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Welcome to the library of the Pirate Party. Where applicable, either PDF versions will be provided or the link to those works given. For works where it is not legal for us to give out PDFs, we will provide ISBN numbers for those items. Titles are always being added so check back. | Welcome to the library of the Pirate Party. Where applicable, either PDF versions will be provided or the link to those works given. For works where it is not legal for us to give out PDFs, we will provide ISBN numbers for those items. Titles are always being added so check back. | ||
==Creative Commons, Public Domain, Public License Images, Literature, Music, Software, and Video== | ==Creative Commons, Public Domain, Public License Images, Literature, Music, Software, and Video== | ||
| − | *[https://archive.org/ Internet Archive] - Digital library of free books, movies, and music | + | * [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive] - Digital library of free books, movies, and music |
| − | *[http://www.jamendo.com/en/ Jamendo] - Creative Commons music | + | * [http://www.jamendo.com/en/ Jamendo] - Creative Commons music |
| − | *[http://musopen.org/ Musopen] - Public domain music, sheet music, and textbooks | + | * [http://musopen.org/ Musopen] - Public domain music, sheet music, and textbooks |
| − | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenburg] - Public domain books in electronic format | + | * [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenburg] - Public domain books in electronic format |
| − | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons] - Public domain and Creative Commons images | + | * [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons] - Public domain and Creative Commons images |
===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
====Digital Social Learning Communities==== | ====Digital Social Learning Communities==== | ||
| − | *[http://www.dweeber.com/Intro.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx Dweeber] | + | * [http://www.dweeber.com/Intro.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx Dweeber] |
| − | *[http://elgg.org/index.php Elgg] | + | * [http://elgg.org/index.php Elgg] |
| − | *[http://www.epals.com/ ePals] | + | * [http://www.epals.com/ ePals] |
| − | *[https://mahara.org/ Mahara] | + | * [https://mahara.org/ Mahara] |
| − | *[https://moodle.org/ Moodle] | + | * [https://moodle.org/ Moodle] |
====Free Learning==== | ====Free Learning==== | ||
| − | *[http://www.academicearth.org/ Academic Earth] - University level | + | <small>[http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses List of 700 Free Online Courses]</small> |
| − | *[http://www.coursera.org/ Coursera] - Free classes from 16+ Universities | + | * [http://www.academicearth.org/ Academic Earth] - University level |
| − | *[http://duolingo.com/ Duolingo] - Learn languages | + | * [http://www.coursera.org/ Coursera] - Free classes from 16+ Universities |
| − | *[http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses Free Online Courses] - University level | + | ** [https://www.coursera.org/course/surveillance Surveillance Law] - Stanford Course |
| − | *[http://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy] - Always adding more subjects | + | * [http://duolingo.com/ Duolingo] - Learn languages |
| − | *[http://www.udacity.com/ Udacity] - Concentrated on Computer Science | + | * [http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses Free Online Courses] - University level |
| − | *[http://ocwconsortium.org/en/courses Open Courseware] - [http://ocwconsortium.org/en/courses/ocwsites List of OCW sites] | + | * [http://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy] - Always adding more subjects |
| + | * [http://www.udacity.com/ Udacity] - Concentrated on Computer Science | ||
| + | * [http://ocwconsortium.org/en/courses Open Courseware] - [http://ocwconsortium.org/en/courses/ocwsites List of OCW sites] | ||
:* [http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm MIT Open Courseware] - [http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT Youtube] | :* [http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm MIT Open Courseware] - [http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT Youtube] | ||
:* [http://ocw.jhsph.edu/ JHSPH Open Courseware] - Johns Hopkins | :* [http://ocw.jhsph.edu/ JHSPH Open Courseware] - Johns Hopkins | ||
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===Government=== | ===Government=== | ||
| − | *[http://changeby.us/ Change By Us] - A place to share ideas, create projects, discover resources, and make our cities better | + | * [http://www.localvictory.com/organization/building-political-organization.html Beginner’s Guide to Building a Strong Political Organization] - Running a conventional campaign |
| − | *[http://www.thecity2.org/ City 2.0] - Bringing citizen participation to the surface | + | * [http://changeby.us/ Change By Us] - A place to share ideas, create projects, discover resources, and make our cities better |
| − | *[http://wiki.civiccommons.org/ Civic Commons] - Collection of civic collaboration technologies | + | * [http://www.thecity2.org/ City 2.0] - Bringing citizen participation to the surface |
| − | *[http://localwiki.org/ Local Wiki] - The open-content, open-source effort to share the world's local knowledge | + | * [http://wiki.civiccommons.org/ Civic Commons] - Collection of civic collaboration technologies |
| − | *[http://www.openassembly.org/ Open Assembly] - Open source crowd-sourcing | + | * [http://localwiki.org/ Local Wiki] - The open-content, open-source effort to share the world's local knowledge |
| + | * [http://manabalss.lv/ Manabalss] - Latvian initiative platform | ||
| + | * [http://www.openassembly.org/ Open Assembly] - Open source crowd-sourcing | ||
| + | * [https://www.yrpri.org/home/world Your Priorities] - Platform for suggesting and debating polices | ||
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| + | ===Open Source=== | ||
| + | ====Hardware==== | ||
| + | * [http://enviu.org/our-work/open-source-house/ Enviu] - Open Source Houses | ||
| + | * [http://p2pfoundation.net/Product_Hacking P2P Foundation] - Repository | ||
| + | * [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingyverse] - Repository | ||
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| + | ====Software==== | ||
| + | <small>[http://www.osalt.com/ Open Source Alternative]</small> | ||
| + | * [http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/ Avidemux] - Video Editing | ||
| + | * [http://cinelerra.org/about.php Cinelerra] - Video Editing | ||
| + | * [https://live.gnome.org/Dia Dia] - Diagramming | ||
| + | * [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page FreeCAD] - 3D Design | ||
| + | * [http://www.gimpshop.com/ Gimp] - Image Editing | ||
| + | * [http://www.libreoffice.org/index.php/default/ Libre Office] - Office Tools (Word Editing, Presentation, Drawing, Databases) | ||
| + | * [http://www.linux.org/ Linux] - Operating Systems | ||
| + | * [http://www.openoffice.org/product/ Open Office] - Office Tools (Word Editing, Presentation, Drawing, Databases) | ||
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| + | ===Privacy Tools=== | ||
| + | <small>[http://prism-break.org/ List]</small> | ||
| + | * [https://pack.resetthenet.org/ Reset the Net: Privacy Pack] - A pack of many privacy apps | ||
| + | * [https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] - DVD or USB key that forces the computer you're on to send internet traffic through TOR | ||
| + | * [https://www.torproject.org/index.html.en TOR] - Prevents traffic analysis of your internet usage | ||
| + | * [http://www.opennicproject.org/ OpenNIC] - Alternative DNS that is uncensored | ||
| + | * [http://bitcoin.org/en/ Bitcoin] - P2P digital currency with no central authority | ||
| + | * [http://www.bittorrent.com/sync Bittorrent Sync] - Decentralized and encrypted file sharing | ||
| + | * [http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/bittorrent-chat.html Bittorrent Chat] - Decentralized and encrypted communications | ||
| + | * [https://riseup.net/en RiseUp] - Invite-only secure and private email accounts | ||
| + | * [https://gnunet.org/ GNUnet] - Secure Anonymous Peer-to-Peer Networking | ||
| + | * [http://vole.cc Vole.cc] - Decentralized Social Media | ||
| + | * [http://darkmail.info/ Darkmail] - Fully encrypted email | ||
| + | ====Web Search==== | ||
| + | * [https://duckduckgo.com/ DuckDuckGo] - Anonymous, unlogged web searches | ||
| + | * [http://www.seeks-project.info/site/ Seeks Project] - Open decentralized platform for collaborative search | ||
| + | * [https://startpage.com/ StartPage] - Private, unlogged web searches | ||
| + | * [http://www.yacy.net/en/index.html YaCy] - Decentralized web search | ||
| + | ====Browsers==== | ||
| + | <small>[http://fixtracking.com/ Tools and settings for different browsers]</small> | ||
| + | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ GNUzilla IceCat] | ||
| + | * [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ Mozilla FireFox] | ||
| + | * [https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/ Google Chrome] | ||
| + | =====Browser Add-ons===== | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere HTTPS Everywhere] - If a site supports https, this forces your communications to use SSL encryption | ||
| + | ====Email Clients==== | ||
| + | * [http://www.claws-mail.org/ Claws Mail] - Lightweight email application with GPG support | ||
| + | * [http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/ Evolution] - Free email and calendar application with GPG support | ||
| + | * [http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Icedove IceDove] - Free version of Mozilla Thunderbird *requires GPG plug-in | ||
| + | * [http://userbase.kde.org/KMail KMail] - KDE email client with GPG support | ||
| + | * [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Thunderbird] - Open source email application *requires GPG plug-in | ||
==Our Publications== | ==Our Publications== | ||
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* [http://piratetimes.net/organising-a-regular-meeting/ Organizing a Regular Meeting] - Pirate Times (Andrew Reitemeyer) | * [http://piratetimes.net/organising-a-regular-meeting/ Organizing a Regular Meeting] - Pirate Times (Andrew Reitemeyer) | ||
* [http://piratetimes.net/running-an-information-stand/ Running an Information Stand] - Pirate Times (Andrew Reitemeyer) | * [http://piratetimes.net/running-an-information-stand/ Running an Information Stand] - Pirate Times (Andrew Reitemeyer) | ||
| + | * [http://falkvinge.net/2012/11/17/yes-the-pirate-party-is-a-silly-name-and-thats-why-it-works/ Yes, The Pirate Party Is A Silly Name, And That's Why It Works] - Falvinge.net (Zacqary Green) | ||
===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
| − | * [[No Safe Harbor: Essays about Pirate Politics]] - by Various Authors | + | *[[No Safe Harbor: Essays about Pirate Politics]] - by Various Authors |
| + | *[[Swarmwise – The Tactical Manual To Changing The World]] - by Rick Falkvinge | ||
==Intellectual Property (Copyright, Patent, and Trademark)== | ==Intellectual Property (Copyright, Patent, and Trademark)== | ||
| + | *[http://scottberkun.com/2013/mega-summary-of-myths-of-innovation/ List of books, articles, and research about myths of innovation] | ||
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===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
| − | *[http://falkvinge.net/2012/09/03/a-fair-free-market-or-the-copyright-monopoly/ A Fair, Free Market or the Copyright Monopoly] - Rick Falkvinge | + | * [http://falkvinge.net/2012/09/03/a-fair-free-market-or-the-copyright-monopoly/ A Fair, Free Market or the Copyright Monopoly] - Rick Falkvinge |
| − | *[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120109/01261417334/apparently-someone-forgot-to-tell-reality-that-entertainment-industry-was-dying.shtml Apparently Someone Forgot to Tell Reality that the Entertainment Industry was Dying] - Techdirt (Mike Masnick) | + | * [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120109/01261417334/apparently-someone-forgot-to-tell-reality-that-entertainment-industry-was-dying.shtml Apparently Someone Forgot to Tell Reality that the Entertainment Industry was Dying] - Techdirt (Mike Masnick) |
| − | *[http://gigaom.com/mobile/famous-judge-spikes-apple-google-case-calls-patent-system-dysfunctional/ Famous Judge Spikes Apple-Google Case, Calls Patent System "Dysfunctional"] - Gigaom (Jeff John Roberts) | + | * [https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130322/23560222425/copyright-lobby-public-has-no-place-policy-discussions.shtml Copyright Lobby: The Public Has 'No Place In Policy Discussions'] - TechDirt (Mike Masnick) |
| − | *[http://opensource.com/law/12/1/infographic-when-patents-attack-patent-good-patent-profiteering Infographic: "When Patents Attack!" from Patent Good to Patent Profiteering] - OpenSource.com (Ruth Suehle) | + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/do-it-on-the-internet-get-a-patent-sue-an-industry-it-still-works/ Do it “on the Internet,” get a patent, sue an industry—it still works] - Ars Technica (Joe Mullin) |
| − | *[http://geeksunleashed.me/2012/09/02/interview-amelia-andersdotter/ Interview: Amelia Andersdotter] - GeeksUnleashed.Me (tomhardbyteowens) | + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/dont-believe-publishers-hype-support-open-access Don't Believe the Publishers' Hype: Support Open Access] - EFF (Adi Kamdar) |
| − | *[http://torrentfreak.com/is-there-any-part-of-the-copyright-monopoly-that-meets-legislative-quality-bars-120812/ Is There ANY Part Of The Copyright Monopoly That Meets Legislative Quality Bars?] - TorrentFreak (Rick Falkvinge) | + | * [http://io9.com/ebola-vaccine-delay-may-be-due-to-an-intellectual-prope-1642035584 Ebola Vaccine Delay May Be Due To An Intellectual Property Dispute] - io9 (George Dvorsky) |
| − | *[http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-riaa-report-sopapipa-ineffective-tool-against-music-piracy-120727/ Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy] - TorrentFreak (enigmax) | + | * [http://gigaom.com/mobile/famous-judge-spikes-apple-google-case-calls-patent-system-dysfunctional/ Famous Judge Spikes Apple-Google Case, Calls Patent System "Dysfunctional"] - Gigaom (Jeff John Roberts) |
| − | *[http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-lawyer-inspired-file-sharing-religion-catholic-bishop-unhappy-120107 MPAA Lawyer Inspired File Sharing Religion Catholic Bishop Unhappy] - TorrentFreak (enigmax) | + | * [http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties.htm How Music Royalties Work] - How Stuff Works (Lee Ann Obringer) |
| − | *[https://torrentfreak.com/no-duty-to-secure-wi-fi-from-bittorrent-pirates-judge-rules-120912 No Duty to Secure Wi-Fi from BitTorrent Pirates, Judge Rules] - TorrentFreak (Ernesto) | + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-crack-the-facade-in-any-copyright-monopoly-discussion-140504/ How to Crack the Facade in any Copyright Monopoly Discussion] - Torrent Freak (Rick Falkvinge) |
| − | *[http://getyourcensoron.com/ SOPA and Internet Censorship Political Cartoons] - Fight for the Future | + | * [http://pando.com/2014/09/26/how-to-make-it-in-the-new-music-industry-the-long-slow-ascent-of-electronic-star-tycho/ How to make it in the new music industry: The long slow ascent of electronic star Tycho] - Pando Daily (David Holmes) |
| − | *[http://torrentfreak.com/swiss-govt-downloading-movies-and-music-will-stay-legal-111202/ Swiss Gov't Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal] - TorrentFreak | + | * [http://opensource.com/law/12/1/infographic-when-patents-attack-patent-good-patent-profiteering Infographic: "When Patents Attack!" from Patent Good to Patent Profiteering] - OpenSource.com (Ruth Suehle) |
| − | *[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111209/13013417024/good-bad-new-open-bill-wyden-issa.shtml The Good And The Bad Of The New OPEN Bill from Wyden and Issa] - Techdirt (Eric Goldman) | + | * [http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/piracy-is-not-killing-hollywood/ Internet piracy isn't killing Hollywood—Hollywood is killing Hollywood] - The Daily Dot (Matt Saccaro) |
| − | *[http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=878401 The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design] - by Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman | + | * [http://geeksunleashed.me/2012/09/02/interview-amelia-andersdotter/ Interview: Amelia Andersdotter] - GeeksUnleashed.Me (tomhardbyteowens) |
| − | + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/is-there-any-part-of-the-copyright-monopoly-that-meets-legislative-quality-bars-120812/ Is There ANY Part Of The Copyright Monopoly That Meets Legislative Quality Bars?] - TorrentFreak (Rick Falkvinge) | |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [https://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/its-official-open-source-engine-growth-204661 It's official: Open source is an engine for growth] - Infoworld (Simon Phipps) |
| − | *[http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/top-rackspace-lawyer-wed-love-to-get-rid-of-software-patents/ Top Rackspace lawyer: "We'd love to get rid of software patents"] - Ars Technica (Timothy B. Lee) | + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/its-time-to-debunk-the-myth-that-copyright-is-needed-to-make-money-or-that-it-even-makes-money-121007/ It’s Time To Debunk The Myth That Copyright Is Needed To Make Money – Or That It Even Makes Money] - TorrentFreak (Rick Falkvinge) |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://falkvinge.net/2013/04/16/lets-reform-copyright-with-a-sledgehammer-into-smithereens/ Let’s Reform Copyright. With A Sledgehammer. Into Smithereens.] - Rick Falkvinge |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-riaa-report-sopapipa-ineffective-tool-against-music-piracy-120727/ Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy] - TorrentFreak (enigmax) |
| + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-lawyer-inspired-file-sharing-religion-catholic-bishop-unhappy-120107 MPAA Lawyer Inspired File Sharing Religion Catholic Bishop Unhappy] - TorrentFreak (enigmax) | ||
| + | * [https://torrentfreak.com/no-duty-to-secure-wi-fi-from-bittorrent-pirates-judge-rules-120912 No Duty to Secure Wi-Fi from BitTorrent Pirates, Judge Rules] - TorrentFreak (Ernesto) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1%] - The Guardian (Nafeez Ahmed) | ||
| + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/senate-passes-cell-phone-unlocking-bill-without-opposition/ Senate passes cell phone unlocking bill without opposition] - ArsTechnica (Joe Mullin) | ||
| + | * [http://getyourcensoron.com/ SOPA and Internet Censorship Political Cartoons] - Fight for the Future | ||
| + | * [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/12/business/la-fi-himi-tran-20130414 Sriracha hot sauce purveyor turns up the heat] - Los Angeles Times (Frank Shyong) | ||
| + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/swiss-govt-downloading-movies-and-music-will-stay-legal-111202/ Swiss Gov't Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal] - TorrentFreak | ||
