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Encircling Empire: Report #11, Focus on Egypt

January 29, 2011 by Maximilian Forte

In this report, commentary on the latest news about the attempts to prop up the Mubarak regime in Egypt; an update on spreading protests across the Arab world; followed by a select list of news resources to help keep track of the protests in Egypt and to help us understand them; then we turn to the role of the Internet in the protests, and the government shutdown; finally, a comprehensive write up of Wikileaks’ Egypt cables.

The Excuse is Wikileaks. The Object is Freedom of Speech. The Subject is Authoritarianism.

January 8, 2011 by Maximilian Forte

If you were asked which regime is described by the following actions and characteristics, what would you answer? A regime that produces a death list of citizens abroad to be executed by its secret intelligence service, without arrest, without trial by a jury. A regime that conducts surveillance at home and then uses that information […]

Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: UN High Commissioner Calls for Investigation Into War Logs Allegations

October 29, 2010 by Maximilian Forte

Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 27th, 2010 | by admin The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay has called for an investigation into allegations of abuse and murder of Iraqis within detention centres, following the publication of the Iraq war logs. The High Commissioner also called for all […]

Protest the Repression of Dissent in Bahrain: Free Blogger Ali Abdulemam

September 22, 2010 by Maximilian Forte

Protest the crackdown against dissent in Bahrain, and the imprisonment and torture of human rights defenders and web activists—support the Free Ali Abdulemam campaign: “To say ‘I want complete democracy now’ is not good for anyone. Throwing open the political process too abruptly will only leave Islamists running the show.” – Sheik Mohammed Bin Ateyatalla […]

We Are Protecting Afghan Civilians…from Ourselves

August 13, 2009 by Maximilian Forte

Today, a serial-killing rapist passed several women during his noon hour lunch break, and he thought to himself, “there are some that should really get it.” He did not act on his thoughts. He was safeguarding the welfare and safety of those women. A shoplifter greedily eyed the expensive items in the store’s electronics section. […]

Peru’s Amazonian Massacre: Links to Reports and Action Resources

June 15, 2009 by Maximilian Forte

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Other sites have been presenting an excellent range of reports and other resources concerning the ongoing Amazonian indigenous conflict with the government of Peruvian President Alan García who has called for “order, energy, action” against the forces of “irrationality” that will bring Peru to a “backward, primitive state,” calling the indigenous protesters “pseudo-natives” and their […]