Category: Edward Snowden

Netflix: The Big Brother and the Entertainment Manipulation

by Kate Epstein The Snowden leaks and ensuing debates about our government, big data, and privacy have led to more Orwell allusions than I’ve heard in all of my (admittedly post-1984) life. It’s hard not to compare the constant surveillance of twenty-first-century America to the ubiquitous presence of Big Brother in the prescient 1949 novel. […]

Take Action for Bradley Manning: July 27, 2013

“Please join us in what will likely be the last internationally coordinated show of support for Bradley before military judge Col. Denise Lind reads her final verdict–which we expect some time in August. On July 26 there will be a rally for Bradley Manning in Washington, DC in front of Maj. General Buchanan’s office. Buchanan is the new convening […]

A corajosa ação de Edward Snowden: Onde fica o Brasil?

Manifestação de Pablo Ortellado ao ministro Gilberto Carvalho em sessão de diálogo Governo-Sociedade Civil no Palácio do Planalto: “Gostaria, em primeiro lugar, de saudar a iniciativa de uma política nacional de participação social e espero que os ventos de junho permitam que essa medida possa se tornar verdadeiramente efetiva. Gostaria também de chamar atenção para […]

About Snowden: I speak as an American Resident and as a Brazilian Citizen.

About Snowden: I speak as an American Resident and as a Brazilian Citizen.

Today, I feel an orphan. Today, I am ashamed to be an American resident as well as a Brazilian citizen. Today, Brazil does not represent me. Today, my nation has decided to ignore the fact that Edward Snowden is asking for political exile. Today, my nation is ignoring that Snowden is one of the most […]