| + | * [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/03/dmca_copyright_reform_u_s_law_makes_digital_media_inaccessible.html The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Is Even Worse Than You Think] - Slate (Blake E. Reid) | ||
| + | * [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111209/13013417024/good-bad-new-open-bill-wyden-issa.shtml The Good And The Bad Of The New OPEN Bill from Wyden and Issa] - Techdirt (Eric Goldman) | ||
| + | * [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-can-stifle-competition.html?_r=1&hp The Patent, Used as a Sword] - The New York Times (Charles Duhigg and Steve Lohr) | ||
| + | * [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=878401 The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design] - by Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman | ||
| + | * [http://rt.com/news/189560-pirate-bay-cloud-servers/ Pirate Bay fools the system with cloud technology] - RT | ||
| + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/top-rackspace-lawyer-wed-love-to-get-rid-of-software-patents/ Top Rackspace lawyer: "We'd love to get rid of software patents"] - Ars Technica (Timothy B. Lee) | ||
| + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/29/trademarks-good-bad-ugly Trademarks: the good, the bad and the ugly] - The Gaurdian (Cory Doctorow) | ||
| + | * [https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/18 U.S. Court Upholds Status Quo on Gene Patents] - Common Dreams (Amanda Wilson) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/why-chemotherapy-that-costs-70-000-in-the-us-costs-2-500-in-india/274847/ Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,500 in India] - The Atlantic (Thomas Bollyky) | ||
| + | * [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software] - Richard Stallman | ||
===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
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*[http://www.eff.org/files/DMCA_unintended_v4.pdf Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA] - by the EFF | *[http://www.eff.org/files/DMCA_unintended_v4.pdf Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA] - by the EFF | ||
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Download_PDFs_of_the_book Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom] - by Yochai Benkler | *[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Download_PDFs_of_the_book Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom] - by Yochai Benkler | ||
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===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhvfOlPYifY A Garden in My Apartment] - | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhvfOlPYifY A Garden in My Apartment] - TED (Britta Riley) |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4 Copying Is Not Theft] - by Question Copyright | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlt6kaNjoeI Architecture for the people by the people] - TED (Alastair Parvin) |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4 Copyright: Forever LessOne Day] - by C.G.P. Grey | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4 Copying Is Not Theft] - by Question Copyright |
| − | *[https://gnunet.org/rms2012tum Copyright vs. Community] - by Richard Stallman | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4 Copyright: Forever LessOne Day] - by C.G.P. Grey |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h2dF-IsH0I Defend Our Freedom to Share (or Why SOPA is a Bad Idea)] - | + | * [https://gnunet.org/rms2012tum Copyright vs. Community] - by Richard Stallman |
| − | *[https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix.html Embrace the remix] - | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h2dF-IsH0I Defend Our Freedom to Share (or Why SOPA is a Bad Idea)] - TED (Clay Shirky) |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnQcCgS7aPQ How YouTube is Driving Innovation] - | + | * [https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix.html Embrace the remix] - TED (Kirby Ferguson) |
| − | *[http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html Lessons from Fashion's Free Culture] - | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnQcCgS7aPQ How YouTube is Driving Innovation] - TED (Chris Anderson) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jus7S5vBJyU Katy Perry - Dark Horse (Sung in 20 Styles) Ten Second Songs] - Anthony Vincent |
| − | *[http://vimeo.com/31100268 PROTECT IP/SOPA Breaks the Internet] - by Fight for the Future | + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html Lessons from Fashion's Free Culture] - TED (Johanna Blakley) |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoOk9NWc SOPA and PIPA] - by Khan Academy | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rvlaTg3vPg PressPausePlay] |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w6GtwOvnWM SOPA Cabana] - by Dan Bull | + | * [http://vimeo.com/31100268 PROTECT IP/SOPA Breaks the Internet] - by Fight for the Future |
| − | *[https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod.html The $8 billion iPod] - | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoOk9NWc SOPA and PIPA] - by Khan Academy |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEvRyemKSg The Coming War on General Computing] - by Cory Doctorow | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w6GtwOvnWM SOPA Cabana] - by Dan Bull |
| − | *[http://www.ted.com/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_economics.html The New Open Source Economics] - | + | * [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/8191 Terry Fisher's HLS and EdX copyright courses] - Berkman Center for Internet and Society |
| + | * [https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod.html The $8 billion iPod] - TED (Rob Reid) | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMj_P_6H69g The Art of Asking] - TED (Amanda Palmer) | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEvRyemKSg The Coming War on General Computing] - by Cory Doctorow | ||
| + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_economics.html The New Open Source Economics] - TED (Yochai Benkler) | ||
| + | * [http://watch.tpbafk.tv/ TPB AFK (The Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard] - Various | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c Where good ideas come from] - TED (Steven Johnson) | ||
==Privacy== | ==Privacy== | ||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/01/government-spying-citizens-always-focuses-crushing-dissent-keeping-us-safe.html 500 Years of History Shows that Mass Spying Is Always Aimed at Crushing Dissent] - Washingtons Blog |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://scgnews.com/6-anti-nsa-technological-innovations-that-may-just-change-the-world 6 Anti-NSA Technological innovations that May Just Change the World] - SCG News |
| − | *[http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/ | + | * [http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/guide-what-we-now-know-about-nsas-dragnet-searches-your-communications A Guide to What We Now Know About the NSA's Dragnet Searches of Your Communications] - ACLU (Brett Max Kaufman) |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/americans-agree-least-one-thing-privacy-now Americans Agree on at Least One Thing: Privacy Now] - ACLU (Sandra Fulton) |
| − | + | * [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/14/appeals-court-police-can-track-cell-phones-without-warrant/ Appeals court: Police can track cell phones without warrant] - The Raw Story (Eric W. Dolan) | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/04/telephone-calls-recorded-fbi-boston Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government?] - theguardian (Glenn Greenwald) |
| − | + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/ars-editor-learns-feds-have-his-old-ip-addresses-full-credit-card-numbers/ Ars editor learns feds have his old IP addresses, full credit card numbers] - Ars Technica (Cyrus Farivar) | |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2013/10/attempts-to-eliminate-cash-are-more-than-a-privacy-disaster/ Attempts To Eliminate Cash Are More Than A Privacy Disaster] - Privacy Online News (Rick Falkvinge) |
| − | *[https://www. | + | * [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/immigration-reform-dossiers/ Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform] - Wired (David Kravets) |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://www.pcworld.com/article/245229/carrier_iq_rootkit_reportedly_logs_everything_on_millions_of_phones_updated.html Carrier IQ Rootkit] - by PCWorld (James Mulroy) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://blogs.detroitnews.com/politics/2013/04/20/cispa-yes-but-not-background-checks/ CISPA: The Corporate Insecurity Piracy Act] - The Detroit News (Mako Yamakura) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/courts-may-hear-challenges-to-secret-cell-tracking-devices-after-new-scotus-ruling/ Courts may hear challenges to secret cell tracking devices after new ruling] - ArsTechnica (Cyrus Farivar) |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://falkvinge.net/2013/01/11/death-twitches-nokia-caught-wiretapping-encrypted-traffic-from-its-handsets/ Death Twitches: Nokia Caught Wiretapping Encrypted Traffic from Its Handsets] - Falkvinge |
| − | + | * [http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/does-surveillance-affect-us-even-when-we-cant-confirm-were-being-watched Does Surveillance Affect Us Even When We Can’t Confirm We’re Being Watched? Lessons From Behind the Iron Curtain] - ACLU (Jay Stanley) | |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/01/17/nsa_surveillance_reform_every_scary_weird_thing_we_know_the_agency_can_do.html Every Scary, Weird Thing We Know the NSA Can Do] - The Brian Lehrer Show |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/fbi-facial-recognition-system-at-full-operational-capability/ FBI facial recognition system at “full operational capability”] - ArsTechnica (David Kravits) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://thefreethoughtproject.com/prison-statistics/ FBI Report: Americans Less Violent than Ever, Except for Police] - Free Thought Project (John Vibes) |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/fbis-suicide-letter-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-and-dangers-unchecked-surveillance FBI's "Suicide Letter" to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Dangers of Unchecked Surveillance] - EFF (Nadia Kayyali) |
| − | *[http://www.pcworld.com/article/260980/federal_judge_your_location_is_no_more_private_than_the_color_of_your_car.html Your Location is No More Private Than the Color of Your Car] - by PC World (Dan Tynan) | + | * [http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool] - c|net (Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache) |
| + | * [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/ Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords] - c|net (Declan McCullagh) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-national-security/federal-court-rules-one-major-outstanding Federal Court Rules on One of the Major Outstanding Constitutional Privacy Questions of Our Time] - ACLU (Nathan Freed Wessler) | ||
| + | * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/20/glenn-greenwald-privacy_n_5509704.html Glenn Greenwald On Why Privacy Is Vital, Even If You 'Have Nothing To Hide'] - Huffington Post (Kathleen Miles) | ||
| + | * [http://anonhq.com/hackers-recreate-the-nsa-spying-kit-using-junkyard-items/ Hackers recreate the NSA Spying Kit using junkyard items.] - hqanon | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/04/how-protect-against-laptop-webcam-hacking How To Protect Against Laptop Webcam Hacking] - EFF (Kurt Opsahl) | ||
| + | * [http://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights-technology-and-liberty-womens-rights/e-verify-effective-depends-how-you-look Is E-verify Effective? Depends on How You Look at It] - ACLU (Chris Calabrese) | ||
| + | * [http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/13/is-the-fbi-using-carrier-iq-for-domestic-surveillance/ Is the FBI Using Carrier IQ for Domestic Surveillance] - Forbes (E.D. Kain) | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/issues/know-your-rights Know Your Rights] - EFF (Hanni Fakhoury and Nadia Kayyali) | ||
| + | * [http://privacysos.org/node/1454 Massachusetts legislature advances key electronic privacy proposal] - PrivacySOS.org (sosadmin) | ||
| + | * [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/massive-phone-surveillance/ Mobile-Phone Surveillance by Police Targets Millions Annually] - Wired (David Kravets) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/new-documents-shed-light-one-nsas-most-powerful-tools New Documents Shed Light on One of the NSA's Most Powerful Tools] - ACLU (Alex Abdo) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/new-york-police-terrorism-pressure-cooker New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online] - The Guardian (Adam Gabbatt) | ||
| + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal] - The Guardian (Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill) | ||
| + | * [https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2014/07/obsolete-privacy-laws-were-written-in-age-of-24-shot-chemical-film/ Outdated Privacy Laws Were Written In Age Of 24-Shot Chemical Film Rolls] - Rick Falkvinge | ||
| + | * [http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_19669803 Password case reframes Fifth Amendment rights in context of digital world] - Denver Post (John Ingold) | ||
| + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/ Photos of an NSA “upgrade” factory show Cisco router getting implant] - Ars Technica (Sean Gallagher) | ||
| + | * [http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2256 Police vs. Privacy] - Law Comic (Nathan Burney) | ||
| + | * [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/opinion/president-obamas-dragnet.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1& President Obama’s Dragnet] - The New York Times (Editorial Board) | ||
| + | * [http://wearcam.org/netcam_privacy_issues.html PRIVACY ISSUES OF WEARABLE CAMERAS VERSUS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS] - Steve Mann | ||
| + | * [https://www.informationweek.com/security/privacy/privacy-questions-accompany-automated-li/240005760 Privacy Questions Accompany Automated License Plate Scanners] - Information Week (Mathew J. Schwartz) | ||
| + | * [http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/07/the-catch-22-of-internet-commerce-and-privacy-could-mean-youre-the-bad-guy/ Protecting Your Privacy Could Make You the Bad Guy] - Wired (ASHKAN SOLTANI) | ||
| + | * [http://www.infowars.com/seattle-police-to-roll-out-surveillance-drones-with-infrared-cameras/ Seattle Police To Roll Out Surveillance Drones with Infrared Cameras] - Infowars (Steve Watson) | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/secret-nsa-documents-show-campaign-against-tor-encrypted-network/2013/10/04/610f08b6-2d05-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html Secret NSA documents show campaign against Tor encrypted network] - Washington Post (Barton Gellman, Craig Timberg and Steven Rich) | ||
| + | * [http://blog.ted.com/2013/07/17/security-experts-on-the-nsas-real-problems/ Security experts Bruce Schneier and Mikko Hypponen on the NSA, PRISM and why we should be worried] - TEDtalks (Thu-Huong Ha) | ||
| + | * [https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/30/hacking-team/ Secret Manuals Show the Spyware Sold to Despots and Cops Worldwide] - The Intercept (Cora Currier and Morgan Marquis-Boire) | ||
| + | * [http://rt.com/usa/tech-companies-wiretap-fines-552/ Spy, or pay up: FBI-backed bill would fine US firms for refusing wiretaps] - RT | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/stingrays-biggest-unknown-technological-threat-cell-phone-privacy Stingrays: The Biggest Technological Threat to Cell Phone Privacy You Don't Know About] - EFF (Hanni Fakhoury and Trevor Timm) | ||
| + | * [https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/wseltzer/stopping-sopas-anticircumvention Stopping SOPA's Anticircumvention] - Freedom to Tinker (Wendy Seltzer) | ||
| + | * [http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-supreme-court-telecom-nsa-20121009,0,5705204.story Supreme Court declines to hear telecom privacy-invasion lawsuit] - Los Angeles Times (David G. Savage) | ||
| + | * [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-supreme-court-rejects-plea-to-prohibit-taping-of-police-20121126,0,686331.story Supreme Court rejects plea to ban taping of police in Illinois] - Chicago Tribune (Jason Meisner) | ||
| + | * [http://www.businessinsider.com/trapwire-everything-you-need-to-know-2012-8 Surveillance Cameras Around The Country Are Being Used In A Huge Spy Network] - Business Insider (David Seaman) | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-true-picture-of-the-women-who-face-late-term-abortion/2012/07/27/gJQAxSCjEX_story.html The kind of woman who needs a late-term abortion] - Washington Post (Christy Zink) | ||
| + | * [http://owni.eu/2012/07/27/the-known-unknowns-of-skype-interception-christopher-soghoian/ The Known Unknowns of Skype Interception] - OWNI.EU (Christopher Soghoian) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/a-devastating-leak-for-edward-snowdens-critics/373991/ The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders] - The Atlantic (Conor Friedersdorf) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/nsas-other-privacy-loophole The NSA's Other Privacy Loophole] - ACLU (Alex Abdo) | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/they-can-do-10-outrageous-tactics-cops-get-away?page=0%2C0 They Can Do That?! 10 Outrageous Tactics Cops Get Away With] - Alternet (John Knefel) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/time-rein-surveillance-state-0 Time to Rein in the Surveillance State] - ACLU | ||
| + | * [https://rt.com/usa/news/trapwire-abraxas-cubic-surveillance-251/ TrapWire tied to anti-Occupy Internet-spy program] - RT | ||
| + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/tribler-makes-bittorrent-client-anonymous-built-tor-network-140902 Tribler Makes Bittorrent Anonymous with Built-in TOR Network] - TorrentFreak (Ernesto) | ||
| + | * [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57537559-38/u.n-calls-for-anti-terror-internet-surveillance/ U.N. calls for 'anti-terror' Internet surveillance] - CNET (Declan McCullagh) | ||
| + | * [http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-dea-sod-idUSBRE97409R20130805 U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans] - Reuters (John Shiffman and Kristina Cooke) | ||
| + | * [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57581161-38/u.s-gives-big-secret-push-to-internet-surveillance/ U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet surveillance] - c|net (Declan McCullagh) | ||
| + | * [http://rt.com/usa/news/government-federal-software-agency-972/ US government spies on federal staffers] - RT | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge] - The Washington Post (Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras) | ||
| + | * [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/10/scotus-eavesdropping/ Warrantless Eavesdropping Before Supreme Court] - Wired (David Kravets) | ||
