Chilling Legal Memo from Obama Department of Justice Justifies Assassination of US Citizens

Noam Chomsky: Why it’s “Legal” When the US Does It

Chris Hedges: Breaking the Bonds of Debt Peonage

Brooklyn College’s Academic Freedom Increasingly Threatened Over Israel

French Troops Protecting Niger Uranium Mine: Fight for Security in Africa or….?

Senators Ask Obama for Legal Basis for Targeted Killings of Americans

Chuck Hagel and Murder in Vietnam

Egypt: Security Forces Continue to Get Away with Murder 2 Years On After Start of Uprising

UK Deploys Toy-Sized Spy Drones in Afghanistan

Yemen: Scores of Children on Hunger Strike After Minor Sentenced to Die

Nigeria: No Justice for the Dead

Amnesty International: Ruling on Former President of Guatemala a Positive Step for Justice

Video Clip: Peru’s Cocaine War: Traffickers vs Farmers

Maryland Cellphone Tracking Bill in Motion

Due to some personal issues, I will be taking a break from updating Material Truth for a few days. I hope to be back online by the middle of the week. Thanks for your patience.

-M

Glenn Greenwald: Cameron’s Attack on George Galloway Reflects the West’s Self-Delusions 

Archive: “Regaining My Humanity” – Camilo Mejia

Careers are Dead. Welcome to Your New Low-Wage, Temp-Work Future

From Algeria, a Lesson in How to Bypass Democracy

Obama’s Non-Closing of Gitmo; Kind NYT Headlines; and US Political Irony 

Palestinian Deaths Raise Concern Over Israeli Army Use of Live Fire

US Signs Deal with Niger to Operate Military Drones in West African State

9/11 Trial Censorship? Gitmo Court Feed Cut

Brazil Nightclub Fire Mourners March Through Santa Maria

From the Algerian Terror to al-Qaeda Meets Mali: The West’s Hidden Agenda and One Big Mess

Obama’s Playbook: Still Killing Outside the Lines

CIA’s Secret Prisons: ‘Poland Dragging Out Investigation’

Happy Birthday to the Corrections Corporation of America? 30 Years of Banking on Bondage Leaves Little to Celebrate

Brazil Plans Amazon Tree Census to Assess Deforestation

ACLU Sues to Protect Privacy of Drug Prescriptions

Pentagon’s New Massive Expansion of ‘Cyber-Security’ Unit is About Everything Except Defense

Dirty Wars: Jeremy Scahill’s Antidote to Zero Dark Thirty‘s “Heroic” Narrative

Kiriakou and Stuxnet: The Danger of the Still-Escalating Obama Whistle-blower War

CIA Whistle-blower John Kiriakou, Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail, Wears Conviction as ‘Badge of Honor’

Egyptian Protestors Defy Emergency Law; Opposition Rejects Morsi’s Calls for Talks

Chris Hedges: White Power to the Rescue

US Plans Base for Surveillance Drones in Niger

The Next Generation of Drone Surveillance

Archive: Afghan Investigators Say US Troops Tried to Cover Up Evidence in Botched Raid

Israeli Health Official Addresses Claims of Forced Contraception for Ethiopians

Google Faces UK Class Action Over Secret iPhone Tracking

Lower Mississippi River Shut Down in Huge Oil Spill

New Palestine Films to Look Out For [and Others to Watch Online]

Second NY Hospital Warns Almost 2,000 Patients of Possible HIV Infection from Insulin Pens

Glenn Greenwald’s Reader Q & A: The Highlights

The Institutionalization of Tyranny

Photographers [and Citizens] : Know Your Rights

‘Zero Dark Thirty’: Hollywood’s Gift to American Power

Dave Clennon [Motion Picture Academy] : Why I Won’t Be Voting for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ in Any Category

Deaths in Egypt After Football Fans Sentenced

Google’s ECPA Report Reveals the Extent of the FBI’s Warrantless E-Mail Snooping

Return of COINTELPRO?

Ordeal Continues for Detained Bahraini Medics

DNA Records Pose New Privacy Risks

Facebook’s Graph Search Tool Causes Increasing Privacy Concerns

Op-Ed: Lupe and Obama: What’s the REAL Fiasco?

