Jeremy Scahill is National Security Correspondent for The Nation magazine and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. His most recent book Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield was published in April of this year. He also wrote and produced the film Dirty Wars
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drive-by planet: Edward Snowden interview part 2: Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua offer asylum
A second part of Glenn Greenwald‘s interview with Edward Snowden was released this week. The interview took place on 6 June 2013 in a Hong Kong hotel room. Journalist Laura Poitras was responsible for the filming. In the course of this newly released transcript, Snowden touches on his motivations… why
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Greenwald via Skype at Socialism 2013: ‘world will be shocked’ by upcoming NSA exposé
At the Socialism 2013 conference in Chicago, Glenn Greenwald received deserved accolades from introductory speakers Sherry Wolf and Jeremy Scahill. Greenwald spoke via Skype about the courage and integrity of Edward Snowden and the importance of his NSA surveillance revelations. He had this to say about the attacks on Snowden:
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Why Is A Free Press Important?
Watch this video of an interview with Glenn Greenwald for part of the answer: H/t Popular Resistance Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: If Woodward And Bernstein Were Dead
…. I’m sure there would be reports of seismic activity in the vicinity of their graves over this question asked of Glenn Greenwald by Meet the Press host David Gregory about the propriety of his bringing Edward Snowden’s story to the world: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Heroes and Villains
There is little doubt in my mind that the economic chaos defining the lives of millions of people is intentional, not just so their labour can be exploited as cheaply as possible, but also because desperate citizens make for compliant and disciplined drones. Historically, it has usually been thus, with
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Another Portrait In Integrity
While Edward Snoden will undoubtedly be portrayed in the days and weeks to come as a traitor to his country, his courageous revelation of the domestic spying that the NSA is engaged in earns my admiration. Not only has he demonstrated his personal courage and convictions by his willingness to
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Wicked Witch war of words: ‘Has Thatcher bashing crossed a line?’ Well, er… no!
The Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. Below, Ezra Levant in an orange wig with a can of Orange Crush mocks Jack Layton’s funeral. RIP or give it a rest? Oh my – quelle horreur! – naughty Britons still appalled by the depredations visited upon their
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Glenn Greenwald To Speak in Ottawa
I received a note the other day from Bill Owen, who informed me that he is bringing well-known author and civil rights activist Glenn Greenwald to Ottawa on April 12 to speak at St. Paul’s University. To quote from the announcement, Glenn is recognized as one of the most influential
Continue readingCNN’s Erin Burnett makes play to become this decade’s Judith Miller
Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi put he screws to Erin Burnett for her Judith Miller act – promoting a new war, this time with Iran. She employs all of the old Miller tricks, including fear mongering, acting as stenographer for hawks and presenting trumped-up ‘evidence’. You can just feel it:
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