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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsNews ReleasesBil'in: Palestinian Village Under Attack2009-08-07 Leaders of non-violent protests in Bil'in village against Israeli settlements and occupation arrested by Israeli occupation forces. International supporters are asked to support the non-violent resist... Five journalists get ten-year jail terms in Burma for 'violating state secrets'2014-07-11 Reporters without Borders In the latest in a series of reverses for media freedom in Burma, a court in the central region of Magway today sentenced five newspaper journalists to ten years in prison with hard labour on charges ... IFJ Demands End to Intimidation as Iran Shuts Journalists' Association2009-08-07 International Federation of Journalistshttps://gateway.sources.com/newsrelea International Federation of Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to end the campaign of intimidation of journalists in the country following closure of the Association of Journalists in Tehran who... Steady erosion of media rights as Thai military tightens its grip2014-06-28 International Federation of Journalists The IFJ is deeply concerned about reports of increasing control by the Thailand Military Junta over news and information on radio, television, printed and online media. Sources Select ResourcesAnd Then They Came For MeFinal Words from Lasantha Wickrematunge Wickrematunge, Lasantha Article 2009 The Sunday Leader An editorial by Lasantha Wickrematunge shortly before he was murdered on January 8, 2009, and published three days after his death. Big Oil's Ethical ViolenceBP and the Armed Suppression of Dissent in Colombia Coleman, Lara Montesinos Article 2015 CounterPunch To challenge impunity is not just to attempt to confine abuses to the past. It serves to expose crimes committed, to preserve memory of the past within the present, and to highlight contradictions bet... Bilin's Mohammad Khatib arrestedArticle 2009 One month after touring Canada key Palestinian activist kidnapped by Israeli soldiers in another in a series of raids that Israeli occupation forces have carried out in Bil#in since June 2009, raids t... Critique of Nonviolent PoliticsFrom Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement Ryan, Howard Book 1984 Ryan accepts that sometimes nonviolence can be effective, but says that sometimes it is not: "a principled insistence on nonviolence can in some circumstances be dangerous to progressive social moveme... Government Spying Aims to Silence UsSpritzler, John Article 2013 New Democracy World What the ruling class is aiming at, with these occasional "leaks" about its spying on us, is not so much to collect information about us but rather to make us feel so totally spied upon that we will b... Guatemala 1962 to 1980sBlum, William Article 1995 Common Courage Press An account of the United States' repeated intereventions in Guatemala. How the Government Secretly Demanded the IP Address of Every Visitor to Political News Site Indymedia.usArticle 2009 Electronic Frontier Foundation Secrecy surrounds law enforcement's communications surveillance practices like a dense fog. Particularly shrouded in secrecy are government demands issued under 18 U.S.C. § 2703 of the Stored Communic... A human rights activist, a secret prison and a tale from Xi Jinping's new China Phillips, Tom Article 2017 The Guardian Weekly Peter Dahlin tells the story of his incarceration and expulsion from the People's Republic of China, where he spent 23 days in a 'black prison' in Beijing and was deprived of sleep and questioned with... IFJ Demands End to Intimidation as Iran Shuts Journalists' AssociationSources News Release Article 2009 International Federation of Journalistshttps://gateway.sources.com/newsrelea International Federation of Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to end the campaign of intimidation of journalists in the country following closure of the Association of Journalists in Tehran who... India - Now Nuclear and Environmental Dissent is a CrimeSundaram, Kumar Article 2014 Ecologist In modern India any form of dissent from the neoliberal corporate model of development is being criminalised. Opponents of nuclear power, coal mines, GMOs, giant dams, are all under attack as enemies ... The Making of Jericho RoadAgainst The Current vol. 132 Williams, Charles Article 2008 Against The Current An interview with Michael Honey. The paperback edition of Michael Honey’s Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign is released this January 2008. A Marxist History of the World part 100: 1968-1975: the workers' revoltFaulkner, Neil Article 2012 Counterfire As the crisis of capitalism spread around the world, the working class took centre stage – but the revolt did not result in successful revolution anywhere. The mass graves of KashmirIndia's dirty war unmasked Scott-Clark, Cathy Article 2012 The Guardian For 22 years this contested region has endured a regime of torture and disappeared civilians. Now a local laywer is discovering their unmarked graves and challenging India's abuses. Montreal spends $110,000 on private lawyers to fight challenge to anti-protest bylawThere's room for austerity around everything except repression McSorley, Tim Article 2014 Media Co-op As the city of Montreal tightens its belt-buckle and is cutting budgets, two Montrealers who are challenging the city's regulations around demonstrations are questioning the amount of resources the ci... New report details 'brutal' Israeli policiesCook, Jonathan Article 2014 The first bullet struck 16-year-old Samir Awad in his left leg. He staggered away as fast as he could, but was too slow. A second round slammed into his left shoulder, exiting from the right side of h... The Return of COINTELPRO?Time to Target the Real Terrorists McNamara, Tom Article 2013 CounterPunch The FBI was using its offices and agents across the country as early as August 2011 to engage in a massive surveillance scheme against Occupy Wall Street. The documents show a government agency at its... Uruguay 1964-1970Blum, William Article 1995 Common Courage Press An account of American involvement in torture and counter-insurgency in Uruguay. Sources BookshelfCommunication for and Against DemocracyRaboy, Marc and Bruck, Peter A. (ed.) Book 1989 This anthology explores the circumstances in which communication serves at times as an instrument of repression and domination, and at others as a support for human emancipation. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaPart 1: Thought Control in a Democratic Society. Part 2: Activating Dissent Achbar, Mark; Wintonick, Peter; (Chomsky, Noam) Book 1993 ... Necessary IllusionsThought Control in Democratic Societies Chomsky, Noam Book 1989 An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ide... |
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