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Kerry on Climate Bill: 'We're Prepared to Compromise Further
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/29-11

Friends of The Earth: Senator Kerry Pledges to Follow Capitulation with Compromise
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/29-15

Senate Dems Give Up On Climate Bill, What Does the Future Hold For U.S. Energy Policy?
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By Fred Branfman

Is the suffering our leaders inflict on innocent civilians relevant to deciding whether to support our present war-making in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Would it matter if the N.Y. Times had run daily profiles and photos of Iraqi civilian victims since 2003, as it did of U.S. victims after 9/11?

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EU states 'use outsourced torture'

Britain, France and Germany must stop using intelligence obtained through torture in third-party countries, a report from Human Rights Watch has said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/06/2010629134355923668.html


From Information Clearing House

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Witnessing against torture

CounterPunch
by Kathy Kelly

06/23/10

Many people come to the capitol every day of the year. They are free to ask questions and to make comments. But, if you raise questions and comments of a political nature, police officials believe they must enforce a law to restrict your enactment of this right, even though the Constitution insists that Congress shall make no law to abridge the right of people to assemble peaceably for redress of grievance. We believed that expression of grief and remorse for the lost lives of these three men should properly happen in a place where U.S. people mourn the loss of a president’s life. While a U.S. president possesses near-unimaginable power, the men whom we mourned suffered from unimaginable powerlessness. Earnest mourning of these lost lives was crucial for truthful recognition that the U.S. government has used torture as a means of punishment, possibly even lethal punishment, in violation of international law and basic human rights...

http://counterpunch.org/kelly06232010.html



A legal cover for torture?

CounterPunch
by Sheldon Richman

06/23/10

It’s not enough that the last gang to occupy the Executive Branch got us into two illegal wars, accumulated autocratic powers, violated our civil liberties, and tortured suspects. Now it appears that it kicked things up a notch. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) says it has unearthed ‘evidence that indicates the Bush administration apparently conducted illegal and unethical human experimentation and research on detainees in CIA custody’...

http://counterpunch.org/richman06232010.html



Under pressure, UK promises torture guidelines

Macon Telegraph

06/28/10

The British government promised Monday to quickly issue its spies a fresh set of guidelines on how to avoid being complicit in torture. The announcement addresses a legal challenge to the existing guidelines, which human rights group Reprieve said allowed British intelligence agents to gather information extracted through torture — even if they weren’t directly involved in the mistreatment...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Calling for Accountability on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Andy Worthington, Truthout: "Today is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1997, to mark the ratification of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on June 26, 1987. As UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan explained on June 26, 1998 (when the day was first marked), 'This is a day on which we pay our respects to those who have endured the unimaginable. This is an occasion for the world to speak up against the unspeakable....' At the time, Annan lamented that, although over 100 States had ratified the Convention, the use of torture was 'still reported' in many of those countries."

http://www.truth-out.org/calling-accountability-international-day-support-victims-torture60786

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Britain, France, Germany Use Torture Intel: HRW
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/29-2



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Frankfurt/Main will sich wieder einmal internationalen Finanzhaien ausliefern. Breiter Widerstand.

Interview von Gitta Düperthal mit Werner Rügemer, Publizist und Autor des Buches »Heuschrecken im ­öffentlichen Raum – Public-Private-­Partnership« sowie Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Köln, in junge Welt vom 15.06.2010 http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/06-15/026.php


Landesrechnungshof Sachsen-Anhalt zu PPP-Projekten in Halle: teurer und zu Lasten künftiger Generationen

„Im halleforum.de gibt es heute einen interessanten Artikel zu einem kritischen Bericht vom Landesrechnungshof über PPP-Projekte in Halle, also über Öffentlich-private Projekte zum Bau, zur Sanierung und zur Unterhaltung von öffentlichen Einrichtungen wie Schulen und Kindertagesstätten. Das Ergebnis ist ähnlich wie bei früheren Untersuchungen. Der Bundesrechnungshof hatte schon Anfang der Neunzigerjahre zum Beispiel vor der Privatfinanzierung öffentlicher Straßenbauprojekte gewarnt…“ Artikel von Albrecht Müller in den Nachdenkseiten vom 31. Mai 2010 http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=5715


