By Gareth Porter



March 21, 2012 "----VIENNA, Mar 20 (IPS) - The first detailed account of negotiations between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran last month belies earlier statements by unnamed Western officials portraying Iran as refusing to cooperate with the IAEA in…

I presented my story at TEDx Observer in London recently, and the video from the event has come online. This was the first time I was asked to tell my story, rather than talking about the pirate ideas.

After a significant amount of sweat, I knew what to say. (More conferences are already asking for this presentation, or variations on it, by the way.) I think it came out quite well for a 15-minute presentation:

This was at…

From TorrentFreak

A few days ago The Pirate Bay announced that in future parts of its site could be hosted on GPS controlled drones. To many this may have sounded like a joke, but in fact these pirate drones already exist. Project “Electronic Countermeasures” has built a swarm of five fully operational…

by Marklar

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March 20, 2012

The iconic American painter Norman Rockwell delivered an idealized vision of life in the United States. The American dream was put to canvas in a way that resonated with the innermost hopes and dreams of his fans, even…

Do the cops ever think about who they really work for? ~6:55 is where the an OWS protestor having a seizure is ignored and stared at while protestors voice their anger and indignation. Licensed EMTs offer to help but cops illegally deny the girl medical aid. Via We Are Change:…

Falkvinge.net The doctrine for authorities collecting sensitive, private data on citizens right now appears to be “your private data may be useful to us, and therefore, we shall take it by force”. From general wiretapping to data…

By Brendan O'Neill



March 15, 2012 "The Telegraph" -- Imagine if there were a criminal court in Britain which only ever tried black people, which ignored crimes committed by…

March 08, 2012

falkvinge.net

The latest round of domain seizures…

By Marklar

12160.info

October 31, 2011

Many people have seen and commented upon the Washington Post article on the Oakland OWS police riots where, in typcal MSM bootlickery, the photo accompanying the article featured a female police officer petting a cat that had supposedly been abandoned by the evil cat hating protestors. Quite a blatant piece of propaganda it seems.…

The copyright industry is not going quietly. The legitimacy of its monopolist and consumerist practices are still upheld by policymakers and…

A Huffington post article that listed DHS social monitoring keywords that included natural disaster related keywords such as hurricane, tornado, tsunami, and others was discussed on the Michael Rivero show now broadcast once again on RBN. Mike made light of this fact talking about how THEY are supposed to be telling US when a hurricane is coming rather than the other way around, also making a crack that when they hear enough chatter they'll be saying "send in the FEMA trailers" refering to…

Mark McGowan - The Artist Taxi Driver

Posted February 25,…

Originally published at Federal Jack

Hoodooengine

The whole #OccupyWallStreet thing is cool and all, but it's not a real party until some heavyweights of radical music start throwing their weight behind it. Fans of industrial metal will be pleased to know that KMFDM has done just that, releasing a new version of their…

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January 30, 2012

Anonymous exposes the nefarious goals of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Thanks to Chris Neitzert for the tip.

“Greetings, world. We are Anonymous.

We are here to reveal to you an arcane legal trick, which will be used to take away your freedom…

January 23, 2012

Chris Dodd

From the sickening department at…