| + | * [http://radicalreference.info/content/we-are-all-suspects-guide-people-navigating-expanded-powers-surveillance-21st-century We Are All Suspects: A Guide for People Navigating the Expanded Powers of Surveillance in the 21st Century] - Radical Reference (MRM) | ||
| + | * [http://lifehacker.com/we-need-to-re-think-how-we-fight-for-privacy-1582572323 We Need to Re-Think How We Fight for Privacy] - Life Hacker (Alan Henry) | ||
| + | * [https://news.vice.com/article/what-default-phone-encryption-really-means-for-law-enforcement What Default Phone Encryption Really Means For Law Enforcement] - Vice News (Cindy Cohn, Jeremy Gillula, and Seth Schoen) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-third-party-doctrine/282721/ What You Need to Know about the Third-Party Doctrine] - The Atlantic (John Villasenor) | ||
| + | * [http://www.federalnewsradio.com/241/3026867/White-House-draft-cyber-order-promotes-voluntary-critical-infrastructure-protections White House draft cyber order promotes voluntary critical infrastructure protections] - FederalNewsRadio.com (Jason Miller) | ||
| + | * [https://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461/ Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'] - The Chronicle (Daniel J. Solove) | ||
| + | * [http://www.pcworld.com/article/260980/federal_judge_your_location_is_no_more_private_than_the_color_of_your_car.html Your Location is No More Private Than the Color of Your Car] - by PC World (Dan Tynan) | ||
===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
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===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
| − | *[http://www.ted.com/talks/hasan_elahi.html FBI, here I am!] - by Hasan Elahi | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc Don't Talk to Police] - A law professor and a police officer |
| − | *[http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack.html Three Types of Online Attack] - by Mikko Hypponen | + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/hasan_elahi.html FBI, here I am!] - by Hasan Elahi |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7Y0W0xmYQ Your Phone Company is Watching] - by Malte Spitz | + | * [http://www.upworthy.com/meet-the-domestic-spying-program-that-could-be-tracking-you-right-now?c=cp2 Meet The Domestic Spying Program That Could Be Tracking You Right Now] - by Laura Poitras |
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XaYdCdwiWU OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd] - The GRUGQ | ||
| + | * [http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/02/11/edward-snowden-interview-blacked-u-s-media-banned-youtube/ The Edward Snowden Interview that was Blacked-Out by the U.S. Media and Banned by YouTube] - ARD | ||
| + | * [http://www.thensavideo.com/ The NSA Video] - Demand Progress and Fight for the Future | ||
| + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack.html Three Types of Online Attack] - by Mikko Hypponen | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7Y0W0xmYQ Your Phone Company is Watching] - by Malte Spitz | ||
==Transparency and Accountability== | ==Transparency and Accountability== | ||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.salon.com/2014/07/02/5_states_trying_to_make_their_kids_scientifically_illiterate_partner/ 5 states trying to make their kids scientifically illiterate] - Salon (Dan Arel) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-tsa-sucks-a-security-experts-perspective/ 7 Reasons the TSA Sucks (A Security Expert's Perspective)] - Cracked (Robert Evans, Rafi Sela) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/8_reasons_young_americans_dont_fight_back_how_the_us_crushed_youth_resistance/ 8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance] - Alternet (Bruce E. Levine) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-witness-20141106 The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare] - RollingStone (Matt Taibbi) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://topinfopost.com/2013/07/10/10-american-foods-that-are-banned-in-other-countries 10 American Foods That Are Banned in Other Countries] - The Top Information Post |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.carighttoknow.org/10_million $10 M to Fight Honest Food Labels] - Right to Know |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuWs8K9-kI 10 Years of Failure, Farmers Deceived by GM Corn] - MASIPAG Advocacy |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline America's Real Criminal Element: Lead] - MotherJones (Kevin Drum) |
| − | *[https://www. | + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/another-day-another-124-violent-swat-raids Another Day, Another 124 Violent SWAT Raids] - ACLU (Kara Dansky) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/07/15/are-millennials-the-screwed-generation.html Are Millennials the Screwed Generation?] - The Daily Beast (Joel Kotkin) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2014/sep/22/they-could-track-cell-phone-data-police-had-sign-n/ Before they could track cell phone data, police had to sign a NDA with the FBI] - MuckRock (Shawn Musgrave) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/21/boehners-office-cuts-off-c-span-cameras-as-gop-takes-beating/ Boehner's Office Cuts off C-SPAN Cameras as GOP takes Beating] - The Raw Story (Stephen C. Webster) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.propublica.org/article/charter-school-power-broker-turns-public-education-into-private-profits Charter School Power Broker Turns Public Education Into Private Profits] - ProPublica (Marian Wang) |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/05/obama-kill-list-doj-memo Chilling legal memo from Obama DOJ justifies assassination of US citizens] - The Guardian (Glenn Greenwald) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/business/energy-environment/cities-weigh-taking-electricity-business-from-private-utilities.html Cities Weigh Taking Over From Private Utilities] - NYT (Diane Cardwell) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/07/congress-dangerous-attempts-define-journalist-shield-law-threaten-exclude-bloggers Congress' Dangerous Attempts to Define “Journalist” in Shield Law Threaten to Exclude Bloggers] - Freedom of the Press Foundation (Morgan Weiland) |
| − | *[https://www. | + | * [http://www.businessinsider.com/congressional-insider-trading-revealed-on-60-minutes-2011-11 Congressional Insider Trading Revealed on 60 Minutes] - Business Insider (Zeke Miller) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/scandal-alert-congress-is-quietly-abandoning-the-5th-amendment/266498/ Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment] - The Atlantic (Conor Friedersdorf) |
| − | + | * [https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140801/05242228082/corporate-sovereignty-tribunal-makes-50-billion-award-against-russia.shtml Corporate Sovereignty Tribunal Makes $50 Billion Award Against Russia] - TechDirt (Glyn Moody) | |
| − | *[https:// | + | * [http://endthelie.com/2012/08/18/court-dismisses-case-based-on-state-secrets-privilege/ Court Dismisses Case Based on State Secrets Privilege] - by End the Lie |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://pirateparty.org.au/2013/10/14/crowdfunding-campaign-shows-tpp-transparency-is-in-public-interest/ Crowdfunding campaign shows TPP transparency is in public interest] - Pirate Party Australia |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/04 Decade of US 'War on Terror' Yields More 'Terrorism'] - Common Dreams |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.aclu.org/images/general/asset_upload_file89_39820.pdf DoD Level 1 Antiterrorism Awareness Training] - ACLU |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/epa-fracking-wyoming-pollution_n_1136907.html EPA Implicates Fracking In Wyoming Gas Field Groundwater Pollution Finding] - Huffington Post (MEAD GRUVER) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425 Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever] - RollingStone (Matt Taibbi) |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se55CCdfaOA Externalities] - The Sustainable Man (David Suzuki) |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://drugs.gawker.com/familys-home-seized-by-police-after-sons-40-drug-bust-1631073602 Family's Home Seized by Police After Son's $40 Drug Bust] - Gawker (Andy Cush) |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://www.alternet.org/fbi-pressures-muslims-no-fly-list FBI Pressures Muslims on No-Fly List to Become Informants in Exchange for Travel Rights] - AlterNet (Alex Kane) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/fbi-undercover-investigators-animal-enterprise-terrorism-act/5440/ FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists] - Green is the New Red (Will Potter) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [https://www.examiner.com/article/federal-court-rules-favor-of-ndaa Federal court rules in favor of NDAA] - Examiner.com (Ryan Keller) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140613/NATION/306130035#ixzz34UfGdIoh Feds advise cops to zip it on cellular surveillance; concern cited in Oakland County] - Detroit News (Jack Gillum) |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://truth-out.org/news/item/23224-five-things-to-know-about-how-corporations-block-access-to-everything-from-miracle-drugs-to-science-research Five Things to Know About How Corporations Block Access to Everything From Miracle Drugs to Science Research] - Truth Out (Lynn Stuart Parramore) |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.alternet.org/drugs/former-undercover-drug-narc-why-police-dont-bust-white-people-and-how-he-turned-against-drug Former Undercover Drug Narc on Why Police Don't Bust White People and How He Turned Against Drug War] - Alternet (Roc Morin) |
| − | + | * [http://grist.org/natural-gas/for-pennsylvanias-doctors-a-gag-order-on-fracking-chemicals/ For Pennsylvania’s doctors, a gag order on fracking chemicals] - The Grist (Kate Sheppard) | |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/bush-obama-war-on-terror Former CIA Chief: Obama’s War on Terror Same as Bush’s, But With More Killing] - Wired (David Kravets) |
| − | *[http://thesoundandnoise.com/2012/09/14/young-persons-called-to-private-grand-jury-for-owning-books/ Young Persons Called to Private Grand Jury for Owning Books] - Sound+Noise (Tom) | + | * [http://i.imgur.com/PVpFY.png Government/Corporate Revolving Door Venn Diagrams] |
| + | * [http://thinkbynumbers.org/government-spending/corporate-welfare/corporate-welfare-statistics-vs-social-welfare-statistics/ Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs] - Think by Numbers (Mike P. Sinn) | ||
| + | * [http://my.firedoglake.com/shahidbuttar/2014/04/29/hedges-v-obama-the-supreme-court-digs-its-head-deeper-into-the-sand/ Hedges v. Obama: The Supreme Court digs its head deeper into the sand] - Firedoglake.com (Shahid Buttar) | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/02/heres-what-real-reform-of-the-nsa-looks-like/ Here’s what real reform of the NSA looks like] - The Washington Post (Timothy B. Lee) | ||
| + | * [http://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice-criminal-law-reform/hitting-two-birds-one-stone-strategies-addressing-indigent Hitting Two Birds with One Stone: Strategies for Addressing the Indigent Defense Crisis and Overincarceration] - ACLU | ||
| + | * [http://www.boingboing.net/2012/01/11/homeland-security-internet-wat.html Homeland Security Internet Watch List leaked; Boing Boing omitted from list of must-read sites for domestic spying] - BoingBoing (Xeni Jardin) | ||
| + | * [http://www.opednews.com/articles/Homeland-Security-s-Intent-by-Jack-Swint-120821-433.html Homeland Security Prepares for Civil War] - OpEdNews (Jack Swint) | ||
| + | * [https://www.buzzfeed.com/rebeccaelliott/horror-hospital-the-most-shocking-photos-and-test Horror Hospital: The Most Shocking Photos And Testimony From The Dawood Military Hospital Scandal] - Buzzfeed | ||
| + | * [http://www.salon.com/2013/04/20/how_boston_exposes_americas_dark_post_911_bargain/ How Boston exposes America’s dark post-9/11 bargain] - The Salon (Andrew O'Hehir) | ||
| + | * [http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/How-The-American-Universit-by-Debra-Leigh-Scott-120819-373.html How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps] - OpEdNews (Debra Leigh Scott) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/chelsea-manning-isis-strategy How to make Isis fall on its own sword] - The Guardian (Chelsea E Manning) | ||
| + | * [http://www.salon.com/2013/07/30/how_to_debate_a_climate_change_skeptic_partner/ How to talk to a conservative about climate change] - Salon (GEOFF DEMBICKI) | ||
| + | * [https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations] - Glenn Greenwald | ||
| + | * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/indefinite-military-detention-defense-bill-citizens_n_1146181.html Indefinite Military Detention: Revised Defense Bill Still Gives President Authority To Lock Up Citizens] - Huffington Post (Michael McAuliff) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/former-cia-director-order-spy-domestic-dissidents-just-call-them-terrorists Former CIA director: In order to spy on domestic dissidents, just call them terrorists] - ACLU (Kade Crockford) | ||
| + | * [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924 Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire] - Rolling Stone (Tim Dickinson) | ||
| + | * [http://www.networkworld.com/article/2683692/microsoft-subnet/is-swat-raid-on-wrong-house-based-on-open-wi-fi-ip-address-unconstitutional.html Is SWAT raid on wrong house, based on open Wi-Fi IP address, unconstitutional?] - NetworkWorld (Ms. Smith) | ||
| + | * [https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.criminology.com/know-your-rights.gif Know your rights (Infographic)] - Criminology.com | ||
| + | * [http://thefreethoughtproject.com/prosecutor-seeking-death-penalty-officer-killed-knock-raid/ Man Shoots at Intruders, Turns Out it was a No-Knock Raid. Now He Faces the Death Penalty] - FreeThoughtProject (Cassandra Rules) | ||
| + | * [http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/08/182209789/medicare-pulls-back-curtain-on-hospital-bills Medicare Pulls Back Curtain On Hospital Bills] - NPR (Scott Hensley) | ||
| + | * [http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-shut-down-120119/ MegaUpload Shut Down by the Feds, Founder Arrested] - TorrentFreak (Ernesto) | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/more-americans-killed-police-terrorists-crime-down-why-police-aggression More Americans Killed By Police Than By Terrorists: With Crime Down, Why Is Police Aggression Up?] - Alternet (Dave Lindorff) | ||
| + | * [http://www.naturalnews.com/034538_NDAA_American_citizens_indefinite_detainment.html#ixzz1iGkaTia8 Myth busted: Yes, the NDAA does apply to Americans, and here's the text that says so] - NaturalNews.com (Mike Adams) | ||
| + | * [http://truth-out.org/news/item/22768-nafta-at-20-a-vehicle-to-increase-profits-at-the-expense-of-democracy NAFTA at 20: "A Vehicle To Increase Profits at the Expense of Democracy"] - Truth Out (Dave Johnson) | ||
| + | * [http://www.occupy.com/article/new-york-sex-trade-filling-debt-graduates-and-average-everyday-women New York Sex Trade Filling with In-Debt Graduates and "Average Everyday Women"] - Occupy.com (Justine Browning) | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/nine-epic-failures-regulating-cryptography Nine Epic Failures of Regulating Cryptography] - EFF (Cindy Cohn) | ||
| + | * [http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15917-noam-chomsky-smoke-and-mirrors-or-civil-liberties-under-president-obama Noam Chomsky: Smoke and Mirrors, or Civil Liberties Under President Obama] - Truth-out (Mike Stivers) | ||
| + | * [http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/No-charge-no-hearing-little-recourse-4549190.php No charge, no hearing, little recourse] - TimesUnion (Stewart Powell) | ||
| + | * [http://www.techspot.com/news/57316-nsa-classifies-linux-journal-readers-tor-and-tails-linux-users-as-extremists.html NSA classifies Linux Journal readers, Tor and Tails Linux users as "extremists"] - Techspot (Himanshu Arora) | ||
| + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/snowden-nsa-employees-routinely-pass-around-intercepted-nude-photos/ NSA employees routinely pass around intercepted nude photos] - Ars Technica (Cyrus Farivar) | ||
| + | * [http://online.wsj.com/article/AP560c3298937e445ca6cb325e18c3ab8b.html NY judge strikes part of terror law scholars fear] - Wall Street Journal | ||
| + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/25/nypd-occupy-protests-report?cat=world&type=article NYPD 'consistently violated basic rights' during Occupy protests – study] - Guardian (Chitrangada Choudhury) | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-administration-struggles-to-live-up-to-its-transparency-promise-post-analysis-shows/2012/08/03/71172462-dcae-11e1-9974-5c975ae4810f_story.html Obama administration struggles to live up to its transparency promise, Post analysis shows] - Washington Post (James Ball) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/obama-plans-for-10-more-years-of-extrajudicial-killing-by-drone/264034/ Obama Plans for 10 More Years of Extrajudicial Killing by Drone] - the Atlantic (Conor Friedersdorf) | ||
| + | * [https://rt.com/usa/news/obama-directive-20-cyber-715/ Obama secretly signs the most aggressive cybersecurity directive ever] - RT | ||
| + | * [http://www.salon.com/2014/09/20/obama_the_slide_back_to_iraq_and_the_power_of_the_deep_state Obama, the slide back to Iraq and the power of the “Deep State”] - Salon (Andrew O'Hehir) | ||
| + | * [https://rt.com/usa/news/obama-executive-order-legislation-993/ Obama threatens Senate with cybersecurity executive order] - RT | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/65-65-things-we-know-about-nsa-surveillance-we-didnt-know-year-ago On 6/5, 65 Things We Know about NSA Surveillance That We Didn't Know a Year Ago] - EFF (Nadia Kayyali and Katitza Rodriguez) | ||
| + | * [http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2014/09/religion-and-american-armed-forces One army under God?] - The Economist | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/14/climate-change-energy-shocks-nsa-prism Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks] - The Guardian (Dr. Nafeez Ahmed) | ||
| + | * [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/pipa-support-collapses-with-13-new-opponents-in-senate.ars PIPA Support Collapses with 13 New Opponents in Senate] - Ars Technica (Timothy B. Lee) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/police-body-mounted-cameras-right-policies-place-win-all Police Body-Mounted Cameras: With Right Policies in Place, a Win For All] - ACLU | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/11/politics-police-stop-terrorism-83-military-7-time.html Politics and Police Stop Terrorism 83% – Military Only 7% – of the Time] - Washington Blog | ||
| + | * [http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/395/03/20140416_nb_profit_from_crisis_frontline_preprint_web.htm Profit from Crisis: Why capitalists do not want recovery, and what that means for America] - Frontline (Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler) | ||
| + | * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/roundup-herbicide-health-issues-disease_n_3156575.html Roundup, An Herbicide, Could Be Linked To Parkinson's, Cancer And Other Health Issues, Study Shows] - Huffington Post (Reuters) | ||
