The US government wants the impossible: software with back doors that only it can use. Even if one assumes that the US would never do wrong using this power, the idea is nuts.

Of course, that assumption is a fundamental error. We must not suppose that state agents use their power only for good. We need a state, so we need democracy to keep control over it. If the state can track everyone's actions and communications, democracy is doomed.

Bernie Sanders has cheered the Greeks for voting no.

Greece Is the Latest Battleground in the Financial Elite's War on Democracy.

Australian medical professionals are protesting the laws banning other medical professionals from reporting when their patients are mistreated.

Hacking Team was one of five companies listed by Reporters Without Borders as the "corporate enemies of the internet" for helping governments (even outright tyrannical ones) snoop on computers.

A house in Seattle has a history that superficially reminds people of the story of the movie Up.