July 2013 archive

Snowden, Surveillance and The Secret State

By David Cromwell and David Edwards Edited by: Ac.Krtashivananda Reports of Washington’s anger directed at surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate a basic truth about power. Noam Chomsky has expressed it as the underlying problem for genuine democracy, even in so-called ‘free’ societies: ‘Remember,  any state, has a primary enemy: its own population.’ (Noam Chomsky, Understanding …

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Egyptian Uprising

Ac. Krtashivananda A few realities are emerging in recent Egyptian uprising. President Morsi has been deposed  by the military. The population is divided into two camps. One is Muslim brotherhood who was instrumental in bringing down Mubarak regime in 2011. Muslim brotherhood represents the Islamic hard liners similar to the clerics of Iran. It is …

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