Civil Liberties Roundup
Here’s a video about the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill, which the President will not veto, includes a provision that allows the military to detain…
Politics
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“The Love That Dares”
At Mother Jones, our friend Mac McClelland reports from Uganda, focusing on the defiance of the country’s gay community in the face of bigots (some of whom have American allies).…
On Persecuting Porn Performers
“We don’t know why porn stars should not teach children, why it’s OK to watch porn but not be in it, why we should have to hide our involvement in…
Guantánamo Diary
“They started taking detainees away every night, by groups of twenty. We didn’t know where they were going to, but we thought the US. One day, it was my group’s…
An Open Love Letter to Aliaa Magda Elmahdy
The New York Times recently ran an article about an Egyptian blogger named Aliaa Magda Elmahdy who posted a naked photo of herself on her blog, to the distress and disgust of…
Dog Hates Fags
Cassie J. Sneider sent us a lil’ piece she drew recently (based on this well-known photograph) that we just had to share. Catch it in all its glory after the…
“The Wizard of #OWS”
“We are not the leaders, but we did spark it.” Guernica chats with Kalle Lasn, the editor in chief of Adbusters.
On Civil Society
“It’s as though the great New York-centric moment of openness after 9/11, when we were ready to reexamine our basic assumptions and look each other in the eye, has returned,…
An Egypt/Arab Spring Roundup
Start with Juan Cole, who specializes in this area. He has a good list of links to Arab news sources and gives a well-rounded look at what’s happening right now…
Occupy UC Davis Roundup
This past Friday, November 18th, peacefully protesting UC Davis students were relentlessly pepper-sprayed. This is one of the videos that has caught the nation’s attention. Watch: Students stand silently in…
The Rumpus Interview with Adam, an Occupy Medic
On Thursday, November 17th, thousands of students gathered in Union Square Park as part of a mass strike in solidarity of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.