Public Private Partnership – das trojanische Pferd der Privatisierung

„Privatisierung ist out. Die Überführung öffentlicher Dienste und öffentlichen Eigentums in private Hände wird von der Bevölkerungsmehrheit abgelehnt. Public Private Partnership (PPP) gilt nach offizieller Lesart allerdings nicht als Privatisierung. Sie wird von Befürwortern als »goldener Mittelweg zwischen Staatswirtschaft und Privatwirtschaft« beworben, der angeblich besonders effiziente und nachhaltige Investitionen erlaubt. Doch was ist PPP eigentlich genau?...“ Artikel von Carl Waßmuth im Rundbrief der Bewegungsstiftung Nr. 2/2010 (pdf) http://www.ppp-irrweg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/AGs/AG_Privatisierung/BS_Aktuell_S.2.pdf


Aktionstage gegen die Geheimhaltung bei PPP Verträgen vom 11. bis 28. Juni 2010

Die Attac-Kampagne "PPP-Irrweg" startete am 11.6. bundesweite Aktionstage zur Offenlegung von PPP-Verträgen. Siehe dazu die Homepage zu den Aktionstagen mit vielen Hintergründen und aktuallen Meldungen http://www.ppp-irrweg.de/


Zwänge und Abwege kommunaler Strukturpolitik am Beispiel der Hanauer Innenstadtsanierung

Artikel von Friedhelm Winkel vom 11.6.2010 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/wipo/gats/hanau.pdf


Umsonst durch die Stadt. Sozialer Ausgleich und Umweltschutz dank Freifahrt im Nahverkehr

„Viele Großstädte ersticken buchstäblich im Verkehr. Eine stärkere Nutzung von Bus, Tram, U- und S-Bahn könnte da Wunder wirken. Doch die sind so manchem zu teuer. In Paris, Berlin und anderswo wollen linke und Umweltgruppen deshalb die kostenlose Nutzung öffentlicher Verkehrsmittel durchsetzen…“ Artikel von Peter Nowak im ND vom 21.06.2010 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/173494.umsonst-durch-die-stadt.html


Die private Stadtpolizei – rechtswidriges ppp zu Lasten des Steuerzahlers?

„Die Privatisierung der öffentlichen Sicherheit und Ordnung treibt seltsame Blüten. In Südhessen ist der Geschäftsführer einer Sicherheitsfirma zum Stadtpolizisten ernannt worden. Parallel dazu sollen Kooperationen zwischen der Polizei und privaten Sicherheitsdiensten weiter ausgebaut werden. Durch den Verschmelzungsprozess der Sicherheitsbehörden mit der Sicherheitsindustrie werden die Grundrechte und das Gewaltmonopol beeinträchtigt…“ Artikel von SAFERCITY.DE vom 22.05.2010 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2010/05/281971.shtml


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Boston Globe

06/21/10

It wasn’t until seven weeks after the BP oil well began gushing that the company acknowledged oil remained hidden under the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, and it continues to dispute the extent of miles-long submerged plumes. But an unusual experiment conducted in 2000 off the coast of Norway, a trial run of a deep-water oil and gas spill that BP helped pay for, showed that oil could remain underwater for some time. The North Atlantic exercise was designed to understand how a spill would behave as the drilling industry plumbed new depths to extract oil and gas. The federal Minerals Management Service and 22 companies took part in the test, at about half the depth of the gulf disaster...

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BP and the unmitigated disaster

Intellectual Conservative
by Alan Caruba

06/21/10

The Gulf of Mexico could turn into a giant dead zone if some means cannot be found to staunch the flow of oil and toxic gases emerging from the damaged well beneath the Deepwater Horizon. Industry insiders who understand the engineering of wells are beginning to speak openly among themselves of an unmitigated disaster. … The event and previous explosions at its refineries were the result of years of an internal BP philosophy that focused on profits before safety. Whether it was accident-prone refineries or corrosion in the Alaska pipeline, BP cut corners...

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Defending aggressors is not a market virtue

Center for a Stateless Society
by Ross Kenyon

06/23/10

The left-wing blogosphere is alight with anti-corporate sentiment, and rightfully so, at Congressman Joe Barton’ s (R-TX) apology to British Petroleum. He recently called the $20 billion restitution fund a ’shakedown.’ Although the congressman has rescinded his comments, I also share his strong dislike of this scheme, but not because this is any more of a shakedown than anything else the state does. The American government has a magnificently horrible record of managing any quantity of money both practically and morally, and I don’t see how they would be any better at distributing funds to innocent victims of environmental disasters. The state has also made it standard operating procedure to protect aggressive firms from being brought to complete justice through limited liability laws in an anti-market and fascistic way...

http://c4ss.org/content/2932



Barack Obama, dictator

Campaign For Liberty
by Jacob G. Hornberger

06/23/10

What better example of dictatorship than President Obama’s dictate to BP to deliver $20 billion to a special fund that will be distributed by some political appointee to victims of the BP oil disaster? Either a nation is ruled by a dictator or it’s governed by the rule of law...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=959



Sympathy for the devil?

