Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Percy Zvomuya, The Day Zuma lost control of the party

http://africasacountry.com/the-day-zuma-lost-control-of-the-party/

Barack Obama tribute to Nelson Mandela

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/10/president_obama_nelson_mandela_freed_not

Why Cornel West is upset about Barack Obama swearing on Martin Luther King’s bible

I am Bradley Manning -statements of celebrities in support of the need to know the truth and to end persecution of Bradley Manning

http://iam.bradleymanning.org

On Media lack of scepticism on claims of chemical weapons in Syria

On Media lack of scepticism on claims of chemical weapons in Syria

Is United States preparing for war or already at war with Syria?

Is United States preparing for war or already at war with Syria?

How Dystopian Secrecy Contributes to Clueless Wars

How dystopian secrecy

Guantanamo case, secrecy and rule of law

Guantanamo case, secrecy and rule of law

Official Fed list of words that they watch to monitor social media

Fed list of words that they watch to monitor social media

Judicial process undermines Bradley Manning’s potential defence and exposure of his torture

Judicial process undermines Bradley Manning’s potential defence and exposure of his torture

Critique of US policy in Syrian civil war

Critique of US policy in Syrian civil war

Ex drone operator describes kiling from computer screen

Ex drone operator describes kiling from computer screen

Bradley Manning case considered from theological viewpoint, seeing Manning as fulfilling a prophetic role

This is a powerful article, including

‘In suggesting we all need to examine our consciences, I take my cue from a more recent prophet in the tradition of Isaiah, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, who insisted that wherever injustice takes place, “few are guilty, but all are responsible.” Rabbi Heschel drove home the point, adding that, “indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself.”
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The objective of the Obama administration is transparent. It has little to do with the law, but rather is designed to make an object lesson of Manning. The administration wants to deter other truth-tellers who might also be tempted to reveal information that is labeled secret to hide oppression and abuse-including in this case, US war crimes

http://portside.org/2013-06-03/moral-imperative-bradley-manning