Edward Snowden

A crack that lets in light

In this age of horribly destructive weapons and the ability of U.S. government agencies to pore over everyone’s private communications…

September 11, 2013

Russia grants Snowden asylum

Despite U.S. threats to retaliate, the Russian Federation government on Aug. 1 granted whistle-blower Edward Snowden temporary sanctuary. Snowden left…

August 7, 2013

Polls say Snowden is ‘whistle-blower,’ not ‘traitor’

Despite a relentless bombardment of messages from politicians and the media alike that the National Security Agency Administration’s monitoring of…

July 30, 2013

‘Flight from Babylon’

This column was written on June 23 by political prisoner Abu-Jamal in SCI-Mahanoy, Frackville, Pa.   Not since the late…

July 16, 2013

Washington’s panic over Snowden and the case of the Bolivian president’s plane

It should have generated screaming headlines: “President of Bolivia’s plane forced to make emergency landing due to U.S. pressure.” Instead,…

July 4, 2013

Solidarity with Manning, Snowden

Progressives and anti-imperialists in Berlin, Germany, demonstrated while U.S. President Barack Obama was visiting there June 17, carrying a big…

June 27, 2013