Libertarian Minds
by James Padilioni, Jr.

06/23/10

So let me get this straight. We have a court system designed to allow citizens to petition the government for a redress of grievances. However, instead of using the Constitutionally-established judicial system, the president decides that he will tell-not ask, but tell BP that they must put money aside to compensate those who have been harmed as a result of BP’s actions, as well as suspend the payments of dividends to their investors. This fund will also be managed by an unelected, unaccountable third party. And also, don’t forget that for the last 3 weeks the Justice Department has been in the Gulf region looking into what criminal charges they can bring against BP. Here we have the POTUS using his authority, and presumably the threat of his DOJ, to strong arm a private business to do his bidding, without any due process. If this were done to a private citizen, we’d all cry tyranny. But when it happens to a large corporation, the cries are few and far between. There are many reasons why establishing a fund may be a good thing, but there are no legal ones...

http://www.libertarianminds.com/sympathy-for-the-devil



Oil gushes and power rushes

Reason
by Jacob Sullum

06/23/10

Last week, after President Obama pressured BP to create a compensation fund for victims of its oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, Rep. Joe Barton denounced the arrangement as ‘a $20 billion shakedown.’ The Texas Republican said the fund has ‘no legal standing’ and circumvents the ‘due process system’ for assigning blame and ordering compensation. Although Barton was widely mocked for appearing to defend a huge corporation that is responsible for the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, he had a point. Obama’s grandstanding money grab exemplifies the lawless unilateralism that he condemned as a candidate yet embraced as a president...

http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/23/oil-gushes-and-power-rushes


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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BP's Other Gifts to America-and to the World

By Lawrence S. Wittner

Given the sordid record of BP and other giant oil companies, we might wonder why we tolerate them at all.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25793.htm



The Real Shakedown to Apologize For

By Marty Kaplan

If Barack Obama's extraction of $20 billion from BP was-as Texas Republican Joe Barton called it - a "shakedown," then what would Barton call the $14.4 million he has extracted during his career from oil and gas interests, electric utilities, the health sector, chemical manufacturers, finance and all the other industries forking over cash to him?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25791.htm

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Judge Who Ruled Against Offshore Drilling Moratorium Invests in Oil Industry
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/22-16

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Obama gives BP a get out of jail free card
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/873.html

It's raining oil in Metro New Orleans
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/874.html

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BP Mistake Allows Oil to Flow Unhindered Into Gulf

McClatchy Newspapers: "Workers pulled the 'top hat' device collecting crude oil from BP's gushing Deepwater Horizon well Wednesday morning in a major setback to efforts to contain the leak."

http://www.truth-out.org/bp-oil-leak-setback-top-hat-removed-oil-flow-continues60705



BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to Come

Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com: "On June 15th, in their testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the chief executives of America's leading oil companies argued that BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was an aberration - something that would not have occurred with proper corporate oversight and will not happen again once proper safeguards are put in place. This is fallacious, if not an outright lie."

http://www.truth-out.org/bp-style-extreme-energy-nightmares-come60684

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Why Is Obama Aggravating the Oil Spill Tragedy?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/williams-w/w-williams39.html

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A French environmental reporter's take on the Gulf Disaster
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9757/

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Offshore Drilling Opponents to Stage Global Beach Protests
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/24-8

Center for Biological Diversity: Petition Filed to Increase Protection of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Devastated by Rushed Oil-Drilling Permits
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/24-4



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Washington Post

06/21/10

Wikileaks.org plans to release as soon as this week documents related to a U.S. airstrike that killed Afghan civilians last year and plans to release combat footage of the incident this summer, the founder of the whistleblower site said in an interview Monday. Julian Assange said the documents pertain to an attack near the Afghan village of Garani, which killed scores of civilians in May 2009. In April, Wikileaks released video footage of a U.S. Apache helicopter attack in Iraq that killed several civilians, including two employees of the Reuters news service...

