Wednesday, November 25, 2015
States of Terror
Chris Hedges - OpEd News
Another jihadi terrorist attack in the United States will extinguish what remains of our anemic democracy. Fear will be even more fervently stoked and manipulated by the state. The remnants of our civil liberties will be abolished. We will beg our masters to save us. We will be paralyzed by the psychosis of permanent war. More here.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
New Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak
WORLD
RESOURCES
INSTITUTE
Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the richly forested island of Borneo suffers from high rates of deforestation. But understanding this dynamic is made difficult by government secrecy and lack of transparency. More here.The Tawdry Fall of the Postmedia Newspaper Empire
National Observer
“'I’m not going to lose my job over a fart joke,'” Dan Murphy recalls Wayne Moriarty, editor-in-chief of The Province newspaper, saying. Story here.Nestlé Admits Slavery and Coercion Used in Catching its Seafood
CBC News
Global audit by the food giant finds abuse of workers who catch seafood from Thailand. Story here.
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