Category: Changing the World

Canada is about to lose Free Speech and Civil Rights

Canadian civil rights are supposed to be protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  Unfortunately, since 9/11 the power of these protections have been eroding. But it is about to become much much worse. Right now the Harper Government is fast tracking Bill C-51.  This means it is pushing the draft legislation through […]

Je Suis Charlie – Intolerence

I Understand Kaveh Mousavi is being as fair as anyone in his situation can be when he writes: Muslim reformists should not deceive themselves into thinking that this extremism is only a tiny minority of “fake” Muslims that is being exaggerated by the hostile colonialists media. While extremists such as these shooters indeed are a […]

President Obama Tells FCC Chairman He Expects Real Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON — During a question-and-answer session in Santa Monica, Calif., on Thursday, President Barack Obama voiced his strong support for Net Neutrality and his opposition to the sort of pay-for-priority plan put forward by his appointed chair to the Federal Communications Commission. The remarks were the strongest statement yet from the president against the FCC’s […]

Heartbleed and Passwords

If you have any passwords on the Internet, whether for email, social media, or buying and selling, you must change them now to protect yourself. NOTE: Heartbleed is not a virus or a hack, it was a mistake. Of course, the NSA wasn’t above exploiting it, nor did NSA see fit to share the information […]

The Intercept

The Intercept Glenn Greenwald’s new media outlet promises to deliver real journalism rather than the government and corporate propaganda prevalent in the mainstream news media. So far “The Intercept” looks to be living up to expectations.

Why Suspicionless Surveillance Matters

Edward Snowden was unable to accept the Chaos Computer Club‘s “Whistleblower Award” in person, so Jacob Applebaum accepted for him, and read Edward Snowden‘s written statement at the ceremony. “It is a great honor to be recognized for the public good created by this act of whistleblowing. “However the greater reward and recognition belongs to […]

Citizen Journalism: Sharing What Happened In Texas

Nothing better illustrates the truth of Jay Rosen‘s pronouncement that “the watchdog press is dead” than the events on the evening of Tuesday, June 25th, in the Texas State Senate.  The Republican majority planned to push though the anti-abortion Senate Bill No. 5. While CNN considered baked goods, the reportage from Texas was accomplished by […]

CISPA is still BAD

The American Senate has refused to pass CISPA, so the initial feeling was that CISPA was dead. As a veteran of the copyright wars in Canada, I feared that the celebrations may yet be premature. Today my favorite Search engine, DuckDuckGo, is sporting sunglasses in the lee of CCTV cameras. If you click on the […]