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Wanted by the CIA: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Belfast Telegraph [Ireland]

07/19/10

“There are not many journalists who, when you ask them if they are being followed by the CIA, say ‘We have surveillance events from time to time.’ Actually it’s not a question I’ve ever asked before, and Julian Assange does not call himself a journalist. But the answer is typical of this 41-year-old former computer-hacker: cryptic, dispassionate, and faintly self-important. As the founder of Wikileaks, Assange has become the pin-up of web-age investigative journalists. The US has wanted him for questioning since March, after he posed a video showing an American helicopter attack that left several Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists dead. Understandably, he now avoids the US, and keeps his movements secret, though it’s thought he operates out of Sweden and is spending time in Iceland, where a change in the law is creating a libel-free haven for journalists. But if the CIA spooks wanted him that badly, couldn’t they have turned up, as a hundred adoring student journalists did, to hear him talk at the Centre for Investigative Journalism 10 days ago?

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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WikiLeaks Founder Drops 'Mass Spying' Hint

By Andrew Fowler

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has given his strongest indication yet about the next big leak from his whistleblower organisation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25806.htm



Hail To The Whistleblowers

By James Denselow

Whistleblowers like those at WikiLeaks make huge sacrifices and are a vital last resort to check the powers of government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25798.htm



Wikileaks: A Publisher Of Last Resort "privatized censorship"

Video

Wikileaks editor interview on censorship.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25799.htm



Police official says: NATO Force Kill 8 Civilians

An Afghan police official said on Monday that eight civilians were killed in a NATO raid in the southern province of Kandahar, but the alliance claimed the victims were Taliban fighters.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article490284.ece



US attack kills three Afghan civilians

The civilians were killed in a US attack in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar on Tuesday.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=132629&sectionid=351020403



NATO airstrike accidentally kills 5 Afghan troops

NATO mistakenly killed five of its Afghan army allies in an airstrike Wednesday while they were attacking insurgents in the country's east, officials said.

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Den einzigen Stecker ziehen
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Interview mit Jürgen Roth über kriminelle Strukturen des Finanzkapitals.
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Is There an End in Sight in Afghanistan?
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What’s Wrong with Being the World’s Most Peaceful Country?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/21-1

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Obama is no Superman

AntiWar.Com
by Kelley B. Vlahos

06/22/10

As the ecology in the Gulf circles the sticky tar drain of evolution, and countless livelihoods spanning at least four states going down with it, Americans are wondering where their Superman is. The disappointment that President Barack Obama seems stuck in the phone booth, still deciding whether to get his suit on, is nothing new. Those of us hoping for similar action in Afghanistan have been waiting for more than a year. Turns out that Obama doesn’t really do bold and heroic — it’s not his style — and he certainly doesn’t come off as decisive, unless he’s pushed. Where George Bush was ‘the decider,’ Obama seems to lead by committee, and not the kind of committee that gets things done...

http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2010/06/21/obama-is-no-superman/



The Obama administration and its pundit-defenders

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

06/21/10

It really is hard to imagine many things worse, more criminal, than imprisoning people for years whom you know are innocent, while fighting in court to keep them imprisoned. But that’s exactly what the Obama administration is doing. … Of course, none of this is new for the Obama administration; it’s consistent with their course of conduct from the start. I highlight this today only because there is an obvious, concerted effort by a slew of Democratic Beltway pundits over the last month or so to attack the so-called ‘Left’ for daring to express displeasure with the Obama administration, and to demonize those objections as unserious, shrill, irrational, purist and all the other cliches long used by this same cadre of party apparatchiks for the same purpose...

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How the state causes collapse

New Kind of Mind
by Chris George

06/30/10

The State finances itself initially through the rent (taxes) it demands on its expansive land claim. But the State attracts those who would want to be part of it — who want to live off the production of others — and, despite its barriers to entry, it grows. If it were to not expand its scope while its size grew, people would likely become angry and revolt as a result of its increased tax burden. Therefore, to accommodate its growing size, it must expand its scope of control into other realms of the economy, perhaps by ‘nationalizing’ education or welfare services. In other words, the State removes control of the public goods from the public...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Americans Are Barely Hanging on
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Millions Face Starvation as Niger Prays in Vain for Rain
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Adapt and Survive: A Final Warning
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BP 'Downplayed' Oil Concerns
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/21-0

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Just a Few Things BP Does NOT Want You to Know…

Video

Every freedom-loving American should be incensed. US citizens cannot even get to the coastline in Louisiana, complements of BP's "martial law" – on U.S. soil. It begs the question, "How much worse is this disaster than they'll say?"...

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The GOP's Genetic Link to Big Oil

By Jim Hightower

If scientists were to compare the DNA of Republican congress-critters and of oil corporations, I'll bet they'd find that they match perfectly. After all, the two species have identical political instincts and seem to have a natural affinity for each other - so I'm pretty sure they sprang from the same genetic pool.

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