| + | * [http://politicalblindspot.com/scientists-find-gmo-damages-red-blood-cells/ Scientists Find GMO Damages Red Blood Cells] - Political Blindspot (Arjun Walia) | ||
| + | * [http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/05/11/new-study-links-autism-to-toxin-exposure/ Scientists Link Autism To These Toxic Chemicals During Fetal Development] - Collective Evolution (Arjun Walia) | ||
| + | * [https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/03/162209738/senate-panels-finds-anti-terror-data-sharing-centers-were-useless Senate Panels Finds Anti-Terror, Data-Sharing Centers Were Useless] - NPR (Eyder Peralta) | ||
| + | * [http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/07/25/senate-proposal-for-curbing-leaks-escalates-restrictions-on-intelligence-employees-who-talk-to-media/ Senate Proposal for Curbing ‘Leaks’ Escalates Restrictions on Intelligence Employees Who Talk to Media] - FireDogLake (Kevin Gosztola) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/09/cia-torture-report-released Senate report on CIA torture claims spy agency lied about 'ineffective' program] - The Guardian (Spencer Ackerman, Dominic Rushe, and Julian Borger) | ||
| + | * [http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/24305-servants-of-power-higher-education-in-an-era-of-corporate-control Servants of Power: Higher Education in an Era of Corporate Control] - Truth Out ( Peter Seybold) | ||
| + | * [http://www.vox.com/2014/9/29/6849723/solar-power-net-metering-utilities-fight-states Solar power is growing so fast that older energy companies are trying to stop it] - Vox (Brad Plumer) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/religion-belief-free-speech/sorry-mr-mayor-atheists-have-rights-too Sorry Mr. Mayor, But Atheists Have Rights, Too] - ACLU (Carrie Ellen Sager) | ||
| + | * [http://www.aclu.org/national-security/supreme-court-rules-material-support-law-can-stand Supreme Court Rules "Material Support" Law Can Stand] - ACLU | ||
| + | * [http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/16/ten-examples-of-welfare-for-corporations-and-the-ultra-rich/ Ten Examples of Welfare for Corporations and the Ultra-Rich] - BillMoyers.com (Bill Quigley) | ||
| + | * [http://www.filmsforaction.org/takeaction/sign_your_name_the_american_anticorruption_act_is_historic_legislation_that_would_finally_get_money_out_of_politics/ The American Anti-Corruption Act is Historic Legislation that will Finally Get Money Out of Politics] - Films For Action | ||
| + | * [http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/the-boston-fishing-party-and-australians-rights-online/ The Boston Fishing Party and Australians Rights Online] - Crickey (Bernard Keane) | ||
| + | * [http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-15/the-case-for-abolishing-the-dhs#p1 The Case for Abolishing the DHS] - Bloomberg Businessweek (Charles Kenny) | ||
| + | * [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/border-patrol-constitution-free-agency-109375.html The Constitution-Free Agency: | ||
| + | How the Border Patrol is running amok and making a mockery of the rule of law.] - Politico (James Lyall) | ||
| + | * [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/05/03/1955891/new-omb-study-the-economic-benefits-of-epa-regulations-massively-outweigh-the-costs The Economic Benefits of EPA Regulations Massively Outweigh The Costs] - Think Progress (Jeff Spross) | ||
| + | * [http://www.vox.com/2014/6/20/5826482/the-house-just-overwhelmingly-voted-to-rein-in-the-nsa The House just overwhelmingly voted to rein in the NSA] - Vox (Timothy B. Lee) | ||
| + | * [http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_housing_shell_game_20130503 The Housing Market Recovery Is ‘A Complete Hoax’] - Truthdig (Alexander Reed Kelly) | ||
| + | * [http://www.dailydot.com/politics/nsa-yahoo-fine-perspective-photos/ The NSA's crazy fine threat against Yahoo put in perspective] - The Daily Dot (Dell Cameron) | ||
| + | * [http://www.occupy.com/article/oira-effect-lobbyists-block-regulations-through-secretive-white-house-office The OIRA Effect: Lobbyists Block Regulations Through Secretive White House Office] - Occupy.com (Heather Rogers) | ||
| + | * [http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/12/the-real-reason-for-obamas-threat-to-veto-the-indefinite-detention-bill-hint-its-not-to-protect-liberty.html The Real Reason for Obama’s Threat to Veto the Indefinite Detention Bill (Hint: It’s Not to Protect Liberty)] - by Washington's Blog | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/books/there-are-good-alternatives-us-capitalism-no-way-get-there There Are Good Alternatives to US Capitalism, But No Way to Get There] - Alternet (Jerry Mander) | ||
| + | * [http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-10-25/same-secret-government-agency-which-spies-all-americans-also-decides-who-gets The SAME Unaccountable Government Agency Which Spies on ALL Americans Also Decides Who Gets ASSASSINATED by Drones] - ZeroHedge (George Washington) | ||
| + | * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/02/poverty-increase-map_n_5548577.html The South Is Essentially A Solid, Grim Block Of Poverty] - Huffington Post (Mark Gongloff) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/30/terrorist-watch-list-rules-innocent-people The US government can brand you a terrorist based on a Facebook post. We can't let them make up the rules] - The Guardian (Arjun Sethi) | ||
| + | * [http://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/the_u_s_governments_creeping_war_on_journalists_partner/ The U.S. government’s creeping war on journalists] - Salon (David Sirota) | ||
| + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools The US schools with their own police] - The Guardian (Chris McGreal) | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/unsealed-us-sought-permission-change-historical-record-public-court-proceeding The US Sought Permission To Change The Historical Record Of A Public Court Proceeding] - EFF (David Greene) | ||
| + | * [http://www.salon.com/2012/10/11/third_northwest_activist_jailed_for_staying_silent/ Third Northwest activist jailed for staying silent] - Salon (Natasha Lennard) | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/03/01/trustycon-how-to-redesign-nsa.html Trustycon: how to redesign NSA surveillance to catch more criminals and spy on a lot fewer people] - BoingBoing (Cory Doctorow) | ||
| + | * [https://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights/un-holds-us-accountable-human-rights-violations-home-and-abroad U.N. Holds U.S. Accountable for Human Rights Violations at Home and Abroad] - ACLU (Astrid Reyes) | ||
| + | * [http://truth-out.org/news/item/22887-un-human-rights-committee-finds-us-in-serious-violation UN Human Rights Committee Finds US in Violation on 25 Counts] - Truth Out (Adam Hudson) | ||
| + | * [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-05-20/entertainment/bal-pbs-frontline-nsa-privacy-secret-20140513_1_liar-james-clapper-secrets 'United States of Secrets' the kind of report that redeems TV journalism] - The Baltimore Sun (David Zurawik) | ||
| + | * [https://rt.com/usa/news/cia-torture-prison-judge-032/ US acquits CIA of killing and torturing of prisoners] - RT | ||
| + | * [http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/01/09/us-customs-can-and-will-seize-laptops-and-cellphones-demand-passwords/ US customs can and will seize laptops and cellphones, demand passwords] - Naked Security Sophos (Lisa Vaas) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/darpa-social-networks-research-twitter-influence-studies US military studied how to influence Twitter users in Darpa-funded research] - The Guardian (Ben Quinn and James Ball) | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/10/u-s-war-on-terror-has-increased-terrorism.html U.S. “War On Terror” Has INCREASED Terrorism] - Washington's Blog | ||
| + | * [http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/10/18/vote-all-you-want-the-secret-government-won-change/jVSkXrENQlu8vNcBfMn9sL/story.html Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change.] - The Boston Globe (Jordan Michael Smith) | ||
| + | * [http://gizmodo.com/we-fixed-comcasts-bogus-misleading-net-neutrality-stat-1657535846 We Fixed Comcast's Bogus, Misleading Net Neutrality Statement] - Gizmodo (Adam Clark Estes) | ||
| + | * [http://valeriamsouza.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/welcome-to-the-gas-chamber-a-first-person-account-of-mokabes-on-the-morning-of-112514/ Welcome to the “gas chamber”: a first-person account of Mokabe’s on the morning of 11/25/14] - Bradley Garrett | ||
| + | * [http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-have-police-in-america-turned-into-such-ruthless-thugs Why Have Police In America Turned Into Such Ruthless Thugs?] - The American Dream (Michael Snyder) | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/world/why-iraqis-may-see-isil-lesser-evil-compared-us-backed-death-squads Why Iraqis May See ISIL as Lesser Evil Compared To U.S.-Backed Death Squads] - AlterNet (Nicolas J.S. Davies) | ||
| + | * [http://www.exposingtruth.com/wikileaks-releases-secret-tisa/ Why TISA Is More Scary Than TTIP Or TPPA] - ExposingTruth.com (M Caulfield) | ||
| + | * [http://livefreelivenatural.com/wikileaks-releases-next-chapter-tpp-trans-pacific-partnership/ Wikileaks Releases Next Chapter on TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Crony Trade Deal] - Live Free Live Natural (Cassius Methyl) | ||
| + | * [http://motherboard.vice.com/read/wind-power-is-actually-cheaper-than-coal-says-leaked-government-report Wind Power Is Actually Cheaper Than Coal, Says Leaked Government Report] - MotherBoard (Brian Merchant) | ||
| + | * [http://40yrs.blogspot.com/2014/07/yes-blackwater-threatened-to-kill-state.html Yes, Blackwater Threatened to Kill a State Department Investigator] - Matthew Saroff | ||
| + | * [http://thesoundandnoise.com/2012/09/14/young-persons-called-to-private-grand-jury-for-owning-books/ Young Persons Called to Private Grand Jury for Owning Books] - Sound+Noise (Tom) | ||
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| − | *[http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html Beware Online Filter Bubbles] - by Eli Pariser | + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html Beware Online Filter Bubbles] - by Eli Pariser |
| − | *[http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/en//id/1558 Demand a more Open Source Government] - by Beth Noveck | + | * [http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Richard_Wolff_Capitalism_Hits_the_Fan Capitalism Hits the Fan] - Richard Wolff |
| − | *[http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=8D1299CC3E46CB378C44D0E39AC6AB7A Fluoride Dangers - They Knew All Along] - James J. Delaney? | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks Civil Forfeiture] - Last Week Tonight (John Oliver) |
| − | *[http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=A8E93E45C42846D11FBE0E3A4B1355A2 Fluoride The Bizarre History - Full Documentary] | + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/en//id/1558 Demand a more Open Source Government] - by Beth Noveck |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM Hitler reacts to SOPA] | + | * [http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=8D1299CC3E46CB378C44D0E39AC6AB7A Fluoride Dangers - They Knew All Along] - James J. Delaney? |
| − | *[http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/13/how-pervasive-has-government-distrust-gotten/ How pervasive has government distrust gotten?] - by Ivan Krastev | + | * [http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=A8E93E45C42846D11FBE0E3A4B1355A2 Fluoride The Bizarre History - Full Documentary] |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lxyi_3CGrk In Defense of Dialogue] - by Jonas Gahr Støre (Norwegian Diplomat) | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM Hitler reacts to SOPA] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mky11UJb9AY Gerrymandering Explained] - by C.G.P. Grey |
| − | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H62ScHZkTXw GMOs: The Moment of Truth] |
| − | *[ | + | * [http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/empire/2010/12/2010121681345363793.html Hollywood and the War Machine] - Al Jazeera |
| − | *[http://www.thenation.com/article/170413/stopped-and-frisked-being-fking-mutt-video Stopped-and-Frisked: 'For Being a F**king Mutt'] - by Ross Tuttle and Erin Schneider | + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html How economic inequality harms societies] - Richard Wilkinson |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONM4JupBz_E The power of the informal economy] - by Robert Neuwirth | + | * [http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/13/how-pervasive-has-government-distrust-gotten/ How pervasive has government distrust gotten?] - by Ivan Krastev |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained] - by C.G.P. Grey | + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley.html How to escape education's death valley] - TED (Ken Robinson) |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k The Trouble with the Electoral College] - by C.G.P. Grey | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lxyi_3CGrk In Defense of Dialogue] - by Jonas Gahr Støre (Norwegian Diplomat) |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMPrzr7aug Why Fukushima Can Happen HERE!! What the NRC and Nuclear Industry Dont Want You to Know] - by Arnie Gundersen and David Lochbaum | + | * [http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=39548FF4687EE675D6C5B234338B3E1E SNL Banned Episode ~ Media Controlled Conspiracy Theory Rock] - SNL |
| + | * [http://egbertowillies.com/2014/09/30/jon-stewart-congress-isil-isis-debate/ Jon Stewart skewered Congress for hiding from ISIS debate] - The Daily Show | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LaSD8oFBZE Superpower for Hire: Rise of the Private Military] - VICE | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jRkACywckE The military case for sharing knowledge] - TED (Stanley McChrystal) | ||
| + | * [http://www.thenation.com/article/170413/stopped-and-frisked-being-fking-mutt-video Stopped-and-Frisked: 'For Being a F**king Mutt'] - by Ross Tuttle and Erin Schneider | ||
| + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy.html The Antidote to Apathy] - TED (Dave Meslin) | ||
| + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/rodrigo_canales_the_deadly_genius_of_drug_cartels The deadly genius of drug cartels] - TED (Rodrigo Canales) | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONM4JupBz_E The power of the informal economy] - by Robert Neuwirth | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained] - by C.G.P. Grey | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k The Trouble with the Electoral College] - by C.G.P. Grey | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMPrzr7aug Why Fukushima Can Happen HERE!! What the NRC and Nuclear Industry Dont Want You to Know] - by Arnie Gundersen and David Lochbaum | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGyOwnqpCKk Why Genetically Engineered Foods Should be Labeled] - TED (Gary Hirshberg) | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
===Court Cases=== | ===Court Cases=== | ||
| − | *[http://cip.law.ucla.edu/cases/Pages/default.aspx List of Copyright Cases] - by UCLA and Columbia Law Schools | + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/depth-judge-illstons-remarkable-order-striking-down-nsl-statute In Depth: The District Court's Remarkable Order Striking Down the NSL (National Security Letter) Statute] - EFF |
| + | * [http://cip.law.ucla.edu/cases/Pages/default.aspx List of Copyright Cases] - by UCLA and Columbia Law Schools | ||
| + | * [http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/16985-pa-court-deals-blow-to-fracking-industry-and-corporate-privacy-rights PA Court Deals Blow to Fracking Industry and Corporate 'Privacy Rights'] - AlterNet (Steven Rosenfeld) | ||
| + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/verizon-telephone-data-court-order Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling] - Foreign Intelligence Service Court | ||
===Legislation=== | ===Legislation=== | ||
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===Philosophy=== | ===Philosophy=== | ||
| − | *[http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf Communist Manifesto] - by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels | + | * [http://www.alternet.org/gender/5-things-society-unfairly-expects-men 5 Things Society Unfairly Expects of Men] - AlterNet (Greta Christina) |
| − | *[http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/FDTD.pdf From Dictatorship to Democracy] - by Gene Sharp | + | * [http://www.alternet.org/economy/americans-are-blind-income-inequality 5 Ways Most Americans Are Blind to How Their Country Is Stacked for the Wealthy] - AlterNet (Paul Buchheit) |
| − | *[http://stjornlagarad.is/other_files/stjornlagarad/Frumvarp-enska.pdf Iceland's New Constitution] - Iceland Constitutional Council | + | * [http://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-helsinki-transport-engineer-2014-7 A 24-Year-Old Transport Engineer Is About To Free Her City From Car Ownership] - Business Insider (Rob Wile) |
| − | *[http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html Institutions vs. Collaboration] - by Clay Shirky | + | * [http://egbertowillies.com/2013/05/27/americans-would-prefer-denmark-social-safety-net-taxes-if-informed/ Americans Would Prefer Denmark Social Safety Net Taxes If Informed] - Egberto Willies |
| − | *[http://falkvinge.net/pirate-wheel/ The Pirate Wheel] - Pirates | + | * [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39034.htm At Issue Is Who Shall Rule The World] - Information Clearinghouse (Michael Hudson) |
| − | *[http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/why-valve-or-what-do-we-need-corporations-for-and-how-does-valves-management-structure-fit-into-todays-corporate-world/ Why Valve? Or, what do we need corporations for and how does Valve’s management structure fit into today’s corporate world?] - by yanis | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQuHSQXxsjM Austerity - The History of a Dangerous Idea] - Mark Blyth |
| + | * [http://www.opendemocracy.net/openindia/stuart-weir/basic-income-transforming-lives-in-rural-india Basic Income: transforming lives in rural India] - Opendemocracy.net (Stuart Weir) | ||
| + | * [http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/10/22/358105415/episode-577-sam-brownback-s-kansas-experiment Brownback's Kansas Experiment: Cuts Taxes; Good Times Don't Come; Fights for Political Life] - NPR | ||
| + | * [http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/can-project-based-learning-close-gaps-in-science-education/ Can Project-Based Learning Close Gaps in Science Education?] - KQED (Ingfei Chen) | ||
| + | * [http://billmoyers.com/2013/10/11/commonomics-how-we-can-build-local-economies-that-work-for-everyone/ Commonomics: How We Can Build Local Economies That Work for Everyone] - Bill Moyers & company (Laura Flanders) | ||
| + | * [http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf Communist Manifesto] - by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels | ||
