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Jul 092014
Jun 272014
Recommend: go to the URL and listen to the interview with Levison. I captured the text of the news story below, for backup purposes. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lavabit-founder-fought-9-month-legal-battle-with-fbi-1.2658374 After refusing hand encryption codes to federal agents, Ladar Levison had to shut down his company CBC News Posted: May 29, 2014 Last year Ladar Levison shut down Lavabit, the […]
Apr 172014
With many organizations now putting out lengthy lists of “good news stories” I have the impression of a rapidly mobilizing, empowered citizenry. It’s like spring has arrived; there is new life shooting up everywhere around us! I selected just a few examples. Can’t celebrate if we don’t know about them! 1. 2014-04-17 Monsanto and Big Food […]
Apr 142014
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/14-6 Guardian and Washington Post each honored with Pulitzer for Public Service Lauren McCauley, staff writer Ewen MacAskill, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong to meet NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on June 10, 2013. (Photo by Laura Poitras) The Washington Post and the Guardian/US were both awarded one of journalism’s top honors […]
Apr 122014
From: Bennett Sent: March-24-14 To: Sandy Finley Subject: Snowden, et al I am a great admirer of Snowden amd will listen to his presentation, likely tomorrow if all goes well (and it may not go well at all) I have been harping on this privacy issue for a long time but people don;t seem […]
Apr 062014
Robert F Kennedy Jr is a “warrior” in the public interest. We have followed some of his work. Now this: Lois writes: Robert Kennedy frames some of the problems we are facing here in Canada: The environment and democracy are interlinked You can’t have corporations running our country as they do not want the same things […]
Apr 032014
The waves of mobilization underway are incredible! This is American based. Just a small sampling. Most of them are new to me. I have particular interest in Reset The Net (you’ll see it below) because it’s related to the Edward Snowden leaks and thereby to Lockheed Martin’s participation in Statistics Canada. Excerpts from http://www.nationofchange.org/waves-nationwide-actions-planned-key-historic-moment-1396532177 Tim DeChristopher, […]
Apr 032014
In follow-up to: 2014-03-24 Snowden, Vancouver, TED Talks From Popular Resistance, DAILY MOVEMENT NEWS Reset the Net, seeks to restore privacy to the Internet by our own actions rather than waiting for the government, which seems to put the security state ahead of our privacy. People are taking action now to push Internet providers […]
Mar 242014
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/marc-nadon-appointment-rejected-by-supreme-court-1.2581388 Marc Nadon cannot take his seat on the Supreme Court of Canada, the court’s justices said Friday, in an unprecedented move that blocks Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s latest appointment to the top court. In a six-to-one decision, a majority of justices on the top court ruled that Nadon doesn’t qualify to join them […]
Mar 242014
Edward Snowden made a surprise visit on TED Talks March 18th in Vancouver. More than 100,000 people are watching the video every day. http://on.ted.com/j07uc Just watch the video, if you haven’t already. If you have time for more, read on. But not at the expense of watching the video! Cheers! Sandra = […]