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The Specter of Market-Stalinism in China Print E-mail
posted by Matthew   
Friday, 06 June 2008
'Remember that we’ve always been told that free markets and free people go hand in hand?  That was a lie.  It turns out that the most efficient delivery system for capitalism is actually a communist-style police state, fortressed with American “homeland security” technologies, pumped with “war on terror” rhetoric.’-Naomi Klein
last updated ( Sunday, 08 June 2008 )
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Banned from Japan, Antonio Negri Print E-mail
posted by Matthew   
Friday, 28 March 2008
Antonio Negri was denied a visa for entry to Japan, evidently based on political accusations surrounding his alleged relationship with the Italian Red Brigades in the late 1970s.
last updated ( Friday, 28 March 2008 )
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NYC Immigration Agent Recorded Demanding Sex (21 March, 2008) Print E-mail
posted by shaftesbury   
Friday, 21 March 2008
Mar 21st, 2008 | NEW YORK -- "A federal immigration official who was recorded demanding sex from a young Colombian woman in exchange for a green card was arrested on corruption charges, prosecutors said Friday."
last updated ( Friday, 21 March 2008 )
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Movement Monitoring: Bio(metrics) and Zoe(lodging) Print E-mail
posted by Genevi   
Sunday, 09 March 2008
As the United States congress debates the FISA bill, or more importantly - the retroactive immunity for telecom companies currently under consideration, the surveillance society is continually strengthened and a police state expanded. And while it seems that the government and telecoms are immune from law, above law, and therefore sovereign - a study released last week says that 1% (actually 1 in 99.1) of their subjects [Americans] are in fact in violation of law and currently in prison.
last updated ( Monday, 10 March 2008 )
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Privatizing the Internet and “the Public” Print E-mail
posted by Genevi   
Wednesday, 05 March 2008
On January 25 The Federal Communications Commission held a rare public hearing regarding their investigations into internet companies like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon, who have been repeatedly caught blocking and spying on their customer’s internet activities. Hundreds of concerned citizens arrived to speak out on the importance of an open Internet, but were outdone by the corporate giants who had paid seat fillers to take their place. Comcast later admitted paying people to stack the room in their favor.
last updated ( Wednesday, 05 March 2008 )
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