| + | * [http://www.shareable.net/blog/community-resilience-as-economic-development Community Resilience as Economic Development] - Excerpted from Post Carbon Institute's report, Climate After Growth | ||
| + | * [http://piecefit.com/index.php/en/system-failure-all/a-rigged-economy/item/520-debunking-the-myths-around-the-universal-basic-income Debunking the Top 5 Myths about the Universal Basic Income] - The Pieces Fit | ||
| + | * [http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26680993 Did Hyman Minsky find the secret behind financial crashes?] - BBC | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/jun/16/diy-labs-exciting-alternative-university-science-research 'DIY labs offer an agile alternative to university-based research'] - The Guardian (Amber Griffiths) | ||
| + | * [http://billmoyers.com/2014/08/29/do-both-liberals-and-conservatives-have-taxing-and-spending-all-wrong/ Do Both Liberals and Conservatives Have Taxing and Spending All Wrong?] - Moyers & Company (Joshua Holland) | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/economy/economic-double-whammy-americas-growing-wealth-divide-actually-putting-people-out-work Economic Double Whammy: America's Growing Wealth Divide Is Actually Putting People out of Work] - AlterNet (Lynn Stuart Parramore) | ||
| + | * [http://thecryptosphere.com/2014/09/24/economics-showdown-billionaires-vs-the-poors/ Economics Showdown: Billionaires vs. The Poors] - The Cryptosphere (RAINCOASTER) | ||
| + | * [http://www.ijreview.com/2014/11/200671-fbi-now-know-record-numbers-gun-sales-means-gun-crimes-america/ FBI Drops Truth-Bomb on Gun Control Advocates: Firearms Numbers at Record Levels & Violent Crime Decreases] - IJReview (Charles Samuel) | ||
| + | * [http://www.smh.com.au/comment/forget-democracy-we-need-a-new-way-to-govern-20140422-zqxuv.html Forget democracy, we need a new way to govern] - The Sydney Morning Herald (Luca Belgiorno-Nettis) | ||
| + | * [http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/FDTD.pdf From Dictatorship to Democracy] - by Gene Sharp | ||
| + | * [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/11150306/German-model-is-ruinous-for-Germany-and-deadly-for-Europe.html German model is ruinous for Germany, and deadly for Europe] - The Telegraph (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jul/10/helsinki-shared-public-transport-plan-car-ownership-pointless Helsinki's ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years] - The Guardian (Adam Greenfield) | ||
| + | * [http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/free-thinkers/all/ How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses] - Joshua Davis | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/economy/philanthropy-trouble?page=0%2C0 How Billionaire 'Philanthropy' Is Fueling Inequality and Helping To Destroy the Country] - AlterNet (Prashanth Kamalakanthan) | ||
| + | * [http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/students-lead-the-learning-experience-at-democratic-schools/ How Students Lead the Learning Experience at Democratic Schools] - KQED (Luba Vangelova) | ||
| + | * [http://www.vox.com/2014/10/8/6946565/progressive-taxes-are-not-the-solution-to-inequality How Sweden fights inequality — without soaking the rich] - Vox (Cathie Jo Martin and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez) | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-KnaYZJg48 How to reinvent the apartment building] - TED (Moshe Safdie) | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXfYNdapq3Q How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era] - TED (Pia Mancini) | ||
| + | * [http://stjornlagarad.is/other_files/stjornlagarad/Frumvarp-enska.pdf Iceland's New Constitution] - Iceland Constitutional Council | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAcaeLmybCY If Walmart Paid Its Employees a Living Wage, How Much Would Prices Go Up?] - Slate | ||
| + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html Institutions vs. Collaboration] - by Clay Shirky | ||
| + | * [http://www.ibtimes.com/kansas-governor-proposes-using-pension-money-cover-budget-gaps-created-his-tax-cuts-1753626 Kansas Governor Proposes Using Pension Money to Cover Budget Gaps Created By His Tax Cuts] - International Business Times (David Sirota) | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiWqMG0Ea7A&list=UUh86vEhw0zFOCL8d4xjLBWA King's Final Marching Orders: Institutionalizing Nonviolence] - Fellowship of Reconciliation- Seabeck Conference (Kazu Haga) | ||
| + | * [https://kopimism.me/ Kopimism] - Kopimist Church of Idaho | ||
| + | * [https://news.vice.com/article/legal-pot-in-the-us-is-crippling-mexican-cartels Legal Pot in the US Is Crippling Mexican Cartels] - Vice News (Mary Emily O’Hara) | ||
| + | * [http://www.salon.com/2014/07/08/lets_nationalize_amazon_and_google_publicly_funded_technology_built_big_tech/ Let’s nationalize Amazon and Google: Publicly funded technology built Big Tech] - Salon (RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW) | ||
| + | * [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marx-was-right-five-surprising-ways-karl-marx-predicted-2014-20140130 Marx Was Right: Five Surprising Ways Karl Marx Predicted 2014] - Rolling Stone (Sean McElwee) | ||
| + | * [http://falkvinge.net/2013/08/31/more-thoughts-on-the-coming-swarm-economy/ More Thoughts on the Coming Swarm Economy] - Rick Falkvinge | ||
| + | * [http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/open-government-declaration Open Government Declaration] - Open Government Partnership | ||
| + | * [http://reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate-accountability-history-corporations-us/ Our Hidden History of Corporations in the United States] - Reclaim Democracy | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_having_ordinary_skill_in_the_art Person having ordinary skill in the art] - Wikipedia (Various) | ||
| + | * [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/24/price-gouging-businesses-cry-socialism-after-ky-drivers-flock-to-city-run-gas-station/ Price-gouging businesses cry ‘socialism’ after KY drivers flock to city-run gas station] - The Raw Story (David Edwards) | ||
| + | * [http://mic.com/articles/87719/princeton-concludes-what-kind-of-government-america-really-has-and-it-s-not-a-democracy Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It's Not a Democracy] - Mic (Tom McKay) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/07/radical-new-economic-system-will-emerge-from-collapse-of-capitalism Radical new economic system will emerge from collapse of capitalism] - The Guardian (Jo Confino) | ||
| + | * [http://mondediplo.com/2013/05/04income Rupees in your pocket (A basic minimum income)] - Le Monde Dimplomatique (Benjamin Fernandez) | ||
| + | * [http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/02/09/should-government-pay-you-alive/aaLVJsUAc5pKh0iYTFrXpI/story.html Should the government pay you to be alive?] - The Boston Globe (Leon Neyfakh) | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/27/stop-pretending-we-can-fix-the-environment-by-curbing-population-growth/ Stop pretending we can fix the environment by curbing population growth] - The Washington Post (Chris Mooney) | ||
| + | * [http://esnoticia.co/noticia-8790-swedens-prostitution-solution-why-hasnt-anyone-tried-this-before Sweden's Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn't Anyone Tried This Before?] - Esnoticia (Marie De Santis) | ||
| + | * [http://ideas.ted.com/2014/06/03/the-4-biggest-reasons-why-inequality-is-bad-for-society/ The 4 Biggest Reasons Why Inequality is Bad for Society] - TED (T. M. Scanlon) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/07/capitalism-rich-poor-2060-populations-technology-human-rights-inequality The best of capitalism is over for rich countries – and for the poor ones it will be over by 2060] - The Guardian (Paul Mason) | ||
| + | * [http://issuu.com/internetocracy/docs/the_coming_age_of_internetocracy_v24 The Coming Age of Internetocracy] - Lawrence A. Compagna | ||
| + | * [http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/02/04/the-end-of-nation-states-may-enhance-humanity/ The End of Nation States May Enhance Humanity] - H+ Magazine (Harry J. Bentham) | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeiOeDq_Nc The Four Pillars of a Decentralized Society] - TEDxZug (Johann Gevers) | ||
| + | * [http://piratetimes.net/wp-uploads/news/2013/07/TheGameofPoliticsPursuitofPoweroverPeople.GameManual.pdf The Game of Politics: Pursuit of Power over People; Game Manual] - Jón þór ólafsson | ||
| + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia The ghastly tragedy of the suburbs] - TED (James Kunstler) | ||
| + | * [http://www.upworthy.com/the-highly-compelling-case-for-wealth-redistribution-made-by-the-exact-right-person The Highly Compelling Case For Wealth Redistribution Made By The Exact Right Person] - Senator Bernie Sanders | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/noam-chomsky-kind-anarchism-i-believe-and-whats-wrong-libertarians?page=0%2C0 The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians] - Alternet (Michael S. Wilson, Noam Chomsky) | ||
| + | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind The moral roots of liberals and conservatives] - TED (Jonathan Haidt) | ||
| + | * [http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/9/25/6843509/income-distribution-recoveries-pavlina-tcherneva The most important chart about the American economy you'll see this year] - Matthew Yglesias | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% - ex CIA spy] - The Guardian (Nafeez Ahmed) | ||
| + | * [http://falkvinge.net/pirate-wheel/ The Pirate Wheel] - Pirates | ||
| + | * [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014.html The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats] - Politico (Nick Hanauer) | ||
| + | * [http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-reason-for-the-40-hour-workweek-2014-6 The Real Reason For The 40-Hour Workweek] - Business Insider (David Cain) | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/books/there-are-good-alternatives-us-capitalism-no-way-get-there?page=0%2C0 There are Good Alternatives to US Capitalism, But No Way to Get There] - Jerry Mander | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SewlKDMFR4 The Similarities between Bolshevism and Capitalism] - Noam Chomsky | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uskyjAOju58 The Way the Eagle Shits] - Blowback Productions (Al Levin) | ||
| + | * [http://www.ozy.com/acumen/think-theres-a-lot-of-immigration-to-the-us-think-again/34258 Think There's a Lot of Immigration to the US? Think Again] - OZY (Nathan Siegel) | ||
| + | * [http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/to-advance-education-we-must-first-reimagine-society/ To Advance Education, We Must First Reimagine Society] - Luba Vangelova | ||
| + | * [http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/26801-focus-we-actually-dont-need-congress-anymore We Actually Don't Need Congress Anymore] - RSN (Carl Gibson) | ||
| + | * [http://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/nov/16/sweden-tax-burden-welfare Where tax goes up to 60 per cent, and everybody's happy paying it] - The Guardian (Gwladys Fouché) | ||
| + | * [https://decorrespondent.nl/541/why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/31639050894-e44e2c00 Why we should give free money to everyone] - Rutger Bregman | ||
| + | * [http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/why-valve-or-what-do-we-need-corporations-for-and-how-does-valves-management-structure-fit-into-todays-corporate-world/ Why Valve? Or, what do we need corporations for and how does Valve’s management structure fit into today’s corporate world?] - by yanis | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIL_Y9g7Tg0 Why we should give everyone a basic income] - TED (Rutger Bregman) | ||
| + | * [http://c4ss.org/content/23638 Virtual Cantons: A New Path to Freedom?] - Center for Stateless Society (Roderick Long) | ||
| + | * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/05/voters-in-seattle-just-taxed-themselves-to-pay-for-preschool-for-the-poor/ Voters in Seattle just taxed themselves to pay for preschool for the poor] - The Washington Post (Emily Badger) | ||
===Reports, Statistics, and Studies=== | ===Reports, Statistics, and Studies=== | ||
| − | *[http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/intellectualproperty/intellectualproperty_strategic_plan.pdf 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement] - by the White House | + | * [http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/intellectualproperty/intellectualproperty_strategic_plan.pdf 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement] - by the White House |
| − | *[http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/plus/a0816/final.pdf Audit of the U.S. Department of Justice Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes] - by the U.S. Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General - Audit Division | + | * [http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/2013_cb/draft_2013_cost_benefit_report.pdf 2013 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act] - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) |
| − | *[https://www.ametsoc.org/policy/2012climatechange.pdf Climate Change - An Information Statement of the American Meteorological Society] - by American Meteorological Society Council | + | * [http://www.vox.com/2014/7/23/5925041/guaranteed-income-basic-poverty-gobry-labor-supply A guaranteed income for every American would eliminate poverty — and it wouldn't destroy the economy] - Vox (Dylan Matthews) |
| − | *[http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/freepublications/en/general/1020/wipo_pub_1020.pdf Guide to WIPO Services] - by the WIPO | + | * [http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/plus/a0816/final.pdf Audit of the U.S. Department of Justice Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes] - by the U.S. Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General - Audit Division |
| − | *[http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/its2008_e/its08_toc_e.htm International Trade Statistics 2008] - by the WTO | + | * [http://guardianlv.com/2014/06/china-experiment-in-permaculture-offers-world-hope/ China Experiment in Permaculture Offers World Hope] - Liberty Voice (Kaley Perkins) |
| − | *[http://cryptome.org/2012/01/0001.pdf List of Social Media Sites Monitored by the NOC] - U.S. Department of Homeland Security | + | * [https://www.ametsoc.org/policy/2012climatechange.pdf Climate Change - An Information Statement of the American Meteorological Society] - by American Meteorological Society Council |
| − | *[http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/orphan-report.pdf Report on Orphan Works] - by the United States Copyright Office | + | * [http://thedocs.hostzi.com/DoD_NetOps_Strategic_Vision.pdf Department of Defense NetOps Strategic Vision] - U.S. Department of Defense |
| − | *[http://www.copyright.gov/reports/s-plan2008/s-plan2008-2013.pdf Strategic Plan to Promote Creativity 2008-2013] - by the United States Copyright Office | + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/12/effs-guide-cda-230-most-important-law-protecting-online-speech EFF's Guide to CDA 230: The Most Important Law Protecting Online Speech] - by the EFF |
| − | *[https://research.stlouisfed.org/wp/2012/2012-035.pdf The Case Against Patents] - Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine | + | * [http://www.zeropaid.com/news/100921/what-filesharing-studies-really-say-conclusions-and-links/ Filesharing Study Compilation] - Zeropaid (Drew Wilson) |
| − | *[http://www.copyrightreform.eu/ The Case for Copyright Reform] - Christian Engström and Rick Falkvinge | + | * [http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/freepublications/en/general/1020/wipo_pub_1020.pdf Guide to WIPO Services] - by the WIPO |
| − | *[http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/intproperty/909/wipo_pub_909.pdf Understanding Copyright and Related Rights] - by the WIPO | + | * [http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/heres-exactly-how-much-the-government-would-have-to-spend-to-make-public-college-tuition-free/282803/ Here's Exactly How Much the Government Would Have to Spend to Make Public College Tuition-Free] - The Atlantic (Jordan Weissmann) |
| − | *[http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/intproperty/895/wipo_pub_895.pdf Understanding Industrial Property] - by the WIPO | + | * [http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/its2008_e/its08_toc_e.htm International Trade Statistics 2008] - by the WTO |
| + | * [http://sub.garrytan.com/its-not-the-morphine-its-the-size-of-the-cage-rat-park-experiment-upturns-conventional-wisdom-about-addiction It's not the morphine, it's the size of the cage: Rat Park experiment upturns conventional wisdom about addiction] - Garry Tan | ||
| + | * [http://www.occupycorporatism.com/more-documents-leaked-obama-collecting-list-of-political-dissidents/ Leaked PRISM Documents] - DoD and NSA | ||
| + | * [http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/05/26/department-of-homeland-security-forced-to-release-list-of-keywords-used-to-monitor-social-networking-sites/2/ List of Keywords Used to Monitor Social Networking Sites] - U.S. Department of Homeland Security | ||
| + | * [http://cryptome.org/2012/01/0001.pdf List of Social Media Sites Monitored by the NOC] - U.S. Department of Homeland Security | ||
| + | * [http://www.enveurope.com/content/26/1/14 long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize] - University of Caen (Gilles-Eric Séralini) | ||
| + | * [http://reason.com/poll/2014/07/15/millennials-dont-like-either-party-democ Millennials Don’t Like Either Party, Democrats Viewed as the Better of Two Bad Options] - Reason.com (Emily Ekins) | ||
| + | * [http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/7/millennials-politicalviewslibertariansocialist.html Millennials’ politics are shaped by our dysfunctional system] - Al Jazeera (Malcolm Harris) | ||
| + | * [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018545&imageURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018545.g001;jsessionid=688FABA9F8E724E9F4A429F4C07B74B9 Non-Disruptive Tactics of Suppression Are Superior in Countering Terrorism, Insurgency, and Financial Panics] - David A. Siegel | ||
| + | * [http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/orphan-report.pdf Report on Orphan Works] - by the United States Copyright Office | ||
| + | * Policy Brief - Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it <s>[http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rsc_policy_brief_--_three_myths_about_copyright_law_and_where_to_start_to_fix_it_--_november_16_2012.pdf (Original - Retracted after the MPAA and RIAA squeezed their balls)]</s>[http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/rsc_policy_brief_--_three_myths_about_copyright_law_and_where_to_start_to_fix_it_--_november_16_2012.pdf KEI Mirror] [http://marylandpirates.com/wp-content/uploads/rsc_policy_brief_--_three_myths_about_copyright_law_and_where_to_start_to_fix_it_--_november_16_2012.pdf Maryland Pirates Mirror] [http://www.masspirates.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rsc_policy_brief_-_three_myths_about_copyright_law_and_where_to_start_to_fix_it_-_november_16_2012.pdf Massachusetts Pirates Mirror] [http://keionline.org/sites/default/files/rsc_policy_brief_--_three_myths_about_copyright_law_and_where_to_start_to_fix_it_--_november_16_2012.pdf Scribd Mirror] - Republican Study Committee | ||
