sound and how easy it is to imagine one leading to the other, confusing omniscience (having total knowledge) with omnipotence (having total power) is easy enough. It’s a reasona... The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Ehrlich, Judith; Goldsmith, Rick Film/Video In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War strategist, concludes that America’s role in the war is based on decades of lies. He leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times, a ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 7, 2016: Depression and Joy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 It's a difficult thing to measure, but there are strong reasons for believing that the number of people struggling with depression has increased significantly in recent decades. Despite the evidence t... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 22, 2017: Secrecy and Power Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Secrecy is a weapon the powerful use against their enemies: us. This issue of Other Voices explores the relationship of secrecy and power. PFC Bradley Manning, Patriot: Why Manning was Within His Rights to Give Secrets to Wikileaks Ross, Sherwood Article 2010 The Politics of the Family: The 1968 Massey Lectures Laing, R.D. Book 1968 Laing makes the case that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential, and instead accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family. Quotes about Free Speech Unclassified Secrecy and Revolution: A Reply to Trotsky Serge, Victor Article 1938 Whether Trotsky wills it or not, no limit has been set to the analysis of the Russian revolution, which he has served so outstandingly, so tremendously - despite the measure of responsibility which mu... Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze Article 2013 Big players are taking unprecedented steps to stop offshore abuses, but financial crime fighters worry reforms don’t go far enough. Secret Armies, Shadow Wars, Silent Unaccountability Foster, Gregory D. Article 2016 We live today in an era of postmodern war. It's a two-front war -- the first being the virtual front of threats, posturing, and arms buildups we persist in waging, Cold War-style, against state-based ... Secret 'BADASS' Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones Lee, Micah Article 2015 British and Canadian spy agencies accumulated sensitive data on smartphone users, by piggybacking on ubiquitous software from advertising and analytics companies, according to a document obtained by N... 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 Secrets in Israel's Archives: Evidence of Ethnic Cleansing Kept Under Lock and Key Cook, Jonathan Article 2010 Israel has extended the time limit for releasing documents in its archives to 70 years, to prevent disclosure of evidence of widespread ethnic cleansing. The state's chief archivist says many of the ... The Socialist Register 1979: Volume 16: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 A series of essays on the state of the global economy. Telling the Truth: Socialist Register 2006 Panitch, Leo; Keys, Colin (eds.) Book 2005 A collection of essays that examines the difficulties of illuminating the degenerative and secretive nature of public life. The Thrust Toward Opacity: Shh! It's a Secret! Glickman Gene Article 2013 Lately we’ve been bombarded by Secrets. We don’t know many of the details, but we do know of their existence, at least some of them. Let’s turn briefly to some specifics, first in the area of intellig... Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky Chomsky, Noam; edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel Book 2001 In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all published here for the first time, Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades, covering topics from foreign polic... U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy Wikileaks Article 2010 This document is a classifed (SECRET/NOFORN) 32 page U.S. counterintelligence investigation into WikiLeaks. ``The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in the U.S. govern... Volkswagen and the Quandary of Hidden Code Blunden, Bill Article 2015 After Volkswagen's emissions-rigging scandal, Blunden states that this company is not the only one engaging in the practice of secretly modifying technology. Rather, systematic hidden codes are embedd... Why Wikileaks is Good for Democracy Quigley, Bill Article 2010 The US has been going in the wrong direction for years by classifying millions of documents as secrets. Wikileaks and other media which report these so called secrets will embarrass people yes. Wikile... WikiLeaks, Corruption and the Super Injunction: Suppression and Information Kampmark, Binoy Article 2014 In Australia, whose institutions still pride themselves on an antiquated obsession with aspects of English gagging, suppression orders do retain a certain mystique. They certainly do in the Australian... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryBill to stifle flow of information poised to pass in Japan Sources News Release 2013 The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by a new state secrets bill before the Japanese parliament, which, if passed, would broaden the government's power to determine which informat... Files that may shed light on colonial crimes still kept secret by UK Cobain, Ian; Norton-Taylor, Richard 2013 Secret government files from the final years of the British empire are still being concealed despite a pledge by William Hague, the foreign secretary, that they would be declassified and opened to the... Secrecy and Power Introduction to the July 22, 2017 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2017 It is one of the essential attributes of power that it insists on secrecy. Or, more precisely, those who wield power over others routinely claim that the details of what they do, and why they do it, a... Secret funding helped build vast network of climate denial thinktanks Goldenberg, Suzanne 2013 Anonymous billionaires donated $120m to more than 100 anti-climate groups working to discredit climate change science. Trade agreements and the corporate war on democracy Introduction to the November 7, 2015 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2015 The Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated in secret, and now scheduled to be rubber-stamped by national governments on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, is best understood as a major milestone in the long-... US news media to be monitored to curb leaks 2012 A series of leak leads U.S. officials to take additional measures to stop the public from learning about government secrets. From the Connexions ArchivesIntelligentSearch.ca Website 2017 A web portal featuring topics related to research and the Internet. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make ... |
