Geopolitical – Week of 4.12.09

1,500 Farmers Commit Mass Suicide In India
The Independent (15 April 09)

The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution
The United States Constitution on Line

Does the Second Amendment Give Individuals the Right to Bear Arms?
USA Today

LSU Fires Outspoken Army Corps Critic
Institute for Southern Studies

Texas Sovereignty: Joined Union by Treaty
Ask But Why? (15 April 09)

Van Jones Promotes Smart Grid, but is it Really Smart?
Local Energy News (14 April 09)

Smart Grids: How Smart?
Energy Pulse (13 April 09)

The Corporatization of Public Education
Truthout (15 April 09)

A Fight Rages Over a Tool Called “Cram Down”
Truthout (16 April 09)

Obama Taps 5th RIAA Lawyer to Justice Dept.
Wired (13 April 09)

Secret ACTA International Copyright Treaty leaked to Wikileaks
The Inquisitr (12 April 09)

Homeland Police Say Support of Second or Tenth Amendment Could be Sign of Political Extremism
Prorev.com (14 April 09)

Multitudes:The Unauthorized Memoirs of Sam Smith
Prorev.com

Turkey: Washington’s Geopolitical Pivot
Asia Times (16 April 09)


YouTube (10 April 09)

Enforced Patriotism
YouTube (15 April 09)

The” Bush Six” to be Indicted by Spanish Prosecutors
abc News (14 April 09)

North Korea to Restart Nuclear Weapons Plant
Fox News (14 April 09)

Recession Fueling Right-wing Extremism, U.S. Says
Yahoo News (14 April 09)

US Sea Captain Freed in Swift Firefight
Breitbart.com (12 April 09)


‘Streetlight User Fees’ Among The New Charges as Governments Get Creative

MSNBC (11 April 09)

Pentagon Preps For Economic Warfare
Politico ( 09 April 09)

Hellhole- Annals of Human Rights
The New Yorker (30 March 09)

ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen “High Value Detainees” in CIA Custody
MetaFilter (08 April 09)