Exclusive: An international community of resistance has formed against pervasive spying by the U.S. National Security Agency with key enclaves in Moscow (with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden) and in London (with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange), way stations visited by ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
Category: Human Rights
WPost’s Slimy Assault on Gary Webb
Israel’s ‘Moral Hazard’ in Gaza
James Risen’s Painful Truths
Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis Demand Respect
Exclusive: Thousands of Ukraine’s neo-Nazis surrounded the parliament in Kiev demanding that the government honor Ukrainian paramilitary forces who fought for Adolf Hitler in World War II, another embarrassing reminder of the extremism unleashed by last February’s U.S.-backed coup, says Robert…
A Shift toward Recognizing Palestine
Obama’s Much-Conflicted Syrian Policy
An Imperial Death Grip on Democracy
A Murder Mystery at Guantanamo Bay
The Lost Hope of Democracy
Western nations are fond of using “democracy promotion” as a justification for interfering in other countries, including overthrowing elected leaders (as in Ukraine). But Western democracies themselves often fall short of democratic values, as John Chuckman explains.