After four years of squeezing by the banksters, Greece is on the brink of a military coup, a civil war, or a revolution.

This is what Naomi Klein describes as "shock capitalism" at work.

A former minister in the Taliban's government says that Mullah Omar wants to negotiate peace, but is unable to say so because the threat of assassination by drone has forced him into hiding and isolation, and a few extremists issue statements in Omar's name.

It might be partly true, but there is a part I find implausible. Omar surely sees the statements that are issued in his name, and if he found them to be lies, he would do something to change the situation.

Putting Leash on World's Private Armies No Easy Task.

In the US: tell the Russian ambassador you demand release of the Greenpeace activists and their ship, and an end to drilling in Arctic waters.

Citizens of Cambridge, Mass: come to the hearing Sep 26 to oppose increased surveillance on Cambridge streets.