| + | * [http://themindunleashed.org/2014/07/scientists-reviewed-343-studies-see-organic-food-better-heres-found.html Scientists Reviewed 343 Studies to see if Organic Food is Better for you. Here’s what they Found Out] | ||
| + | * [http://www.salon.com/2014/07/29/secrets_of_the_right_wing_brain_new_study_proves_it_conservatives_see_a_different_hostile_world Secrets of the right-wing brain: New study proves it — conservatives see a different, hostile world] - Salon (Paul Rosenberg) | ||
| + | * [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/29/1302820/-Someone-finally-polled-the-1-And-it-s-not-pretty Someone finally polled the 1% — And it's not pretty] - Daily Kos (Auriandra) | ||
| + | * [http://www.copyright.gov/reports/s-plan2008/s-plan2008-2013.pdf Strategic Plan to Promote Creativity 2008-2013] - by the United States Copyright Office | ||
| + | * [http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/study-shows-dramatic-correlation-between-gmos-and-22-diseases Study Shows Dramatic Correlation Between GMOs And 22 Diseases] - AlterNet (Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers) | ||
| + | * [http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17960-the-biggest-takers-and-societal-parasites-are-the-rich-not-the-working The Biggest "Takers" and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor] - TruthOut (Paul Buchheit) | ||
| + | * [https://research.stlouisfed.org/wp/2012/2012-035.pdf The Case Against Patents] - Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine | ||
| + | * [http://www.copyrightreform.eu/ The Case for Copyright Reform] - Christian Engström and Rick Falkvinge | ||
| + | * [http://nsnbc.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BSEM-2011.pdf The Health Hazards of Disease Prevention: The vaccination policy and the Code of Practice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI): are they at odds?] - Lucija Tomljenovic, PhD | ||
| + | * [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735813001256 The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health: A systematic review and meta-analysis] - Thomas Richardsona, Peter Elliotta, Ronald Roberts | ||
| + | * [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/22/rich-people-cheat-lie-and-steal-more-often-than-poor-people-video/ This Video Shows That Rich People Cheat, Steal And Lie More Often Than The Poor] - Addicting Info (Randa Morris) | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline Timeline of NSA Domestic Spying] - EFF | ||
| + | * [http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/intproperty/909/wipo_pub_909.pdf Understanding Copyright and Related Rights] - by the WIPO | ||
| + | * [http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/intproperty/895/wipo_pub_895.pdf Understanding Industrial Property] - by the WIPO | ||
| + | * [http://patentoppositions.org/case_studies/4f106d0504a7f92f5b000003 Success Story: The Case of TDF in Brazil] - Patent Opposition Database | ||
| + | * [http://patentoppositions.org/case_studies/500e9b8c7718ea0002000018 Revoking An Invalid Patent: The Case of Didanosine in Thailand] - Patent Opposition Database | ||
| + | * [http://www.madinamerica.com/2012/02/why-anti-authoritarians-are-diagnosed-as-mentally-ill/ Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill] - Mad In America (Bruce Levine, Ph.D.) | ||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
| − | *[https://alkasir.com/ Alkasir for Mapping and Circumventing Cyber Censorship] | + | * [https://alkasir.com/ Alkasir for Mapping and Circumventing Cyber Censorship] |
| − | *[http://www.cvdazzle.com/ CV Dazzle] - Computer Vision Camoflage | + | * [http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml#none American Fact Finder] - US Census Bureau |
| − | *[http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za/wiki/index.php/DIY_Mesh_Guide DIY Mesh Guide] - Start a mesh network in your neighborhood to get around ISP censorship and high prices | + | * [http://apathy.plankhead.com/ Apathy] - A flash game created by Pirates to show how difficult it is to get our representatives to represent us. |
| − | *[http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ Defective by Design] - Lists sources of DRM things and free alternatives | + | * [https://www.khanacademy.org/science/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-overview Bitcoin Overview] - Khan Academy |
| − | *[https://encrypteverything.ca/index.php/Main_Page Encrypt Everything] - compiled by Pirate Party of Canada | + | * [http://cvdazzle.com/ CV Dazzle] - Computer Vision Camoflage |
| − | *[https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/index.en.html FreedomBox] - A project to make it impossible to censor the internet | + | * [http://wirelessafrica.meraka.org.za/wiki/index.php/DIY_Mesh_Guide DIY Mesh Guide] - Start a mesh network in your neighborhood to get around ISP censorship and high prices |
| − | *[http://www.airsoftgent.be/dbase/hands.htm Hand and Arm Signals (Military and SWAT)] | + | * [http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ Defective by Design] - Lists sources of DRM things and free alternatives |
| − | *[https://crypto.is/ The Crypto Project (Tools for privacy)] - Crypto.is | + | * [https://encrypteverything.ca/index.php/Main_Page Encrypt Everything] - compiled by Pirate Party of Canada |
| − | *[http://www.un.int/kamal/thelawofcyberspace/The%20Law%20of%20Cyber-Space.pdf The Law of Cyberspace: An Invitation to the Table of Negotiations] - by Ahmad Kamal | + | * [https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/index.en.html FreedomBox] - A project to make it impossible to censor the internet |
| − | *[http://www.spyfiles.org/ List of Companies Spying on Us for the Government by Country] - compiled by Wikileaks | + | * [http://www.airsoftgent.be/dbase/hands.htm Hand and Arm Signals (Military and SWAT)] |
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/howto-two-factor-authentication-twitter-and-around-web How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Twitter (And Everywhere Else)] - EFF (Parker Higgins) | ||
| + | * [http://www.movements.org/how-to/entry/how-to-prepare-for-an-internet-connection-cut-off/ How to Remain Connected if Your Internet gets Cut Off] - movements.org (Susannah Vila) | ||
| + | * [https://www.ifightsurveillance.org/ I Fight Surveillance] - How to protect yourself and fight surveillance | ||
| + | * [https://www.loomio.org/ Loomio] - Public collaboration tool | ||
| + | * [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/15/us/surplus-military-equipment-map.html?_r=0 Mapping the Spread of the Military’s Surplus Gear] - The New York Times | ||
| + | * [https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard Secure Messaging Scorecard: Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe?] - The EFF scores internet services on their privacy protections | ||
| + | * [https://standagainstspying.org Stand Against Spying: Where Do Your Representatives Stand On Illegal Mass Spying?] - Tool to find your representative's position on mass spying | ||
| + | * [https://crypto.is/ The Crypto Project (Tools for privacy)] - Crypto.is | ||
| + | * [http://www.un.int/kamal/thelawofcyberspace/The%20Law%20of%20Cyber-Space.pdf The Law of Cyberspace: An Invitation to the Table of Negotiations] - by Ahmad Kamal | ||
| + | * [http://www.spyfiles.org/ List of Companies Spying on Us for the Government by Country] - compiled by Wikileaks | ||
| + | * [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/10/wired-campaign-widget/ Who Bought Your Politician?] - Embeddable widget by Wired that shows the top ten contributors to a politician's campaign | ||
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Welcome to the library of the Pirate Party. Where applicable, either PDF versions will be provided or the link to those works given. For works where it is not legal for us to give out PDFs, we will provide ISBN numbers for those items. Titles are always being added so check back.
Creative Commons, Public Domain, Public License Images, Literature, Music, Software, and Video
- Internet Archive - Digital library of free books, movies, and music
- Jamendo - Creative Commons music
- Musopen - Public domain music, sheet music, and textbooks
- Project Gutenburg - Public domain books in electronic format
- Wikimedia Commons - Public domain and Creative Commons images
Education
Digital Social Learning Communities
Free Learning
List of 700 Free Online Courses
- Academic Earth - University level
- Coursera - Free classes from 16+ Universities
- Surveillance Law - Stanford Course
- Duolingo - Learn languages
- Free Online Courses - University level
- Khan Academy - Always adding more subjects
- Udacity - Concentrated on Computer Science
- Open Courseware - List of OCW sites
- MIT Open Courseware - Youtube
- JHSPH Open Courseware - Johns Hopkins
- edX - Free Online courses from MIT, Harvard, and Berkley. Certification for completion offered for some courses.
- Youtube EDU - Educational Youtube videos.
- open.michigan
Government
- Beginner’s Guide to Building a Strong Political Organization - Running a conventional campaign
- Change By Us - A place to share ideas, create projects, discover resources, and make our cities better
- City 2.0 - Bringing citizen participation to the surface
- Civic Commons - Collection of civic collaboration technologies
- Local Wiki - The open-content, open-source effort to share the world's local knowledge
- Manabalss - Latvian initiative platform
- Open Assembly - Open source crowd-sourcing
- Your Priorities - Platform for suggesting and debating polices
Open Source
Hardware
- Enviu - Open Source Houses
- P2P Foundation - Repository
- Thingyverse - Repository
Software
- Avidemux - Video Editing
- Cinelerra - Video Editing
- Dia - Diagramming
- FreeCAD - 3D Design
- Gimp - Image Editing
- Libre Office - Office Tools (Word Editing, Presentation, Drawing, Databases)
- Linux - Operating Systems
- Open Office - Office Tools (Word Editing, Presentation, Drawing, Databases)
Privacy Tools
- Reset the Net: Privacy Pack - A pack of many privacy apps
- Tails - DVD or USB key that forces the computer you're on to send internet traffic through TOR
- TOR - Prevents traffic analysis of your internet usage
- OpenNIC - Alternative DNS that is uncensored
- Bitcoin - P2P digital currency with no central authority
- Bittorrent Sync - Decentralized and encrypted file sharing
- Bittorrent Chat - Decentralized and encrypted communications
- RiseUp - Invite-only secure and private email accounts
- GNUnet - Secure Anonymous Peer-to-Peer Networking
- Vole.cc - Decentralized Social Media
- Darkmail - Fully encrypted email
Web Search
- DuckDuckGo - Anonymous, unlogged web searches
- Seeks Project - Open decentralized platform for collaborative search
- StartPage - Private, unlogged web searches
- YaCy - Decentralized web search
Browsers
Tools and settings for different browsers
Browser Add-ons
- HTTPS Everywhere - If a site supports https, this forces your communications to use SSL encryption
Email Clients
- Claws Mail - Lightweight email application with GPG support
- Evolution - Free email and calendar application with GPG support
- IceDove - Free version of Mozilla Thunderbird *requires GPG plug-in
- KMail - KDE email client with GPG support
- Thunderbird - Open source email application *requires GPG plug-in
Our Publications
Articles
- Organizing a Regular Meeting - Pirate Times (Andrew Reitemeyer)
- Running an Information Stand - Pirate Times (Andrew Reitemeyer)
- Yes, The Pirate Party Is A Silly Name, And That's Why It Works - Falvinge.net (Zacqary Green)
Books
- No Safe Harbor: Essays about Pirate Politics - by Various Authors
- Swarmwise – The Tactical Manual To Changing The World - by Rick Falkvinge
Intellectual Property (Copyright, Patent, and Trademark)
Articles
- A Fair, Free Market or the Copyright Monopoly - Rick Falkvinge
- Apparently Someone Forgot to Tell Reality that the Entertainment Industry was Dying - Techdirt (Mike Masnick)
- Copyright Lobby: The Public Has 'No Place In Policy Discussions' - TechDirt (Mike Masnick)
- Do it “on the Internet,” get a patent, sue an industry—it still works - Ars Technica (Joe Mullin)
- Don't Believe the Publishers' Hype: Support Open Access - EFF (Adi Kamdar)
- Ebola Vaccine Delay May Be Due To An Intellectual Property Dispute - io9 (George Dvorsky)
- Famous Judge Spikes Apple-Google Case, Calls Patent System "Dysfunctional" - Gigaom (Jeff John Roberts)
- How Music Royalties Work - How Stuff Works (Lee Ann Obringer)
- How to Crack the Facade in any Copyright Monopoly Discussion - Torrent Freak (Rick Falkvinge)
- How to make it in the new music industry: The long slow ascent of electronic star Tycho - Pando Daily (David Holmes)
- Infographic: "When Patents Attack!" from Patent Good to Patent Profiteering - OpenSource.com (Ruth Suehle)
- Internet piracy isn't killing Hollywood—Hollywood is killing Hollywood - The Daily Dot (Matt Saccaro)
- Interview: Amelia Andersdotter - GeeksUnleashed.Me (tomhardbyteowens)
- Is There ANY Part Of The Copyright Monopoly That Meets Legislative Quality Bars? - TorrentFreak (Rick Falkvinge)
- It's official: Open source is an engine for growth - Infoworld (Simon Phipps)
- It’s Time To Debunk The Myth That Copyright Is Needed To Make Money – Or That It Even Makes Money - TorrentFreak (Rick Falkvinge)
- Let’s Reform Copyright. With A Sledgehammer. Into Smithereens. - Rick Falkvinge
- Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy - TorrentFreak (enigmax)
- MPAA Lawyer Inspired File Sharing Religion Catholic Bishop Unhappy - TorrentFreak (enigmax)
- No Duty to Secure Wi-Fi from BitTorrent Pirates, Judge Rules - TorrentFreak (Ernesto)
- The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% - The Guardian (Nafeez Ahmed)
- Senate passes cell phone unlocking bill without opposition - ArsTechnica (Joe Mullin)
- SOPA and Internet Censorship Political Cartoons - Fight for the Future
- Sriracha hot sauce purveyor turns up the heat - Los Angeles Times (Frank Shyong)
- Swiss Gov't Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal - TorrentFreak
- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Is Even Worse Than You Think - Slate (Blake E. Reid)
- The Good And The Bad Of The New OPEN Bill from Wyden and Issa - Techdirt (Eric Goldman)
- The Patent, Used as a Sword - The New York Times (Charles Duhigg and Steve Lohr)
- The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design - by Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
- Pirate Bay fools the system with cloud technology - RT
- Top Rackspace lawyer: "We'd love to get rid of software patents" - Ars Technica (Timothy B. Lee)
- Trademarks: the good, the bad and the ugly - The Gaurdian (Cory Doctorow)
- U.S. Court Upholds Status Quo on Gene Patents - Common Dreams (Amanda Wilson)
- Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,500 in India - The Atlantic (Thomas Bollyky)
- Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software - Richard Stallman
Books
- A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing - by Fred von Lohmann
- Access to Knowledge in Brazil - Edited by Lea Shaver
- Against Intellectual Monopoly - by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine
- Against Intellectual Property - by N. Stephan Kinsella
- Circulating Libraries and Video Rental Stores - by Richard Roehl and Hal R. Varian
- Codev2 - by Lawrence Lessig
- Content - by Cory Doctorow
- Copyright, Competition and Publishers’ Pursuit of Online Compensation - by Ariel Fox
- Free Culture - by Lawrence Lessig
- Freedom of Expression - by Kembrew McLeod
- From Shakespeare to DJ Danger Mouse: A Quick Look at Copyright and User Creativity in the Digital Age - by Urs Gasser and Silke Ernst
- Indie Band Survival Guide - by Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND FREE SPEECH IN THE ONLINE WORLD: How Educational Institutions and Other Online Service Providers Are Coping with Cease and Desist Letters and Takedown Notices - by Laura Quilter and Marjorie Heins
- Jokapiraatinoikeus (Every Pirate's Right)(Finnish) - by Ahto Apajalahti and Kaj Sotala
- Little Brother - by Cory Doctorow
- NCSC Justice Case Files 1: The Case of Internet Piracy - by National Center for State Courts
- Remix (ISBN 9781408113749) - by Lawrence Lessig
- The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution - by Peter Biddle, Paul England, Marcus Peinado, and Bryan Willman
- The dotCommunist Manifesto - by Eben Moglen
- The Economics of Intellectual Property: A Review to Identify Themes for Future Research - by Padraig Dixon and Christine Greenhalgh
- The Future of Ideas - by Lawrence Lessig
- The Ideology of Free Culture and the Grammar of Sabotage - by Matteo Pasquinelli
- The Pirate's Dilemma - by Matt Mason
- Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets - by Peter Cowhey and Jonathan Aronson with Donald Abelson
- Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA - by the EFF
- Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom - by Yochai Benkler
Videos
- A Garden in My Apartment - TED (Britta Riley)
- Architecture for the people by the people - TED (Alastair Parvin)
- Copying Is Not Theft - by Question Copyright
- Copyright: Forever LessOne Day - by C.G.P. Grey
- Copyright vs. Community - by Richard Stallman
- Defend Our Freedom to Share (or Why SOPA is a Bad Idea) - TED (Clay Shirky)
- Embrace the remix - TED (Kirby Ferguson)
- How YouTube is Driving Innovation - TED (Chris Anderson)
- Katy Perry - Dark Horse (Sung in 20 Styles) Ten Second Songs - Anthony Vincent
- Lessons from Fashion's Free Culture - TED (Johanna Blakley)
- PressPausePlay
- PROTECT IP/SOPA Breaks the Internet - by Fight for the Future
- SOPA and PIPA - by Khan Academy
- SOPA Cabana - by Dan Bull
- Terry Fisher's HLS and EdX copyright courses - Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- The $8 billion iPod - TED (Rob Reid)
- The Art of Asking - TED (Amanda Palmer)
- The Coming War on General Computing - by Cory Doctorow
- The New Open Source Economics - TED (Yochai Benkler)
- TPB AFK (The Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard - Various
- Where good ideas come from - TED (Steven Johnson)
Privacy
Articles
- 500 Years of History Shows that Mass Spying Is Always Aimed at Crushing Dissent - Washingtons Blog
- 6 Anti-NSA Technological innovations that May Just Change the World - SCG News
- A Guide to What We Now Know About the NSA's Dragnet Searches of Your Communications - ACLU (Brett Max Kaufman)
- Americans Agree on at Least One Thing: Privacy Now - ACLU (Sandra Fulton)
- Appeals court: Police can track cell phones without warrant - The Raw Story (Eric W. Dolan)
- Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government? - theguardian (Glenn Greenwald)
- Ars editor learns feds have his old IP addresses, full credit card numbers - Ars Technica (Cyrus Farivar)
- Attempts To Eliminate Cash Are More Than A Privacy Disaster - Privacy Online News (Rick Falkvinge)
- Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform - Wired (David Kravets)
- Carrier IQ Rootkit - by PCWorld (James Mulroy)
- CISPA: The Corporate Insecurity Piracy Act - The Detroit News (Mako Yamakura)
- Courts may hear challenges to secret cell tracking devices after new ruling - ArsTechnica (Cyrus Farivar)
