Edward Snowden is safe in Russia, but the fates of journalists who helped him and published his leaks are now of more concern for WikiLeaks, Julian Assange said in an exclusive interview with RT Spanish ‘Behind the News’ host Eva Golinger.
Assange also shared his views on the NSA scandal in Latin America and the future of freedom of information. http://on.rt.com/ka76cl
Today's brash, yet... truthful... TRUTHDIG article by Chris Hedges helps the World to understand some of the backstory to the illusion we're living under. I'm sharing this article with PeacePink members because of it's overall insight and how well written and entertaining the piece is; ...but mostly to assure everyone THAT other people do see the illusion(s) and folly perpetrated by the status quo. It is columnists like Hedges and Greenwald that PeacePink members need to get our stories to. Although I'm not a targeted person (as of yet), I advocate for you. And so, I'm "including" myself, if you don't mind. Please share if you will. ~Debra (djgTheMediaLady)
Brief passage from "The Folly of Empire"- "...The populations of dying empires are passive because they are lotus-eaters. There is a narcotic-like reverie among those barreling toward oblivion. They retreat into the sexual, the tawdry and the inane, retreats that are momentarily pleasurable but ensure self-destruction. They naively trust it will all work out. As a species, Margaret Atwood observes in her dystopian novel “Oryx and Crake,” “we’re doomed by hope.” And absurd promises of hope and glory are endlessly served up by the entertainment industry, the political and economic elite, the class of courtiers who pose as journalists, self-help gurus like Oprah and religious belief systems that assure followers that God will always protect them. It is collective self-delusion, a retreat into magical thinking." Full article here http://ning.it/1fx82tC
