Here’s an inspiring reason why the mainstream media can, if it wants to, matter. Spain’s El Pais editor, Javier Moreno, on why his paper participated in Wikileaks cablegate: Cynics will argue that none of what we have learned from WikiLeaks differs from the usual way in which high-level international politics is conducted, and that without…
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A litany of Wikileaks evidence that US behaves like rogue state
The Wikileaks stories keep on coming. One: The Drug Enforcement Administration has been transformed into a global intelligence organization with a reach that extends far beyond narcotics, and an eavesdropping operation so expansive it has to fend off foreign politicians who want to use it against their political enemies, according to secret diplomatic cables. In…
What fascists do to defenders of justice
A warning to any international lawyers who try and address history’s wrongs. You will pay a price, usually by those most closely associated with the original sin: The crowd gathered outside Madrid’s national court was loud and angry. “The world has been turned upside down,” they cried. “The fascists are judging the judge!” Some carried…
The future is dire
The governor of the Bank of Spain on Sunday issued a bleak assessment of the economic crisis, warning that the world faced a “total” financial meltdown unseen since the Great Depression.