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Topic: Freedom

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International: Why I Gave Up My U.S. Citizenship
Posted by: IT
How I ‘Escaped America’ – Step-by-Step By Mark Nestmann \| Sovereign June 17, 2010 Have you ever been to Key West, Fla.? There’s a landmark at the corner of Whitehead and South Streets. It says in big letters: “Southernmost Point Continental USA.” Smaller letters above read: “90 miles to Cuba.” A recent trip to “Mile 0” inspired me to take a few moments to reflect on a major life decision I’d made a few years earlier: the choice to give up my U.S. citizenship.
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Privacy: Big Brother is Waiting for You at the Border
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	Big Brother is Waiting for You at the Border By Mark Nestmann \| Sovereign Society May 25, 2010 When the topic of expatriation came up at last week’s Total Wealth Symposium, the workshops were standing room only, filled with those who were intrigued by moving not just their money — but also themselves — out of the United States.
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Liberty: "Good Germans?" Majority of Americans Favor Torture for Detroit Underwear Bomber
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What does this tell us about ourselves? By Joshua Holland \| AlterNet December 31, 2009 Here's a poll asking Americans if they approve of their government committing one of the worst crimes against humanity and violating its own long-standing laws and treaty commitments.
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Rights & Liberties: A New Documentary Draws Stark Parallels Between Chile Under Pinochet and the Post-9/11 "War on Terror"
Posted by: IT
	A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman is an indictment of torture and a powerful study of individual and collective memory. By Sophia A. McClennen \| AlterNet May 17, 2008 Torture, the suspension of democracy and civil rights, illegal surveillance, forced displacement, and a culture of fear led by a despot who gains power through an act of violence committed on September 11. Sound familiar?
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Rights & Liberties: Tom Tancredo Hired Illegal Laborers to Renovate His McMansion
Posted by: IT
Anti-immigration zealot and GOP presidential candidate Tom Tancredo hired what he often refers to as "criminal aliens" to renovate his Colorado house. By Max Blumenthal \| AlterNet December 1, 2007 When Republican Representative Tom Tancredo isn’t railing against the “scourge” of illegal immigration on the presidential campaign trail, he relaxes in the 1053 square foot basement recreation room of his Littleton, Colorado McMansion.
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Rights & Liberties: Wiretapping at Its Worst
Posted by: IT
	A revolving door between the telecommunications industry and federal government ensures that the doors to your personal privacy are wide open. By Brian Beutler \| Media Consortium October 24, 2007 It seemed like shocking news last week when the telecommunications giant Verizon admitted it has readily allowed warrantless national security investigators to browse customer records on thousands of occasions. But given the revolving door between the telecom industry and federal government, no one should be surprised by their cozy relationship.
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Rights & Liberties: Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?
Posted by: IT
The Constitution is being trampled and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place. Where is Congress? By Jim Hightower \| Hightower Lowdown October 23, 2007 Where is Congress? It's way past time for members to stand up. Historic matters are at stake. The Constitution is being trampled, the very form of our government is being perverted, and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place.
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Liberty: We Have Nothing But Fear Itself
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	If You See Something, Say Something... but most Americans appear paralyzed by fear! By David Swanson \| OpEdNews September 23, 2007 A Roseland, Indiana, city council member orders police to remove a fellow city council member. The police escort him out, shove him down on his face and pound his head. Onlookers either cheer, do nothing, joke, behave as if all were normal, or yell at others to let the police do their jobs. Not a single person protests.
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Liberty: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006
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The news is not good for the United States, which has continued its steady decline from 17th (in 2002) all the way down to number 53 Reporters without borders \| September 2007 North Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea the worst violators of press freedom. France, the United States and Japan slip further Mauritania and Haiti gain much ground. New countries have moved ahead of some Western democracies in the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, issued today, while the most repressive countries are still the same ones.
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Rights & Liberties: Jailing Nation: How Did Our Prison System Become Such a Nightmare?
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	With five percent of the world's population, the U.S. has close to a quarter of the world's prisoners. How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong? By Daniel Lazare \| The Nation August 20, 2007 How can you tell when a democracy is dead? When concentration camps spring up and everyone shivers in fear? Or is it when concentration camps spring up and no one shivers in fear because everyone knows they're not for "people like us" (in Woody Allen's marvelous phrase) but for the others, the troublemakers, the ones you can tell are guilty merely by the color of their skin, the shape of their nose or their social class?
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