- Death Twitches: Nokia Caught Wiretapping Encrypted Traffic from Its Handsets - Falkvinge
- Does Surveillance Affect Us Even When We Can’t Confirm We’re Being Watched? Lessons From Behind the Iron Curtain - ACLU (Jay Stanley)
- Every Scary, Weird Thing We Know the NSA Can Do - The Brian Lehrer Show
- FBI facial recognition system at “full operational capability” - ArsTechnica (David Kravits)
- FBI Report: Americans Less Violent than Ever, Except for Police - Free Thought Project (John Vibes)
- FBI's "Suicide Letter" to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Dangers of Unchecked Surveillance - EFF (Nadia Kayyali)
- FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool - c|net (Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache)
- Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords - c|net (Declan McCullagh)
- Federal Court Rules on One of the Major Outstanding Constitutional Privacy Questions of Our Time - ACLU (Nathan Freed Wessler)
- Glenn Greenwald On Why Privacy Is Vital, Even If You 'Have Nothing To Hide' - Huffington Post (Kathleen Miles)
- Hackers recreate the NSA Spying Kit using junkyard items. - hqanon
- How To Protect Against Laptop Webcam Hacking - EFF (Kurt Opsahl)
- Is E-verify Effective? Depends on How You Look at It - ACLU (Chris Calabrese)
- Is the FBI Using Carrier IQ for Domestic Surveillance - Forbes (E.D. Kain)
- Know Your Rights - EFF (Hanni Fakhoury and Nadia Kayyali)
- Massachusetts legislature advances key electronic privacy proposal - PrivacySOS.org (sosadmin)
- Mobile-Phone Surveillance by Police Targets Millions Annually - Wired (David Kravets)
- New Documents Shed Light on One of the NSA's Most Powerful Tools - ACLU (Alex Abdo)
- New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online - The Guardian (Adam Gabbatt)
- NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal - The Guardian (Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill)
- Outdated Privacy Laws Were Written In Age Of 24-Shot Chemical Film Rolls - Rick Falkvinge
- Password case reframes Fifth Amendment rights in context of digital world - Denver Post (John Ingold)
- Photos of an NSA “upgrade” factory show Cisco router getting implant - Ars Technica (Sean Gallagher)
- Police vs. Privacy - Law Comic (Nathan Burney)
- President Obama’s Dragnet - The New York Times (Editorial Board)
- PRIVACY ISSUES OF WEARABLE CAMERAS VERSUS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS - Steve Mann
- Privacy Questions Accompany Automated License Plate Scanners - Information Week (Mathew J. Schwartz)
- Protecting Your Privacy Could Make You the Bad Guy - Wired (ASHKAN SOLTANI)
- Seattle Police To Roll Out Surveillance Drones with Infrared Cameras - Infowars (Steve Watson)
- Secret NSA documents show campaign against Tor encrypted network - Washington Post (Barton Gellman, Craig Timberg and Steven Rich)
- Security experts Bruce Schneier and Mikko Hypponen on the NSA, PRISM and why we should be worried - TEDtalks (Thu-Huong Ha)
- Secret Manuals Show the Spyware Sold to Despots and Cops Worldwide - The Intercept (Cora Currier and Morgan Marquis-Boire)
- Spy, or pay up: FBI-backed bill would fine US firms for refusing wiretaps - RT
- Stingrays: The Biggest Technological Threat to Cell Phone Privacy You Don't Know About - EFF (Hanni Fakhoury and Trevor Timm)
- Stopping SOPA's Anticircumvention - Freedom to Tinker (Wendy Seltzer)
- Supreme Court declines to hear telecom privacy-invasion lawsuit - Los Angeles Times (David G. Savage)
- Supreme Court rejects plea to ban taping of police in Illinois - Chicago Tribune (Jason Meisner)
- Surveillance Cameras Around The Country Are Being Used In A Huge Spy Network - Business Insider (David Seaman)
- The kind of woman who needs a late-term abortion - Washington Post (Christy Zink)
- The Known Unknowns of Skype Interception - OWNI.EU (Christopher Soghoian)
- The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders - The Atlantic (Conor Friedersdorf)
- The NSA's Other Privacy Loophole - ACLU (Alex Abdo)
- They Can Do That?! 10 Outrageous Tactics Cops Get Away With - Alternet (John Knefel)
- Time to Rein in the Surveillance State - ACLU
- TrapWire tied to anti-Occupy Internet-spy program - RT
- Tribler Makes Bittorrent Anonymous with Built-in TOR Network - TorrentFreak (Ernesto)
- U.N. calls for 'anti-terror' Internet surveillance - CNET (Declan McCullagh)
- U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans - Reuters (John Shiffman and Kristina Cooke)
- U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet surveillance - c|net (Declan McCullagh)
- US government spies on federal staffers - RT
- U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge - The Washington Post (Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras)
- Warrantless Eavesdropping Before Supreme Court - Wired (David Kravets)
- We Are All Suspects: A Guide for People Navigating the Expanded Powers of Surveillance in the 21st Century - Radical Reference (MRM)
- We Need to Re-Think How We Fight for Privacy - Life Hacker (Alan Henry)
- What Default Phone Encryption Really Means For Law Enforcement - Vice News (Cindy Cohn, Jeremy Gillula, and Seth Schoen)
- What You Need to Know about the Third-Party Doctrine - The Atlantic (John Villasenor)
- White House draft cyber order promotes voluntary critical infrastructure protections - FederalNewsRadio.com (Jason Miller)
- Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide' - The Chronicle (Daniel J. Solove)
- Your Location is No More Private Than the Color of Your Car - by PC World (Dan Tynan)
Books
- Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices - EFF
- Certified Lies: Detecting and Defeating Government Interception Attacks Against SSL - by Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm
- Locational Privacy - by The EFF
- Nameless in Cyberspace: Anonymity on the Internet - by Jonathan D. Wallace
- Privacy and Free Speech: It's Good for Business - by the ACLU of North Carolina
Videos
- Don't Talk to Police - A law professor and a police officer
- FBI, here I am! - by Hasan Elahi
- Meet The Domestic Spying Program That Could Be Tracking You Right Now - by Laura Poitras
- OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd - The GRUGQ
- The Edward Snowden Interview that was Blacked-Out by the U.S. Media and Banned by YouTube - ARD
- The NSA Video - Demand Progress and Fight for the Future
- Three Types of Online Attack - by Mikko Hypponen
- Your Phone Company is Watching - by Malte Spitz
Transparency and Accountability
Articles
- 5 states trying to make their kids scientifically illiterate - Salon (Dan Arel)
- 7 Reasons the TSA Sucks (A Security Expert's Perspective) - Cracked (Robert Evans, Rafi Sela)
- 8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance - Alternet (Bruce E. Levine)
- The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare - RollingStone (Matt Taibbi)
- 10 American Foods That Are Banned in Other Countries - The Top Information Post
- $10 M to Fight Honest Food Labels - Right to Know
- 10 Years of Failure, Farmers Deceived by GM Corn - MASIPAG Advocacy
- America's Real Criminal Element: Lead - MotherJones (Kevin Drum)
- Another Day, Another 124 Violent SWAT Raids - ACLU (Kara Dansky)
- Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? - The Daily Beast (Joel Kotkin)
- Before they could track cell phone data, police had to sign a NDA with the FBI - MuckRock (Shawn Musgrave)
- Boehner's Office Cuts off C-SPAN Cameras as GOP takes Beating - The Raw Story (Stephen C. Webster)
- Charter School Power Broker Turns Public Education Into Private Profits - ProPublica (Marian Wang)
- Chilling legal memo from Obama DOJ justifies assassination of US citizens - The Guardian (Glenn Greenwald)
- Cities Weigh Taking Over From Private Utilities - NYT (Diane Cardwell)
- Congress' Dangerous Attempts to Define “Journalist” in Shield Law Threaten to Exclude Bloggers - Freedom of the Press Foundation (Morgan Weiland)
- Congressional Insider Trading Revealed on 60 Minutes - Business Insider (Zeke Miller)
- Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment - The Atlantic (Conor Friedersdorf)
- Corporate Sovereignty Tribunal Makes $50 Billion Award Against Russia - TechDirt (Glyn Moody)
- Court Dismisses Case Based on State Secrets Privilege - by End the Lie
- Crowdfunding campaign shows TPP transparency is in public interest - Pirate Party Australia
- Decade of US 'War on Terror' Yields More 'Terrorism' - Common Dreams
- DoD Level 1 Antiterrorism Awareness Training - ACLU
- EPA Implicates Fracking In Wyoming Gas Field Groundwater Pollution Finding - Huffington Post (MEAD GRUVER)
- Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever - RollingStone (Matt Taibbi)
- Externalities - The Sustainable Man (David Suzuki)
- Family's Home Seized by Police After Son's $40 Drug Bust - Gawker (Andy Cush)
- FBI Pressures Muslims on No-Fly List to Become Informants in Exchange for Travel Rights - AlterNet (Alex Kane)
- FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists - Green is the New Red (Will Potter)
- Federal court rules in favor of NDAA - Examiner.com (Ryan Keller)
- Feds advise cops to zip it on cellular surveillance; concern cited in Oakland County - Detroit News (Jack Gillum)
- Five Things to Know About How Corporations Block Access to Everything From Miracle Drugs to Science Research - Truth Out (Lynn Stuart Parramore)
- Former Undercover Drug Narc on Why Police Don't Bust White People and How He Turned Against Drug War - Alternet (Roc Morin)
- For Pennsylvania’s doctors, a gag order on fracking chemicals - The Grist (Kate Sheppard)
- Former CIA Chief: Obama’s War on Terror Same as Bush’s, But With More Killing - Wired (David Kravets)
- Government/Corporate Revolving Door Venn Diagrams
- Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs - Think by Numbers (Mike P. Sinn)
- Hedges v. Obama: The Supreme Court digs its head deeper into the sand - Firedoglake.com (Shahid Buttar)
- Here’s what real reform of the NSA looks like - The Washington Post (Timothy B. Lee)
- Hitting Two Birds with One Stone: Strategies for Addressing the Indigent Defense Crisis and Overincarceration - ACLU
- Homeland Security Internet Watch List leaked; Boing Boing omitted from list of must-read sites for domestic spying - BoingBoing (Xeni Jardin)
- Homeland Security Prepares for Civil War - OpEdNews (Jack Swint)
- Horror Hospital: The Most Shocking Photos And Testimony From The Dawood Military Hospital Scandal - Buzzfeed
- How Boston exposes America’s dark post-9/11 bargain - The Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
- How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps - OpEdNews (Debra Leigh Scott)
- How to make Isis fall on its own sword - The Guardian (Chelsea E Manning)
- How to talk to a conservative about climate change - Salon (GEOFF DEMBICKI)
- How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations - Glenn Greenwald
- Indefinite Military Detention: Revised Defense Bill Still Gives President Authority To Lock Up Citizens - Huffington Post (Michael McAuliff)
- Former CIA director: In order to spy on domestic dissidents, just call them terrorists - ACLU (Kade Crockford)
- Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire - Rolling Stone (Tim Dickinson)
- Is SWAT raid on wrong house, based on open Wi-Fi IP address, unconstitutional? - NetworkWorld (Ms. Smith)
- Know your rights (Infographic) - Criminology.com
- Man Shoots at Intruders, Turns Out it was a No-Knock Raid. Now He Faces the Death Penalty - FreeThoughtProject (Cassandra Rules)
- Medicare Pulls Back Curtain On Hospital Bills - NPR (Scott Hensley)
- MegaUpload Shut Down by the Feds, Founder Arrested - TorrentFreak (Ernesto)
- More Americans Killed By Police Than By Terrorists: With Crime Down, Why Is Police Aggression Up? - Alternet (Dave Lindorff)
- Myth busted: Yes, the NDAA does apply to Americans, and here's the text that says so - NaturalNews.com (Mike Adams)
- NAFTA at 20: "A Vehicle To Increase Profits at the Expense of Democracy" - Truth Out (Dave Johnson)
- New York Sex Trade Filling with In-Debt Graduates and "Average Everyday Women" - Occupy.com (Justine Browning)
- Nine Epic Failures of Regulating Cryptography - EFF (Cindy Cohn)
- Noam Chomsky: Smoke and Mirrors, or Civil Liberties Under President Obama - Truth-out (Mike Stivers)
- No charge, no hearing, little recourse - TimesUnion (Stewart Powell)
- NSA classifies Linux Journal readers, Tor and Tails Linux users as "extremists" - Techspot (Himanshu Arora)
- NSA employees routinely pass around intercepted nude photos - Ars Technica (Cyrus Farivar)
- NY judge strikes part of terror law scholars fear - Wall Street Journal
- NYPD 'consistently violated basic rights' during Occupy protests – study - Guardian (Chitrangada Choudhury)
- Obama administration struggles to live up to its transparency promise, Post analysis shows - Washington Post (James Ball)
- Obama Plans for 10 More Years of Extrajudicial Killing by Drone - the Atlantic (Conor Friedersdorf)
- Obama secretly signs the most aggressive cybersecurity directive ever - RT
- Obama, the slide back to Iraq and the power of the “Deep State” - Salon (Andrew O'Hehir)
- Obama threatens Senate with cybersecurity executive order - RT
- On 6/5, 65 Things We Know about NSA Surveillance That We Didn't Know a Year Ago - EFF (Nadia Kayyali and Katitza Rodriguez)
- One army under God? - The Economist
- Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks - The Guardian (Dr. Nafeez Ahmed)
- PIPA Support Collapses with 13 New Opponents in Senate - Ars Technica (Timothy B. Lee)
- Police Body-Mounted Cameras: With Right Policies in Place, a Win For All - ACLU
- Politics and Police Stop Terrorism 83% – Military Only 7% – of the Time - Washington Blog
- Profit from Crisis: Why capitalists do not want recovery, and what that means for America - Frontline (Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler)
- Roundup, An Herbicide, Could Be Linked To Parkinson's, Cancer And Other Health Issues, Study Shows - Huffington Post (Reuters)
- Scientists Find GMO Damages Red Blood Cells - Political Blindspot (Arjun Walia)
- Scientists Link Autism To These Toxic Chemicals During Fetal Development - Collective Evolution (Arjun Walia)
- Senate Panels Finds Anti-Terror, Data-Sharing Centers Were Useless - NPR (Eyder Peralta)
- Senate Proposal for Curbing ‘Leaks’ Escalates Restrictions on Intelligence Employees Who Talk to Media - FireDogLake (Kevin Gosztola)
- Senate report on CIA torture claims spy agency lied about 'ineffective' program - The Guardian (Spencer Ackerman, Dominic Rushe, and Julian Borger)
- Servants of Power: Higher Education in an Era of Corporate Control - Truth Out ( Peter Seybold)
- Solar power is growing so fast that older energy companies are trying to stop it - Vox (Brad Plumer)
- Sorry Mr. Mayor, But Atheists Have Rights, Too - ACLU (Carrie Ellen Sager)
- Supreme Court Rules "Material Support" Law Can Stand - ACLU
- Ten Examples of Welfare for Corporations and the Ultra-Rich - BillMoyers.com (Bill Quigley)
- The American Anti-Corruption Act is Historic Legislation that will Finally Get Money Out of Politics - Films For Action
- The Boston Fishing Party and Australians Rights Online - Crickey (Bernard Keane)
- The Case for Abolishing the DHS - Bloomberg Businessweek (Charles Kenny)
- [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/border-patrol-constitution-free-agency-109375.html The Constitution-Free Agency:
How the Border Patrol is running amok and making a mockery of the rule of law.] - Politico (James Lyall)
- The Economic Benefits of EPA Regulations Massively Outweigh The Costs - Think Progress (Jeff Spross)
- The House just overwhelmingly voted to rein in the NSA - Vox (Timothy B. Lee)
- The Housing Market Recovery Is ‘A Complete Hoax’ - Truthdig (Alexander Reed Kelly)
- The NSA's crazy fine threat against Yahoo put in perspective - The Daily Dot (Dell Cameron)
- The OIRA Effect: Lobbyists Block Regulations Through Secretive White House Office - Occupy.com (Heather Rogers)
- The Real Reason for Obama’s Threat to Veto the Indefinite Detention Bill (Hint: It’s Not to Protect Liberty) - by Washington's Blog
- There Are Good Alternatives to US Capitalism, But No Way to Get There - Alternet (Jerry Mander)
- The SAME Unaccountable Government Agency Which Spies on ALL Americans Also Decides Who Gets ASSASSINATED by Drones - ZeroHedge (George Washington)
- The South Is Essentially A Solid, Grim Block Of Poverty - Huffington Post (Mark Gongloff)
- The US government can brand you a terrorist based on a Facebook post. We can't let them make up the rules - The Guardian (Arjun Sethi)
- The U.S. government’s creeping war on journalists - Salon (David Sirota)
- The US schools with their own police - The Guardian (Chris McGreal)
- The US Sought Permission To Change The Historical Record Of A Public Court Proceeding - EFF (David Greene)
- Third Northwest activist jailed for staying silent - Salon (Natasha Lennard)
- Trustycon: how to redesign NSA surveillance to catch more criminals and spy on a lot fewer people - BoingBoing (Cory Doctorow)
- U.N. Holds U.S. Accountable for Human Rights Violations at Home and Abroad - ACLU (Astrid Reyes)
- UN Human Rights Committee Finds US in Violation on 25 Counts - Truth Out (Adam Hudson)
- 'United States of Secrets' the kind of report that redeems TV journalism - The Baltimore Sun (David Zurawik)
- US acquits CIA of killing and torturing of prisoners - RT
- US customs can and will seize laptops and cellphones, demand passwords - Naked Security Sophos (Lisa Vaas)
- US military studied how to influence Twitter users in Darpa-funded research - The Guardian (Ben Quinn and James Ball)
- U.S. “War On Terror” Has INCREASED Terrorism - Washington's Blog
- Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change. - The Boston Globe (Jordan Michael Smith)
- We Fixed Comcast's Bogus, Misleading Net Neutrality Statement - Gizmodo (Adam Clark Estes)
- Welcome to the “gas chamber”: a first-person account of Mokabe’s on the morning of 11/25/14 - Bradley Garrett
- Why Have Police In America Turned Into Such Ruthless Thugs? - The American Dream (Michael Snyder)
- Why Iraqis May See ISIL as Lesser Evil Compared To U.S.-Backed Death Squads - AlterNet (Nicolas J.S. Davies)
- Why TISA Is More Scary Than TTIP Or TPPA - ExposingTruth.com (M Caulfield)
- Wikileaks Releases Next Chapter on TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Crony Trade Deal - Live Free Live Natural (Cassius Methyl)
- Wind Power Is Actually Cheaper Than Coal, Says Leaked Government Report - MotherBoard (Brian Merchant)
- Yes, Blackwater Threatened to Kill a State Department Investigator - Matthew Saroff
- Young Persons Called to Private Grand Jury for Owning Books - Sound+Noise (Tom)
Books
- d4i (Declaration for Independence) - by Lawrence Lessig
- Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (ISBN 0805079122) - by Noam Chomsky
- Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project) (ISBN 9780805079111) - by Chalmers Johnson
- Net Neutrality: Towards a Co-regulatory Solution - by Christopher T. Marsden
- Rebooting America: Ideas for Redesigning American Democracy for the Internet Age - by the Personal Democracy Press
Videos
- Beware Online Filter Bubbles - by Eli Pariser
- Capitalism Hits the Fan - Richard Wolff
- Civil Forfeiture - Last Week Tonight (John Oliver)
- Demand a more Open Source Government - by Beth Noveck
- Fluoride Dangers - They Knew All Along - James J. Delaney?