Internal Report: Apple Products Made Using Child Labor

The Untouchables: How the Obama Administration Protected Wall Street from Prosecutions

Op-Ed: France in Mali: The Longue Duree of Imperial Blowback

US Military Says Martin Luther King Would be Proud of its Weapons

Video Clip: Dirty Wars – Jeremy Scahill and Rick Rowley’s New Film Exposes Hidden Truths of Covert US Warfare

Military Contracting: Our New Era of Corporate Mercenaries

Video Clip: The Black Elite and the Legacy of Martin Luther King

Brennan Needs to Correct the Record on Drones

Israel Orders Palestinian Protest Camp Removed

Neil Clark: ‘al-Qaeda Threat Used by NATO as Smokescreen for Re-Colonization of Africa’

Chemicals Banned in Europe Still Make Their Way into US Foods

Op-Ed: Justice for the PayPal WikiLeaks Supporters: Why DDoS is Free Speech

Powder Keg in the Pacific

US: Air Force Appalled by Number of Sex Assaults

Bet You Didn’t Know: The 100 Richest People Got $241 Billion Richer in 2012

Human Rights First: Nominees Brennan, Hagel, Should Face Key Human Rights Questions

Speech Transcript: Martin Luther King Jr – “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”

Glenn Greenwald: MLK’s Vehement Condemnations of US Militarism are More Relevant Than Ever

Video Clip: Dr. Cornel West Explains Why it Bothers Him That Obama Will be Taking the Oath with MLK’s Bible

King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone.

The Santa-ization of MLK’s Radical Legacy

Video Clip: French Intervention in Mali Violates UN Resolution; Root of Crisis Marginalization of North

Rapper Lupe Fiasco Thrown Out of Inaugural Party After Criticizing Obama During Performance

Ron Kovic: Reflections on the Vietnam War – Things a Warrior Knows

Why the NDAA Bill is Even Scarier Than You Thought

Video Clip: Prison Labor Booms in US as Low-Cost Inmates Bring Billions

Video Clip: Platinum Miners and Class Struggle in South Africa

America’s 20th-Century Slavery

Profiting Off Hunger: Wall Street Makes Big Gains Over Food Price Spikes

Video Clip: The Privatization of Chile’s Seas

US: Senators Give Big Pharma Huge Present at Taxpayers’ Expense

Dept of Homeland Security Forced to Release List of Keywords Used to Monitor Social Networking Sites

US Navy Ship Ignored Warning Before Ramming Pristine Coral Reef in Philippines

Robert Fisk: Algeria, Mali, and Why This Week Has Looked Like an Obscene Remake of Earlier Western Interventions

Video Clip: Noam Chomsky on Obama and the Responsibility of Privilege 

US: Zero Dark Torture

Keith Ellison: Time for Congress to Build a Better Drone Policy

Editorial – Killing Children: The Shadow Over Obama’s Second Term

The Martin Luther King Dreams That Obama Forgot

Bradley Manning’s Punishment Before Trial: More Than 1,000 Days and Counting

World’s 100 Richest Earned Enough in 2012 to End Global Poverty – 4 Times Over

Let’s Talk Horse Sense About Food

Brookings’ Bruce Riedel Urges Intensified US Support for Saudi Despots

Video Clip: ‘Unintended Consequences of Military Intervention’ – Roots of Mali, Algeria Crisis

Ike’s Dream, Obama’s Reality: 8 Things I Miss About the Cold War

Archive: Jim Webb’s Courage in Fighting the US Prison System v the ‘Pragmatism’ Excuse for Politicians

Britain’s Awkward Algerian Alliance

Iraqi Protests Defy the Maliki Regime and Inspire Hope

Eritrea: Mining Investors Risk Use of Forced Labor

The Stigma and Blame Attached to Rape Survivors in India

‘Could Saudi Arabia be Next’ – Robert Fisk Discusses the Coming Year in the Middle East

Florida Legislators Vote to Ban Spying with Drones

Op-Ed: Washington ‘Redskins’ is a Racist Name: US Pro-Football Must Disavow It

TSA Ends Naked Airport Scanner Contract After Years of Controversy