- Fluoride The Bizarre History - Full Documentary
- Hitler reacts to SOPA
- Gerrymandering Explained - by C.G.P. Grey
- GMOs: The Moment of Truth
- Hollywood and the War Machine - Al Jazeera
- How economic inequality harms societies - Richard Wilkinson
- How pervasive has government distrust gotten? - by Ivan Krastev
- How to escape education's death valley - TED (Ken Robinson)
- In Defense of Dialogue - by Jonas Gahr Støre (Norwegian Diplomat)
- SNL Banned Episode ~ Media Controlled Conspiracy Theory Rock - SNL
- Jon Stewart skewered Congress for hiding from ISIS debate - The Daily Show
- Superpower for Hire: Rise of the Private Military - VICE
- The military case for sharing knowledge - TED (Stanley McChrystal)
- Stopped-and-Frisked: 'For Being a F**king Mutt' - by Ross Tuttle and Erin Schneider
- The Antidote to Apathy - TED (Dave Meslin)
- The deadly genius of drug cartels - TED (Rodrigo Canales)
- The power of the informal economy - by Robert Neuwirth
- The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained - by C.G.P. Grey
- The Trouble with the Electoral College - by C.G.P. Grey
- Why Fukushima Can Happen HERE!! What the NRC and Nuclear Industry Dont Want You to Know - by Arnie Gundersen and David Lochbaum
- Why Genetically Engineered Foods Should be Labeled - TED (Gary Hirshberg)
Reference
Court Cases
- In Depth: The District Court's Remarkable Order Striking Down the NSL (National Security Letter) Statute - EFF
- List of Copyright Cases - by UCLA and Columbia Law Schools
- PA Court Deals Blow to Fracking Industry and Corporate 'Privacy Rights' - AlterNet (Steven Rosenfeld)
- Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling - Foreign Intelligence Service Court
Legislation
- ACTA - by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other International Entities
- COICA - by Congress
- DMCA - by Congress
- HR 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - by Congress
- OPEN Act (edits suggestable) - Congress
- USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 - by Congress
- PROTECT IP Act - by Congress
Philosophy
- 5 Things Society Unfairly Expects of Men - AlterNet (Greta Christina)
- 5 Ways Most Americans Are Blind to How Their Country Is Stacked for the Wealthy - AlterNet (Paul Buchheit)
- A 24-Year-Old Transport Engineer Is About To Free Her City From Car Ownership - Business Insider (Rob Wile)
- Americans Would Prefer Denmark Social Safety Net Taxes If Informed - Egberto Willies
- At Issue Is Who Shall Rule The World - Information Clearinghouse (Michael Hudson)
- Austerity - The History of a Dangerous Idea - Mark Blyth
- Basic Income: transforming lives in rural India - Opendemocracy.net (Stuart Weir)
- Brownback's Kansas Experiment: Cuts Taxes; Good Times Don't Come; Fights for Political Life - NPR
- Can Project-Based Learning Close Gaps in Science Education? - KQED (Ingfei Chen)
- Commonomics: How We Can Build Local Economies That Work for Everyone - Bill Moyers & company (Laura Flanders)
- Communist Manifesto - by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
- Community Resilience as Economic Development - Excerpted from Post Carbon Institute's report, Climate After Growth
- Debunking the Top 5 Myths about the Universal Basic Income - The Pieces Fit
- Did Hyman Minsky find the secret behind financial crashes? - BBC
- 'DIY labs offer an agile alternative to university-based research' - The Guardian (Amber Griffiths)
- Do Both Liberals and Conservatives Have Taxing and Spending All Wrong? - Moyers & Company (Joshua Holland)
- Economic Double Whammy: America's Growing Wealth Divide Is Actually Putting People out of Work - AlterNet (Lynn Stuart Parramore)
- Economics Showdown: Billionaires vs. The Poors - The Cryptosphere (RAINCOASTER)
- FBI Drops Truth-Bomb on Gun Control Advocates: Firearms Numbers at Record Levels & Violent Crime Decreases - IJReview (Charles Samuel)
- Forget democracy, we need a new way to govern - The Sydney Morning Herald (Luca Belgiorno-Nettis)
- From Dictatorship to Democracy - by Gene Sharp
- German model is ruinous for Germany, and deadly for Europe - The Telegraph (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
- Helsinki's ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years - The Guardian (Adam Greenfield)
- How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses - Joshua Davis
- How Billionaire 'Philanthropy' Is Fueling Inequality and Helping To Destroy the Country - AlterNet (Prashanth Kamalakanthan)
- How Students Lead the Learning Experience at Democratic Schools - KQED (Luba Vangelova)
- How Sweden fights inequality — without soaking the rich - Vox (Cathie Jo Martin and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez)
- How to reinvent the apartment building - TED (Moshe Safdie)
- How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era - TED (Pia Mancini)
- Iceland's New Constitution - Iceland Constitutional Council
- If Walmart Paid Its Employees a Living Wage, How Much Would Prices Go Up? - Slate
- Institutions vs. Collaboration - by Clay Shirky
- Kansas Governor Proposes Using Pension Money to Cover Budget Gaps Created By His Tax Cuts - International Business Times (David Sirota)
- King's Final Marching Orders: Institutionalizing Nonviolence - Fellowship of Reconciliation- Seabeck Conference (Kazu Haga)
- Kopimism - Kopimist Church of Idaho
- Legal Pot in the US Is Crippling Mexican Cartels - Vice News (Mary Emily O’Hara)
- Let’s nationalize Amazon and Google: Publicly funded technology built Big Tech - Salon (RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW)
- Marx Was Right: Five Surprising Ways Karl Marx Predicted 2014 - Rolling Stone (Sean McElwee)
- More Thoughts on the Coming Swarm Economy - Rick Falkvinge
- Open Government Declaration - Open Government Partnership
- Our Hidden History of Corporations in the United States - Reclaim Democracy
- Person having ordinary skill in the art - Wikipedia (Various)
- Price-gouging businesses cry ‘socialism’ after KY drivers flock to city-run gas station - The Raw Story (David Edwards)
- Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It's Not a Democracy - Mic (Tom McKay)
- Radical new economic system will emerge from collapse of capitalism - The Guardian (Jo Confino)
- Rupees in your pocket (A basic minimum income) - Le Monde Dimplomatique (Benjamin Fernandez)
- Should the government pay you to be alive? - The Boston Globe (Leon Neyfakh)
- Stop pretending we can fix the environment by curbing population growth - The Washington Post (Chris Mooney)
- Sweden's Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn't Anyone Tried This Before? - Esnoticia (Marie De Santis)
- The 4 Biggest Reasons Why Inequality is Bad for Society - TED (T. M. Scanlon)
- The best of capitalism is over for rich countries – and for the poor ones it will be over by 2060 - The Guardian (Paul Mason)
- The Coming Age of Internetocracy - Lawrence A. Compagna
- The End of Nation States May Enhance Humanity - H+ Magazine (Harry J. Bentham)
- The Four Pillars of a Decentralized Society - TEDxZug (Johann Gevers)
- The Game of Politics: Pursuit of Power over People; Game Manual - Jón þór ólafsson
- The ghastly tragedy of the suburbs - TED (James Kunstler)
- The Highly Compelling Case For Wealth Redistribution Made By The Exact Right Person - Senator Bernie Sanders
- The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians - Alternet (Michael S. Wilson, Noam Chomsky)
- The moral roots of liberals and conservatives - TED (Jonathan Haidt)
- The most important chart about the American economy you'll see this year - Matthew Yglesias
- The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% - ex CIA spy - The Guardian (Nafeez Ahmed)
- The Pirate Wheel - Pirates
- The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats - Politico (Nick Hanauer)
- The Real Reason For The 40-Hour Workweek - Business Insider (David Cain)
- There are Good Alternatives to US Capitalism, But No Way to Get There - Jerry Mander
- The Similarities between Bolshevism and Capitalism - Noam Chomsky
- The Way the Eagle Shits - Blowback Productions (Al Levin)
- Think There's a Lot of Immigration to the US? Think Again - OZY (Nathan Siegel)
- To Advance Education, We Must First Reimagine Society - Luba Vangelova
- We Actually Don't Need Congress Anymore - RSN (Carl Gibson)
- Where tax goes up to 60 per cent, and everybody's happy paying it - The Guardian (Gwladys Fouché)
- Why we should give free money to everyone - Rutger Bregman
- Why Valve? Or, what do we need corporations for and how does Valve’s management structure fit into today’s corporate world? - by yanis
- Why we should give everyone a basic income - TED (Rutger Bregman)
- Virtual Cantons: A New Path to Freedom? - Center for Stateless Society (Roderick Long)
- Voters in Seattle just taxed themselves to pay for preschool for the poor - The Washington Post (Emily Badger)
Reports, Statistics, and Studies
- 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement - by the White House
- 2013 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act - Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- A guaranteed income for every American would eliminate poverty — and it wouldn't destroy the economy - Vox (Dylan Matthews)
- Audit of the U.S. Department of Justice Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes - by the U.S. Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General - Audit Division
- China Experiment in Permaculture Offers World Hope - Liberty Voice (Kaley Perkins)
- Climate Change - An Information Statement of the American Meteorological Society - by American Meteorological Society Council
- Department of Defense NetOps Strategic Vision - U.S. Department of Defense
- EFF's Guide to CDA 230: The Most Important Law Protecting Online Speech - by the EFF
- Filesharing Study Compilation - Zeropaid (Drew Wilson)
- Guide to WIPO Services - by the WIPO
- Here's Exactly How Much the Government Would Have to Spend to Make Public College Tuition-Free - The Atlantic (Jordan Weissmann)
- International Trade Statistics 2008 - by the WTO
- It's not the morphine, it's the size of the cage: Rat Park experiment upturns conventional wisdom about addiction - Garry Tan
- Leaked PRISM Documents - DoD and NSA
- List of Keywords Used to Monitor Social Networking Sites - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- List of Social Media Sites Monitored by the NOC - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize - University of Caen (Gilles-Eric Séralini)
- Millennials Don’t Like Either Party, Democrats Viewed as the Better of Two Bad Options - Reason.com (Emily Ekins)
- Millennials’ politics are shaped by our dysfunctional system - Al Jazeera (Malcolm Harris)
- Non-Disruptive Tactics of Suppression Are Superior in Countering Terrorism, Insurgency, and Financial Panics - David A. Siegel
- Report on Orphan Works - by the United States Copyright Office
- Policy Brief - Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it
(Original - Retracted after the MPAA and RIAA squeezed their balls)KEI Mirror Maryland Pirates Mirror Massachusetts Pirates Mirror Scribd Mirror - Republican Study Committee - Scientists Reviewed 343 Studies to see if Organic Food is Better for you. Here’s what they Found Out
- Secrets of the right-wing brain: New study proves it — conservatives see a different, hostile world - Salon (Paul Rosenberg)
- Someone finally polled the 1% — And it's not pretty - Daily Kos (Auriandra)
- Strategic Plan to Promote Creativity 2008-2013 - by the United States Copyright Office
- Study Shows Dramatic Correlation Between GMOs And 22 Diseases - AlterNet (Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers)
- The Biggest "Takers" and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor - TruthOut (Paul Buchheit)
- The Case Against Patents - Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine
- The Case for Copyright Reform - Christian Engström and Rick Falkvinge
- The Health Hazards of Disease Prevention: The vaccination policy and the Code of Practice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI): are they at odds? - Lucija Tomljenovic, PhD
- The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Thomas Richardsona, Peter Elliotta, Ronald Roberts
- This Video Shows That Rich People Cheat, Steal And Lie More Often Than The Poor - Addicting Info (Randa Morris)
- Timeline of NSA Domestic Spying - EFF
- Understanding Copyright and Related Rights - by the WIPO
- Understanding Industrial Property - by the WIPO
- Success Story: The Case of TDF in Brazil - Patent Opposition Database
- Revoking An Invalid Patent: The Case of Didanosine in Thailand - Patent Opposition Database
- Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill - Mad In America (Bruce Levine, Ph.D.)
Other
- Alkasir for Mapping and Circumventing Cyber Censorship
- American Fact Finder - US Census Bureau
- Apathy - A flash game created by Pirates to show how difficult it is to get our representatives to represent us.
- Bitcoin Overview - Khan Academy
- CV Dazzle - Computer Vision Camoflage
- DIY Mesh Guide - Start a mesh network in your neighborhood to get around ISP censorship and high prices
- Defective by Design - Lists sources of DRM things and free alternatives
- Encrypt Everything - compiled by Pirate Party of Canada
- FreedomBox - A project to make it impossible to censor the internet
- Hand and Arm Signals (Military and SWAT)
- How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Twitter (And Everywhere Else) - EFF (Parker Higgins)
- How to Remain Connected if Your Internet gets Cut Off - movements.org (Susannah Vila)
- I Fight Surveillance - How to protect yourself and fight surveillance
- Loomio - Public collaboration tool
- Mapping the Spread of the Military’s Surplus Gear - The New York Times
- Secure Messaging Scorecard: Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe? - The EFF scores internet services on their privacy protections
- Stand Against Spying: Where Do Your Representatives Stand On Illegal Mass Spying? - Tool to find your representative's position on mass spying
- The Crypto Project (Tools for privacy) - Crypto.is
- The Law of Cyberspace: An Invitation to the Table of Negotiations - by Ahmad Kamal
- List of Companies Spying on Us for the Government by Country - compiled by Wikileaks
- Who Bought Your Politician? - Embeddable widget by Wired that shows the top ten contributors to a politician's campaign